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Von Vrieien and Von-
Lepel, German Offi
cers. Fall on Field of
Battle
GEN. STENGER IS
BADLY WOUNDED
Details of the Capture of Governor Von
Korff, of Warsaw, Who Was Igno
rant of Fact That Germans Had Ta
ken City
Berlin, Via The Hague ami Londop,
Nov. 18, 4.35 A. \f.—German casualty
lists just issued record the deaths of
two generals and the wounding of an
other. General Alfred Von Vrieien was
killed on November 12 aud General
A'on Lepel is the other commanding offi
cer reported killed on the field of bat
tle. General Von Lepel was in com
mand of the reserve infantry division.
General Stenger, <*>mmander of the
Fifty-third German bi fan try brigade, is
listed as having been severely wounded.
The '' Tagoblatt's'' Holland corre
spondent relates the details of the cap
ture of Governor Von Korff, of Warsaw,
Monday morning. It appears from this
account that the governor, with his ad
jutant, approached Kutno in an auto
mobile, not knowing that the city had
already been taken by the Germans
after bloody street '.fighting. Suddenly
rhe governor found himself before the
vanguard of German cavalry and tried
to escape, .tut was overtaken by the
-Met/, dragoons and surrendered without
resistance. He was brought to Gnesen,
province of Posen. Sunday night and
confined in the best hotel there.
The American Red Cross division at
Gleiwitz, in Prussian Silesia, near the
Russian border, expects shortly to be
moved to a more northerly spot.
The capital of the Krupp company,
Vhich manufactures Germany's big
guus and other war material, is to be
increased 70,000,(MK) to 250.000,000
marks, according to the proposals of
the directors, which were submitted to
a general meeting of the company at
Kssen on November 1,4. The increase
is justified, it was stated, by the de
mands of war and by earlier enlarge
ments of the works, purchases of coal
fields and so forth, which locked up
considerable capital. The new stock is
sue will, as usual, be taken by the
'Krupp family. A part of the new cap
ital will be paid in on December 31.
The directors also proposed a divi
dend of 12 per cent., as against the 14
declared in the previous year. The di
rectors also assigned 3,000,000 marks
towards the relief of families of sol
dier employes, 2,000.000 to the em
iployes' furlough fund and 1,000,000 to
the pension fund. ,<
DERRICKS. SOON JO SAIL.
DECLINE ROYAL HONORS
Paris, Nov. 18. 6.55 A. M.—'Myron
T. Herrick the American Ambassador,
who is to be relievod of his duties late
this month by William G. Sharp, has
engaged passage for the United States
on the steamer Rochambeau. which will
sail November 28. Mr. Herrick and
his wife have received invitations from
distinguished persons in public life in
.France and England to visit them be
fore leading Europe, but they declined
because they consider that this is not
the time for social visits. Queen Mary
of England has written Mrs. Herrick a
personal letter, expressing appreciation
for what she and other American -wom
en have done for the British wounded
in Paris.
Sir Edward Grerv, the British For
eign Minister, has written Mr. Herrick
in the same vein, and David Lloyd
George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
of Great Britain, has sent a letter of
thanks to Mr. Herrick, ''in behalf of
the British government," for his serv
ices to British subjects.
The departure of Mr. and Mrs. Her
rick will, at their desire, be as quiet as
possible. There will be no farewell
banquets nor any other demonstrations,
because, as the Ambassador says, these
days in France are extremely tense and
sail.
German War Levy Distributed
Amsterdam. A'ia London. Nov. 18. ■
4.11 A. M.- —The "Vossische Zeitung,"
of Berlin, says part of the Belgian war
levy has beer, distributed among the j
German soldiers, each receiving albout j
sl. Every soUiier, the newspaper adds, |
is to be supplied with one cigar and !
two cigarettes daily as part of his ra- I
tions.
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250,000 CANADIANS AT
THE FRONT BY NEXT FALL
Toronto. Nov. 18. —The second Cana
dian contingent will comprise 15,270
officers and men, 4,765 horses, 58
guns and IB machine guns, and will bo
ready to sail from Canada in January.
