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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
StOrk Makes Woman on
Way to Harrisburg Go
to the Altoona Hospital
Special TO The Telegraph

Altoona, Pa, Nov 17.-When train
No. arrived at the local depot, at
12.15 Sunday morning, Mrs. Charles
Meyer, aged %, passenger enroute
from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg, was
taken off here and removed to the
Altoona hospital where she gave birth
TO baby girl few moments after be-
ing admitted to the institution.
Mrs. Meyer refused TO give her
address. stating that her husband had
deserted her three months ago and
that she was on her way to the home
of an uncle in Harrisburg.
The police here know nothing of the
relatives of Mrs. Meyer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
ROAD SUPERVISORS TO MEET

The Dauphin County Supervisors
Association will meet Thursday at 9.3O
O'Clock in the Courthouse.
The opening address will be given
by e. d. Messner president of the
association. The election of officers
will follow.
Other speakers will be John c. Mss
ley, Frank B. Bosch, j. w. Hunter.
first deputy of the State Highway De-
partment: NJ. s. Brinser, j. b. Rowe.
s. II. Grove and District Attorney
NJ. w. Stroup.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17

ten degrees. The lowest point reached
last night was twenty-siX
But while Harrisburg shivers, North
Dakota and Minnesota freezes. In
Williston, n. D., the mercury fell to
eight below last night. In Winnipeg,
Canada, it is fourteen below
The Susquehanna has risen more
than foot as q result of Sundays
downpour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
LEBANON MANUFACTURER DIES

Lebanon, Pa, NOV. II. = Chris-
tian N. Seidel. 20 years old, who
operated the Standard Boiler Works in
this city for thirty years. died very
suddenly at his home. mere. Heart dis
ease was assigned as the cause of his
death. He was graduate of Ursinus
College and the Poughkeepsie Business
College. He was a prominent member
of st. Johns. Reformed Church and was
neld in high esteem In the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
[Contlnued OH Page 81
CRUISER lTRYING TO ESCAPE

London, Nov. II, S.59 a. m.-Dis-
patches stating that the German aux
iliary cruiser Berlin has appeared at
a seaport of Norway.
probably indicate, according to the
that she is endeavoring
to escape from the North Sea to act
as commerce raider.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
ROTARY CLUB no MEET

Howard c. Fry, secretary of the
Harrisburg Rotary Club. announces a
meeting of members at the Metropou-
tan Hotel tonight at 6. Supper Will
be served and an important business
meeting will follow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
10000 Dead Buried in
Grave Six Feet Wide ),
and Four Miles Long
Bp Astociaffd Prctt

Amsterdam, via london, Nov. IL.
a. m.-The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche
Courant quotes. a letter from a Cali
clan priest stating that 10000 Aus
trians have been buried in one day in
a grave six and half feet wide and
a little more than four miles long. The
bodies, the latter says, were laid next
to each other In three layers. These
men were killed, it is stated, during a
battle lasting only few hours.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair,
continued cold tonight and We'd
neEday; lowest temperature to-
night about 25 degrees.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: For
continued cold Tonight and We'd
nesday; fresh west 10 northwest
winds.
River
The main river will continue to rise
slowly tonight and "wednesday.
4 stnEe of about 20 feet is Indi-
Gated for Harrisburg Wednesday
morning.
General Conditions
The strong high pressure area
sOUthcentral portion of the Unit
ed States with it's center over
Western Tennessee. The low
perature accompanying Il has
Overspread all the country east of
the mississippi river, the most de-
clded falls in temperature occur
ring I'm the Atlantic COnst States.
Temperature; S n. M, 81.
suns Rises, 6i52 n. M; sets, 4:4s
u. m.
Moons New moon. to-day, 11,oe
n. IN.
River Stage: ~ feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest Temperature, 80.
Lowest temperature, "a.
Mean temperature, 43.
Normal temperature, AZ.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
LULL BELIEVED TO BE
PRELUDE TO BIG BATTLE
in WESTERN THEATER

Russian Invasion of Turkish Territory From Caucasus Has
Been Halted; Austrian Advances Are Being Carried
on With Further Success; Soldiers Are Suffering
Dreadful Hardships in Water-soaked Trenches
Along Battle Front
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
FIRE AT STEELTON

