THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIGHT
AND TOMORROW
Detatlrd Hrpurl, I'agr «
KE?"%" ,SD VOL. 76—NO. 124.
250 BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN AWFUL
DOMBARDMENT OF SHADATS, SERVIA
— <•> ; s
City Presents D Spec-1
tacle Following by
Guns of Austrian
Fire Breaks O
quake Adds to Horror of the
Situation, Shak
maining Houses
They Are Almo
Pieces—Deserted
Visited by Ex
Thieves Who
stroy Everything
By Associated Press,
London, Oct. 27, 5.15 A. M.—A dispatch to the "Times"
from Shabats, Servia, says:
"This city presents a desolate spectacle. Two hundred
and fifty of its buildings were destroyed by bombardment.
This was followed by fire, doing more damage and then
came an earthquake, shaking the city so severely that the
houses which remain are almost falling to pieces.
"Finally the deserted town was visited by a band of
expert thieves who systematically looted every house from
cellar to roof. The contents of the shops were thrown into
the streets, all safes were opened in a highly professional
manner and the contents of houses smashed, pictures were
slashed and the furniture was splintered in an orgy of
destruction.
"Before the Aust **ft they destroyed the principal
local church. Large aof Serb hostages, including
the principal residents, were taken to Austria as prisoners.
Hundreds of the local populace, who were killed by bay-!
onet thrusts for various alleged misdeeds, were buried by
the Austrians in the local church yard.
"The senseless bombardment still continues although
this town is deserted except for the sentries. On Thurs- j
day the Serbs succeeded in laying mines which sank an ;
Austrian monitor."
Shabats is an active trading town of Servia, located!
on the Save forty miles west of Belgrade. It had a popu
lation of about 15,000 persons.
The unyielding German line, which for six weeks lias
been stretched across France, is said oli the authority of
the French War Office to have been broken at last. Near
the eastern end of the line in the region beyond Nancy,
to-dav's French official statement reports the invaders
have been driven back onto German soil. At other points
over the lonj? line the offensive has been resumed by the
allied forces, after a long period of comparative inaction.
The French claim to have won the advantage in an
engagement at the point where the line sweeps eastward
from the north, less than sixty miles from Paris. Between
Soissons and Berry-au-Bac, to the east of the bend in the
line, heavy fighting has been resumed. Apparently the
engagement was limited to an artillery duel, the en
trenched positions of the opposing forces forbidding the
use of infantry.
To the northward, along the Franco-Belgian border,
the fighting continued with undiminished ferocity. Along
Continued on Klevcnth PHgr.
FOUND CUILIY OF TREASON
FOR SLAYING OF ARCHDUKE
London, Oct. 27, 1.40 A. M.—A dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany from Home gives the following
received from Sarayevo, Bosnia, under
date' of Monday:
"Gavrio Prinzip, the assassin, and
(irabez, a student; Nedeljo Galjriuovics
and 21 of Prnizip's accomplices were
ftjund guilty of treason to-day for the
killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand!
and his wife.
"As the court pronounced the ver-I
diet there could be distinctly heard the
rumble of the artillery of the Servians
who had fought desperately to capture
the city and liberate the prisoners, all
of whom are slavs. The court will pro
nounce sentence Wednesday."
i
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir |
apparent to the Austro Hungarian |
throne, and his wife were shot to death 1
by Prinzip while on a visit to Sara-'!
yevo June 28 last. |
•f • \ v (
Si)c Stat" Jidtefftttltetit
TENOR SINGER CRACKED
STONE AND MADE SHOES
New York, Oct. 27.—After haying;
cracked stone and made shoes for eight
weeks as a German prisoner in a French
detention camp near Paris, Albert R.
Reiss, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera
(Company, arrived here to-day from
Havre, a passenger 011 the French liner
Chicago. .\lr. Reiss still wore a pair ftf '
shoes which he made with his own |
hands.
Mr. Reiss, although a German, had.
lived in Paris for thirty years. When
ihe French government moved to Bor
deaux he said he was arrested and sent
to a camp six miles from Paris where
he lived in a slaughter house for eight
weeks on a diet of codfish and mussels, j
He was made to crack stones for con-!
Crete, he said, until his hands became ,
sore; then he was set to making shoes.
He was released through the efforts of
the American State Department. Mr.
Reiss said he had no ill feeling against
the French, but regarded his detention
as a precaution necessitated by condi
tions.
