THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIGHT
COLDER TO-MOBBOW
Detailed Report. !'«(« 0
§eT a ?. , 7S" ed VOL. 76 NO. 142.
RUSSIANS IN
BATTLE WITH
TURKS LUSE
Latter Compel Forces
of the Czar Already
Occupying Ropru
keui to Retire
SULTAN'S TROOPS
WIN LYLAN FIGHT
Attack the Russian Position and In
flict Heavy Losses on the Enemy—
Another Turkish Detachment Occu
pies Duskeuy
London, Nov. 17, 2.38 A. M.—The
Petrograd correspondent of the "Morn
ing Post" says:
"The Russians, have not succeeded
in marching on to attack the formid
able obstacles of the Dev-Boun range,
which protects the approach of Ktv.er
um. The Turks brought up front Er
zerum and Orvskala such large rein
forcements with heavy guns as to com
pel Iho Russians alr<ady occupying
Koprukeui to retire.
•Whether this retirement from posi
tions secured after very heavy lighting
must be reckoned as a Turkish success
depends upon local factors of which
we have uo knowledge."'
London, Nov. 17, 9.50 A. M.—A
•Soiia dispatch to Helper s Telegram
< ompany gives an ofiicial statement is
sued nt Constantinople on November 3. i
It says:
" Turkish troops attacked the lius-1
sian position at Lylan, situated irr/he
pioximity of the Russian frontier, a I
short distance from the sea, and the
Russians suffered severe losses. The
Russians attempted the landing of
troops, which however, were dispersed.
Another Turkish detachment occupied
Duskeuy. surrounded the Russians at
Hanmedrezi, capturing a quantity of
lminunition and provisions.
"The Russians bombarded to day |
without result the frontier post of j
Kolunush and Abisiah."
Russian" Checked Near Erzerum
Petrograd, Nov. 17.—The general!
stall of the Caucasian army has issued j
a communication confirming the report |
from Turkish sources that the Russians !
had received a check near Erzerum. It i
' sa"s:
"The march of our advance guard l
in the direction of Erzerum has ended, j
This inarch was dictated not by eondi- j
tions of war. but only to fulfill the |
task imposed on our advance guard. I '|
The communication tells of a number I
of Russiai. successes on the march in
Turkish Armenia and declares that the '■
Turkish offensive against the Russian
force on the route along the coast lias
failed. The Turks in this movement,
it is declared, met with serious losses ;
and their reserves were annihilated.
Turks Report Victory Over English
London, Nov. 17, 7.18 A. M. A|
dispatch from Constantinople via Am- j
sterdam to Reutcr's Telegram Company I
gives an official communication issued !
by the Turkish War Office. It says: I
"Yesterday we attacked the English
near Fao (on the coast of the prov
ince of Basra, in the Persian gulf).
They lost about a thousand dead.
"The revolutionary leader, Abdur
Ruzska, crossed the frontier with 300
men to assist the Russians, but was dis
persed by our troops and many of his
followers were killed. A Russian stand
ard has been captured."
AUSTRIAN'S CAPTURE 8,000
PRISONERS IN HARD FIGHT
London, Nov. 17, 4.15 A. M.—A dis
patch from Vienna via Amsterdam to
Reuters Telegram Company contains
an official army order issued by Field
Marshal Oskar Potiorek, commanding
the Austrian troops operating against
the Servians. The order reads:
"After nine days' severe fighting
against an obstinate and numerically ,
superior enemy, the brave troops of
the Fifth and Sixth corps have reached
> Kulnbara and forced the enemy to
flighty Over 8,000 prisoners, 42 can
non, 31 machino guns and numerous
war mute-rial were captured." '
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BATTLE IN NORTH FRANCE
RESUMED WITH GREATER
VIOLENCE. SAYS REPORT
i Paris, Nov. 17, 2.40 P. M.—There
was given out in Paris this afternoon
i the following official communication:
| "From Nieuport to Dixmude and in
j the region of Ypres, the cannonading
I has been resumed with greater violence
| than in the preceding days. On the ea
j ual to the south of Dixmude the action
j of our artillery checked the work that
j the Germans were endeavoring to carry
lout to keep down the iuundutions. The
enemy was compelled to evacuate a por
i tion of his trenches which .had been
j tilled by the waters.
| "Two attacks'of Herman infantry,
| one to the south of Bixschoote and the,
| otiier to the south of Ypres, resulted
;in failure. On our side we have made
! progress between Bixschoote and the
| canal.
