THE WEATHER CLOUDY TO NIGHT AND TO MORROW Oetvtlrd Krpurt. PIR • SkT a :.™ u VOL. 76—NO. 148. RETREAT OF GERMANS IS REPORTED Statement From Petro grad Announces Rai ser's Troops Are Routed in Poland RUSSIANS CLAIM DECISIVE BATTLE German Army of 400,000, Which Made an Irruption Between the Vistula and Warta Rivers, Said to Have Been Broken Op Into Several Parts London, Nov. 24, 6.45 A. M.—An official communication given out in Petrograd, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch, announces a Ger man retreat in Poland. The statement follows: "Between the Vistula and the Warta the Germans have retreated from the line running from Strykow to Zgierz, Szadek, Zdunska. Wola and Worniki." The line from which the Germans bave retreated, according to the above dispatch, runs from the northeast of Lodz down past that town and to the southwest. Entire German Regiment Surrendered Paris, Nov. 24, 4.05 A. M. —The correspondent at Petrograd of the "Ma- Jin'' gays: . "The Russians, after hßving checked the German offensive on the Plock- Ijeczven front, gained on that side a brilliant, decisive victory. The enemy, iwho had heavy lasses, is flying with all •peed toward the GerwCa frontier. An" : entire German regiment surrendered to the victors. "The Russians are energetically pur suing the enemy. The Russians are also vigorously attacking along the Czen stochowa-Cracow line. This day seems to mark one of the most important and perhaps decisive phases of the war." I German Army Reported Broken London, Nov. 24. 4.40 A. M.—The '• Times" Petrograd correspondent in a dispatch supplementing one declaring that private advices received in the Russian capital had confirmed the re-j ports of a Russian victory over the! Germans in Poland says: '•According to unofficial information] reaching here the German army of 400,- 000 which made an irruption between the Vistula and Warta rivers has been broken up into several parts, one of which was compelled to divert its course southward and another north ward. "Apparently in each case the Rus sian forces succeeded in getting behind these disjointed corps and inflicted tipon them great losses. "The Germans are believed to have suffered very heavy reverses at Breze rinv and Tuszin. It is impossible as vet to give even approximate figures."; Russians Driving Turks, Is Report Petrograd, Nov. 2 4. —An official eommunication issued bv the general staff of the Russian army in Caucasia, utder date of November 22. says: "In the direction of Erzerum the ad- I van. e guard of the Russian army con tinued to drive baek the enemy, after! having thrown into disorder a Turkish i column .hiring which caissons and an ammunition train were captured. - "From Karakilisze to Alashgerd val- j ley some engagements took place with results favorable to us. "In the Persian province of Azer baijan the Turks were defeated in the region of Khanasur Pass and also in the /asses leading from Dilman in the di rection of Kotur. In these engagement? the Russian troops captured some Turk ish artillery." Harvard Graduate Killed in War London, Sov. 24. 11.50 A. M.—The first graduate of an American college to be a victim of the war is Lieutenant iieorge Williamson, who belongs to the Duke of Wellington's regiment. Mr. A* illiamson s name appears in to-day '3 casualty list as among those dying from the result of wounds. He was graduated from Harvard in the class of 1905. Holiday Hours at Postoffice Holiday hours will be observed in the postoffiee here Thanksgiving Day. The main postoffi-e and the Hill and sWa. lay stations will be closed from 10 8 : m- *° J" P- m - Carriers will make their 7.13 a. m. delivery and collec tion and 5.40, 7.30 and 12.20 p. m. collections. j A , Stet- JukjJotktii TURKEY IN MIDST OF WAR ISSUES CALL TO ARMS 1 '"' CALLING UP RESERVES—TURKISH BUGLERS SOUNDING A CALL FROM THE ROOFTOPS LUTE WAR NEWS SUMMARY! If the official reports of the Rus sians are correct, the tide of the great battle in Poland has turned in their fa vor. How important tie change is and to what extent it will influence future operations in the struggle between Bus sla and Germany was not apparent to ! day. The Russian War Office, whose state ments were vague and non-committal for several days, when the tension was running highest and the Germans, to all accounts, were pressing swiftly to ward Warsaw, made to-day its first defi nite announcement concerning the cru cial battle. It stated that betweeu the Vistula and the Warta rivers the Ger mans had retreated. Germany's latest official statement gave this partial con firmation by saying that the arrival of Russian reinforcements had postponed the decision. There was, however, no hint in this statement of a retreat. In the war with Turkey also Russia claims the advantage. The forces which pushed down through the Cau , casus into Turkey, which Petrograd admitted a few days ago had been compelled to retreat, are now said to have resumed the offensive and to be 1 pushing on toward Erzerum. a Turkish city near the eastern end of the Black sea. A