A third Canadian contingent of ap
proximately 25,000 men will be ready
to leave for Kngland early in March.
Including the rirst contingent of 33,-
000 men, the Dominion by spring will
have sent more than 70,000 men to the
tiring line.
The military authorities also have
decided to keep 40,000 men under
arms in Canada to serve as a base of
supply for the contingents at the front.
As the British War Office has informed
the Dominion that reinforcements
should be provided for at the rate of
25 per cent, per month, instead of on
the smaller basis of 70 per cent, per
annum, as at first was anticipated, it
will mean a drain on the numbers re
cruited for reinforcing purposes of from
6,000 to 8,000 a month, with increases
in proportion as the strength of the
'C&nadian forces in the field is enlarged.
With a contingent being sent to Eng
land every two months, together with
reinforcements, Canada expects to have
placed between 200,000 and 250,000
men at the disposal of Of eat Britain by
next autumn.
• » Fall of Belgrade Near
Berlin, Nov. 18.—The occupation of
Belgrade. Servia, by the Austrians ap
parently is imminent, according to an
official announcement made public here
yesterday.
River Meuse Soon Open
Brussels, Nov. 18.—The governor of
Namur province announces that the
work of clearing the Meuse has so far
progressed that the river from the
Rhine to Namur will be navigable next
Sunday.
Governor of Warsaw Captured
Berlin, Nov. 18.—Among the Rus
sian prisoners caiptured by the Germans
in the 'battle of Kutno were the Gov
ernor of Warsaw and his staff.
Tin Plate Ban Closes Mills
Swansea, Wales, Nov. 18.—Prohibi
tion of-the exportation of tin plate to
Denmark, Holland and Sweden will
mean the closing of thirty-five mills and
'.rill shortly affect 1,700 men.
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Made of wheat and
barley, Grape-Nuts con
tains all the nutriment
of these field grains, in
eluding their vital min
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for sturdy bodies and
healthy brains.
The firm, tender gran
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■ toward easy digestion
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SAYS GERMANS LOST 2,700
MEN IN RECENT FIGHTING
London, Nov. 18,*8.40 a. ni.—The
correspondent of Renter's Telegram
Company at Amsterdam sends the fol
lowing:
"According to the ' Telegraaf V
Sluice, Netherlands, correspondent, the
Germans occupying Dixmude have suf
fered heavy losses. fresh fighting
which has taken place there Obey lost
2,700 men.
"The town of Nieuport is badly dam
aged. Heavy cannonading was heard
Tuesday in the direction of Ypres, in
dicating a renewal of the heavy lighting
■tlhere.
"Fugitives say that additional sub
marines are being constructed at Zee
briugge.''
SHIP GIVEN TO WOMAN
AFTER SEIZURE BV EM DEN
Jjondon. Nov. IS.—Another tribute
to the gallantly of Captain von Muller,
of the German cruiser Emden, which
was badly battered recently by the
Australian ojruiser Sydney and forced to
run aground on Cocoa Island in the In
dian ocean, is contained in a letter re
ceived by n Glasgow woman from her
son, a member of the crew of the steam
er Kalbinga. which was- captured bv
the Emden in the Bay of Bengal. The
letter savs:
'"The Emden captured the Kabinga
in t)he Bay of Bengal, but when Captain
von Muller learned that our skipper's
wife anil children were aboard he pre
seated the whip to the lady, remarking
to the skipper: 'Von Mil inform your
owners that as far as they are concern
ed the Kabinga has been seized and
sunk."
"THIS IS LAST GREAT WAR,"
PREDICTS PENN PROFESSOR
Philadelphia, Nov. 18.—"This is the
last great war. After the present strug
gle is oyer there will be a reaction
Which will raise industrialism to the
point where war will involve a useless
waste and expense not to be borne."
