THE WEATHER RAIN TO NIGHT FAIB TO MORROW OtKIIH Hrport. r«if 8 g&nN'SS.* 0 VOL. 7t>—XO. 139. 816 DEFEAT OFGERMANS ISREPORTED Lose 12 Guns and Leave Many Dead on Field at Kalisz. Says Pet rograd Dispatch SAT! KARLSRUHE IS NOW CORNERED Wireless Report From Berlin Says the Turkish Army in the Caucasus Is Now Attacking the Russians on Their Second Line of Defense Bjf AssoctaSed Frtss, Paris. Nov. 13, *>.55 A. M.—Ac *v -ding to a Petrograd dispatch to the "Ma;.a." ;<n- Hermans suffered a se vere dtteat beyond Kalis/, losing twelve heavy and leaving many dead oil the tieid. Loudon, Nov. 13. Ml A. M.—lt is rumorei among saipping firms in Lou doa that the German cruiser Karl srahe has been cornered. B*r, n. Nov. 1". (bv Wireless)—ln calcd in the information given to the jr.-- to day from official quarters is tae foilowiag: Reports received here from Con stantinople set forth that the Turkish in the Caucasus is attacking the Russians on their second line of de li se. Au artillery engagement near Koeprvorv on Novembe.- 9 lasted all day loHg. "The Per# an. Afghan, Egyptian, lujian and Mohammedan elements in Constantinople have declared the com munity of their interest* The Sun r• - es and the Shiites :(\o opposing re igious sects) are now for the first time for joint action. "The 'tossiehe Ze tang' reports ti.it Rumania has declined a demand mad-' by Russia for the passage of Russian troops through Rumanian ter ritory. "The London *T nies' -as publish ed a ?ta:eaiea: to the effect that the British government ha< undertaken ]e;a. action against certain Irish news T> or- tor having . ; osed recruiting in Ireland." ITALIAN STEAMER ON FIRE; 5W SOLDIERS ARE ABOARD London. Nov. 13. 12.57 P. M.—A "Centra; New? dispatch from Rome n? * tae Ital.aa steamer Citta Pi ba voua has sent out a wireless S. O. S. call saying she is on fire 150 miles off Catania. the lias 500 soldiers on board bound from Msssowa. Africa, for Italy. Two steamers have gone to the assistance of the distressed vessel. BRITISH CASUALTIES IN WAR TO OCT. 31, 57.000 London, Nov. 13, 11.25 A. M.—The Britisa casualties in the war up to October 31 were approximately 57,000 nien ot* ad ranks. This estimate was given by Premier Asquita in the House of Commons to-day in reply to a ques tion by Kdwsrd T. John, member of the House from Denbighshire. Mr John also desired information a? to the government s proposals as to the final conditions of peace, the effec tive establishment of international law. the ces«at.on of competitive mil itary expenditure and so forth. Premier Asquith. in reply to Mr. John's questions. gave "the British casualties and added that he was not in a position to estimate the losses of the other allied powers or those of the enemy. He referred Mr. John to his recent speeches on the other questions raised. SIX BROTHERS. bIE OX THE UERMAX FRONT IX TRENCHES Passaic. Nov. 13.—Joseph Ekhe. a State game and tish warden, living at 172 Hope avenue, yesterday received •word that six of his brothers, five of his nephew? and a niece had died in the trenches under the German flag. The information was conveyed in a letter from Kiche "s mother in Germany received through the government diplo matic mail pouch. The letter had been opened. The six brothers. Eiche learned, were killed in hand-to-hand fights on the Trench border. There are still four brothers and fourteen nephews of Eiche lighting in the ranks of the German aim v. German Warships Becoming Active London, Nov. 13, 7.45 A. M. —A dis patch from Copenhagen to the "Times" eays: "Military experts here attach importance to the news that great and unusual activity prevails among the German warships and auxiliaries in Kiel canal.'* 'LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Conflicting reports came to-day from the opposing sides on the main Euro pean battlefields. From the German mili tary headquarters came official an nouncement of important successes. The French War Office said that the battle in Belgium was becoming less violent, and that the German advance had made no further progress. The Berlin official statement refajs to heavy fighting on the Belgian sea coast near Nieuport. where, it is said. German marines have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. At Ypres, to the south near the French border, claim is made to another German victory with the capture of prisoners! Severe French attacks at other points along the battle line are reported. Nothing of this character is hinted at in the statement of the French War Office, in which it is said that the Ger man attacks near Ypres and elsewhere have been repulsed, and that the allies have advanced in a few localities. What the war is costing in human life, as well as in men wounded or held prisoners, can only be surmised. Occa sionally. however, bits of autheutic in formation are obtainable from which may be gathered a vague idea of what it all means. Premier Asquith, for ex ample, said to-day in the House of Com mons that the British casualties up to October it I were approximately 57.