British Warship in Flames
Berlin, Oct. 27. (By Wireless) Re
ports received here from Rotterdam
set forth that the British warship
struck by German artillery lire, off the
coast of Belgium broke into flames.
This information was given out in Ber
lin to-day.
HARKISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1914 12 PAGES.
! HEAVY FIRING LAST NIGHT
OFF THE VIRGINIA CAFES
CAUSES RUMOR 8F BATTLE
New York, Oct. 27. —Wireless sta- j
j tions were ou the alert to day to catch I
messages which ship's at sea might semi I
| regarding a reported naval engagement
| last night ofl' the Virginia capes, 240 j
miles south of Scotland lightship or |
approximately forty miles south of'
| Capo llenery.
The first news of heavy liriug oft' the ,
I capes was received here from the Ward
j liner Saratoga, northbound from Hava
j 11a. which last uight said by wireless
that the heavy guns were in action,
with frequent flashes of powder and
searchlight in the direction where the
firing was heard. The wireless operator
at Sandy Hook picked up a fragment
of the Saratoga's message.
Naval men here who discussed the
possibility that American warships
which left Old Point Comfort, Va., yes
terday, might be engaged in gun prac
tice, declared it was not customary to
practice at night and pointed out that
no warning had been sent recently to
shipping along the Atlantic coast that
such practice was to be held.
The Karlsruhe a"d the Dresden, Ger
man cruisers, have been a constant
menace to British shipping in tiie At
lantic in recent weeks and it is known
that British war vessels have been
i seeking to.destroy them.
U. S. Torpedo Boat Ashore
Norfolk. Va„ Oct. 27.—1t was said
j at Cape Henry to-day that no firing
j could be heard there last night on ac- j
| count of a 88-mile gale.
The torpedo boat destroyer Pauld-!
ing went ashore early to-day at Lynn
Haven Inlet and now lies fast, how on.
| She is supposed to have been driven
j ashore by the gale.
Washington. Oct. 27.—The .destroy
er Paulding wirelessed the Navy De
partment to-day that during last
night's gale in Lynn Haven bav she,
drifted ou a mud bank. No damage was
done and she got off soon after.
WAR SHARES BIG INCREASE
{. IN U. S. SALES 10 MIES.
Washington, Oct. 27. War's con
. tinned effect or American commerce—
I a tremendous increase in ihe sale of
foodstuff.-, for foreign arnues and a.
marked alutiij in exportation of cotton.
J machinery and materials for use in j
I manufacturing— whs snowu in detail;
j to-day by statistics compiled l»v the I
| Department, of Commence.
l'.xports of graie and meats .jumped I
( to practically unprecedented quantities!
in September, resulting in ,i grea,t im
provement over August trade and n sub-!
stautial export balance, but the de
crease in the sale abroad of cat toil and
manufactures re-ult iu a loss, coiiij ared i
with September, 1 Hl. of $61,902,668. •
The gain for- September's exports
over those for the lirst month of the;
war was J43.9G5.2 ITnat represent
ed in part the vast demand imposed
on America's granaries and packing
horses to feed some of the armies and
live stock in the wa v zone
MAIN RUSSIAN ARIWV BEING 1
ENGAGED BYTHE AUSTRIANS,
Berlin, Oct. 26, by Wireless to Say
ville, Oct. 27.—An official Austrian!
war bulletin given out in Berlin to-da,y
says combined Austrian and German j
forces hold strong positions iu the long
and almost continuous battle line from
St. Ary and Sambor. in Galicia, thence
to a point, east of Przemysl, and at the
San river, in a straight line to Plozk,
in Russian Poland, the main Russian
army is being engaged.
The Austrian offensive beyond the
Carpathians has compelled the" Russians
to send reinforcements into this ter
ritory.
The battle is still raging in Central
Galicia. Austrian troops have been suc
cessful on the lower San river, to the
southeast of Przeniysl. Vigorous en
i counters are proceedings between Ivan
-1 gorod and Warsaw.
8,000 RUSSIANS AND l» GUNS '
TAKKN IN IVANUOROI) FIGHT !
Vienna, (Jet. 27, Via Rotterdam and
j London, Oct. 27, 11-.45 A. M.—An plli 1
I ci a 1 communication given out here to j
| day says:
"In the fighting before Ivangorod !
we have, up to the present time, cap
tured 8,000 Russians and 19 machine
guns.
"Near Jaroslau « Russian colony of i
200 soldiers were forced to surrender. I
" Near Zalucze and in the vicinity of j i
j Pnsieczna the enemy has been driven 1
I back. The situation generally is un
! changed.