These statements were made at the Uni
versity yesterday by ,T. P. Lichteniberg
er, Penn professor 0 f sociology, in an
address on the "Social Aspects of the
Present! War" to the Fhilomathean
Club.
Professor Liahten.berger said that
militarism was the handmaid of prog
ress; that both arrived together. •" How
ever," he added, "While militarism is
desirable to a 'certain degree because of
its close relation to industrialism, when
it passes that degree it is fatal."
NEW AND STRONGER EMDEN TO
BE BUILT, SAYS THE KAISER
Berlin, Via London, Nov. 18, 2.15 A.
—The Emperor lias sent the follow
ing reply to the Town Council of Km
den, which had telegraphed sympathy
upon the loss of the cruiser Eniden:
"My cordial thanks for your tele
gram of sympathy upon the sad .but
heroic end of my cruiser Emden. The
brave ship, in her last fight against a
stionger foe, oarned new laurels for
the German naval colors. A new and
stronger Emden will be built, on whose
'how an iron cross will be affixed to
commemorate the glorv of the old Em
den."
Reports Another German Mortar Burst
Madrid, via Paris, Nov. 18, 6.55 A.
M.—The newspaper "Puetolo Vasco,"
of Bitboa, states that another German
42-centtimeter mortar has burst, killing
a number of the gunners. The Germans,
according to tfhe newspaper, are care
fully concealing t!he now ratastrophe.
Ban Placed on Absinthe in Africa
Bordeaux, Via Paris, Nov. 18. 11
A. M.—An official decree promulgated
to-day extends to the French colonies in
Africa the prohibition of the sale and
consumption of albsinthe and kindred
drinks at present being enforced in
France.
Additional Pay for Soldiers
Bordeaux, Via I'aria, Nov. 18, 2.20
A. (M.—'Resident Poincare has signed
a decree giving special daily allowances
of three francs (60 cents') to officers
and one franc to non-commissioned offi
cers serving in the zono of operations,
in addition to their pay.
AN AMERICAN WILL VISIT
WAR CAMFS IN ENGLAND
London, Nov. 18. —As a result of a
request by the German and Austrian
governments to the United States,
Chandler Hale, who has just returned
from Vienna and Berlin, will visit ev
ery concentration camp in the British
Isles and report on the treatment ac
corded to German and Austrian pris
oners of war.
On their return to London, Hale and
Chandler Anderson, who accompanied
him on the trip of inspection through
the German camps, indicated that the
Germans were treating the British well,
but that there was a bitter feeling
in Germany and Austria against the al
leged harshness displayed toward alien
enemies in Britain.
"I am convinced that the stories of
suffering among Britain's prisoners of
war are untrue, " Hale said, "but there
is no way t,f convincing the German
public of this extfeipt by visiting every
ic∓"
KM DEN'S FIRE SOON FAILED
WHEN SYDNEY HIT THE MARK
London, Nov. 18, 10.15 A. 'M,—A
dispatch from Melbourne, Australia, to
Keuter's Telegram Company contains
part of the report which Captain John
Glossop, of the Australian cruiser Syd
ney, made regarding the fight in which
the German cruiser was destroyed. It
says:
"The Emden's ring soon failed when
the Sydney began to hit the mark. The
Emden's rudder was destroyed early in
tfoe fight, her speed suffering greatly in
consequence, her next loss was the num
ber one funnell, then the foremast and
this was followed by the number two
funnel. Finally the number three fun
nel fell."
Emden s Guns Killed Four
London, Nov. 18. —The Press Bu
reau has issued a list of casualties, on
the Australian cruiser Sydney, show
ing that, when she sank the* German
cruiser Kniden she lost four men killed
and had one officer and eleven men
wounded.
Mine Wrecks Swedish Ship
London, Nov. 18. —The Swedish
steamer Andrew struck a mine in the
North sea yesterday and sank. Eight
een survivors, including two women,
after having drifted aibout in boats for
twelve hours, were rescued by a liner
and landed at Hull.