- IHH>. Lord Kitchener stated recently that England had sent men to the front. In other words one English man out of every six engaged in the war. roughly speaking, is dead, or has been wounded or taken prisoner. The loss of life among the British nobility has been heavy. The death of Lord Charles Gordon Lennox was announced to-day. In Ber lin the obituaries of four university pro fessors have iust been printed. Vienna reports that NO.OOO prisoners of war are now held in the Austrian concen tration canips. Particular interest was attached to to-day's French announcement for the reason that the battle in Belgium was considered by both sides as probably marking a definite turn in the general course of the war. The French statement asserted that several attempts of Germans to cross the Yser canal, around which has oc curred some of the most deadly strug gles of the war, were checked. These attempted advances were made at the western outlet from Dixmude, which the Germans wrested from the allies a few days ago, and the way along which the Germans sought to push their forces ionilnurd on M\th Page. RKPORT SINKING OF GERMAN SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT Fans. Nov. 13. 3.35 A. M.—A spe cial from ltunkirk states that a French torpedo bos" sank a German submarine off \\ esttuide, Belgium. The subma rine, it appears, was trying to torpedo the French warship when the latter's commander caught sight of her peri scope, put on full speed and charged down on the enemy which disappeared. A la-ge quantity of oil rose to the sur face. marking the spot where the sub marine sank. The torpedo boat sustained only slight damages and returned to port for repairs. TEN ARE KILLED AS MINES EXPLODE AT TSING-TAI Tokio. Nov. 13. 1.15 P. M. —An offi cial communication made public to-dav says that subterranean mines which exploded M Tsing-Tau while being re moved on Tovember 11 killed two ofti cers and eight soldiers and injured one officer and fifty-six soldiers. Four hundred and thirty-six wounded Germans are in the hospital at Tsing- Tau. GREAT BATTLE IN PROGRESS ON MONTENEGRIN FRONTIER Paris, Nov. 13. 12.35 A. M.—A dis patch from Cettinje, Montenegro, to the Havas Agency says: ''A great oattle is in progress on the Grahovo front along the western border of Montenegro. ~ The Montene grin troops were attacked by superior forces but are holding their own. Thev nav e repulsed the Austrians at several points, inflicting severe losses." Duke's Son Killed in Battle London. Nov. 13, 4.22 A. .M.—Lord Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox, major in the Grenadier Guards and the third son of the Duke of Richmond and Gor don. has been killed in battle, it was an nounced here to-day. Lord Gordon Lennox served in the South African war and afterwards saw service iu China. Sinking of Turk Transports Confirmed London, Nov. 13, 4 P. M.—An of ficial dispatch from Constantinople reaching London by way of Berlin con firms indirectly the recent Russian statement that a Russian fleet has sunk three Turkish transports in the Black Sea. England Wants Another Million Soldiers London. Nov. 13, 11.30 A. M.—A sup lementary estimate to provide for another million men required by the British government during the" vear coding Mar"i» 31 was introduced in" the House of Commons to-day. This brings the total army, not including the ter ritorials. to 2,1 86.400 officers and men. Commander-in-Chiefs Son Killed London, Nov. 13, 3.20 P. M. Cap tain Beaucham Oswald Duff, a son of the commander-in-chief of tfte army in India, Sir Beauchamp Duff, has been killed in action. The captain was an officer of the First King George's Own Guerkha rifles PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER i:i. 1914 lt> PAGER HI ES SUICIDE 8! LEAP IN HOSPITAL Patient, About to Be Sent to Asylum, Jumps Down Stairs in Local Institution HE IS PICKED UP UNCONSCIOUS Surgeons Beliave His Back Is Broken —Commission That Met Yester day Found That He Was Mentally Unbalanced Believing that he was incurably ill, Harry A. Brown, 34 years old, of Ly kens a patient at the Harrisburg hos pital. who was to have been committed