Fire this afternoon destroyed the upper story of the
threesogy dwelling of s. Rokovc 700 South Third street
Steolton. An overheated fue cause The damage
will be several hundred dollars.
ELECT NATIONAL W. c. I, u. HEAD
Atlanta Ga, Nov. 17.-Niss Anna A. Gordon, of Evans
ton, Ill, to-day elected president of Woman's
Christian Temperance Union general convention here
MILLION LOST IN WHEAT FIRE
Galveston Tex, Nov. 1.-THE Southern Pacific eIe-
vator containing than Bushels of wheat caught
fire to-day The flames spread to the lower part the
elevator making the total destruction of the building and
its almost certain The probable loss was est
mated at $1,OOoOOo
MoToRCYcLISTS HURT
Morris Smiley, aged IS, grocer at Sixth and Calder
streets tfs afternoon injured when he fell from his
machine while going at high speed. He will recover.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ~
Philip n. Y.
Seller, Halifax, b. Hender Harrisburg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
General Conditions

feBterdny'g weather
Highest Temperature, 80.
Lowest temperature, "a.
Mean temperature, ~.
Normal temperature, AZ.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17
cARRANzA,s PLAN APPRovEp

CARRANZA'S PLAN APPROVED
Washington Nov. l7-secrstary Bryan announced to-
day the receipt Of message from American Consul Sill
Mexico City saying the newspapers there had pub
shed the text of telegram from General Gutierrez approx
ing the conditions by General Carranza for his own re-
tirement
ANOTHER HUNTING VICTIM
sunbury, Pa, Nov. II. - Motley Ruggles nineteen
years old died here to-day result Of gunshot wound
accidenty inflicted last Saturday by his brother Robert
Rugges while they hunting. In the effort to save the
life of the injured youth TRANSMISSION of blood was resored
TO-
London, Nov. II, BIS p. M.-Prenier Asquith stated
in the House of Commons to-day that the British govern
ment had decided declare the whole Of the North Sea to
be in the military All subjects of the enemy found on
neutral vessels the prime minister also said would be liable
to detention as prisoners of war
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17

CONTINUED on Page 81
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
machine War"
Appals Soldiers
on Battlefields
Terrific Slaughter Marks Conflicts
Between the Allies and
Germans.

Paris.-Even the most hardened
men who are accustomed to scenes of
conflict and who as soldiers have
been on many ~battlefields are ap-
palled by the terrific slaughter in the
present battle. 1t is a battle of ma
chinery, not men, they declare, for
no man or men could continue to
infiict such slaughter. No man who
has not been near Marine or the Aisne
can imagine the manner in which
the automatic fighting machines have
turned the fields into great abattoirs.
In a despatch to the London Daily
Mail a correspondent declares that
the soldiers are being sickened by the
Genes of death they are forced to
witness every day. The French shells
with their terrible force tear legs and
arms from the enemies, while the
fumes from the projection kill others
without inficting wounds.
In an interview a Red Cross nurse
who has travelled through France
since the war began declares she be-
lieves that there will not be sufi-
cient beds for the injured among the
Allies. At the same time she says
that the Germans have suffered ever
greater and that the whole of the
Kaiser's empire must be now likened
to a great hospital as a result of the
MANNED and wounded men taken back
from the firing line.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
Russians Pursuing
10000 Austrians
Through Galicia

Petrograd.-That the main Russian
army has pressed on after enveloping
the Przemysl Jaroslaw line along the
San and is moving against the chief
Austrian positions was the substance
of the war office statement. 1t an
nounced that the operations were of
necessity slow, but that there has not
been encountered any opposition that
has required any change in the orig
inal plan of campaign.
1t is considered certain that the
real resistance on a large scale will
be encountered along the lines Of the
Cracow Notifications. There the Aus
trian reserves have been massed and
heavy reinforcements have come from
the German Landwehr corps, which
have been especially detailed for SER
vice in Austria.
The Russian forces are moving
slowly westward through Galicia
awaiting the arrival of at least a
portion of the army of 900, 900 that
is proceeding through Poland to the
front.
The Russians also claim to be pur-
suing 10000 Austrians who are re-
treating upon Przemysl, with pros
poets for capturing them. The only
reference to the German advance in
Poland is that it is slow on account
of the Doggy roads.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
Allies Attack
Weakening, Latest
German Report