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THE INDOOR WINDOW DOX
AFFORDS INUCR PLEASURE
U. 8. Department of Agriculture Bay#
If Room Is Ventilated at All, Flow
ers Will Not Affect Available
Breathing Air
Washington, D. C., Nov. 18.—The in
door window box, properly planned and
tended, will afford much pleasure and
satisfaction to the bouse wife who
misses 'her out-of-door garden during the
winter months. It is a mistaken notion
that plants when kept in living rooms
use up certain elements of the air in
such quantities as to make it unhealth
ful for individuals using the room. It
is mueji harder on plants to be in a
room with people than for people to be
in a room with growing plants. Plants,
indeed, use air, but use Bucb a small
proportion that the effect of the plant
in the room is negligible if the room is
ventilated at all. Tnis also holds good
for cut flowers or plants in a sick room,
nlthough the odor of some flowers may
<be depressing to the patient, and bad
for tfoat reason.
A good depth for an indoor window
box is about twelve inches. The bot
tom of the box should be covered with
stones and broken pottery to give
drainage and this Should be covered by
a layer of moss to prevent the soil
above from working down through the
stones. The drainage and moss should
take up about three inches. The greater
the body of soil above the moss the
more uniform i't may be kept as to mois
ture. The soil should cooie to w.ithin
an inch and a half or two inches of
the top of the box.
The indoor window box Should be
made to fit into the window. To get
as much light as possible it should be
level with the window. It may 'be fast
ened with brackets or placed on a table
or lhave legs made for it. There should
be a drip pan beneath to keep water
ifrom soiling the floor. The box may
rest directly a'bove the drip pan on
legs half an inch to an inich high or
the box may be water-tight with the ex
ception of a bole at one end to let out
the water.
The top of the soil should be allowed
to become quite dry once in a while.
Tttie results of watering will teaich the
owner to regulate the supply. Boxes
may need watering in sunshiny weat/her
(especially toward spring) every day,
or at least every other day; in cloudy
mid-winter weather not more than once
a week. As a rule it is 'better to water
lightly and frequently than heavily aud
infrequently. The specialist of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture advises this, although just the re
verse is considered best When watering
is done out of doors in the summer.
A large iproportion of the plants in
a window Ibox should Ibe of tihe same
general character if tihe growth is to
be successful. Plants of different char
acter need different treatment. It is
very difficult to raise flowering plants in
a window box .with the exception of
begonias. Ordinary flowering irlauts are
very exacting, and will not find enough
light in the ordinary living room, even
though placed near the window, al
though they may do well in a conser
vatory. The main object of an indoor
window box is to furnish the fresh ap
pearance of growingigreen leaves rath
er than to raise flowefq_ indoors.
The Department of Agriculture's
specialist makes the following sugges
tions for a window 'box:
Begonias are one of the most attrac
tive plants that may 'be used for an
indoor* box. Both flowering and non
flowering varieties will give satisfac
tion, in fact, the flowering variety is
one of the few plants that will blossom
indoors without special cultivation. The
begonias is not very particular in its
requirements and will flourish with or
dinary care.
Small ferns obtained from a florist
will flourish. These are particularly
adapted to house culture, as t'hey do
not require direct sunlight. (Care of
ferns will be described in greater detail
in a subsequent article.)
Even more hardy than ferns is the
foliage plant known as the aspidistra.
This adaptable plant-growt'h will stand
a measure of neglect, drought and dust
and still thrive. It does not require
direct sunlight.
Geraniums may also ibe used as foli
age plants, though they must not be
expected to blossom in the window box.
Kenilworth ivy may be planted
along the edge. It wiH grow nicely
from seed.
Smilax may be grown from the back
of the box, and trained up about t/he
window to give the effect of an at
tractive bower.
The inexperienced grower of plants
indoors •cannot expect to do well with
roses. These tplants are most exacting,
and not only will t'hey probably fail to
flower, but also bbeir foliage may be
affected by mildew, blight, etc.