(Signed) "General von Hohefer."
U. S. to Support Shippers' Claims
Washington, Oct. 27.—T0 informal I
inquiries made to-day of the State De
partment as to its attitude toward
claims on cargoes of neutral good's lost
when belligerent ships were sunk, Act
ing Secretary l>ansing said that while
the whole subject of shipping had been
worked out practically anew since the
declaration of London, it was indicated
that American shippers might file
claims and would be supported by the
American government.
MISS LERERIO
NURSE WOUNDED
Harrisburg Woman in
Paris Sends Plea
Here for Contribu
tions to Buy Bandages
i i
;MISS LEIB WILL
RECEIVE THEM;
I Daughter ot Lcßue Lemer Has Volun
teered With Her Friends to Coil-1
duct Auxiliary Hospital, No. 117,'
for Victims of European War
A letter received here to-day by Miss
Esther F. Leib, from Miss- -Hay Lemer,
of Paris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Le-
Rue Licmer, -13 Soul a Front street, |
tells that Miss Isomer is preparing to'
help con J net a hospital for soldiers |
wounded in the European war who are 1
brought to the French eapital. Miss I
Leinei- aslis Miss Leib to try to raise |
money in Harrisburg with which to buy ;
bandages and cotton for use iu Auxili- !
ary Hospital, No. 117, in which Aliss
Lemer will iqiji a number of her friends
who are v\orlflng as volunteer nurses.
Miss Leiner w rites that the supply of :
cotton and bandages is very low and
the demand is very great and as these!
i articles are an absolute necessity she •
believes the people of Harrisburg may j
be willing to contribute toward thoir'
purchase.
Miss Leib said this morning that any !
amount, no matter how small, will be
very welcome. Seventy-five .'onts will
i buy one dozen rolls ot' assorted batil
agc. Contributions can be sent either |
to Mrs. Leßue Lemer. 2 1" South Front i
street, or to Miss Leib, IS North Third I
: street. All contributions should be!
sent in b.v Thursday, November ">.
Aliss Lemer is now in Englaud but
is going to return to Paris where she I
will help uurse the wounded. She form
erly taught in a school for American
girls in France but about one year ago i
she quit teaching and retired to her '
j home in Varengeville-sur-mer, in the
northwest part (if France, about S miles'
from Dieppe. There she came with di
rect contact with the awful mift'eriryg of
, tlie wounded soldjjprs. This gut.
toresten in (fosqlttaT* worß. Wlien t ioT
Germans got ton dose to the village '
she was persuaded to go to England j
but she has decided now to return to
Paris to aid her neighbors and friends!
in carijtg tor the injured.
ATTEMPT ON VILLA'S LIFE;
Would-be Assassin Is Executed After
Making Confession Before the
American Consular Agent
fi.ii (Assncialcri Press.
El Paso, Tex.. Oct. 27. — An attempt
has been made to assassinate General j
Francisco Villa by an agent said to'
have been commissuoned and paid by
General Pablo Consoles, General Car
rauza's staunch supporter, said a mes
sage sent the Associated Press to-day!
by Luis Aguirre Benavides, General
Villa's first secretary.
The would-be assassin. Francisco I.
Mugia, was executed after making a
confession before George C. Carothers, |
the American consular agent.
The accusation caused much excite- (
rnent. The telegram from Villa's sec
retary said Mugia was apprehended at
Guadalupe, where Villa with his troops
has been awaiting the outcome of the
conference. The official report stated
that the prisoner .just prior to his ex- I
edition told the Villa officials in the
presence of Carothers that he had been
paid a large sum of money bv General
Gonzales at Mexico City, in his pos
session was found incriminating evi
dence and a loaded pistol.
"Mr. Consul: Please advise your
government and my family, that I died
a traitor," Mugia was quoted as hav- !
iug said.
The accused was an Argentine sub-;
ject. It was Mugia who assassinated j
a German consular official in Mexico
City some years ago.
Washington, Oct. 2 7. —Officials here!
to-day expected to hear that the Mexi-j
can .National convention at Aguas Cali-J
entes had accepted the resignation of I
General Carran/.a as first chief.
U. S. Steel Melon Oreatly Reduced
B.i/ Associated Prrss,
New York, Oct. 2 7. —The United
States Steel Corporation voted this aft
ernoon a quarterly dividend of \L to 1
per ceut on the common stock. This is
at the rate of 2 per cent, a year. Here
tofore the dividend has ben 5 per ceut.
