THE WEATHER FATS TO-HIQHT AJTD TO-MOBSOW | MIM Cam 8 n?^ A r. , «" ED VOL. 76 —NO. 345. THE FRENCH REPULSED AT VERDUN And the Russian Re treat in Northwest ern Poland Continues, Says Berlin Report ENGLAND CALLS A MILLION MEN London "Daily News" States Ham burg-American Liner Ekbatana Has Been Sunk in the Persian Gulf— Fctrograd Reports Turkish Defeat Berlin, Nov. 20, by Wireless to Loudon, 3.10 P. M. —The German troops have repulsed a French attack in the neighborhood of Verdun, in France, and the Russian retreat in Northwestern Poland continues, ac cording to au official communication issued to-day by the German general army headquarters. The text of the of ficial statement reads: "In West Flanders and in North France no appreciable change in the situation has taken place. "Heavy rains and snows whiph had soaked and then partly froze the ground, have made our movements very difficult. A French attack at Couibrc, to the southeast of Verdun was re pulsed. "The situation on the East Prus sian frontier remains unchauged. East of the plain of the Mazuriau lakes the Ra.-siati- 'uptured and unoccupied fort in which were some obsolete cannon. The retreat of the enemy through Lip uu and Nea.vaml continues. Our attack has made progress to the south of Plock. "No decision yet has been reached in the lighting around Lodz and to the east of Czenstochowa." Million More Men For England London, Nov. .'O. 1.5 7 P. M.—The House of Commons to-day formally passed tiie vote for the supplementary army estimate which provides for an additional army of one million men. ! I his is tiie additional million men j nentioned by Premier Asquith in the I House of Commons last Monday. It is •juitr apart from the territorials, and i s additional to the 1,100,000 men said now to be under arms. Hamburg-American Liner Sunk London, Nov. 20, 5.22 A. M.—The "Daily News" states that news has been received that the Hamburg- American liner Ekbatana has been' tank in the Persian Gulf. There are no details' of how this was accomplished. The Ekbatana, a vessel of about j 5.000 tons was last reported as hav-j ing arrived at Bussorah, Asiatic Tur- j key early in August. Turks Defeated and Forced Back Paris, Nov. 20, 2.30 A. M.—A dis-! patch from Petrograd to the Havas Agency contains a statement issued by the general staff of the Russian army j in the Caucasus, which says: "Engagements of secondary im-, portance continue in the region of | Zateharekh. In the Valley of Gltychai, a Turkish column was defeated and forced back towards Bar. "In the Erzerum region action oc-! curred along the whole front but the fighting is impeded by the stato of the roads which have been rendered im* passable by rains. There is no activity in other parts of the zone of opera tions. '' TWO MORE RED CROSS UMTS TO SAIL TO-MORROW FOR WAR Washington, Nov. 20.—Two addi-! tional American Red Cross units for service in Servia will sail from New York to-morrow on the Red Star liner; Finland. Arrangements for their de parture were completed to-day. The two units —six surgeons and 1 twelve enrolled Red Cross trained! nurses—will land at Patras, Greece, whence they will embark on another! ship for Saioniki, then journey inland either to Nish or Belgrade. ®bc Star- Sitfrcpctiitenl LATE WAR NEWS SUMRY The coming of winter having inter rupted the fighting along the North sea coast, Germany is making an effort to press the line of the allies at an other point. The French War Office announced to-day that in the region of the Argonne forest, where severe en gagements h»ve been in progress for the last few days, three vigorous at tacks had been made by German in fantry- These assaults, it ia said, we.e repulsed. The importance of this battle, for ! ei B n military critics explained, lies in ' the fact that if the Germans should succeed in pushing back the allies they would be able to join forces with their troops which, further to the east, have thrust a sharp wedge into the line. Such a junction of forces would result in the surrounding of the strong fort ress of Verdun, which the German Crown Prince attacked in vain during the earlier days of the war. The reply of the allies to this chal lenge was an attack on Germans in the neighborhood of Verdun. An official German statement to-day said this at tack had been repulsed. In Belgium the diminution of ac tivity has become still more pronounced. There was almost a total absence of infantry attacks in the northwest an! even the artillery fire, which recently has been unusually severe, has lessened. The Germans, on their left wing, have reoccupied a section of the town of Chauvoncourt, which they recently blew up with mines after the French had forced theh way in. Either the censorship or the absence of decisive events was responsible for the fact that from other fields of bat tle, in Russian Poland. Turkey, Servia and Persia, there came only fragment ary information to-day. The German statement said that the Russians were continuing thei. retreat in Poland, but that in eastern Prussia they had cap tured an unoccupied fort. Comparative calm in the west and re awakened activity in the east are ta ken by London to indicate that the German military chiefs have decided to CnnMnurd on Firtnnlh t*RKr. A LULL INIFANTRY AND ARTILLERY ATTACKS IN NORTH FRANCE REPORTED l'aris, Nov. 20, 2.46 P. Xl.