The ordinary individual who desires
other varieties of growing flowers, may
supplement his window box with flow
ering potted plants brought in from out
side, including 'bulbs raised as described
in a previous article of this series.
These will probably keep their bloom for
a brief period only. People who are
fond of plants will, of course, obtain
better results with blooming varieties
after many trials. Some (have dealt
with very difficult problems, which they
have solved successfully, but the pres
ent suggestions are meant for the no
vice as well as the more experienced
grower.
(No. 6 of this series entitled,
"Potted Plants for the (Living Boom,"
wiH follow shortly.)
SPEAKER TO ARRIVE MONDAY
John Barrett Will Address Foreign
Trade Conference Tuesday
Koonis has been reserved at the Sen
ate Hotel by John Barrett, director
general of the Pan-American Union,
and by Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the
United States Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce. Mr. Barrett, will
arrive Monday evening while Mr. Pratt
is expected Tuesday morning.
Mr. Barrett will address the Foreign
Trade Conference of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. The
names of all who attend the conference
will be placed on the permanent mail
ing list of "The Americas," which is
devoted to foreign trade information
gathered by the exclusive representa
tives of the National City Bank of
New York ahroad and the work of their
branch banks in Buenos Aires and Bio
Janiero.
Teachers Get $27,000
Public school teachers in the Harris
burg district were paid to-day, the sal
ary amounting to 127,000 in round
numbers. The teachers will get another
pay before Christmae.
CAPITOL
COMPLAINT AGAINST AN
ELECTRIC COMPANY HEARD
Philadelphia Corporation Charged With
Many Derelictions before the Pub
lic Service Commission—Hearing
on for Several Days
A portion of the Public Service Com
mission is at present engaged in hear
ing testimony in • complaint filed by
three citizens of Philadelphia against
the Philadelphia Electric Company for
its poor service, exoiftvitant rates, bad
street lighting and antiquated and ob
solete methods of performing its con
tracts, both public and private, wibh a
view to having the Commission take
some action as will make improvements
all around. The chief complainant is
Director of Public Bafety Cooke and
the principal attorney for the com
plainants is William Draper Lewis,
late candidate for the Roosevelt Pro
gressive party for Governor.
The hearing took up all of yester
day afternoon end all of to-day, and the
first hours were consumed in hearing
an electrical expert named Morse tell
of t>he first cost, of the electric, light
plant to the Philadelphia company,
after it had consolidated the smaller
companies of Philadelphia, and was
placed in control of the Philadelphia
Electric Company, of New Jersey.
Fred W. Flerta, former Deputy Attor
ney General, represents the respondent
■company. Dean Lewis says he will
show before the hearing is over that
the company's percentage of 'profit was
from 19 to 22 'per cent, and that the
dividends are enormous.
New Justice
.Tames L. Bose was to-dlay appointed
justice of the peace at Tunkhannock.
Will Attend the Dinner
Governor Tener will attend the din
ner of the Association of Manufac
ture's Representatives at the Bellevue
Stratford hotel, Philadelphia, to-mor
row evening.
Dr. Dixon Honored
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health
Commissioner, was last night nominated
for president of the Academy of Nat
ural Sciences, Philadelphia, for the nine
teenth time. This is longer than any
previous president served this great in
stitution outside of Dr. Joseph Ijeidy,
its founder.
More Prosecutions
Commissioner Foust to day ordered
forty-seven prosecutions of pure food
law violators in Berks, Allegheny,
Beaver, Delaware and Philadelphia
counties, they being accused of sell
ing rotten eggs, sausage, fish, cherries,
milk, soft drinks, cider vinegar and
ketchup all unfit for food and oleo
margarine not properly marked.
Mr. Crosby's Expenses
Charles N. Crosby, Democratic can
didate for Congressman-at-large, filed
his expense account to-day, showing
that lie received no contributions, and
spent $350, of which he gave S3OO to
the State Committee and SSO to the
Crawford county committee. There are
no unpaid bills.
