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THE KURDS
GIVING WAY
TO RUSSIANS
Nicholas' Forces Turn
Tables on the Turk
ish Troops and Latter
Are Routed
CZAR'S ARMY IS
NOW IN SERVIA
Several Thousand Russian Officers and
Soldiers Have Made Appearance
There. According to a Dispatch
From Sofia, Bulgaria
Paris, Nov. 19, 4.10 A. M. —A dis
patch to tiie Havas Ageucy from Urmia,
Persia, says:
"The Kurds everywhere are giving
way before thj> Russian troops against
whom they dare to make only desultory
attacks. That portion of the Kurd
force whom the Russians defeated pre
viously at Tergeven have gone to
fc>ch»libiaan where they are frallying."
Berlin, Nov. 19, Via London, 1.34
T. M.—The Cologne "Gazette'' pub
lishes a dispatch from ;jutia. Bulgaria,
ta . v ' n g several thousand Russian oflicers
and soldiers have appeared in Servia.
I nder present conditions it would be
impossible for Russia to send troops to
the assistance of the sorely-pressed
Servians unless she transported them
by water from Archangle, in the Par
North, around almost the whole coati
neui of Europe, or else iuvaded neutral
territory. With the Dardanelles closed
to her. Iter only alternative would be
to send troops across Rumania or Bui
garia.
London, Nov. 19, 3.03 A. M. Tele
graphing from Petrograd the "Morning
Post s'' correspondent says:
"Three Turkish torpedo boat de
stroyers are reported to have entered
Suiina on an arm of the Danube delta
which, under the public law of Europe,
is protected by treaties. Thus Rumania
must decide whether she sides with
Germany and Turkey or whether she
supports the rights of European law."
Sulina, Rumania, is the mouth of the
south branch of the Danube about fortv
miles southeast of Ismail.
LUTE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Germany's new attack on the Rus
sian army in the center of the eastern
battle line stood out conspicuously to
day as of chief Immediate importance
in the European wai. The sudden as
sault of the Germans in Russian Po
land. from which territory they were
described recently as being driven in
disorder, has lent a new aspect to this
campaign, which for Germany is no less
important than the conflict in France
and Belgium.
Russian military officials admit a re
verse in this territory and Berlin is
■ elebrating a great victory, but the
meagrenes- of authentic information
from the front makes it impossible to
determine the extent of importance of
the German successes. Meanwhile Rus
sia is proceeding with her other two ad
ventures in her three fold campaign.
Her troops to the north, Petrograd an
nounces. are penetrating steadily into
east Prussia, while to the south they
are closing in OD Cracow, Galicia. in
an attempt to crush the Austrians.
Refugees from Belgium says that
west Flanders, which is virtually cut
oft from the rest of the world, con
tinues to be the scene of incessant mili
tary operations. They speak of an in
ferno of sJiot and shell and devasta
tion, with continuous cannonading and
endless processions of the wounded.
The French and British are reported to
have captured a Belgian town.
Paris reports that the hopes of the al
lies are again rising; that they believe
the Germans are fast weakening, but
there was no tangible evidence to indi
cate that the grip of the Germans on
Belgium and France was being shaken
loose, or that any decisive change in
the immediate future could safely be
predicted. •
The sound of cannonading was re
ported off the coast of Sweden in the
Baltic sea. It was thought possible
that the main Bussian fleet, which re
cently set out from Helsingfors, Fin
land, might have engaged the Ger
mans.
The general staff of the Russian
army which invaded Turkey announces
that the advance of the Turks had been
checked and that their troops which
have been successfully pursuing the
Ceatlaaed «■ Scvcath Pas*.
®l)e oter~ Stikpetikni
U. S. CRUISER WHOSE MEN WERE FIRED UPON BY TURKS
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TURKISH IB
Nothing Further Re
ceived by U. S. Offi
cials Concerning Fir
ing on Americans
AWAITING NEWS
FROM SMYRNA
Secretary Daniels Is Undecided as to
Whether the Cruisers North Caro
lina and Tennessee Will Be With
drawn From Turkish Waters
By AssocWted Press,
Washington. Nov. 19.—Although the
Navy Department continued every ef
fort to get a further report to furnish
the missing links in the chain of inci
dents connected with ihe tiring upon the
cruiser Tennessee 's launch by the Turk
isli forts at Smyrna, nothing had beeu
heard early to day from Captain Deck
er or from Ambassador Morgenthau.
As nearly a week was taken in get
ting the last message through to the
state Department from Ambassador
Morgenthau at Constantinople, informa-
tion is expected from him before Cap
tain Decker is heard from. Yesterday
he got through his first report of the
incident within a few hours.