"Between Armentieres and La Bas
| see there has been an artillery duel con
i ducted with great spirit.
"On the Aisne certain German de-1
taehments which endeavored to cross
j the river in the vicinity of Vailley i
were cither driven back or destroyed. j
"On our positions on the right bank
of the Aisne up stream from Vailley
there has been violent cannonading.;
This applies also to the Rheims region, i
j and several shells have fallen on the |
| city of Bheims.
"In the Argonne there have not been j
j any infantry engagements. We blew
j up with mines a certain number of Ger-!
j man trenches. On the heights of the j
I Meuse, to the south of Verdun, we have i
| made advances at several points.
"In the region of St. Mihiel, we!
have taken possession of th P first houses
in the village of Chauvondourt. These
houses served as barracks for the St.
Mihiel garrison. This village of ('has j
voncourt is the only point of support I
still held by the Germans on the left i
bank of the river Meuse in this local j
ity.
"On the rest of the front there has j
been nothing of importance to report.")
LATE WAR NEWS SUMART
Storms and floods, the enormous loss
of life and the strain of incessant fight
ing apparently have taxed to the limit
of human endurance the opposing forces
facing each other in the death struggle
in Belgium and Northern France. An
other lull has come in the great battle,
which presumably is but the prelude to
one more desperate effort. To-day's re
ports from the front indicate that as-!
saults by infantry and cavalry have,
been abandoned for the moment, except
for minor engagements, and that only
the artillery is continuing operations
with vigor undiminished.
Meanwhile the fighting continues on!
many other fields. The Russian invasion!
of Turkish territory from Caucasus has!
been halted. The great campaign of tlie \
Russians against the Austro-Gernan
armies proceeds with varying fortunes
in different localities, with chief inter
est now centering in the German of-
Con tin ued on Seventh Pace.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1914—12 PAGES.
BRITISH REPORT
OR 11SUM
Of ficialObserver Gives
Narrative of Opera
tions at Front Up to
November 1 3
FIERCE ATTACK OF •
PRUSSIAN GUAKDj!
Colonel Swinton Describes Their As
saults on the British lanes in the
Neighborhood of Ypres, at Dix
mude and Bixschoote
London, Nov. 17, 11.40 A. M.—Col-'
j onel E. D. Swinton, the official observ- j
J e r at the British headquarters, gives
to-day a further chapter in his narru- j
tive of operations at the front, bring- i
ling up his account to November 13.
I His latest report describes the fierce!
| attack of the Prussian guards on the'
: Hritisb lines in tile neighborhood of j
! Ypres. Colonel JSwinton's report, issued!
j through the official press bureau t'ol
! lows:
"The diminution in the force of the
■ German rush to the west has not lasted
| long. The section of the front to the
north of our forces was the first to
meet the recrudescence of violence, in
the shape of an attack in the neighbor
: hood of Dixmude and Bixschoote.
Troops Under Constant Pressure
"Our turn came next. After eight j
j days of comparative relaxation, we ;
! were under constant pressure from
Tuesday, November 3, to Tuesday, the
j 10th. TUe next day saw a repetition!
of liie great attempt of the Germans j
jto break through our lines to the!
! French coast.
"What was realized might happen!
! did happen. In spite of the immense j (
I losses suffered by the enemy during'
the five-day attack against Ypres, ,
j which lasted from October 29 to the!
j second of this month, was merely the !
j temporary relinquishment, of the main
j offensive until fresh troops hail been!
: massed to curry on what was proving
j to bo a co'stly and difficult operation. U
j Meanwhile the interval was employed |
! in endeavoring t<f wear out the allies!