THOMAS R. DICKERT EXPIRES
Retired Stonemason, the Father of H.
B. Dickert, Dies
Thonvas R. Dickert, 78 years old,
113 Market street, the father of H. B.
Dickert, proprietor of Dickert's restau
rant, died yesterday of heart trouble.
Mr. Dickert, who was a retired stone
mason, leaves live sons, Charles S.,
Harry 8., both of this city; the Rev.
Thomas W,, of Reading; Joseph 8., of
Shelley; Harvey F., QuaUertown, and
one daughter, Mrs. Jacob King, of
Bethlehem.
The body will be taken to Allen
town on Friday morning by Under
taker S. S. Speese. Funeral services
will be held in the Gorman Lutheran
church at Zion Hill, Allentown, the
Rev. T. ICressljr officiating. Burial will
be in Zion Hill cemetery.
TWO MEN DIE OF SAME DISEASE
Michael Bitner and William Hoffman
Expire Several Hours Apart
Taken seriously ill with paralysis on
the same day and admitted to the Har
risburg hospital several hours apart,
Michael Bitner, 323 Granite street, 67
years old, died half an hour apart this
Years old, died half an hour apart this
morning, the former succumbed at
12.25 o'clock. Both men had been se
riously ill since their admission to the
hospital. Bitner was a machinist's
helper in the Pennsylvania railroad
shops while Hoffman was an employe
of the city highway department.
Mr. Bitner was a member of the P.
O. S. of A. and the St. John's Reform
ed church. He leaves his wife and
three children, Edward 8., Harry W.
and Mrs. Carrie Durbrow. His funeral
services will be held at his late home
on Friday evening at 7.45 o'clock and
will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Hart
man. T. M. Mauk & Son will take tiie
body to Shippensburg on Saturday
morning, where burial will be made.
Mrs. Margaret Miller
Mrs. Margaret Miller, 48 years old,
wife" of William R. Miller, Newvillo,
died at the Harrisburg hospital last
night following an operation. She is
surviv«d by her husband and four chil
dren and one sister, Mrs. Martha
Mead, of Harririburg. T. M. Mauk &
Son will take the body to Newville
for interment.
George Spohn
George Spohn died at the Harrisburg
hospital last night following an opera
tion. He is aged 42 years. He is sur
vived by his wife and three children.
T. M. M'auk & Son took the body to
his home in Carlisle, where the ar
rangements will be made for his fu
neral.
Indictment Against Morgan Quashed
By Associated Press,
New York, Nov. 18.—The indictment
charging Daniel N. Morgan, former
Treasurer of the United. Stateß, and six
others With using tlhe mails to defraud
stock investors in connection with the
operations of Jared Flagg, was quashed
to-day upon motion of the United
States District Attorney, who said tho
testimony at Flagg s trial showed that
iMr. Morgan and his six associates
were not guilty.
LIZA IKS
nun
Once More Peace Plans
for Mexico Republic
Are Upset by His
Obstinacy
WANTS TO NAME
NEW PRESIDENT
Erstwhile Constitutionalist Leader Now
Says He Was Misunderstood When
He Agreed to Transfer the Execu
tive Power to Gutierrez
Washington, Nov. 18.—General Car
ranza luis again refused to deliver the
executive power to any but a man of
his own selection and once more peace
plans for Mexico arc upset, according
to official dispatches to-dnv from
American agents in Mexico.
Just as it seemed that nn amicable
adjustment had been reached. General
Car ran/,a has announced that he was
misunderstood. From both American
Consul Silliman and Leon Canova, spe
cial agent at Aguascalientes, the State
Department received practically the
same version of tho newest split! sum
marized as follows:
Carranza first telegraphed General
Gonzales that he was willing to deliver
the executive power to Gutierrez, pro
vided both he (Carranza) and Villa re
linquished their commands and met in
Havana on November 21. General
Gonzales telegraphed that to Gutierrez,
chosen provisional President by the
convention at Aguascalientes, who took
it to mean that Carranza was ready to
deliver the executive power to him.