to-day to the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insaue, attempted to end his lite by jumping from the second to the first floor loh n the rear stops in the hospital buiMiug at 11.45 o'clock this morning. He fell uior« than twenty hve feet, striking a baustrade, which broke his fall and threw the body to the tirst tloor instead of the basement. Much excitement attended his attempt to commit suicide. Staff physicians believed his back was broken and little hope was enter tained for his recovery. He, however, later seemed to be aole to use his arms and it is possible that he suffered onlv a severe sprain. Brown was admitted to the hospital October 31 as a uervous patient and, although suftering from hallucinations at times, he \\a.s Harmless ami was per mitted to be up around in his ward, which is in the second floor of the building. The rear stairway seemed to attract him and a watch was kept bv hospital attendants. Brown, this morning seemed to be seized suddenly with the desire to cud his life. He tnade au unexpected dash from the ward, ran across the hallway, chiubed to the banisters and dropped off. He fell outward striking a ballus trade. naif way between the tirst and second iloors which cheeked the fall and turned his body so that he landed on the tirst door. Otherwise he would have tail en into fix hasAneni, a floor below. Other patients saw his dash for the stairway and yelled for him to atop but he did not heel their cries. In au instant hospital attaches had him in the dispensary for treatment. It seemed that he struck his back in falliug. A special committee to inquiry into Brown s inem-ai condition was ap pointed by the Dauphin countv court on Wednesday and he was examined yesterday, resulting in an order being ma le directing that he be sent to the Lunatic Hospital for treatment. The unfortunate nun's wife before her marriage was Miss Zella Hensel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hen sel. of Lykens, the former a clothing merchant. Brown's failing mental condition nay noticed tirst in September last. For some years he had been a clerk in the Hensel store. Recently he several times intimated to his family that he intended committing suicide. At the inquiry yesterday Brown said that when a bov he fell upon his head and was painfully injured. His father, he said, died at the age of fifty. The fath er. too. had suffered from mental trou ble. ASKS SSO FOR ACCUSING SELF Hunter Who Shot Doe Illegally Seeks Beward for Informing Authorities Ptie State Game Commission received to day a letter from a man iu Warrior's Mark. Huntingdon county, stating he foad inadvertently killed a doe deer while hunting, and having realized he had violated the game law. which per mits only buck deer to be shot, he had voluntarily informed on himself to a game warden, paid his fine of SIOO and now wants to recover half the fine, SSO —'because half goes to the informer. The commission informed the man that oaving paid the fine to the game warden and gotten his receipt, the mat ter ended there, and he could not get Lalf the fine for informing against him self as the law says that a man can not profit bv his own wrong-doing. GERMAN AVIATORS PASSED OVER TWO ENGLISH SEAPORTS Berlin. Nov. 13 (by R'ireless). —Ac- cording to information given out to the press to-day in official quarters, German aviators have flown over the Knglish seaport* of Sherness and Har wich. Sherness is a fortified seaport in Kent, at the mouth of the Thames. It is about forty miles from London. Harwich is in Essex and about 70 miles northeast of London. Newfoundland Reserves In England St. Johns, N. F., Xov. 13.—Word was received to-day of the arrival in England of 300 men of the Newfound land naval reserve who have volun teered for active service with the Brit ish fleet and who, it is understood, will be assigned to duty at once. It is ex pected that the remaining 260 men in the reserve will cross the Atlantic shortly. German Cruisers Take on Supplies Valparaiso, Nov. 13.—The German cruisers Leipzig and Dresden steamed into Valparaiso harbor this morning and at once started taking on supplies and OYSTER PROPERTY WAS NOT BOUGHT FOR VALLEY R'YSCO. Aldinger Says He Alone Is Owner of the Parcel at Walnut and Raver Streets—Willing, However, to Sell If Street Car Company Wants It Real estate men to-day were talking about the deal in which F. H. Aldinger, proprietor of the Fla.'