! by repeated local attacks of varying!
j force and to shatter them by a pro j
j longed and concentrated bombardment. 1
By the oleventh, therefore, it seems j t
■ that, they considered they had attained ,
j both objects, for on that day they re-! |
| commenced the desperate battle" for ,
I the possession of Ypres and its neigh- I
I [
Suffered Heavy Casualties
"Though the struggle has not yet !
come to an end, this much can be said: '
Continued on Ulfktk I'nse. !
iSTOUCH NURSERY HAS 55
BABIES ON BIGGEST DAY
Rumors Persist That Mothers Have Left
Infants at Tabernacle Rest Room
and Then Gone to the Movies In
stead of the Services
r _
\\ hile mothers have been hearing
i the preaching of Evangelist Slough at
j the tabernacle, their babies have been
safely cared for at the nursery and rest
| room at Fifth And North streets, con
ducted by tihe Slough party for that
purpose. Sometimes the little ones have
become obstreperous, and in such cases
their numbers are taken, for all are
tagged to prevent mistakes, anil ushers
in the tabernacle look for the mothers
bearing the corresponding numbers.
When mothers are notified they prompt
ly forsake the talbornacle, and do their
i best to maintain peace iu the nursery.
In the evenings last week the aver
age attendance oil' babies ar the nursery
was fifteen. There were fewer in the
afternoons, except on Saturday. Vast I
i Saturday was the record day for baibies. I
j There were fifty-five of them cared for, i
while their mothers attended the meet
ing for women only. And Dr. Stough told
' those mothers that, too many of them
, referred poodles to babies, at that.
The provision that baibies positively
cannot be admitted to the taliernacle
j created not a little discontent among
i mothers at first, but they now seem to
lie reconciled to it. Anyone can under
stand that there would have been de-
I tnrt'tious from the evangelist's lecture
on Saturday if those fifty-five baibies
had been in the audience.
There are always four or five nurses
at the rest room, and there have not
as yet been any reports of ill treatment
of infants. It appears on tho contrary
that the nurses are doing their- utmost
to amuse the little ones, and are meet
ing some of the most strict of infant
requirements. It is reported that they
are in the habit of crawling on their
hands an I knees, allowing t'he little I
Mies to pull their hair and doing every- j
thing calculate I to please.
Rumors have persisted that several I
rights last week mothers left babies at |
the nursery but instead of going into I
the taiberriHcle went calling or even to '
th.> moving picture shows. Tricks of i
'his sort have, it is said been tried at I
places where the Stough [>arty has been I
formerly and conducted nurseries. As
close a watch an possible is to be kept
on patruns of tile nursery hereafter. j
The nursery is open afternoon and
evening, and all genuine tabernacle at
tendants may check their babies there
before the services.
(iUNMNW ACCIDENT FATAL
Youth Who Gave Blood to Save Brother
May Also Die
B\j Associated Press.
Sunbury, Pa., Nov. 17.—'Motley
Ruggles, nineteen years old, died here
to-day as a result of a gunshot wound
accidentally inflicted last Saturday by
his brother, Robert Ruggles, while they
were hunting. In the effort to save the
life of the injured youth transfusion of
blood was resorted to.
Rodney Ruggles, another brother,
submitted his veins for the operation
but without avail. Rodney was so weak
ened by the loss, of blood that he is
said to be in a dying condition.
SHURT HUURS FUR
CHILDREN URGED
Commissioner Jackson
at Start of Welfare
Session Favors Em
ployment Agencies
INTEREST IN THE
EXHIBITION HALL
Many Mechanical Devices in Opera
tion in Chestnut Street Building
Present a Scene of Activity For
the Cpwds in Attendance
The business sessions of the second
annual Pennsylvania Industrial Wel
fare and Efficiency conference began
in the hall of the House of Represen
tatives this morning with about two
hundred representatives present. The
indications are that the number at
tending the conference before it closes
will be at least five hundred, as a num
ber of interests which will not be
heard until to-morrow or Thursday
were not represented to-day, but will
send large delegations. The delegates
were registered at the House postoffice
by a corp of secretaries, and received
cards anil neat buttons on which are a
keystone and cross and the name of the
conference. The "Safety First'' exhib
it being held in Chestnut street hall in
connection with the conference, opened
yesterday and will continue open
through i'riday. It is attracting big
crowds.