Secretary Daniels said . to-day he
would not state whether the North
Carolina and Teunessee would remain in
Turkish waters until a!! the facts were
known concerning the firing at Smyrna.
ContintM-d on Kluhtli l'ase.
now fighuncln bouts
AT DIXIHUDEAND NIEUPORT
Bruges. Belgium, Nov. 19, via Lon
don, 1.44 P. M.—Fighting between the
German and atlied forces in the inun
dated territory between Dixamde and
Nieuport on the North sea coast is now
frequently being carried on in boats.
Artillery, for the first time in the
war, has proved ineffective, but personal
bravery and enterprise are counting for
much and the battle is beginning to re
semble the classical siege of Lvdein in
the sirteeenfh century with raids and
counter raids by means of flat bot
tomed boats.
Two corporals of the Seventh Belgian
infantry have been 'made Knigfots of
the Leopold Order for transporting fortv
men, including fifteen severely wound
ed, across the inundations under heavy
fire. ,
The battle in its present stage, the
German officials say, may last several
months.
50.(MM) RUSSIANS ARE LOST:
BERLIN CELEBRATES VICTORY
London, Nov. 19, 3.30 A. M.—Ber
lin was decorated yesterday in honor of
General Von Hindenberg's victory in
Poland, according to a Copenhagen dis
patch to the "Times.''
The Russian losses, the dispatch savs,
are estimated at between forty thou
sand and fifty thousand men.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1914—12 PAGES.
□IH YOUTHS
FOOL INITIATORS
Neophites Don Jerseys
When Compelled to
Go Necktieless and
Collarless
"TEDDY BEARS"
ARE DRAWBACKS
New Members of Philonian Debating
Society Could Not Cover lodine
Painting on Foreheads as Haircut
Does Not Allow Bangs
Seveu neophites put one across on
' the l'hilonian Debating Society of the
! Central High school this morning, the
older members of which stood back to
watch how their orders of last night,
that they appear in school to-day col
' larless and necktieless, worked out.
It worked out well enough for the
i newly initiated who dug up jerseys
j with turtle necks to take the place of i
I the neat collars and ties, to the cha- j
grin and disguest of the blase debaters
of former years.
While the neophites outgeneraled the,
older members m one instance they
could not do it in anoiher, for the gay !
initiators labeled them debaters by.
painting with iodine the letters "P. D.'
S.'' on their foreheads. Now it is the,
I prevailing style that school boys should,
have "teddy bear'' haircuts, the kind
! which does not allow the hair to cover!
j the foreheads, so the letters stood out;
| ;n bold relief on high foreheads. The i
j professors were tolerant.
Tho painting took place at the home
of Kalph Mickey, 608 Oxford street,
who entertained the club. It was there
that the uew members decided on the
jersey brigade, of course, when the
initiators were not cloeie enough to
overhear or the jersey wearing would
also have been tabooed. It was voted
a complete anil joyous initiation until
this morning when school opened.
Those were to have been laughed at
in the decollete garb were: Clarence
Cooper, Jonathan Black, Samuel Hand
ler, Charles Glessner, Paul Clouser,
Homer Balsbaugh and H. Zeiders. Those
who were cast for the laughing part
this morning were: Samuel Kroehlich,
Anson Devout, Elwood Baker, Carroll
Denny, Lerov Smucker, Frederick Ly
ter, Raymond Meek, Charles Peace,
Ralph Enck, Paul Walters, Kenneth
Patterson. George Fox, .Richard Hamer,
Jesse Wells, Faul Cresswell anil Lloyd
Pierce.
The society decided not to accept an
invitation to join a triangular debat
ing league, with the Beading High
school and the Technical High school,
of this city.
STATE SECRETARY O. V. A. M.
H. 0. Holstein Fills Position Left Va
cant by Father's Death
The board of officers of the State
Council O. 11. A. M., appointed Howard
O. Holstein, the present National secre
tary, to also fill the position as State
secretary of the Conncil, which office
was made vacant by the death of H.
M. Holstein, his father, who was State
secretary for the last seven, years, hav
ing retired from hia trade as black
smith to accept thris position.
FLUES KILL 27
HEAD OF CATTLE
Big Barn on the George
Woods Farm Near
Carlisle Destroyed
This Morning
AUTO APPARATUS
GIVES ASSISTANCE
Bellowing of the Animals As They Tug
at Their Fastenings Is Pitiful—
Firebugs May Have Caused the
Blaze
(Special to the star-Independent.)
Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 19.—Twenty
seven liead of livestock were burned to
death in a lire which at 3 o'clock this
moruiug destroyed the large barn on
the George Woods farm, two miles
south oI this place, and damaged sev
eral adjoining buildings. The farm is
teuanted by G. Lov Woods, a son of
the owner, and the loss to stock, crops
ami the barn will approximate $6,000,
with $2,000 insurance.
The origin of the lire is unknown,
but the blaze is believed to have been'
the work of an inceudiary. The live
stock burned included eight horses, five
nuiles and colts, nine cows and five heiul
of young cattle. Several head of cat
tle that perished were registered stock.
The teuaut farmer did not discover
the fire until the interior of the barn
was a roaring furnace. The subsequent
bellowing of the suffering cattle, which
then were kicking anil tugging to trv
to free themselves, was pitiful. It was
a vain appeal to those who stood by
helpless to give aid.
The t'nion Fire Company, of Carlisle,
with its motor apparatus, responded to'
a call for assistance. Although a record
run was made the fire laddies were
obliged to confine their work to saving
adjoining buildings. A small barn con
taining 1,400 bushels of corn, was
slightly damaged.
TINS IST
GO, m DIM
Health Commissioner
Tells Welfare Dele
gates About Unsafe
Housing Conditions
SESSIONS END
THIS AFTERNOON
j "Safety First" Exhibit In Chestnut
Street Hall, However, Will Con
tinue Through To-morrow Evening
—1,150 Delegates Here
\
EPIGRAMS BY DR. DIXON
Often the air in a hovel is purer
than that in a pretentious mansion.
More people die from the im
| proper use of steam heat than freeze
to death.
Wealth has no monopoly on clean
liness.
Houses must not only be well
planned, they must be well used.
The closing sessions of the Pennsyl
i vania Industrial Welfare and Efficiency
conference were held to-day, although
the exhibit in Chestnut street hall will
continue through to-morrow night. Com
missioner John Price Jackson, of the
; Department of Labor and Industry, who
; was the moving spirit in the holding of
i the conference, was much- gratified
! over the large attendance at the vari
out meetings, and William H. Homer,
of the Bureau of Statistics, who had
charge of the registration, reported that
1,150 persons had registehed as in at
tendance, many states besides Pennsyl-
C«tbne4 oa Eighth Pace.
SPAT OF LAWYERS
ENLIVENS COURT
Mr. Seitz and Mr. Hain
Have Spirited Argu
ment During Cross-
Examination
CITY OFFICIALS
ON THE STAND
Clerk Miller and Engineer Cowden
Testify This Morning In Suits for
i! River Front Damages Against the
City
i
The fact that a man has a permn
; nent residence in a city or town, pays
1 1 a tax there ami obeys the laws otf the
> j municipality, amounts to an expression
, j by him of confidence that the municipal
; j authorities will carry out plans of im
l provemeuts to which the city has com
mit ted itself.
' That is the gist of statements mado
late yesterday afternoon by Judge Al
< i bert W. Johnson, of the Uhiou-Snyder
, 1 county circuit, i>rosiding in court here
this week, who is hearing claims for
i damages again* the City of ilarrisburg
•| as set up bv Mrs. Barbara Koenig, Mrs.
Mary 'Miller and Benedict Schlitzer,
> South Harriaburg property owners.
; There are three individual claims for
SI,OOO each, all of which are based
on the city's taking a strip of ground
alleged to be a part of the plaintiff's
real estate along the river front in
; South Harrisburtr.
The case already has taken up almost
three days, and although Judge Johnson
is constantly urging the attorneys to
"make better progress,'' the hearing is
dragging along slowly. Objections to
"hypothetical questions, both in form and
in substanve, have repeatedly been made
bv Herman & Hain, tho plaintiffs' law
yers, when City Solicitor Spit/, begins
the cross-examination of witnesses.
I The City's side of the case was
opened this morning. Two witnesses,
City Clerk Charles A. Miller and City
Engineer M. B. Cowden. had been
called before the noon adjournment.
The session was marked by more
wrangling between counsel of the op
posing sides.
City Engineer on the Stand
City Clerk Miller confined his testi
mony to identifying letters, ordinances,
resolutions anu other legal papers which
figured in the opening of South Front
street. The City Eugineer identified
the maps. Mr. Cowden said that the
width of Front street at the part under
discussion was 60 feet. This, he said,
he ascertained by referring to a map
on which the was indicated, com
Continued on Seventh rate
HEARS OF Mrs"DEATH
Lawrence Janssens, of This City, Re
ported to Have Received Word
That Boy Was Slain In War
A report that William Janssens, 19
years old, son of Lawrence Janssens,
export manager of the Elliott-Fisher
Typewriter Company, was killed in the
battle of the Aisne was current here
to-day. It is said that word of the
fatality has been received by his fa
ther here several days ago, but that he
was reticent about it and would not
speak. The father could not be found
this morning to confirm the report.