.a hotel, took over the Oyster property at Walnut and River streets, and discussing whether the Valley Railways Company is inter ested in the transaction with the idea of making the Oyster property the terminus of its 'cross ri \\ trolley lines. Mr. Aldinger was asked iiis morning if suoh a plan is back of his taking over the property in exchange for eight other properties. He said: "I went into the deal alono and took over tho property merely as an invest ment. 1 have no plans for the future in regard to it except that the present leases have a year and a half to mil and I will allow them to empire. I un derstand the present plan of the Valley Railways Company is to use Market street. However, if their plans are changed and they find that my building is a logical terminus I will be willing to sell. No person has talked to me on the subject." The Valley Railways Company has under consideration a plan to use Mar ket street, from to Front streets, for an extension of its tracks, and iu this connection there has been a report that the company sought to obtain the Hoard of Trade building. There has been some opposition raised, however, to the city granting trackage privileges to the company on Market street-, be tween Front and -Second, and in case of the city refusing to grant such priv ilege the Valley railways would likely seek a terminus elsewhere, possibly the site of the building Mr. Aldinger na* just acquired. Thus far the movement to extern! the tracks of the Valley Railways Company it|> Market street, from the square to Front street, has gotteu no further than the approval by the Public Service Com mission of the company's applieatiou for the extension of it<i charter in order to build the proposed line. In order to build the extension the company must pet the authority from the City Com mission, and when that is done the ex tension will have to bt a . proved by the Public Service Commission before the work can begin. This would give the objectors to the extension two more opportunities to be heard—first, before the City Commission, and second be fore the Public Service Commission. PEACE IN BASEBALL CIRCLES The "Negotiations Between Organized and Outlaw Officials Have Not Yet Been Completed Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 13.—-'The ne gotiations for [x'ace between organized base >all and the Federal League have progressed satisfactorily, but are by no means completocl," said Chairman Au gust Herrmann, of the National Baseball i onunission, on his arrival here to-day from Omaha and Chicago. "(Ma-. Charles Weeghman will come to Cincinnati next week to consult with Mr. Charles P. Taft over the prospective pur.-huso of the Chicago National League club. I believe the question of the sale of the Chicago Nationals to Mr. Weeghuian will be settled one way or tihe other at this meeting and I have high hopes that following this peace in baseball will come. This latter, however, is by no means certain but we are hoping for great things and they seem probable. "The minor leagues showed loyalty an 1 gameness in their meeting at Omaha. They will have to look out keenly for their iuterests and for the cash ledger next season even with all the help we can give them for they are. many of them, in bad condition. I didn't really know how badly off some of the little fellows were till I had the chance to talk and figure out the losses with them. They are good, plucky sports: they should be assisted and en couraged in every possible way and with peace in baseball they'll have a good chance to win out next season.'' VILLA IS READY FOR CLASH With His Army Operating From San Luis Potosi; He Orders an Attack on Tampico By Associated Press, Washington. Nov. 13. —General Vil la has ordered an attack on Tampico. His army is operating from the city of San Luis Potosi, which was occupiei without firing a shot. Official dispatches received here to-day say the people re ceived Villa with an ovation. No estimate of the forces Villa will control is available yet but military ex perts here think he already has strategic advantages in the extent of that terri tory dominated by his men. San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 13.