Now Carranza has announced that
when he used the words * * provisional
President'' he meant a man who en
joyed his entire confidence, such as
General Pablo Gonzales. American
Consul Silliman referred to this as a
new "proposal from Carranza," while
Special Agent Canova describes it- as a
"repudiation by Carranza of his tele
gram to Gonzales."
With troop movements under wav
and hostilities imminent, efforts were
being made to-day by some of the gen
erals to patch up the differences. A
connpromise proposal being discussed is
that Carranza could resign his command
to Gonzales, who would retain control
of the territory held by Carranza, while
Villa would turn over his forces to
Gutierrez. Both Gonzales and Gutierrez
could then remafti in power in their re
spective territories while the eon von
tion reassembled either to ratify the
choice of Gutierrez or choose a not he:'
provisional President. Official (lis
patches indicate there is some hope o£
an agreement along that line.
Carranza Chief Killed in Action
Washington, Nov. IS.—Geucrul Jos«
Cartbajal, a Carranza chief, was killed
in an engagement near Puerto, Mexico,
yesterday, when with his troops he join
ed Villa forces and attacked General
Jesus Carranza. a brother of the Con
stitutionalist first Chief.
SEEK OLD SOLDIER'S SOX
Wedding Invitation Sent Here for Clue
to Whereabouts
The police here have been asked to
i locate George Van Gilder, whose fath
er,. Robert M. VanGildor, died October
7, in the soldiers' home at Port Or
chard, Wash. A letter and some effect
that have been willed to the son will
be turned over to the latter.
The only cluc to his son's where
abouts was a wedding invitation found
in the father's pocket. In it Samuel 11.
Hippie invited guests to attend the
wedding of his daughter, Mary A. Hip
pie, to George Van Gilder, at the for
mer's home, 211 Briggs street, thi«
city, June 23, 1901. The name of Sam
nel R. Hippie does not appear in the
city directory.
BE ATI N'o BICYCLE RECORD
Ten Leading Teams Ahead of Last
Year's Race by Three Miles
By Associated Press,
New York, Nov. 18.—The ten lead
ing teams in the bicycle ex'htbitiou were
more than three miles ahead of the re -
ord at 11 o'clock this morning when
their score was 1,209 miles and nine
laps. Three teams were trailing one lai>
behind the leaders while Dujiuy,. and
Piercey, penalized a lap on forming a
new team, were five laps behind and
'Kopsky and Hansen eight laps.
The 1913 reword for the uity-ninth
hour was 1.206 miles and eig'ht laps.
Still riding at a fast clip the ten
leading teams at 1 o'clock were nearly
four miles ahead of tho best previous
record with a score of 1,249 mills.
SUBSTATION TRANSFERRED
No. 5 of Harrisburg Postofßce Now at
Herr and Cameron
Sub-station No. 5 of the Harrisburg
postoffice has been transferred to Herr
and Cameron streets.
Postmaster Sites announced thi."
morning that night collection service
had been inaugurated and that collec
tions would be made from the new
combination letter and package box lo
cated at Herr and Cameron streets at
8.10 p. m. for the accommodation of
the residents in that locality.
Foot and Mouth Disease in Delaware
By Associated Press.
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 18.—No new
outbreak of tht- foot and mouth disease
developed in New Castle county to-day,
and it is believed the repressive meas
ures are .producing good results. The
effectiveness of these measures is re
vealed by the fact that up to date 120
affected animals have been killed, "66
■cattle, 32 swine and 22 sheep. To this
total may be added 18 cattle in quar
antine ordered to be killed to-morrow.
Munich University Professor Dies
Munich, Bavnria, via Berlin and
London, Nov. 18, 10.52 A. M.—Tho
death of Dr. Rudolf Emmerich, pro
fessor of hygiene anil bacteriology in
the University of Munich, has been
announced. He was born in 1852.
Artistic Printing st Star-lndepeadent.