—The French official communication issued this afternoon snys that yesterday there wore hardly any infantry attacks on the part of the euemy, and that their artillery n< tivity also was largely re duced. TK' toil of the* communication follows: "'The day of November 19 was marked by the almost total absence ot' infantry attacks on the part of the enemy; at the same time their artillery fire was much less violent than on tine afternoon of November 18. "Tfi the north the weather has been very bail, and snow has fallen. All the regiou of the Yser canal, to the east of Dixmude, is invaded by the waters. "In front of Ramscapelle we have withdrawn from the water two 16 cen tiineter mortars abandoned by the Ger mans. There has been a very t'airlv intense artillery fire to the Jouth of Vpics. "On the center there hav e been no important actions to report. In the Ar gonne three vigorous attacks on the part of the enemy's infantry have been repulsed. "Our our right wing the Germans have reoccupied the destroyed section of C'hauvoncourt. Further to the east we have made some progress," FOR RELCIANJELIEF FOND Employes of Moorhead Knitting Com pany Will Give Vaudeville Enter tainment Next Tuesday J*iie Moorhead Entertainment Com pany. an organization of employes of the Moorhead Knitting Company, will give a vaudeville performance on Tues day evening, November 24, in the ■Moorhead Knitting Company's factory for the benefit of the Belgian relief fund. The members of this organiza tion have been rehearsing for several weeks on a play to be given on the oc casion of the first anniversary of the oeieupancy of the new factory, Cameron and Walnut streets. Since the appeal for funds for this worthy cause has been brought to the attention of the organization through the press, its members have decided to make a nominal charge for admission, whereas, heretofore, all entertainments of this organization have been free for the employes and their families and friends. The following are representing the different characters in the play entitled "A rehearsal at Ten:" Hiram Cheep, the theatrical manager Harry B. Davis; Willie Jump, "props," John A. Earley; Percy Penn, the au thor. William Miller; Alexander, the colored chauffeur, Clarence W. Cuddy; Herman Von E. String, the musician, Harry Mark; Simon Saw, the stage' carpenter, Earle D. Bare; John Draw Knott, the leading man, Guino L. Fox; Charles Olden Grev, the character man, Bernard LJovd; Mrs. Sippi, the scrub lady, Miss Hattie Nelson; Tottie Twin kletoes, the souhrette, Miss Lucetta Lutz; Madame Whercami, the leading lady, Miss Fannie Walls; Jane Gabb. the character woman, Miss Kathrvn 1 Radle; Yura Goode Wonn, the ingenue, I Mrs. Harry Davis; Mrs. Ima Pest, the aspiring mother, Miss Kathryn Schref-j fler; Cainile Pest, the aspiring daugh ter, Miss Lillian Goodyear. Car Inspector Hurt Jacob iHoak, 1343 Vernon street, a car inspector for the Pennsylvania railroad, was struck by a bar this morn ing, sustaining a fracture and a severe laceration of the nose. HARRISBURG, PA.,, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 3914 16 PAGES. GALLANT ALGERIANS OF FRENCH ARMY ALGERIAN MOUNTED TROOPS IN CHARGE OF GERMAN PRISONERS The Algerian cavalry regiments attached to the army of France have been greatly distinguishing themselves during the war. In the above picture the prevailing tendency of the Belgian dune country is seen in a marked degree—the laud is uniformly llat and the roads cut straight athwart it. To the left is a canal, without which a Belgian landscape would be incomplete. Waiting for the Spahis to pass is a French convoy drawn up in the shade of the trees. fill IB; HIM Members of Board Say Their Salaries and E xpenses Will Not Ex ceed That ALM OST.FOUR ' MONTHS' WORK Judge Kunkel and Commissioners Had Estimated Task Could Be Accom plished in ;«) Days—An Auditor's Pay Is $3 a Day The examination of official records and vouchers by the Dauphin county auditors, as required by law, in connec tion with the 1913 accounts of Coun ty Treasurer A. H. Bailey, was com pleted this morning when a balance was struck, and it is now believed that the auditors will be ready to make their report to the County Commissioners next Wednesday. Tlbp auditors received the county hooks and began their work 011 July 27, last, so that if the rej>ort is filed next Wednesday,—November 25, —they will have had four calendar months, all but two days, in which to make the audit. The bills for the audit last year, including the salaries and tnile aga of the auditors, totaled $1,595.76, and this year, one of the auditors said to-day, the amount will not exceed $1 ,- 000. Although the audit has consumed almost four months it was recalled about the Court House to-day that at the start ol' th e audit Judge Kunkel and the County Commissioners estimated that the work