—A message from the Carranza press bureau in Mexico City to-day said it was announced that the Aguas Calien tes convention had ordered Villa re moved from his command but that Gutierrez, provisional presidential choice of the convention, had refused to do so. General Natera was given as authority for the report. Woman With Burns in Hospital Miss Ijouise Hays, 47 years old, of Shippensburg, was admitted to the Har risburg ""hospital this afternoon for treatment for burns of her back and hips received at her home six weeks ago. While carrying a candle she fell down the cellar stepo and her clothing beenroo icnitc.l WEALTHY 1111 l IS SHOT BY ANISE Latter Claims She Rill ed Millionaire to Pro tect Herself and Com panion THREE BULLETS ENTER HIS BODY Woman Now in Hospital From Wound in Her Wrist Said to Have Been Inflicted by Case Knife Found at Her Side By Associated Press, Sau Antonio, Tex., Nov. 13. —Miss Kmma Burgemeister, a trained nurse, at whose home Otto Kochler, millionaire president of the San Antonio Brewing Association, was shot and killed last night, was to-day believed to be in no danger from the wound in her wrist, which she is said to have inflicted aft er the death of Kochler. She is said to have declared that she shot Koehler to protect herself and Kmma Daschiel, an other trained nurse, who resided with her. Koehler had driven Miss Burge meister home in his buggy and was ad mitted by Miss Daschiel. A few moments later three shots were tired and when the neighbors rushed in thev found Koehler dead on tile door of Miss Burgemeister's bedroom. One bullet had broken his neck, another had pene trated the skull just below the left eye and a third had entered the breast. Miss Burgemeister was kneeling beside the body, bleeding from a wound in her left wrist which evidently had been made by a case knife found at her side. Miss Burgemeister had been placed in a hospital under police guard and Miss Daschiel is under surveillauce. FRAZER IS 6,800 IX LEAD Majority Over Kunkel Based on Re turns Official Save in 4 Counties All but four counties have made re turns to the St'ite Department of the election held on November 3, the miss ing counties being Allegheny, Butler, Northampton and Philadelphia, and the last of these may uot get in until some time next week. This morning a computation of the %ote for Supreme and Superior Court •Judges in the sixty-thret* counties that have made returns was made by the clerks in the department, resulting as follows: Supreme Court —Frazer, 1S3.008; Kunkel, 276,233: scattering, 223. Superior Court —Clark, 156,152; Trexler, 259,857: scattering, 235. Unofficial returns indicate that Judge Frazer lias SO,OOO majority in Allegheny, 22.000 in Philadelphia ami 2,000 in Butler, while Judge Kunkel has 4,000 majority in Northampton. Adding these unofficial figures with those officially received gives Judge Frazer a lead of about 6,800. The official vote in the sixty-three counties heard from for Governor and United States Senator was as follows: Governor McCormick, Democrat and Washington, 330,290; Brumbaugh, Republican. Keystone and Personal Lib ertv, 333,465; Allen, Socialist, 27,701; Brunun, Bull Moose, 3,366; Lewis, Kooseveit Progressive, 5.019; Steven son, Prohibition, 14,930; Harrison, In dustrialist. 365. United States Senator Palmier, Democrat. 192,047; Pinchot, Washing ton, 183.553: Penrose, Republican, 287,817; Whiteside, Socialist, 25,956; Larkin, Prohibition, 15,202; Landis, In dustrialist. 485. The returns from Allegheny and Philadelphia will greatly increase the majorities of Brumbaugh and Penrose. WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION County Commissioners Hoffman and Miller Say They Will Not Run Isaac S. Hoffman and Samuel 8. Miller, Republican members of the Board of County Commissioners, who have been urged by their friends to be candidates for re-election, to-day announced that with the expiration of their present terms they intend retir ing from the political limelight. "We have been elected for two terms. We fully appreciate the confi dence the voters have placed in U9 and we do not feel warranted in ask ing them for another term,'' one of the commissioners said. Harwood to Address Engineers George A. Harwood, chief engineer of the New York Central electric zone improvements, will address the Engi neers' Society of Pennsylvania to-night at 8 o'elock in the lower hall of tlia Board of Trade building. His subject will be "'The Grand Central Terminal Improvements of the New York Cen tral & Hudson River Railroad Com pany." The lecture will be illustrated by lantern slides. Blow Torch Ignites Gasoline A blow torch ignited some gasoline and oil in a pan at the Harrisburg Au tomobile Company's garage at Susque hanna and Hamilton streets at 1.15 o'elock this afternoon. Hand extinguish ers were used and fire was extinguished before the Reily Combination wagon arrived. It had been telephoned for. The damage was slight. N. Y. Cotton Exchange to Reopen New York, Nov. 13.