THE WEATHER PAIR TO NIGHT OOLDEE TO MOEROW Drtallrd Report* Pave • §eT a^T" ku VOL. 76—NO. 141. FIGHTING IS LIMITED TO ARTILLERY French Official Report Says Germans Were Driven Back in At tempt to Cross Yser OTHER ATTACKS ALSO REPULSED German Regiment Reported to Have Been Destroyed South of Bixschoote and Two Attacks by Kaiser's Troops Near Ypres Repulsed Paris, Xov. 16, 2.51 P. Xl.—The French official announcement given out in Paris this afternoon says yesterday along the Yscr >eanal between Nieuport and Dixmude the lighting was limited to artillery exchanges. The Germans who endeavored to cross the Yser canal between Dixmude anil Bixschoote. were driven back and a German regiment was destroyed south of Brcvuoote. Two German attacks near Ypres were re pulsed and the French have taken the offensive and driven the enemy from positions taken by them several days ago. On the remainder of the line there have been artillery exchanges and en gagements of relatively minor import ance. The text of the communication follows: " During the day of yesterday, along the Yser canal, from Nieuport to the; country up the river from Dixmude, the fighting was limited to artillery ex- | changes. "The country having been further Inundated, the submerged territory now stretches to the south of Dixmude to a ,point five kilometres (three miles') north of Bixschoote. "The forces of the enemy which en deavored to (.Toss the canal between the region o THE AUDACIOU4 Above is a picture of the British dreadnought Audacious, one of the most powerful aud finest in Britain's ijreat cavy, which was sunk twenty-five miles off the Irish const by a German submarine or German mine. This disaster, the most serious loss of the war. so far as bnttle efficiency is concerned, overtook the Audacious on October 27. With the possible exception of one or two men. the entire Bfto officers and men of the Audacious were saved by the White Star line steamship Olympic. Over all. the Audacious was S»G feet long, with a beam of SO feet. Her displace ment was 23.000 to«s. Sue was supposed to make about 22.5 knots. U.S. KNEW OF DISASTER TO AUDACIOUS 2 WEEKS ACO Washington, Nov. 16. —The United States government ha? known officially for two weeks of the destruction of the British dreadnought Audacious by a mine off the Irish coast, but has kept the secret at the request of the British government. Ambassador Page cabled the Amer ican government of the sinking of the Audacious within a day or two after she went down. He said he had been officially informed of the sinking, as well as of the delay to the Qlyntpic. He gave no details, however, but merely started t'liart the British government wanted the loss kept secret for the present. Officials here scrupulously guarded the news. With the mail advices from Ireland and stateiments of en ewitnesr-es, how ever, the fart that Ambassador :Page had reported or the incident leaked out. In the same communication in which the loss ot the Audacious was •mentioned Ambassador Page transmit ted a warning to American ships con cerning the presence of mines off the Irish coast. 3 BRITISH WARSHIPS ARE DISABLED BY GERMAN CUNS Berlin, Nov. 16 (By Wireless) —Ac- cording to information given officially to the press to-day, reports reaching Berlin from Geneva set forth that the British torpedo boat destroyers Falcon, the cruiser Brilliant and the sioop-of war Rinaldo have been disabled by Ger man guns on the Belgian coast. j The Failcon is a torpedo boat destroy er 210 feet, long, launched in ISS9. She had a speed of 30 knots, a comple ment of 60 men and two 8-inch tor pedo tubes. The light cruiser BnWliant was launch ed in 1891. She is 300 feet long, has a complement of 273 men and carries two 6-inch and eix 4.7-inch guns. The Rinaldo, sloop-ofwar, is ISO feet long, has a complement of 130 men and an armament of four 4-inch guns and four 3-pounders. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY The battle in Flanders was continued to-day with the same ferocity which has consistently marked this crucial struggle since it began more than a month ago. From French sources came reports of minor advantages in the fighting, but the great issue there, as on the eastern frontier in Germany, still hung in the balance. Berlin made the statement that three British war ships, part of the fleet which had been assisting the allies to stem the Ger man onrush toward the English chan nel, have been disabled. Of greater Importance to Great Brit ain than any of th« day's passing events was tho question of the attitude in the world war to be taken by the millions of Moslems in her colonial pos sessions. Reports emanating from Germany were that the Moslems, in some instances at least, were siding with the Sultan of Turkey, to whom they owe spiritual allegiance, as against Great Britain. The German attack in the extreme west is shifting slowly southward In Belgium, toward the French border. The country to the west of DixmUde has been transformed by the tapping of canals and the heavy rains into a vast swamp, in which heavy fighting is almost impossible. South of Dlxmude, the French War Office said to-day, re newed German efforts to cross the Yser canal were beaten back, with the de struction of a German regiment. The French claim the recapture of positions Cnnllnard on Kluhth I'agr. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 16, 1914 12 PAGES. niEEHK MOT Ml First Resumption of Trading Since the Market Became De moralized July 31 FLOOR IS ALIVE WITH BROKERS During First Few Minutes Trading Is Exceedingly Brisk and Somewhat Nervous—The Now Rules Imposed Cause Some Confusion By Associated Press, New York, Nov. 16.—The New York Cotton Exchange reopened for unre stricted trading at 10 o'clock this morn ing. It had been dosed since July 31 when the market went into convulsions and three firms failed through the de morilizatiou caused by the impeudiug war in Europe. The floor of the ex change was thronged with brokers when the gong sounded. During the first few minutes trading was exceedingly brisk and somewhat nervous. Tilery was some little confusion because of unfaaiiiiarity with the new style contract and the new rules ini|>osed on the market by the j operation of the so-called cotton futures law. , Early tracing was confined almost entirely to December rotton, soid ou the old style contract. The market opened at 7.45 cents aud dropped quickly to 7.40. A low level of 7.39 was readied in the first haiif hour. The market then grew steady and the nervous tone de parted. At the end of the first halt' hour trad ing appeared to be normal a.nd the num ber of brokers on the floor had dwin dled. Prices were approximately three cents below what they were when the exchange vlosed on July 31. January sold at 7.75 to 7.85, March at 7.88, IMay at 8.10 to 8.12 and October at 8.40 to 8.50, all on old style contract. Wall street brokers, inactive because of the darkened Stock Exchange, were interested spectators at the opening. A spnnk'ling of other spectators and friends and families of cotton brokers were in the gallerv. A general laugh, punctuated by hoots, greeted the read ing of a letter of congratulations from j members of the Liverpool Cotton Asso ciation. After the first hour of trading it was I estimated that between 75,000 and 125,000 bales had changed hands. Heavy liquidation of old contracts, which had been thrown into the pool, was in progress. The South was buy ing a little, but Liverpool and the con tinent were evidently proceeding with much caution Prices held fairly steady. WOOD MARRIED 25 YEARS Governor Tener Will Attend Celebra tion Wednesday Evening Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wood, 2243 Logan street, will celebrate the twenty ! fifth anniversary uf their wedding on Wednesday night at tlieir home. I Mr. Wood is marshal of the Public | Service Commission, having previously been a clerk in the State Department, and came here from Philadelphia. iHe was one of the professional basebull stars in 1889, being a member of the Philadelphia team, and at the time of his marriage in that city hnd just re turned from a tour of the world as a member of the All-Americau team, which toured with the Ohicagos. Governor Tener, who was one of the Chicago team, will be one of the guests at the anniversary, with Mrs. Tener. Other guests will be Secretary McAfee, Deputy Secretary Hertzler and other State officials. THREAT IB SUE RECALLS KUNKEL-STROUP CONTEST Wetzel, a Deputy Sheriff, Says He Has Not Yet Received s!»,"> Due Him for Summoning Witnesses in Post election Fight Declaring that lie has not vet been paid for "summoning to court the wit nesses who testified in the proceedings iat winch Paul A. Kunkol maile a vain ettort to show that he had been elected .District Attorney of Dauphin county, oxer Michael E. stroup, the present in cumbent, J Edward Wetzel, a deputy sheriff, to-.lav sent out letters to the Kunkel petitioners who staged the con tost, in which he threatens to bring | legal action if the money is iiqt psid to him wittiu th«.ne!fc weak. has retained William L. Loeser a« his legal adviser, and this afternoon said lie will brinjr suit for the full amount of his claim, $135.19, unless he at once is paid t'o r his services. District Attorney 'Stroup assumed the duties of his ollice nearly three years ago and more than two years have elapsed since ij was definitely de cided that he was elected over Kunkel bv a plurality of less than a hundred votes. The signers to the petition throngn which the County Prosecutor's election was contested, who now are being called upon to pay trie deputv sheriff for his services, include the following: ,1. fcraltsgiver, .John Edwards. Wilson Gut shall, George H. Lodge and Harry M. Bret7.. The bond that accompanied the original petition a- a safeguard to the county against the payment of the costs of the contest, contained the names of the following: Paul A. Kunkel, the defeated candidate: Edward Moesloin, chairman ot the Democratic Countv