John Price Jackson, State Commis
sioner of Labor and Industry, called
the confererice to order and announced
with regret that Governor Tener owing
to his detention in Pittsburgh, could
not be present to extend a welcome,
but will be present to-morrow after
noon and deliver an address. Commis
sioner Jackson then bade the confer
ees welcome and referred to the fact
that last year's meeting, the. first of
its kind in Pennsylvania, had led to
the calling of this year's conference.
It is hoped to make the conferences an
annual affair.
Taking up conference matters be
advocated employment agencies in
Pennsylvania and spoke of their great
good accomplished in some .States and
in Germany. The expense, he thought,
should be divided between the State
and the local authorities. In tho mat
ter of child labor the Commissioner
favored a compulsory continuation
school system by which pupils could be
taught vocations. Night work for all
children should be eliminated, the
hours of child labor shortened and
there should be a medical examination
of all miners put to work. Sucb a plan
Continued on Klrveulh I'nse.
FHiHT HKiH PASSENGER RATES
Three Men File Protests With the Pub
lic Service Commission
Protests against the proposed in
crease of railroad passenger rates were
received by the Public Service Commis
sion to-day.
W. H. Worrilow, president of the
I-iebanon Steel Foundry, believes the in
crease on some forms of commutation
is reasonable and he would be willing
to pay a proportionate increase on a
100-trip ticket, but for the railroads to
abolish the use of this ticket entirely
is an injustice to their patrons.
William A. McCrea, of Clielten ave
nue, Philadelphia, objects to the with
drawal of the 50 and 100-trip tickets.
The present rate for a ride from Chcl
ten avenue to Broad street on the Penn
sylvania Railroad is $8.25 by using a
100-trip ticket. When this is withdrawn
each ride, or single ticket, will cost 18
cents, an increase of 125 per cent.
Samuel D. Craig, of Sharon Hill,
says it does not seem just that the rail
roads should be permitted to give to
their employes and their families free
transportation and expect the general
public to pay this item of cost.
DR. GEO. B. STEWART TO WED
Miss Hart's Engagement to Former
Market Square Pastor Announced
Announcement was made to-day of
the engagement of Miss Ella i,aJßuu
Hart, 807 North Second street, to Dr.
George Black Stewart, president of the
Auburn Theological Seminary. Auburn
N. Y.
Miss Hart is a daughter of the late
William K.* Hart, a former State Treas
urer, and a member of a prominent Dau
phin county family. Dr. Stewart was
for a number of years pastor of the
Market Square Presbyterian church, in
Harrisburg.
Formal announcement of the engage
ment will be made this evening at a
dinner to be given to a few of Miss
lHart's friends. The wedding will take
place early in December. Miss Hart is
a graduate cf Wilson College, Oham
•bersburg, Pa., and has taken an active
ipart in the work of the Market Square
and were nearly all killed or captured."
$1,000,000 Fire at Galveston
Galveston, Tex., Nov. 17.—The
Southern Pacific elevator, containing
more than {(00,000 bushels of wheat,
caught fire to-day. The flames spread
to the lower part of the elevator, mak
ing the total destruction of the build
ing and its contents almost certain.
The proibaible lo«s was esimated at
$1,000,000.
#50,000 Pittsburgh Church Fire
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 17.—Fire orig
inating with an overheated gas furnace
early to-day burned out the interior of
the Second United Presbyterian church
here, with a loss of $50,000.
BICCEST LOT OF STAMPS AT
POSTOFFICE IT EVER HAD
Harris burg's Requisition for Stock to
Meet Christmas Bush Amounts to
Total Value of * 152,00O —Parcel
Post Mail Expected to Be Heavy
The greatest single requisition of
postage stamps ever received at the
'arrishurg postoffice is now in waiting
there for the Christmas rush. The to
tal of the stamps is $152,000.
Provision has been made in ordering
the supply from Washington for a
heavy parcel post. muil. The same
stamps will be used for parcel post mail
as for other matter. Distinctive j>arcel
post stamps are no longer issued. There
are still some of the higher denomina
tions of the distinctive stamps on hand
at the local office, which .vill be dis
posed of before the regular high value
stickers are sold.