—The New York Cotton Exchange will reopen for unre stricted trading next Monday morning, November 16. The board of governors vo voted to-day. WANT TROLLEY IN ROYALTON Middletown Couuctlmen Take Steps to Encourage Extension of Line of Harrisburg Railways Company The ordinances giving to the Harris 'burg Railway* Compauv tho right ofj way to maJke changes in the route of its trolley line i.i Middletown was passed t>y the borough Councilmen last evening and has been approved by Thomas Jordan, the Burgess. This was the last move necessary on the part of I the borough officials to permit the Xlid dletowu tar Company to enlarge its plant, and work toward that end will be started at once. Several mon.hs ago the borough va cated a section of Wood and Water streets and changed the course of Wood street to perrnii. the car manufacturing company to g\> on with the extension of its plaut. The route of the trolley line, under the ordinance passed last night, will be changed so as to continue out Main street to Catherine and go down Cath erine to Water In completing the loop the line will be extended up Catherine street from Emails The Middletowu Oouncilmeu now are eager not only to have the trolley line extended through and around that borough, but also to have it cross the Swatara creek and run into Roy at ton, an adjoining borough. A special com mittee of Couucilmen was appointed last evening to gather data with re spect to the construction cost, the rigut of way over bridges and through streets and also as to the possible in crease in traffic. This will be submitted to the rail ways company some time during the winter and it has been suggested by the Middletowu officials that if the railways company will not consider the proposition Middletowu capitalists will be urged to finance it. BLAME FOR ACCIDENT FIXED Testimony Taken Before Coroner in Hands of District Attorney for Decision on Suit Testimony taken before Coroner Eekinger last evening in an inquiry into the automobile accident at Seven teenth and North streets last Friday night, which resulted in the death of Kalph Witmer, 9 years old, of 905 South Twenty-anu-a-half street, will be transcribed and presented to District Attorney Stroup, who will determine if a suit is to be brought against Samuel C. Morrow, on whom the blame for tho accident was fixed by the coroner's jury. A dozen witnesses testified Iflst night before Coroner Eekinger in the District Attorney's office. The testimony of several was that Morrow was driving his car at a high rate of speed while Edward Miller, in whose car the Wit mer boy was riding was going at a moderate Vpeed, and that the driver of this car made every effort to avoid a collision. Morrow said he was knocked un conscious in the collision and did not remember how fast he was traveling. 8 WANT HOSPITAL POSITION Committee to Select Superintendent of Harrisburg Institution Has Not Had a Meeting A committee of the Roard of Man agers of the Harrisburg hospital whose duty is to recommend to the board the name of a successor for C. A. Lindblad, present superintendent of that institu- I tion, who has resigned to take a similar position in the Homeopathic hospital in Pittsburgh, have not yet had a meet ing- Eight applicants are after the posi j tion according to a member of the com mittee to-da). Six of those have had ex perience in hospital work, while two others have been successful in other lines of work. All of them are men and none are Harrisburgers. It is not known whether the place will be filled before December 1, which time Mr. Lindblad begins his now du |ties in Pittsburgh, according to his plans announced to the Board of Man agers. CATHOLIC DIOCESE CHANGES Pastors Transferred in Eleven Churches of Harrisburg District I Changes in Roman Catholic churches ! of the Harrisburg diocese announced by Bishop Shanahan are as follows: Tho Rev. W. W. Whalen, assistant, ! from Cathedral, Harrisburg, to St. Ed ward 's church, Shamokin. The Rev. D. P. Reardon, assistant, from St. Anthony's church, Lancaster, to Cathedral, Harrisburg. The Rev. S. Dobinis, assistant, from St. Mary's church, Lebanon, to St. Anthony's church, Lancaster. The Rev. F. X. Feeser, assistant, from Sacred Heart church, Edgegrove, to St. Mary's church. Lebanon. The Rev. J. N. Whalen, assistant, from St. Joseph's church, Shamokin, to Sacred Heart church, Edgegrove. The Rev. P. J. Enright, assistant, from St. Joseph's church, Hanover, to St. Mary's church, McSherrystown. The Rev. V. T. Brozys, assistant, from St. Mary's church, McSherrys town, to Holy Trinity church, Colum bia. The Rev. J. Danneker, pastor, from I St. Mary's church, Middletown, to Bt. Marv's church, Berwick. The Rev. W. A. Howard, pastor, from St. Ignatius' church, Orrtanna, to St. Mary's church, Middletown. The Rev. P. F. Sullivan, pastor, from St. Edward'B church, Shamokin, to St. Ignatius' church, Orrtanna. The Rev. C. E. Ehehalt, pastor, from Holy Trinity church, Columbia, I to St. Joseph's church, Dallastown. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. SOBBING HUNDREBS HIT TRAIL Throng of Men and Women Come to the Front at the Stough Tabernacle , PRAY KNEELING IN THE SAWDUST Revivalist Starts Work of Conversion With Church Members—Tells Tho.su Who Come Forward He Is Not Mak ing It. Easy for Them The Stough tabernacle lust night, In tween the hours of !> and II (ho occa sion of the tirst trail hitting of the liar riaburg canipaigu- was a of sob bing, crying, moaning, shouting anil vroaming, as five hundred men and women, old and young, black and white, church members and outsiders, respond ed to the call of Kvangelist Plough t.t take the front, seats in the building and "find their Christ.'' Following his sermon on "The Lost < hrist, a sermon of appeals an . pathetic stories, the revivalist asked all persons "who got right with God in the neighborhood prayer meetings be tore the opening of the campaign" to rise in their places and remain stand ing. Several score arose, on the ground floor and in the ■choir loft. He then asked all persons "who got right with God in their homes and offices since tlio opening of the campaign on Sunday, November 1 also to rise. A few more arose. The invitation was then extend ed to all church memibers present "who wnirt to reuew their covenant, who have drifted awav and want to come back," to .join those already standing. liespouses to the latter iuvitath>n flv creased gradually, uutil several hundre I persons were on their feet. The evan gelist then called the standing crowd to come to the front and from that mo ment until the eloso of tlhc meeting, during an interval of two hours, the building was a scene of unceasing mo tion. Evangelist Stough stood on the chair on the platform and through a mega phone shouted to the people to corns forward. -Musical Director Spooner led the singing at intervals ami the re*t of the time paced the platform, urg ing the choir to hit the trail. Other members of the Stough party were lost in the surging crowds in front of the platform, the women working with women in the multitude, and tTie men walking about on the board bencliak. directing the movements of the trail hitters. The section of the platform occupied by the co-operating ministers was almost entirely vacated, the minis ters mixing with the trail-hitters or urging those who hung back to go for ward. Representatives of the Salvation Army worked side by side with repre sentatives of the city 's most aristocrat ic churches. Among the trail-hitters there was a great deal of sobbing and moaning. Not a woman or a girl went to the front with dry eyes, and few men. Most of the women cried audibly, some loudly. While church members were yet filling the aisles in the scramble to the front, which became greater as revival hymns were sung, the invita"- tion was extended for persons not mem bers of any church to hit the trail. Continued on Mnth I'iigr. GERMANS HOLD ANNUAL MEET Pennsylvania Society in Session at Lan caster Elects Officers By Associated Press, T.aneaster, Pa., Nov. 13.—The twen ty-fourth annual meeting of the Penn sylvania German Society was held to lay in this city witlh about 150 mem bers from various parts of the State in attendance. Ue|>orts showed tho present membership of the society to be 500. The annual address was made by, Julius P. Sachse, of Philadelphia. Otti vers were elected as follows: President, W. P. Hensel, liaricaster; vice presidents, Dr. William K. Muhlen - burg, Reading, and Harmon Yerkr-. \ Doylestown; treasurer, Dr. .1. E. 11. Buckingham. Philadelphia; executive committee. Dr. Julius P. JSadue, Phila delphia; Dr. Ij. K. Evans. I'ottstown; Charles H. Roberts, Allentown. WILSON TO TAKE SHORT OUTINCt President Plans to Oo to New York Over Sunday Washington, Nov. 13.—Presidcn' Wilson plans to go to New York to night to stay over Sunday with Colon, ll E. M. House, his- personal friend. He probably will return to Washington Monday. If public business permits Mr. Wil son will make another trip next week, going to New York or to one of the Vir ginia resorts. Yale Team Starts for Princeton New Haven, Conn., Nov. 13.—The Yale football squad left for Princeton to-day. The student body leaves on an afternoon train. The football men were given a send off by « thousand or moro students
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