Committee, and T. K. Van' Dyke, an attornex. At the enurt hearing on the contest more tha:; a hundred witnesses were summoned and the costs amounted to between SI,OOO and $2,000. Many of the witnesses have been paid, although it is said that the amount vet unpaid will run close to SI,OOO. Kunkel was the fusion candidate op j posing the present incumbent and the post-election contest chiefly was based Continued on Ulghth Pint. RAT BIT HIM SEVEN TIMES ! Drug Clerk's Thumb Severely Tom by Rodent He Attempted to Cap ture With His Hands Ray lirough a drug clerk employed i in Tolbort Prowell's pharmacy, 385 I South Front street. Steelton, is reeeiv j iu,g medical attention for a .series of rat bites inflicted on his light thumb by a rodent which he had cornered in the cellar of the drug store and had j picked up with his bare hands. Brough often catches rats in a trap with the object of using them for scien tific experiments. Last Friday he spied a large sewer rat in the cellar and de termined to capture it without use of a trap. After driving the rodent back of a box the clerk placed his hand in the animal's hiding place and pulled it out. A succession of shrieks from Brough followed and th<> owner of the drug stqre rushed to the clork's assistance. The rat was tenacious and Brough could not get rid of it until it had bit ten him several times. Dr. W. P. Daily cauterized the wounds anc} it is hoped to avoid blood poisoning. Scott Chief of Staff U. S. Army By Associated Press. j Washington, Nov. 16.—'Brigadier •General Hugh L. gcofct became chief of staff of the United States army to-day, succeeding Major General Wiiliam W. Wotherspoon who was retired on ac count of age. Caesarian Operation at Hospital Mrs. Viola Stickell, 1245 Kittatinny street, underwent a Caesarian operation at the Harrisburg hospital Saturday aft ernoon. A daughter was 'born, whose respiration was started >by a ptrlmotor. 'Mrs. Stickell's condition was serious to-day. WELFARE Eli 1W I PROGRESS Many Industrial Con cerns Represented in Display at the Chest nut Street Hall EXPERTS ARE IN CHARGE OF SHOW Are Carrying Their Safety First Idsa3 Out in Teaching the General Public to Safeguard Itself in Every Pos sible Way When you enter the Chestnut street hall, where the Welfare and Efficiency exhibit is in progress, and see a red sign screaming "Danger. Men Working Overhead," don't pay any attention to it for it's just a sample of the signs used by a big industrial concern in its I campaign for safety. But when you ! see a sign in the general office at the | exhibit saying " Ixiw Bridge, Safety I First," dodge or you will strike the i balcony in the big hall. Thus do the efficiency experts in | charge of the exhibit, which by the , way is the best yet, carry their safety first ideas out in teaching the general [ public to safeguard itself in every pos sibe way. The little sign in th«» office ! demonstrates to the highest possible de gree to what lengths the safety first movement can be carried with success. Conference Begins To-morrow The exhibit is held in connection with second annual Pennsylvania Wel fare and Efficiency Conference which will last for three days, beginning to morrow in the hall of the House of Representatives at the Capitol. The conference was called by the Depart ment of Labor and Industry under the auspices of the Engineers' Society ot' Pennsylvania. Many other sectional meetings will be held in other rooms in the Capitol building. While experts will speak on welfare and efficiency at the c9uference, actual demonstrations of how many of the ad vanced ideas are being carried out in industrial plants will be shown at the exhibit which will be open every aft ernoon and evening, beginning at noon t%lay and lasting until Friday night. The sessions of the conference are open to anyone interested in welfare work, Coatlnned on Klichth Pave. FIRE DESTROYS SI .275 CAR Alarms Sent Simultaneously From Two Boxes Cause Confusion for the District Firemen A new five-passenger touring car, be longing to John Black, stone contractor, was destroyed by fire along with Black's private garage, at Seventeenth and Vernon streets, at 1.45 o'clock this afternoon. The automobile was valued at $1,275 and. was not covered by in surance. One hundred dollars will cover; the loss of the building. Archibold Blai-'n, a son. liail just put the machine in the garage and started for his home, fifty yards away, when turning lie saw the garage building in flames. It is not known how the fire originated. Alarms were simultaneous turned in from boxes No. 34, Fifteenth and Derry streets, and No. 17, Seven teenth and Market streets, and the dis trict apparatus responded. The garage and the ear were wrecks when the fire men arrived and nothing could be saved. The two alarms turned in at the same time, caused some confusion for the firemen. Only five taps,—a three and a two, —had sounded from box No. 34 when the alram was interfered with by the ringing of No. 17, which is on the same circuit. No. 17 