Berlin, via Observation-Disclosures by
the Allied French and British forces
on the German lines are diminishing
in strength, according to an official
statement issued, but the German Of
fensive is growing stronger at all
points.
An official statement also an
nounced the capture of the heights
of Craonne and the town of Betheny
(near Rheims).
The statement praised the great
bravery shown by the troops Of the
Allies. 1t follows:
"The enemy shows signs of weaken
ing as a result of his continued at
tempts to capture our positions. On
the contrary, our troops, fighting
from well fortified points, have Sc
cured a rest and are taking a strong
offensive. Their attacks are growing
stronger at all points.
Great valor has been shown by
the enemy's troops. They have charg-
ed repeatedly in an attempt to 81
lence our artillery, but have been
as repeatedly repulsed."
Previous Statement.
The statement Immediately preced-
ing this said:
'The strong hilly positions at era
come have been captured. Advanc-
ing on Rheims our troops occupied
the village of Bethany. We are at
lacking the strong forts on the line
south Of Verdun, and the Germans
have crossed the east border in the
direction of Lorraine, which is de-
Tended by eight French army corps.
A sortie from the northeast OF Ver-
dun has been repulsed.
'The French troops camping to the
north of Toul (near Nancy have
been surprised by our artillery. In
the rest of the French war theatre
there have been no engagements.
"In the Belgian and eastern battle
fields the situation is unchanged"
The latest report from h~eadquar-
ters stated that the German armies
in France everywhere have assumed
the offensive against the strongly in
trenched enemy.
The report continues:
"The troops of the Allies have
made an attack on the fortified Ger
man position between the Disc and
the Mouse. The French were pro-
tected on the west by the Paris lines
and ON the east by the Mouse and
the Moselle.
"The German troops retired slowly
in conformity with the plan of the
General Staff until favorable posi-
tons were reached. The French,
reinforced by troops from Paris and
by armies from regiments to the
south of Paris and from Belfort, took
the offensive, while guns from Paris
were brought up and used in the
fighting.
''The plan of the French was to at
tack the flank of the German right
wing. 1t was unsuccessful and the
French sustained severe losses.
"The German right wing has been
very greatly reinforced, as also has
the centre. The main force is be-
tween Berry-au-Bac and the Forest of
Argonne. The Germans have now
taken the offensive. The fortress of
Verdun is being attacked from two
Sides"
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WAR NEWS TOLD
IN TABLOID FORM

The British Admiralty the
loss of three British cruisers-the
Aboukir, Hogue and cressy, which
we're sunk by German submarines
in a fight in the North Sea. Only
700 Of 1900 aboard have been saved.
The Russian General Staff reports
that the fortress of JarosIaw, seven
teen miles northwest of PrzemysI,
has been taken by RussianN forces.
The Germans announce that they
have captured important positions
at Craonnc.
Later reports from Rheims Indicated
that the famous cathedral there had
not been wholly destroyed by Ger
man artillery fire, but can be re-
stored.
The Servians and Montenegrins have
captured Sarajevo, the capital of
Bosnia, defeating a strong Austrian
force.
Berlin through Count Won
Bernstorff that no move for peace
has been made at Washington, and
that no offer of separate terms has
been made to Belgium, as reported.
President Wilson regrets the pubIica-
ton of unfounded stories about
peace plans credited to him. He is
awaiting favorable opportunity to
suggest peace to the warning ma
tons.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
The Difficulty.

A brilliant lawyer in New York city
some time ago spoke to a prominent
minister of that city asking him if he
really believed that Christ ore from
the dead. The minister replied that
he did, and asked the privilege of pre-
senting the proof to the lawyer. The
lawyer took the material offered in
proof away and studied it. He re-
turned t the minister and said: Il
am convinced that Jesus really did
rise from the dead. But" he then
added, I'm no nearer being a Chris
tan than / was before. / thought
the difficulty was with my head. /
find that 1t is really with my heart
The Fundamentals.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25

and many attacks resulted in bayo-
net charges. Ambassador Jusser-
rand filed a protest with acting
Secretary Of State Lansing at
Washington against the destruction
of the cathedral of Rheims, and
President Poincare directed a for
NAL protest to be made to all ueu-
trail Powers against the destruction
for the bo~mbardment of Rheims.
1ERMANY.-A report from Berlin
says that the army under the COM
mand of the Crown Prince is at
lacking the forts at Vedun. An Of
fetal statement said that the Ger
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
Big Teuton Reinforcements
Render Invaders Aggressive