Most of the stamps received at the
local office are of the one-cent denomi
nation, since these stamps will be in
large demand for the mailing of postal
cards, as well as for the making up of
odd amounts of postage on packages,
it is thought likely that demands for
some denominations will be greater thau
anticipated and will exceed the sup
plies. In such cases additional requi
sitions will have to be sent to Wash
ington.
It is unlikely that many of the
stamps for the Christmas parcel post
rush will pass through the hands or
over the tongues of the general public.
The stamps may be precanceled in
sheets, as is the usual custom in the
holiday rush, and affixed to the pack
ages by clerk? Ps needed. There is
then no necessity for mail matter to
pass through the canceling machines,
and considerable time and money are
saved.
About this time of the year it has
usually been customary for Christmas
mail to start abroad. That is not the
case this year. Pew packages for Eu
ropean countries are leaving the local
office, because parcel post service to the
greater part of the nations of Europe
has 'been suspended. The falling off, in
foreign business this season will be
most pronounced.
The iocal postoffice will encourage
early sending of domestic mail, to pie
vent too great a congestion just, before
Christinas.
CHAS. A. FAHNESTOCK DIES
Brother of Late Millionaire Banker Wa3
Bom in Harrisburg More Thau
70 Years Ago
Charles A. Fahnestoek, brother qf the
| lato Harris C. Falwiestoc.'k, who wu» n
multi-millionaire New York banker,
| died in a Philadelphia sanitarium early
this morning, according to a dispatch
received here from that, city,
Charlos A. Fadinestock, who was in
his 71st year, was, like Harris C. Fahne
stock, born and raised in Harrisburg.
He lived here until about ten years
ago when his health gave way and he
went to Philadelphia. While here he
\Vas a member and regular attendant of
the Market Square Presbyterian church.
He was one of eight children of the
late Adam K. Fahnestock, whose home
many years ago was situated on the
present site of the Union Trust Com
pany building, North Market square.
Charles A, Fahnestock was born on
April 17, 1544, and he, therefore, was
more than 70 years old. His wealthy
'brother, Harris, whose contributions
aided materially in the erection of the
Harrisiburg Y. IM. C. A., died within the
last year.
Two children of the late Adam K.
Fahnestock yet are living. Lewis re
sides in Washington, D. C., and Mrs.
Sybil Hubbard, wife of General T. H.
Hubbard, is in New York City.
The body of 'Mr. Fahnestock will be
brought to Harris'buVg ami funeral serv
ices will be held in the Market Square
Presbyterian church on Thursday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. The Rev. W. B.
Cooke will conduct the services. The in
terment will be in the Kast, Harrisburg
cemetery.
COLD WEATHER TO CONTINUE
Mercury May Qo Lower To-night Than
Last
Heralded by a brisk wind, the cold
wave made its appearance in Harris
burg last night, sending the mercury to
26 degrees, but one degree higher tlvin
the warning of the weather observers.
It has not weakened a hit and low
temperatures will continue, a slightly
lower minimum being expected here for
tonight.
While last night was the coldest of
the season, it broke no absolute temper
ature records for November, a mark of
11 degrees having been recorded by the
local office on Noveimber 16, 1908. The
previous record to that time was 19 de
grees. /
The high pressure responsible for the
low temperature is now central in Ten
nessee and some of the Gulf States ex
perienced freezing temperatures last
night.
18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
Frigid Weather Being Experienced in
the Northwest
By Associated Press,
Washington, Nov. 17.—With the
temperature below zero from Northern
Minnesota to the Montana line and a
very general falling of the mercury
from the plains States eastward to the
Atlantic and southward to the Gulf of
Mexico, weather bureau experts to-day
predicted warmer weather toward the
end of the week in the east and in the
interior valleys on Thursday.
Fair weather prevailed to-day and
was promised for to-morrow through
out the country. Some snow has fallen
along the Great Lakes.
Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 17.—The
mercury took a sudden drop last
in Saskatchewan and Manitoba,
touching 18 degrees below zero at-Que
'Appelle and Minnedoea.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
URGES BUS OF
TREES 111 THE CITY
McFarland Explains
the Provisions of the
&hade Tree Act to the
Commissioners
HAS NO USE FOR
"7-MILE ROOTERS"
City Lawmakers Will Consider Next
Week Adopting Expert's Sugges
tions—Hint That' All the Hanging
Street Lamps May Go
Acceptance of the general provisions
of tho act of the Legislature relating
to the creation of a commission to
supervise the planting, trimming anil
care of shade trees, and the making of
a $ H,O-o'o appropriation which the com
mission may expend during the first
year, were urged upon the City Com
missioners at their meeting this after
noon by ,1. Horace Me Parian d whom
they hail called in for a conference on
the subject. The < ojiiinissiouers de
ferred action for one week at the end
of that time they will consider agaiu
an ordinance which provides for the
city accepting in general the terms of
the tree commission legislation.
Mr. Mcl'arland said that Ilarris
burg s first tree commission should
take a census of all city trees, make
maps showing locations and conditions
of trees and begin at once to weed out
the "Carolina Poplars."
"Carolina I'D- Jars" are the trees
which Mr. MclKarland explained, ar<v
frequently referred to as "seven-mile
rooters." Harrisdjurg already has »pent
hundreds if not thousands of dollars, so
the City Commissioners say, opening
and repairing sewers which have be
come doggc l by the roots of this tvpe
of tree.
Objects to Carolina Poplars
All contractors constructing sewer
pipe lines, before beginning work, are
served with orders either from the High
way Commissioner or one of the depart
ment inspectors, to plug the pipe joints
with hemp, in addition to cement, to
Prevent the roots of such trees getting
into t'lie sewer.
"The trees lack beauty, furnish lit
tle shade snd must lie topped frequent
ly, said Mr. MeFnrland.
'•The i nrolinn ui,< lar is the woYfffc
kind of tree that can be planted, vet
Harrisburg seems to have more of them
than any other. I have seen men plant
along the street Catalpa trees that vvcrs
not more tthan three feet high an<l they
had no more right there than they have
on the Washington monument. I have
seen plenty of Junipers, and although T
have not yet found cabbage planted
along the street, I did see geraniums
and thev are just as bad."
Mr. Mr Farland is an expert on shade
trees and he tol l the City Commission
ers that the members of the tree com
mission should supervise tree planting,
Continued on Klublh I'nsr.
CYCLIST INJURED DURINC
PERFORMANCES ORPHEUM
Alfred Bilfords Falls to Stage From
Twelve Foot Ladder When He Lost
Control of Wheel—Sutlers Concus
sion of the Brain
Alfred Bilfords, US years old, a trick
cyclist, who with his wife and brother,
end the show at the Orpheum Theatre
this week, fell from the top of ladder
at last night's performance and sus
tained a concussion of the brain. His
condition was said to be better at the
Harrisburg hospital this morning.
He had jumped to the top of the
steps on a single wheel anil had suc
ceeded in doing it on a regulation bi
cycle when he could not stop the ma
chine on the small space at the top, fall
ing head first to the stage more than
twelve feet below. His head struck
and he doubled up. His wife, who was
on the stage at the time, became hy
sterical and the audience, thinking that
the man's neck was broken, was hor
rified.
Before the ambulance arrived he re
gained consciousness and had the use of
his arms and legs so it was known that
bis injury was not, as serious as that.
He will be in the hospital for some
time, however.
Hard luck lias been attending tlie
Bilfords for some time. The brother
of the injured performer fractured his
arm while performing in London, and
the bones of the elbow had to be wired
by surgeons in a very tedious opera
tion. He was forced to lay off' for
twelve weeks. The performer in the
hospital now. suffered a fall in Johns
town last Friday, but he was uninjured.
The Bilfords have been in this country
but six weeks, being natives of Berlin,
Germany.
MEAT PRICES ADVANCE
Examinations for Diseased Cattle Pre
vent Shipments From Beaching Here
Local meat dealers say increased dif
ficulty is being experienced in getting
veal, and advances in price are a con
sequence.
They add that hogs have risen fifty
cents a hundred, increasing the price of
dressed pork a cent a pound. Because
of the rigid examinations of cattle, in
the effort to prevent spreading of the
mouth and hoof disease, local dealers
assert, it is now practically'impossible
to get shipments here.