Turkish column was there put to root, the general staff of the army of the Caucasus announces. It states also that the Turks were defeated in two engagements in northern Persia. IB the »Mt the opposing armies stil 1 held to "the positions which they hare maintained with few changes for the last two months. Here and there along the SOO-mile line—notably at Ypres and Soissons, and in the Argonne— there was spirited fighting, but appar ently with no results other than mo mentary advantages for one side or the other. Germany scouts the idea that she is 1 desirous of making peace. The semi official Cologne '-Gazette" character izes reports of this nature as belonging Continued on Second Page. BOMB DAMMS AMERICAN CONSULATE AT WARSAW: I SEVERAL PEOPLE RILLED' Washington. Nov. 24.—A bomb from ! a German airship fell in front of the American consulate at Warsaw early to day, breaking the windows at the con sulate, but injuring no one within, ac i cording to a telegram, dated to-day. from American Ambassador Ma rye at | I Petrograd. Several persons in the I street in front of the consulate were killed and wounded, but none of them i were Americans. The incident was. regarded here as i indicating the proximity of the Ger man advance guard to Warsaw. Amer -1 ican consuls received instructions earlv ! in the war to leave zones of great dan ger whenever invading forces arrived :»i ' their vicinity. It is expected here that , if Warsaw becomes a battle ground of the German and Russiau armies the • American consul and his staff will with- j draw to a place of safety. REPORT INFANTRY ATTACKS BY GERMANS AS REPULSED Paris, Nov. 24, 1.47 P. M.—The of ficial statement given out in Paris this afternoon says that, generally speak ing, the situation on November 23! showed no changes of importance. The 1 text of the communication follows: "Speaking generally it may be said that the situation during the day of | November 23, has showed no import-! ant changes. "Along the greater part of the front the enemy manifested his activity j particularly by an intermittent can-; nonale which was, however, less spirit-, ei than on the preceding day. Never- : theless there were here and there some infantry attacks, all of which were re- ' pulsed. As we have come to expect,! these attacks were particularly violent in the Argonne where we gained some ; , territory and in the region "of Four-de- : , Paris. "There is nothing to report between! the Argonne and the Vosges, and fur-i thermore a very heavy fog has inter- : ' fered with operations." The sanitary j< conditions of the troops are favor- I able." ' TIARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24. 1914—12 PAGES. FLIES iL 21 : HEiJM Third Barn Belonging to W. B. Oyler Is Destroyed by Fire Within a Week LOSS IS PLACED AT ABOUT $5,500 Cow After Being Rescued Rushes Back and Perishes—Neighbors Unite and J Save Dwelling After Plying Embers Set It Ablaze Twenty-one head of livestock—ten milch cows, seven calves and four horses i —perished in a fire this morning which destroyed the big lank barn on the W. B. Oyfer farm. at>out one and one-half miles northwest of (..'amp Hill. Cum-her laiul county. The losses aggregate $5,- 500, partly insured. The farm is ten anted by P. A. Sowers whose individual loss to stock, ,-rops and farming ini lements will run close to $2,500, with SI,BOO insurance. The loss to the barn, which was comparatively new, having been ere ted just four years ago, will run close to $3,000, but is covered by insurance. The Camp Hill Pire Company re ■ sponded to a call for assistance by send- j ing its ehemiial wagon to the scene of I the blaze. Chemical streams were play ed on the smouldering ruins as a guard j against the fire breaking out anew and possibly endangering the farm house, j I This was the third tire loss sustained. n . v -^' r - Oyler, who resides in Newville, within tess than a week, and the sixth | within the last five years, A barn on I one of his farms, just bai-k of Car i lisle, was destroyed bv a fire, said to have been the work of an incendiary, late Saturday night, and on Thursda'v night of iast week Mr. O.vler lost an ; other barn on his farm near Chambers j burg, in a mysterious blaze. An explod ing lantern, which hurled burning oil on a pile of hay, was the cause of to-dav's j tiro, said Sowers, the tenant. Sowers at 5.30 o'clock this morning went to the barn to feed the cattle an I do other work. He hung the lighted : lantern on a beam, in the feeding entrv. When he walked a few feet away the lantern fell, exploded and in an instant the hay was in flames. With a fork he began 'combating the fire, but soon he tound that his efforts were in vain. He : next tried to carry the burning mass . from the barn. Rescued Cow Returns to Fire Ho was unsuccessful in that, also, «o he rushed to the stables to free the livestock. Four horses and three cows wore gotten out in an incredibly short time although the barn by then had been transformed into a fierv furnace. One of the cows that hail been rescued Continued on Ulevmth