London.-The heavy reinforcements
rushed to the 200-mile battle line in
northeastern France by Kaiser Will
helm turned the tide of war against
the Allies at nearly every point ex-
cept on the extreme German right
where General Won Kluck was forced
to fall back along the right bank of
the Disc toward La Fere.
In the forests of Craonne, north Of
the Aisne, the Germans secured a
still stronger hold; near Verdun they
repulsed a sortie by the French; in
Lorraine they crossed the border into
France, driving the enemy before
them and reoccupying Domenure,
south of Blamont, and near Rheims,
they captured the village of Betheny.
In the meantime, the Allies made a
little progress west of Argonne and
succeeded in holding Rheims. All
this, naturally, according to more or
less conflicting statements from the
German and French War Offices.
Despite the evident possibility of
another forward movement by the
Germans, the French military officials
believe the Germans have exhausted
fhoOa co1unC IN 4hnin Affo~k - $50.
the offensive and that they are now
making a supreme attempt to mask
the withdrawal of the major portion
of their lines to new positions al
ready constructed in their rear.
In the East the Russian have had
another success, the capture of the
important fortress Of Jaroslau, north
of Przemsyl, which, it seems a fore
gone conclusion, will give the Rus
slams possession of all the f~ortresses
Of Galicia except Cracow, which,
naturally, will become the next OBJ
ject of assault. Enclosed with the
Austrians in area along the River
San, near Przemsyl, are the remnants
of three German army corps, minus
most Of their artillery, munitions and
equipment, The remainder Of the
other two beaten armies, about $780,
600 men, are endeavoring to come
up and form along a front of eighty
miles extending between Cracow and
Juslo, the latter ffty-fve miles due
west from Przemsyl.
The German army Of East Prussia
said to number o than 1000, 900
men, has gathered in it's forces from
Russian Poland as far south as a line
drawn west of LODI and is concen-
trating just around the fortress of
Kovno in a supreme effort to smash
the army of General Rennenkampf,
according to a cable from Petrograd.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
KAISER'S ARMIES HALTIALLIES
GERMANS SINK BRITISH CRUISERS
THE RUSSIANS OCCUPY JAROSLAU
GERMANS PREPARE WHOLE
RIGHT BANK OF RHINE
FOR DEFENCE.

Rotterdam. - A significant
message reaches here from
Utretcht to the effect that all
transportation of merchandise
to Mannheim, Baden and beyond
has been stopped by German or
ders. This traffic would of
necessity go along the Rhine
and the whole western frontier
of Germany.
This statement read in con-
junction with the report from
Amsterdam that the Germans
are seriously reinforcing the
Qualifications at Cologne and
Dusseldorf, making every prep
aration for defending the towns,
suggests that whole right bank
of the Rhine is being prepared
for defence and that the Ger
mans are anxious that even the
Dutch shall not see their prepa-
rations.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25

In all our praying we are not to
forget that our prayers sre to be an
swered. Some are to be answered in
a way different from what we wish, in
a better way. Some Sre to be an
swered by a change in us, some by a
change in others. Some are to be
answered by the giving Of greater
strength to bear crosses, and some By
the lifting Of the crosses. Some at
once, some in the years to come, and
some await eternity. And yet they
are each to be answered. DR.. Judson
once said, II never was deeply inter
ested in any object, l never prayed
sincerely and earnestly for anything.
but it came to me It some time, al
though a very distant day; in some
way, perhaps not mine: in some
shape, probably the last l should have
advised, it came"
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25

London.-That the German lines are
staggering under the continued ham
mering of the Allies and that they
are slowly crumbling at important in
tegral points is the consensus of the
British military experts.
1t has been admitted from the out
set that the battle of the Aisne was a
contest OF endurance. 1t has been in
sisted that the Germans have suffered
greater losses than the Allies, mainly
because of their massed formation,
which present such magnificent tar
gets for the opposition.
The failure of the German reinforce
ments of 100000 men sent to aid Gen.
Won Kluck to break down the British
French opposition emphasized, the ex-
perts say, the fact that the Germans
were at the END of their string"
1t is declared by all of the military
experts here that the greatest credit
to the Allies can be attributed to the
weight of their bayonet charges. The
British and the French Algerian
troops have terrorized the enemy by
the force of these attacks. They car
ry a bayonet blade longer than that
Of the Germans, and they have shown
an eagerness to resort to cold steel
that has simply terrified the German
outpcsts.
They are said to be feverishly ac-
tive in their work on the Notifications
along the Sambre from Maubeuge to
Namur, and even on their lines of de-
Tense across the German frontier, and
this is taken to indicate a lack of
confidence in the final issue of the
clash of the Aisne
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25