Willipm. with two older brothers,
Harry, 21 years old, and Lawrence, Jr.,
were enlisted in an engineer corps in
Paris at the start of the war and were
seot to the front. All of them were
made non-commissioned officers, accord
ing to report, and since the start of the
hostilities have received commissions.
Harry was shot in the arm in the same
battle, but the wound was not serious.
Mr. Janssens resides in Perdix, near
Harrisburg. Although not a native
Frenchman himself, he married a
French woman and his sons were raisod
in France.
Campaign Cost Kunkel #1,500
Judge George Kunkel, of the Dau
phin county court, who was a candi
date for Supreme Judge in the last
election, to-day filed his personal ex
pense account at the State Department.
He received no contributions personally
but paid >1,500 to Charles C. Stroh,
treasurer of the Kunkel Campaign Com
mittee, which committee will make a
report later.
33 CENTS CK
AUDITORS WORRY
Carelessly Kept Rec
ords, They Say, Are
„ Responsible for De
layed Report
NO EVIDENCE
OF ANY FRAUD
Men Who Are Going Over County
Treasurer's Records for 1018 As
sert There Are Many "Slip-Ups"
In Bookkeeping System
Angered because a newspaper said
they "are bungling the audit," mem
bers of the Board of Dauphin County
Auditors this morning declared that
the bundling of former countv of
cials arc now causing us the most of
our troubles and are mainly responsible
for the report on the audit of the
County Treasurer's 1913 accounts not
having been issued loug before this
date.
The auditors have fixed no time for
filing their report although it is under
stood that it will be ready for presen
tation to the County Commissioners at
an early date. The auditors now charge
that the otticial records do not corre
spond with the vouchers which passed
through the treasury; that many errors
for which they are not responsible
have delayed the work for days and
weeks ami that the notations are in
some instances so ambiguous as even
to cause experts to spend days in cor
recting matters.
County Controller Henry W. Gough
reluctantly made a statement this
morning in Which ho said 'he offered, un
solicited, to aid the auditors in finding
discrepancies amounting to 33 cents.
Mr. Gough and his deputy, G. Fred
Holtzimai], both recognized ts expert ac
countiants, said they spent the greater
Continued on KlKhth Pace.
SNOW WAY FALL TO-NIGHT
A Storm From the Lake Region Joins
One From Coast—Result
Problematical
A storm from the lake region is
hanging imminent to day over northern
Pennsylvania and is about to join with
one aloug the south Atlantic coast
line; the northern one has caused snow
and the southern one rain, three things
being possible here as a result. The
first snow of the season may fall, it
may only be rain and again there may
be no precipitation at all.
Clouds that overcast the sky all day
created more or less talk about the
first snow coming to-night because of
the particular biting cold, which
seemed to cut into the bones, despite
the clothing.
The temperature still remained be
low freezing point last night, 28 de
grees being registered. It is expected
to go somewhat higher to-night. It
has been known to snow in a tempera
ture* of 4 0 degrees, so snow is entirely
within the bounds of possibility. A
drop in temperature is expected to-mor
row after the storm passes out.
Two Degrees Below Zero
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 19.—The first
severe cold of the season struck this
vicinity last night. The local Weather
Bureau reported the temperature two
degrees above zero this morning. At
Sioux City, la., it was reported two
below.
BAGS FOR THANKSGIVING
GIFTS TO HOSPITAL READY
Annual Distribution Starts To-day of
Receptacles for Donations of Jel
lies, Canned Goods, Soap and Lin
ens—Money Is Very Acceptable
Bags for the annual Thanksgiving
contributions to the HarrUburg bos
}>ital arc beir.g distributed to-dav to
former and new contributors through
the agency of the Woman's Aid So
ciety. The distribution will continue
to-morrow and on the corresponding
days next week collections will be made"
For several years the aid society has
been instrumental in having given to
the hospital a large quantity of
groceries, clean linen and money
through the annual Thanksgiving dona
tion. Harrisiburg has been joined in
the movement by helpers in nearby
towns. Every year this suburban list
grows and it is expected that this year
will show the usual increase.
A roinarkable feature of these dona
tions is the ready response of those
persons who have beer, patients or are
near and dear to others who have been
patients of the institution and who
consequently realize the great work of
charity it is performing. To such per
sons the annual donation days are
seized as an opportunity to repay in
part or in entirety the benefits received
and perhaps the life saved by the hos
pital 's work.