Face. TREE ABLAZE HALF WAY I P Chemical Engine and Hook and Ladder Answer Alarm from Bailey Home Just after dark last evening flames were discovered twenty feet from the ground in a stately old elm tree on the lawn between the residences of Edward Bailey and George W. Reily, Front street above Reily, and a telephone call was serrt to the Reily Hose Company, which responded promptly with a hook and ladder truck and a chemical engine —enough men and apparatus to stop a forest fire. Attempts first were made to put out the blaze by the use of a small chem ical extinguisher in the hands of a fire man who climbed the tree with the aid of a ladder, but this plan of attack subsequently was abandoned and a plug stream, directed from the ground, made short work of the blaze, which was a spectacular one in the semi-darkness. The burning tree was close to the Bailey home and the wind was carry ing sparks in that direction. No one was able to explain how the tree took fire. N. Y. Exchange to Open Saturday New York, Nov. 24.—The New! York Stock Exchange will reopen on Saturday for restricted dealings in bonds for cash. The governors so vot ed this afternoon. QUAKE IN UNITED STATES? Shocks Recorded by Seismographs at Georgetown Indicate Earth Disturb ances Occurred in This Country By Associated Press. Washiugtou, N'ov. 24 Earthquake shocks were recorded to-day on the seis mographs of Georgetown University, be ginning at 7.20 a. m. and continuing an hour and six minutes. The center of the disturbance was calculated to be about 1,200 miles from Washington and the observers be lieved it to be within the United States. Cambridge, Mass., N'ov. 24. —Tvo earth shocks were recorded on the seis mograph at Harvard College to-.lav, the first at 7.11 a. m. and the secoud at 7.17. The origin of the earthquake was estimated as 2.4 70 miles from Cambridge. The distance curve skirt ed the coast of southwestern California and passed through the Bay of Pana ma, according to Prof. J. B. Woodworth, of the seismograph station. Mobile, Ala., .Nov. 24.—The seismo graph at Spring Hill College near this city, recorded a slight earth shock to day at 6.17. The disturbance was cal culated by the observed to be central within a radius of 500 miles from Mo bile. $150,000 Fire at McKeesport By Associated Prtts. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 24.—Fire start ing in the basement of the J. Denny O'Neil department store in McKeesport, near here, early to-day destroyed the O 'Neil building and two other struc tures, with a loss of $150,000. CHANCE PLAN TO FINANCE HAL Members of Committee Announce Pledges of the Guarantors Are Cancelled WILL NOW CALL ON CHURCH MEN Amount of Money Collected to Date in the Interest of Stough Campaign so,£4«—Almo3t «10,000 Addi tional Is Needed Announcement was this morning made by E. Z. Waliower, chairman ot' the finance committee of the Stough campaign, that all guarantee or pledge subscriptions taken by the various co operating churches will be canceled, and that the churches will be asked for individual' contributions from their members toward wiping out the bal ance of the expense budget. He also stated that Dr. Stough receives no part of the collections which are being taken at the tabernacle as remunera tion for his services. The total amount of money collect ed to date in the interest of the St-ough campaign, in the care of Treas urer Heffelfinger, is $9,246.35. The estimated total cost of the campaign is $19,000, about twice as much as the usual cost of a campaign, according to L>r. Stough. The guarantors of the campaign in this city had pledged themselves to a total of SIO,OOO, which meant that they would be responsible for deficien cies in meeting the total expenses up to that amount. As that amount is Cntlu«4 Elnutt face. STEAMER BROKEN TO PIECES IN SURF Schooner Hanalei Runs Ashore on Reef at San Francisco During a Fog UNKNOWN DEATH TOLL IN DISASTER i Sixty-two Persons Aboard Vessel j When She Struck, of Whom -Itt'j Are Saved—Revenue Cutter Re- \ ports Saving Boat Load of Survivors Ky .4«»ociafed Press, Bolinas, t'al., Nov. :!4.—Forty-three survivors ami fifteen dead from the wrecked coasting steamer Jlanalei, which went ashore yesterday on Dux bury reef near here, had been account ed for at 10 a. m. to-day As the ves sel had 62 persons aboard all told, the list of dead and living left but four unaccounted for. San Francisco, Nov. 24.