then struek four times. As firemen are ordered not to respond to an alarm until it strikes the second time they responded to box No. 17 at Seventeenth and Market streets. On the return, however, the Friendship motor apparatus was sent to Third and Boas streets, where box No. 32 is located, but it was seen that that box had not been opened and the fire men returned immediately to quarters. GIRL FORGER IS PAROLED Court Gives Another Chance to Daugh ter of Once Rich Parents The Lancaster girl, of wealthy par entage, who pleaded guilty here to a forgery charge and whose case on three occasions was continued in order that the proper officials might get informa tion concerning the defendant, this morning was told by Judge McCarrell that she will be paroled if she can get housework in a proper home. Mrs. Anna Simonctti, probation officer, was directed by the court to make an ef fort to get work for the girl. The defendant's once wealthy par ents were divorced after a separation, which it is said, was preceded by the father's financial■ ruin in stocks. The mother, by letter, made an appeal to the court in her daughter's behalf. She added, ''l too, must now work to make a livelihood." Carlisle FootbaUist Out of Danger By Associated Press. Chicago, Nov. 16.—Gustave Welsh, qaurterback of the Carlisle football team, who was knocked unconscious In the game here last Saturday with Notre Danr.e, rested well last night and to-day was declared out of danger. His cheek bone wa« crushed in. MOST POPULAR FIREMAN TO BE BURIED WEDNESDAY Mt. Pleasant Company Will Meet to Do Special Honor to Memory of John G. Willis WTjo Left Sickbed to Parade With Comrades A special meeting of the Mt. Pleas ant Steam Fire Engine Company will be held to night to plan to pay honor to the memory of John G. Willis, a member of the company, who was voted the most popular fireman in Harrisburg, and whose death occurred last night at his home, 15 North Eignt eenth street. Willi?, who was 36 years old, had been ill for many weeks. He had been JOHN'G. WILLIS Man Voted City's Most Popular Fire- Fighter Died Last Night a member of the Mt. Pleasant com pany for many years and when the State firemen's convention was held here last month he left what his friends had supposed would be his death bed to participate in what he knew would be his last parade. He at tended a session of the convention, after which ho returned to bed where he romained until the time of his death. At the time of the convention Willis said that even if it hastened his death, which lie knew was not far Continued on Hleveiitb Puce. REPUBLICANS TO TAKE ALL OFFICES IN LEGISLATURE Kephart. Baker and Miller Will Be Retained —Speakership Is Likely to Go to Habgood, of McKean—Bald win Seeks That Post If there ate any Republicans in the State who ha i hopes of picking up the important offices in Senate and House when the organization of the Legisla ture is effected it may be interesting to them to kn-ow that the old officers are to be retained, according to an an nouncement that came from Republican headquarters in Philadelphia on Satur day night. Herman L. Kephart, of Fayette, will be chief elerk of the Senate, and W. Harry Baker, of Harrisburg, will be the •Senate secretary, while Herman P. Mil ler, of Harrisburg, will again be the Senate librarian. This leaves the po sition of reading clerk and journal clerk open for the disposition of the Senate slate committee which will be appointed at the Senate Republican caucus on th<> Monday night preceding the assembling of the Legislature. In the House Thomas 8. Garvin, of Delaware, is to be the chief clerk, his old office, while William S. Leib. of Schuylkill, will again be resident clerk, the other clerkships to be apportioned by the House Republican slate commit tee which will be created in the Repub lican caucus to meet on Monday night, January 4. The indications are that there will be a very lively scramble for the main positions, the applicants being numer ous. One thing agreed upon, it is said, is that no Washington or Democratic party applicants will receive the slight est recognition. The .Republicans will take all. The contest for Speaker of the House grows lively. Representative Baldwin, of Delaware, who is very active in his campaign to win the place of presiding officer, was 'in Philadelphia on Satur day looking up his chances, but it is said he will lose out because the place of chief clerk will go to Delaware for Mr. Garvin. Representative Robert P. Habgood, of McKean, an old member, is said to have the inside track for Hpeaker and has the promise of support from a number of leaders. Senator Kline, of Allegheny, will {'resident pro. tem. of the Senate, having been chosen at the close of the last session by the Republicans. LOCAL MAN IS HONOREp District Typographical Union Re elects L. B. Wanbaugh Secretary Delegates from this city'who attend ed the quarterly convention of tfco East Pennsylvania district of the Interna tional Typographical Union at Scranton yesterday were: Richard Gray, Harry Fry and P. C. Hoffman, and Linwood B. Wanbaugh, secretary of the district. Mr. Wanbaugh, of the Star-Independ ent, was re-elected secretary at yeirter day's session. Other officers elected were: ' President, William Corless, of Scran ton; vice president M. L. Mason, Reading:, treasurer, James McfPherson, of Philadelphia. The delegates present at the conven tion represented 3,000 men. A feature was the attendance of nearly all of the officers of the international union. The next place of meeting will be Pottsville. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, (>?> F JENT. CREW MATES MEET IN THE SAWDUST Gettysburg Student in City for Football Game Also Hits the Trail STOUGH TAKES PIPE FROM MAN Services Held Morning and Evening at Tabernacle Yesterday, and Meetings for Men, Women, Young Womeu and Children in the Afternoon The scenes incident to the trail hit tiug at the SHough tabernacle Saturday night and last night noticeably lacked the hysterical crying and loud shrieking Which marked the events of the two piweding nights. The men and women and boys and girls w'iio came forward, for the most part, with serious f.ices, many of them sobbing but not loudly! Jvvatigelist Stough conducted everything in a brisk, matter-of-fact wav. For the first, time since the trail hitting began, last. Thursday night, trail hitters on Saturday night laughed heartily as thee shook the preacher's hand, expressing joy rather than grief that they had hit the sawdust. At the after meeting Saturday night there were more interesting incidents than at any time sine*! the opening of the campaign. When most of tiito audi ence had left the building at. 9.80 o'clock, Dr. Stough began his work villi the trail hitters, about a hundred of them, who were sitting with bowed heads in the front benches. When lie had led them in prayer, he went down among them and called foi each to rise, one at a fcinie, to shake his hand and publicly accept Jesus Christ. Crew to ' 'Run Train for God' • Among the first to rise wore a man | and wife and 10-year-old daughter, formed by the evangelist, "a whole ■ lAmily in the Kingdom." Onlv a Few j minutes later the revivalist reached a j man «' compairied bv his wife and 10- | vear-old son. The coincident would not have been so remarkable had it not de \ elo.pe.d that the two men wore con ductor and brakeman on the saino train on the Pennsylvania railroad. When ; l>r. Stoug'n was told about it bv the I second man, he brought Hie .two men to -1 jrether and putting his arms around them said: *' Now you 're goini.' to run the train for (iod. aren't you?'' Among the trail hitters was a young ! man, unaccompanied, who quietly told the evangelist he " accepted" Jesus Christ. ' He wan in this city only for the day, and had come primarily not to hit the sawdust, but to.root for his j college football team, Gettysburg, at < nil tinned on Seventh V'rcr LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF SEASON EXPECTED HERE Cold Wave Comes Here 011 Heels of Heavy Rain Storm and Will Send the Mercury Tumbling—2."» Degrees, Says Weather Man A cold wave that to-day gave below zero temperatures in Wyoming moving east on the heels of yesterday's storm will carry the temperatures hereabouts to way below freezing point to-night. A real cold wave is indicated and Weather Bureau officials in this city fix to-night's minimum at twenty-five degrees. While this temperature will not break any absolute minimum records for this month in Harrisburg it will bo the coldest weather so far this season, a previous record for this year being twenty-eight degrees. The area now covered by the cold wave would indi cate that it will cause low temperatures for several days. A storm that was central off the Uulf coast Saturday morning moved rapidlv northeastward merging with an eastern storm in the Ohio valley causing pre cipitation generally in the east. Tho rainfall here was ,9(i of an inch. Heavi er rain was reported from some station on the .Susquehanna to the north of the city. A slight rise in the river is ex pected, a stage of about 2.3 feet boiug indicated for Harrisburg tomorrow. Kain beginning here early in the morning, continued heavy throughout the day until nightfall. It was ne com pail ied by a high wind, which marie it particularly disagreeable. With the coming of the cold wave the high winds will diminish. STABBED IN NOON DAY FIGHT Charles Cheney in Hospital With His Intestines Punctured Charles Cheney, colored, .'!4 Lochiel row, was stabbed in the abdomen bv another colored man in a tight at noon to-dajv near his home. He was taken to the Harrisburg hospital by the po lice in such a serious condition that an operation was performed* immedi ately. The intestines were punctured. Cheney said that lie was lighting with several colored men, when one of them whipped out a razor and slashed him. The wound is nine inches long at the left side of the abdomen. He would not say who his assailant w;w anil no arrests were made.