Particularly desirable to the man
agement are jellies, canned groceries,
soap, dean linens or money with which
to buy these essentials. These articles
have been contributed in generous
measure and it is the hope of the mem
bers of the Woman's Aid Society that
the donations will keep pace with the
growing needs of the institution.
Contribution bags will be suppliej
promptly to persons desiring them if
the request is made at the hospital by
telephone or otherwise.
POSTSCRIPT
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PRICE, ONE CENT.
BUILDER OF
TABERNACLE
HITS TRAIL
Eight Married Couples
in the Throng Which
Came to the Front
Last Night
BLIND MAN
LED TO SEAT
Evangelist Extends Invitation to Hit
the Sawdust Last Night After
Sermon On the Toxt "Prepare to
Meet Thy God"
Prominent among the trail-hitters at
the tabernacle last eight were eight
young married couples. There have
been instances 011 preceding nights of
man and wife coming forward, hut not
so many. The women cried a bit, but
tor the most part looked happy, and
their husbands appeared to bo proud of
the step they had taken.
The individual attracting the most
?"?® tlou ! ""ong the penitents was
vN 11 ham S. Roebuck, chairman of the
tabernacle committee of the local
Stough organization, under whose direc
tion the tabernacle was erected. When
the invitation was issued he was among
the first to go down the sawdust aisle
which he had laid out and to take a
Place 011 the board seats the construc
tion of which he had supervised. Dur
ing the building df the tabernacle ho
had been constantly on the scene, and
it was his energetic work which
brought the great structure to its com
pletion in time for the opening of the
campaign.
Blind Man Led to Front
There were 80 trail-hitters in all, in
cluding many different classes and con
ditions of people. There was a High
school star among them, one c.f
the first students to make the public
confession. A blind man was in the
throng also, led to his scat by willing
helpers.
Dr. Stongh's sermon preceding the
trail-hitting was 011 the I heme, "Pre
pare to .Meet Thy God." Passages
follow:
Passages From Sermon
'Every one of you here is going to
meet your Cio.l face to face one ilav.
I am going to deal to-night with tic
ineudously solemn things, and I know
that mauy of you would rather not
bear them. But I would be unfair, un
truthful if I were to go through tliij
campaign without bringing to you the
sum total of the irrevocable truth you
some dav must face.
'•Death, death, the last, the great
enemy of humanity. Listen, as I
count —one. two, three, four, live, six.
While 1 count-id what did you dot I'll
tell you, you made a deliberate tight
against death. Every pair of lungs in
here breathed in support of life —in-
haled and exhaled all unconscious to
yourself. And yet what you did was
an absolute necessity, you say, to main
tain life and I can say to tight, away
death. On we go every hour of the
day, battling the enemy that would de
stroy us if we did not battle."
STOUGH CAMPAIGN, SIB,OOO
Estimate of Total Cost Is Made at
Closed Session of Ministers
This Morning
That the total cost of the Stough
evangelistic campaign in this city will
be $19,000 was the estimate made iu
the reiport of the treasurer, E. Z. Wal
lower. at a closed session of the co
operating ministers held at 10 o'clock
this morning in the Market Square
Presbyterian church. This ajnount is
greater than the usual t of a
Stough campaign, because of\he great
er expense of building the taibernacle,
the largest in which Evangelist Stough
has ever conducted meetings.
Another piece of business transact
ed which has been given out for publi
cation was the setting apart of next.
Thursday afternoon, Thanksgiving Day,
for a union evangelistic thanksgiving
service at the tabernacle. The meeting
■will begin at 2.30 o'clock and will in
clude a special sermon by Dr. Stough
and appropriate music by the chorus.
The session of the ministers in con
ference with Dr. Stough this morning
was a closed one. The Rev. Mr. Cart
wright, of the Stough party, said after
the meeting, which lasted from 10 until
12.30 o'clock, that opportunity was
given ministers present "to unload,"
and that many varying opinions were
expressed by pastors on ways and
means of conducting the campaign. He
said that there was no dissension, even
though there had been much earnest
speaking.
"All the ministers," said the Rev.
E. E. Curtis, ministeriu-m secretary,
"are filled with a unanimity o< pur
pose, and have no differences of opinion
on the one great object of this cam
paign."
New Director for Indian Band
(Sjjecial to the Star-Independent.)
Carlisle, Nov. S. Tyrrell, di
rector of the Tyrrell 'ban-d, of Lebanon,
who yesterday was appointed bandmas
ter and musical director at the Carlisle
Indian school, assumed his new duties
this morning. Mr. Tyrrell formerly was
director of the military band at Ft.
Meyer, near Washington, D. C. Ho ex
pects to move his family here from Leb
anon within the next few weeks.