—The steam schooner Hanalei, ashore ou Durburv reef, broke in two just before dawn to-day with fifty-eight souls aboard. Three passengers and two seamen s./am ashore. Thirteen other persons were rescued, including Captain J. J. Carry, of the Hanalei. There seemed small hope for any others. The schooner, which had been pound ed by the surf since yesterday noon when shr ran ashore in a fog, went to pieces. Her bow, which hung over the reef and had been twisted to a right angle, slid into the water and drifted to within 100 yards of the beach. The quintet, who first came ashore, swam from this wreckage. A few more hours would have saved every soul aboard. An hour would have saved many. After all hope had been given up ashore and on board the wreck the sixth line fired by the Golden Gate Park lifesaving crew, under Captain Norman Nelson, went over the vessel. A breeches buoy was rigged and then the line parted. Almost immediately thereafter the Hanalei broke apart amid cries which rose above the thunder of the surf. Efforts to take off the Hanalei's pas- ! sengers and crew from shore began late | yesterday after a dozen vessels had ! tried to reach her and were prevented by fog and surf. Effort to Launch Boat Fails The Fort Point lifesaving crew from the beae-h fired Hues which fell short! until in desperation they double ; charged their mortar and it burst. An i effort to launch a boat from the Hanalei i failed and a passenger was drowned. A sailor tried to swim ashore with a line j and men on the beach could see his Continued on Kleventl, Pose. 3 SEEK AGRICULTURAL POST Thomas, Martin and Hutchinson Aspire to Succeed Secretary Critchfield Three candidates for the position of! Secretary of Agriculture are in the field, and Governor Brumbaugh will he j asked to appoint one of them, as all are j making strenuous efforts to land the '' .place. Robert H. Thomas, of Mechanics- i burg, has announced his candidacy, an ! is looking for the backing of many of the grangers. Algernon S. Martin, the present Deputy Secretary of Agricul ture, is also an aspirant, and has a rec ord that his friends say cannot be sur passed. He is regarded as the guiding spirit and originator of the institutes that have done so much to bring the farmers to a realization of | scientific farming, and has had super vision of the holding of county fairs j and educational features of the depart j inent. Mr. Martin hails from Lawrence I county, where he has a farm, and i« a I former member of the Legislature. He is connected with a number of national I agricultural associations. George G. Hutchinson, of Warrior's I Mark, Huntingdon county, who has for years been connected with the ' State Agricultural Department, and jus: j at present is its general agent looking j after feedstuffs, is also a candidate ! for the head of the department. Hail- j ing from Huntingdon county, the old home of the Governor-elect, it is said he may be regarded with favor. RODERICK SUFFERS RELAPSE Friends Alarmed About Condition of Chief of Department of Mines James E. Roderick, Chief of the De partment of Mines, who has been ill for some time, was reported to-day to have ; had a relapse at his home in Hazletoti. and his condition was regarded as ! alarming. Six months ago an operation was per formed on Chief Roderick in Johns 'Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, and he was in that institution a long while, return ing home a few months ago. Since then he visited Harrisburg once and it was thought he was all right, but an j other attack of his malady ha» pros trated him. A singular fact in connection with Chief Roderick's illness is that of the ten attaches of the Department of Mines five have been operated on in different hospitals in the last year. Orvil Smith, J. (P. Gallagher, J. J. Radz iewic and Ed. Makowski, all clerks in tbe ( department, have been operated upon for appendicitis during the year, but all are about and attending to their duties now. Chief Roderick is the only one not able to be at the department. Bryan Back From Florida By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 24. Secretary Bryan returned to-day from a week'* stay at his winter place in Miami, Fla. DEAN M. HOFFMAN WEDS MISS ETHEL W. MILLER The Managing Editor of tha "Fa triot" and Social Writer for That Newspaper Are Married in Philadel phia This Afternoon A telegram received in Hanristmrg from Philadelphia this afternoon an nounced the marriage in the latter city at 1 o'clock of Dean M. Hoffman, man aging editor of the "Patriot," and Miss Ethel W. Miller, 1129 Cowden street, who for several years and up until a week ago was the society eititor of the same newspaper. The ceremony was performed in the Spring Garden Methodist Episcopal church by the pastor, the Rev. Linn Bowman, who was a .classmate of Mr. Hoffman in both Dickinson College and the Millersburg High school, from which institutions both were graduated. Only relatives of the coufile were at the wedding, including 'r. Hoffman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hoffman, of Millersburg; the bride's mother, Mrs. Emily Miller, widow of Alfred Miller, who died in IS9S, and her grandmother, Mrs. John Miller, of tils Briggs street. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast took place at Kugler's. At 4 o'clock this afternoon Mr, and Mrs. Hoffman departed for ow York from which city they will set sail at noon to-morrow for the West Indies, where they will pass the honeymoon. Upon their return to Harrtsburg Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman will reside tem porarily with the bride's mother, 1129 Cowden streeet. Miss Miller is a niece both of City Solicitor D. S. Spitz and Postmaster Frank C. Sites. She is a graduato of the Harrisburg High school of the class of 1899. She became associated with the "Patriot" soon after leaving school and quickly gained a reputation as a clever writer. Mr. Hoffman's parents alwnvs liavo resided in Millersburg, and although he visited them weekly he had rooms at 255 Xortli street, this city. Beginning as a "cub" reporter on the Harrisburg "Telegraph" Mr. Hoffman rapidly ad vanced in the newspaper profession. After remaining in this city more than a year he became connected with the editorial staff of the Philadelphia "Xorth American" and later was the special political writer for the Phila delphia "Press.'' He gave up that position to make a tour of Europe and several years ago returned to Harris burg to become managing editor of the "Patriot." POLICE PUT BOY INTO BED Dawson Hoover, 10, Falls Into Eiver and Bluecoats Administer Aid Dawson Hoover, 10 years old, 224 South street, feel into the river while playing along the new retaining wall at Market street at 3 o'clock this aft ernoon. He climbed onto the steps when noticed by the tollgate keeper who called the ambulance. Policemen Buch and Mehring took the boy to his home and found the door locked and none of the members of the family home. The boy crawled through a window and he opened the door for the policemen, who, in the absence, put the boy to bed and tucked him in, to guard against possible sick ness resulting from the fall. Ml HOT FIGHT TO RETAIN HICK His Friends Will Make Effort to Prevent Ab olition of Internal Af fairs Department IN LEGISLATURE OR AT POLLS Admirers of "Uncle Henry" Will Do Everything in Their Power to Pre vent Cutting His Term Short by Pending Constitutional Amendment Since the last election the friends of Henry Houck, thrice elected Secretary of Internal Affairs, have began to ques tion the advisability of the adoption of the proposed amendment to the Consti tution which abolishes the office. The proposed amendment is the addition of section twenty-three (a new section) to article 4 of the Constitution, which sets forth that on and alter the adoption of the amendment "the oflice of Secre tary of Internal Affairs be, and the same is hereby, abolished; and the pow ers and duties now vested in, or aip pertaining or belonging to, that branch of the executive department, office, or officer, shall be transferred to such other departments, offices or officers of the State, now or hereafter to be cre ated, as may be direeted 'by law." This amendment has already passed the legislature once, but must again be passed by that body before it can go to the voters for their adoption or rejec tion, which will be next January, pro vided the amendment passes the Legis lature of 1915. Already the Secretary of Internal Affairs has been shorn of a great many of the powers conferred upon him by the Constitution, such as the rverseeing of railroad affairs, labor matters, sta- Coatlnuni n Second Pace. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. S. AMERICAN COMMERCE OPENTOCITY ConferenceTo-dayPuts Harrisburg Manufac turers in Position to Share Directly in It INVITED TO GO TO THE FIELD Mayor Preston Asks Local Men to Join Baltinioreans in Trip on the Fin land, Sailing January UO—Elliott- Fisher Co. Offers Assistance Harrisburg manufacturers, «p a di. reet result of the foreign trade confer ence held m Fahnestook Hall in tho i»i A, to-day, under tho auspices of tiie Chamber of Commerce, will b«* in a position actively to engage JII bonth American commerce. Opportani ties to make a trip to Soufli American countries will be <*iven and the use of the export department of the Elliott tisher Company, a Harrisburg firm which exports to South America, has been offered. Seventy-five manufacturers and busi ness men attended the conference which was addressed by out-of-town,ox' perts on foreign trade." The importance of the meeting was realized by Balti more business men, who sent a tele gram through Mayor James H. Preston, inviting those in attendance here to day to take a trip through South Amer ica that is being arranged bv a Balti more firm. (•eorge F. Watt, president of the El lott Fisher Company, chairman of the meeting, at the close of the morning session said that an opportunity for local men to engage actively in South American commerce would be presented late this afternoon, when, it was an nounced, C. T. Williams, of the Federal Trust Company, of Baltimore, would personally invite Harrioburgers to makp this trade extension trip on the steam ship Finland, which will sail from Bal timore on January 29. John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American Union, who spoke at this morning's meeting, said the South American trade extension project >s a worthy one and he believes it. will work out successfully. Mr. Watt in closing the morning con ference said: Mr. Watt Offers Assistance "We have been very ably informed to-day what foreign trade means to us; how the government will aid in its extension; how and where we can