London.-England was hard hit
when the Official Press Bureau an
nounced that three British armored
cruisers, the Aboukir, the Cressy and
the Hogue, had been sunk in the
North Sea by German submarines.
About 700 of the 1926 men on the
three ships were saved.
The cruisers, however, were not
long being ~revenged, for two OF the
five submarines which attacked and
sank them were sent to the bottom
by the British ships, according to
a dispatch from Ymuiden, Holland,
where survivors of the cruisers crews
arrived on the steamer Flores with
the story of the disaster.
The Flores landed 2S7 of the sur
vivors at Ymuiden. Only one dead
and a few wounded were aboard.
The disaster to the British navy &C.
Cured not long after daybreak.
A dispatch from Harwich says it
is computed there, where thirty I'M
injured officers of the sunken cruis-
ers arrived, that 700 men were saved.
This would leave 1866 men lost,
as the three cruisers had each a com
plement of 1855 men.
The officers who arrived at Har-
witch had been rescued from the wa
ter and wore improvised clothing.
Eighty other survivors were landed
at Parkeston Quay, three miles west
of Harwich.
Continuing, the announcement con-
corning the Aboukir, the Hogue and
the Cressy says that a considerable
number of the crews of these YES
sells were saved by the cruiser
Lowestoft and by a division Of tor
pedo boat d%estroyers.
Trawlers and their boats also aid
ed in the work of rescue.
The Aboukir was torpedoed first.
The Hogue and the Cressy drew in
close to her and were standing by
to save her crew when they also
were to%rpedoed.
A dispatch received here from the
Hook of Holland says the Dutch
steamer Titan has arrived there,
bringing twenty British wounded and
some dead, picked up in the North
Sea after the sinking of the Aboukir,
the Hogue and the Cressy.
The Titan reported that the dis
asteI occurred at 7:30 o'clock A. M.
She picked up ia survivors,, most
of whom were transferred to British
torpedo boats.
The Cressy, Captain Robert w. John
son; the Aboukir, Captain John E.
Drummond, and the Hogue, Captain
Wilmot S. Nicholson, were sister
ships. They were cruisers of a com
parative,y obsolete type, and were
built fourteen years ago.
Advices here say that the effect
of the %torpedoes was so great that
the old type British cruisers were
torn almost to pieces. If it were not
for the prompt arrival of the cruiser
Lowestoft and the presence of traw-
lers and destroyers in the neighbor-
hood, few probably would have been
rescued.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
Italy Arms
More Than
100000 Men

Rome.-Italy already has more
than half a million men under arms.
The best of these troops are in camps
and barracks in the Lombardy and
Venetian provinces.
The forty-fourth anniversary of the
entry of Italians into Rome was cele-
brated with a program organized by
the municipality. The usual process
sion to the point where the opening
was made in the walls of the city was
arranged.
The cortege stopped in front of the
British Embassy and cheered with
the widest enthusiasm. Then a Brit
ish flag was ~unfurled and the crowd
shouted repeatedly: Long live Eng
land, the friend of Italy!" The
demonstration is continuing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25

mar attack against British and
French troops has progressed and
that the Germans have gone for
ward at several points.
2USSIA.-The Russian cavalry cap
tured the town of Dubiecko on the
San River, took several hundred
prisoners, several batteries of
artillery and wagon loads of sup
plies. This point is thirty miles
lest of Przemysl and marks the
furthest advance of the Russian
centre against Cracow.
A report from st. Petersburg says
that the Russian army has invested
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
WARS

'RANCE.-The Allies, according to
the last c~ommunique, have gained
an advantage along the battle front
from Rheims to the Argonne ridge.
The French report the capture of
Argonne and also of the heights of.
Lassigne, west Of Noyon and on the
right of the German line. There
were severe engagements east of
the Disc and north of the Aisne.
Along this part OF the line the Ger
mans displayed renewed activity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-25
AUSTRlANS FLEE AFTER DEFEAT
NEAR BOSNIAN BORDER.

Paris.-A dispatch to the HaYas
Agency from Nish, Servia, says:
after several days of battle near
border, in which 100000 Austrians
were engaged, the Austrians suffered
a complete defeat and are flying in
panic from the banks Of the River
Drina."