Four Killed in Building's Collapse
/J.i/ .Issueintcd from.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 27. —Four!
person are known to have been killed
and several others are missing as the
result of the collapse to-day of a
building at Sampson, Ala., 123 miles
south of this city.
10 EMBED BY
A MINE EXPLOSION
Forty Found Dead and
100 More Are Known
to Be on Burning
Lower Level
ROX ALTON, ILL.,
i SCENE OF HORROR
Disaster Due to Explosion of Gas |
Shortly After the Miners Had Gone
to Work—Mine Rescue Car Is Sent
From Benton
, /».« Associated Press.
Rovalton, 111.. Oct. 27.-—One hun
dred or more miners were killed, it is !
| believed, in the Mitchell coal mine near j
I here to-day when a terrific explosion I
j occurred in the lower level of the mine
i soon after 300 men had begun work.
lOf those who entered the mine about I
j 100 escaped but thirty bodies were i
soon bro««lit to the surface and more:
than 100 other men were known to be j
| imprisoned, in the-lower level, cut off j
! from rescue by lire. It was thought j
| that all of those shut oil' by the wail of
j llatne in the interior were soon burned
| to death.
At noon rescuers said they could see I
at least twentv-five bodies on the up-1
per level. Rescuers sought to check the j
■ flames in the lower level by dropping
! blankets soak with water. This ,tem-1
j porarily checked the flames, but the!
poisonous gas drove the lire lighters!
j back.
Royalton, 111,, Oct. 2 7. —Three hun-j
j dred men were caught in the Mitchell I
: mine near here by a gas explosion soon j
after the day shift eutered the work-
I ings this morning. One hundred uien
i
| found by rescuers at 1 I o clock and ,
j one hundred were known to be impris
oned in a lowei level which was burn-]
| iug.
j The mine is a mile from this town '
j and the explosion was distinctly heard \
| here. Every one in town, except the'
I telephone operator hurried to the mine
j anil aid was suitunond from Duqiioin
I and Murphysboro. A rescue car also,
I was sent from Hen ton.
The work of rescue began quickly j
and within less thau two hours several!
bodies had been taken from the work- [
'ings. I
No hope is held out for the 100 men
' on the lower level. The flames make it!
I impossible for rescuers to reach them
.and it is thought here that all are,
i dead.
RAILWAYS CO. PAY
City Receives Check for Adjustment of
Liabilities Incident to Building
of Dock Street Bridge
!
j It took the City Commissioners nine j
l minutes to clear their calendar of busi j
ness at their regular meeting this aft
; ernoon. Because of election day fall
ing on next Tuesday, the Commission
ers' regular meeting day, the time for
next week's session was changed to
Wednesday at 1 o'clock.
Highway Commissioner Lynch intro-'
duccd a bill providing that $2,100 be j
(transferred from the unexpended bal-j
ance remaining in the fund out of |
which the cost of constructing the Dock |
street bridge was paid, to the Highway I
Contingent fund. Of this SI,BOO is tg i
be used for making repairs to the State j
street bridge and S3OO for repairing j
the culvert over .Spring creek, at Cam
eron street.
Mr. Lynch announced the receipt of
$3,877.19 from the Harrisburg Hall
ways Company, that representing the
company's share of liability incident to
. the construction of the Roi;k street
, bridge.
After directing the filing of a letter
! in which the Mayor of Toronto, Canada,
extended to the officials of Harrisburg
a vote of thanks for courteous treat- i
' ment the party of Toronto officials re j
! ceived while on a recent visit to this!'
| city, the Commissioners adjourned.
| TETANUS KILLS STEELTON WAN
Ray P. Glick Develops Disease From
Leg Injury
Ray P. Glick, 147 North Front
street, Steelton, a brakeman for the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, who de
veloped a case of tetanus yesterday
from an injury received in the steel
works on October 21, died at 1.10
o'clock this afternoon. He suffered a!
! compound fracture of th e right leg be !
1 low the knee when the leg was crushed, i
IH c was brought to the Harrisburg hos i
pital a short time after the accident. :
and the leg amputated.
Yesterday tetanus developed and
physicians immediately began treating I
him for that disease.
rniimm
AT STATE COLLEGE
Football Captain and
Head of Sophomore
Class Terribly In
jured at Celebration
USED GASOLINE
IN HUGE BONFIRE
Thirty-five Hundred Persons Assembled
On the Drill Grounds Near the
Armory Frantically Struggle to
Escape From Heat and Flames
' . State College, Fa., Oct. 27.—Captain
K. W. Tobi 11, of State College football
eleven, and G. J. Saurlioff, of Haddon
i Heights, N. J., president of the Sopho
more class were terribly burned last
i night- by the explosion of five barrels
| of gasoline that was poured over a gi
j gauiic pile of firewood to celebrate the
I return of tilt team from Cambridge.