could be done in thirty days. The law allows each auditor $3 for each day he works as salary exclusive of other expenses. There have been approximately 100 working days since the audit was started, so that if each of the three auditors were to charge for a full day's work for each of these days the total charge for salaries alone would be S9OO. There is a good deal of interest being expressed in Court House circles as to whether the audi tors will put in claims for a full day's salary for each of those 100 days. ' None of the auditors has announced the numbfer of days for which he will make charge. Francis W. Reigle, how ever, said he spent little or no time on the audit during the Firemen's Con vention week; that l»e worked only two days during the week of the election, and that he was absent on several oth er occasions, on account of holidays and illness, and that his salary charge, to gether with that for mileage would not exceed S3OO. Mr. Reigle lives in Eliza hethville and is allowed $1.32 mileage from that borough once a week. If mile age is charged for eighteen weeks, that item alone would amount to approxi mately $77.76 in Mr. Reigle's case. The mileage allowed Fred VV. Hous ton, the Harrisburg member of the board, and John W. Caasel, of Hwatara township, will be comparatively trifling, it is said. Harvard Medical Professor Dies By Associated Press. Boston, Nov. 20.—Dr. Charles Sedg wick Minot, a noted anatomist, died last night. He was professor of his tology and embryology at Harvard Med ical f-ichool and director of the anat omical laboratory at that institution. Fire in New Jersey Keansburg, N. J., Nov. 20.—Twen ty-five small buildings, most of them stores, were levelled by flames which swept through this town early to-day. The damage is estimated at $250,000. 1 CAUGHT ONE 'POSSII AND FOUND IHAT'IT'WAS NINE Former Bluecoat Tells How a Prize That He and a Companion Captur ed When Hunting in Perry County, Multiplied Over Night How lie captured one opossum only to learn, when lie got it home from the mountains that "it'' actually was nine, was told to-day by George L. Marshall, a former policeman, of 41 j Verbeke street. Marshall is a brother of John Marshall, who ran for the Leg islature 011 the Democratic ticket- tt»j# fall. Jle is au enthusiastic sportsman and with Margin Slatzmae, of York count, went coon hunting in the Perry county mountains not long ago. "During the hunt." said Marshall to-day, "tho dogs treed a opossum. Mow to quiet the dogs than because we wanted it, we put the opossum in -a bag and took it along home. Next morning when we looked at the opos sum we found nine instead of one. In vestigation showed it was a mother opossum that we captured and that the mother had eight little ones concealed in her " pocket or bouch." At that time the little fellows must have been about four weeks old and were 110 larger than a small-sized mouse. In the last two weeks they have grown won derfully until now they are much larg er than an ordinary rat." As soon as the young opossums were old enough to be weaned away from their mother, Marshall distribut ed them among his friends. Jesse .1. Lybarger, a Democratic candidate for the Legislature this fall, for several days had three of them on exhibition in the display window of his store, 908 North Third street. Four of the little fellows are now being kept as pets by G. 0. Furl, 919 Myrtle avenue, and the rest of the family have been given to friends of Marshall outside of the city. They feed on vegetables and meat. On the same hunting trip Marshall aud Slatzman captured six coons which were presented to the Central Demo cratic Club of this city and eaten at a supper given by that organization. MOVING MEXICO'S OFFICES Reported General Obregon's Troops Are Entraining for Orizaba—Cap ital in Sta.te of Unrest By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 20.—American Consul Siliiman in a dispatch filed in Mexico City at 8 o'clock last night re ported that General Obregon's troops were entraining for Orizaba and mov ing the oftices of the government with them. Consul Silliman added that the city was ih a state of decided unrest, lie did not indicate whether the Obregon troops were evaluating the city to leave it undefended before the troops ap proaching from the north or whether his forces were to be replaced with other Carranza troops moving down from uiiitor General Gon zales, one of Carranza's chief support ers. Mr. SiUitnan added that railroad communication northward and also be tween the capital and Vera Cruz was interrupted. Previous reports have leh it to be understood that a sufficient ffarrison would remain in the capital to main tain order aud prevent entrance of the Zapata forces until .Villa's forces were in the immediate vicinity and ready to enter when the Carranza troops would withdraw. L«ater the State Department receiv ed notification that General Obregon had declared war on Villa. It added that Obregon was going to Kalina <"ruz. As that port is on the Pacific side of the isthmus of Tehuantepec and far from the scene of threatened