[ where it played the Harvard eleven to
j a tie last Saturday. Both men, it is
j feared, will lose their eyesight. They
j are in the Bellefonte hospital.
So grea* was the force of the explo
sion that j-esidences in all parts of the
I village rocked, windows of college
i buildings ahd fraternity houses were
! shattered and plaster fell from the
| walls of houses, including that of Dr.
K. 10. Sparks, president of the college.
Hundreds of spectators who circled the
bonfire fifty feet away were knocked
down. Many suffered injury from the
j Hying debris and in the stampede that
| followed.
Tobin and Saurhoff were standing
side by side, 'i'o feet from the pile,
i Under Saurhoff's direction, Tobin
• lighted a torch and threw it into the
| woodpile. Instantly there followed the
! ignition of the fumes from the five
j barrels of gasoline which had been
I poured liberally over the mass of tim
i bor.
Frantic Struggle to Escape
Thirty-five hundred persons, assem
! bled on the drill grounds near the arm
. orv, frantically struggled to escape
I from the heat and flames that spread
j over the ground and leaped high into
the air.
Telegraph poles, wagons, small build
| ings, board walks and fences were piled
• together H,IL da,- long by mors CMI
t/'i'i slu(f(\jt?j members of the fresTT
inffi and sophniore dosses. Bv night
fall their wood pile was larger than a
three-story building. Late at night,
after the wind hail died down the
I crowd collected for the ceremony and
| to Captain Tobin was accorded the hon
or of applying the torch.
Windows were broken in the new
Carnegie Library, the electrical engin
eering building, and the armory. The
beautiful memorial window in the Beta
Thetn Pi fraternity house was destroy
ed. The flames were seen many miles
1 from State College.
ISTATEifIENT BY BRUIKIBAUGH
Republican Candidate Repudiates Ac
tion of Personal Liberty Party
in Placing His Name on Ticket
Philadelphia, Oct. 21. Dr. Martin
i CI. Brumbaugh, Republican candidate
for Governor, to-day issued a state
mcnt, repudiating the action of the Per
sonal Liberty party in making him its
candidate for Governor. The statement
says: *
"1 learned for the flrst time on Oc
tober 22, that 1 was on the Personal
Liberty ticket as a nominee for Gov
ernor. So one ever suggested to me
the intention tu name me on this par
ty's ballot, in fact I did not know
there was such a ballot or such a par
' ty. Had T been consulted or informed
1 shodld certainly have declined to the
nomination because I sought only the
Kepublican nomination. I do not know
what.!his party stands for, have never
j seen its principles, and know no one
i in its organization, but had learned in
j directly that it is presumably favor
i able to the liquor, interests.
"'lmmediately after learning that my
name appeared upon this party's ballot
j I vqnsulted my attorneys and directed
I them to have my name removed. This,
j they have informed me, is impossible UJI
j der present, election laws,
j "I therefore, hereby and in the
strongest language at my command re
pudiate utterly its endorsement of me,
and pledge myself, if elected Governor,
to demand the immediate enactment of
such legislation as will make it abso
lutely impossible hereafter in Pennsyl
vania for any man's name to be placed
upon a 'ballot without his written con
sent. ''
j SEIFERD TO TAKE THK STAND
'Alleged Clairvoyant Expected to Testi
fy To-morrow in Will Fight
The hearing before Roy C. Banner,
Register of Wills, in the case of the
contested will of the late Mrs. Martha
.1. Adams, will be resumed to morrow.
It is that in which Harrison Seiferd,
alleged clairvoyant and chief benefici
ary uhder the will, is held to have ex
erted undue influence over Mrs. Adams
at the time the will was drawn.
Attorneys on both sides agreed late
yesterday afternoon to the continuance
until to-morrow. Acting undor the ad
vice of B. Frank Nead, his counsel, Keg
ister Banner, in a day or two, will ap
point a temporary administrator to take
charge of the .Vdatns estate and pre
serve it until the present matter is
finally passed upon by the courts.
It was said to-day that Seifred will
probably go on the' witness stand to
j morrow to defend his right to share in
1 the Adams estate.