hostilities, officials could not under stand it. VERDICT NEAR 111 CITY DllllE SUIT Dispute About River Front Property Is Likely to Go to the Jury Late To-day LAWYERS KEEP ON SQUABBLING Mr. Ham Tells City Solicitor Seitz to "Keep Cool" and Judge Johnson Takes Occasion Again to Urge Counsel to Eliminate Delays With the remote possibility of the jury rendering a decision late to-day, the trial of the civil suit brought by three South Harrisiburgers on claims against the City for damages growing out of the City taking a strip of ground for the opening and extension of South Front street dragged along this morn ing before Judge Albert W. Johnson, of the Union Snyder county judicial circuit, specially presiding here in com mon pleas court. At noon it was though all the wit nesses yet to be called could be heard during tbe lirst hour of the afternoon session. The attorneys then would be gin their argument to the jury, after which Judge Johnson would deliver his charge. Whether a decision will be reached to-day is speculative. .Some persons in the Court House were of the opinion that counsel would take up most of the afternoon with their argu ments and that the jury would not get the case before to-morrow. Judge Johnson again had to prod the lawyers, William M. Hain and John C. Herman, for the plaintiffs—who are Barbara Koenig, Mary Miller and Beue- Condqnrd on Fifteenth Vane. EDWARD ADAMS HTTRT Knocked From Wagon in Collision With Trolley Car Edward Adams, a driver for John W. Gates, coal dealer, was knocked from his wagon at Tenth and Market streets this morning at i 1 15 oVslock wborn again," through ordinances ot the church, through changed environ ment, or through education. Among the victims of his biting rebukes were " the people that live along tihe river bank." "the college and university bred law yers," and former president of 11,ir vard. Dr. Elliot. Comparatively few .persons hit the trail. IHremen and railroad men were laud ed by the evangelist in his speech of acceptance of a big basket of flowers presented him by the Philadelphia and Reading delegation which attended t'lm services. "There are two classes of every-da v heroes," he said. "First of all the fire men who protect our homes, who a it ready night and day to go out at the call of the bell. The other class is the railroad men, the men who take the trains over the tracks at tihe risk of their lives.'' A Mother's Calling High One Following his welcome of the rail road men, the evangelist spoke bo-this Bethany and Pine Street Mothers' or ganizations present, saving that "there is no higher or nobler calling God ever gave a woman than that of being a mother.'' , More than a thousand railroad men, from fflie Philadelphia and Reading ami the Peonsy, man-lied into tihe ta.be r naii'le before the serviee. The Phila delphia and Reading men brought with them a locomotive boll whicdi rang loudly as it was carried down the aisle to a position in front of the platform, ilt will .be in evidence at the men's mass meeting Sunday afternoon. _ Evangelist Stough's sermon last night on "The New Birth," was in part as follows: j Church Membership at Times Useless "You cannot walk f.ir from the Penn sylvania or the» Philadlephia and Read ing railroad station on Market street, J)efore you decide that something is the matter with Harrisb'urg. The matter is t.hat men are out of proper relation to one another, . :d, if t.hore is a God, they are out of proper relation to llim. "I am first going to tell of the wa.vs in which man cannot be born again. He cannot be born over again by church memibership. Churchiauity is the worst Continued on Third Pave. YOl CAN LEARN ABOUT SNAKES M. B. Foster, Reptile Expert, Will Give a Free Lecture on Them To-night Are snakes of no use to usl If you come upon one in the woods, do you straightway dispatch it and glory in your murderous deed? Do you enjoy a good snake storyl Can you teil snake facts from snake superstitions.' The Natural History Society's monthly free lecture to-night at 8 o'clock in the Technical High school auditorium, will doubtless go a long way toward answering these!questions, when M. B. Foster, a note< J expert on reptiles, will give his talk on "Snakes an' sic.h," illuatrahxj, wth colored lantern slides aud living speci mens. FIRES STARTED PURPOSELY Blazes Then Promptly Put Out in Dem onstration of Extinguishers Fires deliberately started in different ways at Fourth ami North streets this aftornoon did no damage. They were extinguished at once by patent extin guidhers in a demonstration of the de vices. First, acetylene gas was generated by the combination of water and calcium carbide and set on fire, next t bucketful of gasoline was lit, then a fla te was ap plied to waste saturated witu gasoliuy. and finally a big box was set on fire. Tho extinguisher' put, out all the blazes ■promptly. CAMP HILL MAN GREAT HUNTER W..C. Enterline Kills More Than One rourth of Game Secured by Camp W. C. Enterline, of Camp Hill, has just returned from a successful hunt with the Taylor Hunting Camp, which was situated at Pine Grove l