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PRICE, ONE CENT
FLATFORn READY
ran. m
I; Places Prepared To-day
> in Tabernacle for the
Speakers.Singers and
l j Musicians
AUDIENCE WILL
1 FACE NORTH SIDE
I Several Co-Operating Churches Intend A
s to Hold Regular Services Sunday '
) Contrary to Desires of Evangelist—
Agreement to Be Reached Saturday
II The platform in the Stough taber-
I | nacle was to-day built by the carpen
-1 j ters and the volunteer workmen and
: considerable attention was also given
( the board scats, which are nearing com
. | pletion. The platform is graded, hav
-31 ing three heights. Several feet from
. | the ground will be the choir and the
' j orchestra, a foot higher the piano, and
] I at the front a platform for ISvangelist
j tttough, about six feet from the ground.
; The platform is being erected at the
j j North street end of the big building,
s j On the north side there are doors to
' | be used only by members of the Stough
: party, of the choir and the orchestra
• j and by press representatives. The pub
• i lie entrances are on the south side of
'! the building, facing State street, and
1 ] the exits are at the cast and west sides
' j which will be thrown open at the end
t of the meetings. The audience will face
toward North street. The evangelist
r will speak with his back to the choir
. and orchestra.
i Night Work on the Interior
; Night work on the interior of the
31 building started last evening. High
» power electric lights enabled men and
i | women who volunteered for work to
I make rapid progress with the board
I seats. There is still considerable ham
j mering to be done, and volunteers in
- any numbers are wanted at any hour of
- I the day and night. THe workmen were
; | again dined at a restaurant at noon to-
I i day.
> The decorating of the tabernacle will
j be undertaken by the young men's and
young women's work committees acting
| in co-operation, if plan* are adopted
are to be Subi>ijtfted to the cxccsu-
TTylvte committee at a mMing this even-'
.j ing. The young men have been making
i tentative arrangements, it is believed.
t ! and the good taste of the young women
, j will be necessary in addition, to give
I | the interior a satisfactory appearance.
Co-Operation of Churches
Although it is the wish of Evangel
ist Stough that all the co-operating
. ; churches close during the six weeks'
. i campaign, particularly next Sunday the
I I opening day, several churches of the
-, city have expressed the intention of
, continuing their regular services as
usual. Most qf the co-operating
churches will have no preaching serv-,
. ices next Sunday, or on succeeding
j Sundays during tho campaign, and will
I shift their Sunday schools to a morn
ing hour so as not to conflict with the
afternoon tabernacle meetings. The
| evangelist's wishes in the matter of
closing the churches must be consulted,
j it is said, according to the contract
i signed by the churches which have en
, j tered the campaign. A consultation be
, tween the co-operating ministers and
' | Evangelist Stough will be held on Sat
j urday evening so that a definite agree
( ; mpnt may be reached.
FREEZING WEATHER IRE
!i FOR FIRST TIME THIS YEAR
Mercury Drops to :$U Degrcos at x
I O'clock This Morning After a Night
in Which, Some Persons Say,
Snow Fell
■ i The temperature here dropped to
thirty-two degrees, freezing point, this
I morning for the first time this season.
. ; The drop came on the heels of a very
t disagreeable night. The temperature
I will go lower to-night and there is a
' possibility of weather records for this
| time of year going to smash.
, i The mercury performed unusual
'filings in the last twenty-four hours.
. By S o'clock this morning it had
; dropped sixteen degrees, bringing the
coldest weather of the season, mid the
. drop came with such rapidity that it
I | surprised tho weather observers who
: looked for a temperature live degrees '■
! higher.
! A high pressure area that has now
overspread the entire of the country,
! East of the Rocky Mountains, began ait
. ; onslaught on the depression over liar
risburg last evening and it «as not long
latter dark that liarrisburgers knew
•'that there was a warring of the ele
ments. A colj north wind set in, and
I jas it was the first of the season, it
•: seemed really colder than it wa.-<.
• I A mixture of the two atmospheres "f
j widely different temperature.- caused
a peculiar sort of precipitation starting
• shortly alter S o'clock. There are per
sons who will go UII record as saving
• that it was snow, but K. R. Denialu,
local weathei forecaster, does nut think
so, saying tnat snow in a temperature
of close to fifty degrees—which was
the mark at that time —is little short I
of ridiculous. I
Mi Dcmain, however, said he lies no
' I doubt that snow fell ill the mountain-)
(about llarrisburg. tor snow was report
|ed in Pittsburgh this morning and in
j the lake regions veslerUay afternoon. It
Cootluurd on Second Cage.