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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
Russians Dash HeGdIong
Into Fire of Germans

st. Petersburg, via London, Aug. 26,
$40 \. M.-The Novoe Vremya pub
fishes an account of what il terms the
memorable charge of the Russian
Horse Guards at Gumbinen during the
recent fighting in which the Russians
were victorious. 1t says:
The Germans held a position in
small village from which they were
pouring murderous fire on the Rus
sian troops. Cavalry was ordered to
silence the guns. The first squadron
rode straight at the battery which,
firing point blank, moved down the
Russian ranks frightfully, annihiIat-
ing the squadron. The second squad
ron followed fast and would have
shared the same fate except that at
the critical moment third equadron
rushed on to the enemy from the flank
sabered the gunners and routed the
whole German force.
THE Germans ran like rabbits. dis
carding swords, helmits and clothing
in their mad haste to escape the
avenging Russian horsemen.
One squadron of Nichni Hussars
who are all famous swordsmen, cut
down seventy Germans without receiv-
ing a scratch in return
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
BRITISH SEIZURE Of
WARSH|PS MAY LEAD
TURKS INTO CONFLICT
Secretary Bryan Learns That
Americans May Be in DAN
ger in Turkey

Washington. d. c., Aug. 26.-A. Rus
tenn Bey. Turkish ambassador, said to-
day he was without information as to
the stand his government will take in
the European crisis because OF inter-
rupted communication.
Turkish sentiment has been cut
RACED" said the ambassador, by the
taking over by the British government
of the two dreadnoughts just COM
pleted in English shipyards for the
Turkish government. This action on
the part of the British government
was entirely unnecessary. The British
navy did not need the warships and
they meant everything to Turkey. The
vessels had just been completed and
were ready for their trials
The ambassador said he had re-
ceived no advices from Constantinople
since the outbreak Of the war and had
sent only one message because he felt
sure that messages from and to Con-
stantinople will be intercepted. He
conferred With Secretary Bryan, but
declined to discuss the conference.
Secretary Bryan said reports had
been received from time to time indi-
eating that Americans might be in
danger in Turkey. At the Navy De-
partment it was said that as yet no
requests had been received to send
American warships into Turkish
waters,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
War ReUenue Legislation
Inevitable, Say Leaders

Washinton, Aug. 26.-War revenue
legislation, according to administra-
tion leaders is inevitable
Majority Leader Underwood said
day that President Wilson was
convinced of the necessity of new taxes
to replenish falling customs but that
he wanted trust legislation to be out
of the way before addressing Congress
on the subject
I'VE will do nothing in the House
on the war tax measure said Mr.
Underwood. until the Senate assures
us that II is ready to proceed. ANY
war tax measure naturally disturbs
business and when 1t is decided what
should be done, the legislation should
he consummated without delay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
William ThrowS British
Honor Medals on Floor

London, Aug. 26, 4.OS a m.-The
burgomaster of Ghent says the cor
respondent there of Reuters Tele-
gram Company, has issued a pro-
clamation requesting that all flags
be taken down and prohibiting pub
lie balls and music as not being i'm
harmony with the national calamity.
The civil guards who have been re-
called to the colors were sent by
special train to Bruges in the neigh
borhood were Uhlans had been seen
and drove the Germans off.
The express publishes the follow
ing which, however, in not confirm
ed elsewhere:
when Sir William Edward Cos
chen went TO say good-by to Emperor
William, the latter stalked into the
room where the British ambassa dor
was waiting. The emperor was wear
ing several British orders and medals
on his breast and these he tore off.
saying: Tell your king that that is
what | think of him and his medals,
whereupon the emperor marched out
of the room"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
Gunner Spat on Shell
For Luck; Shot His Mark

London, Aug. 26, 6.O2 a. m.-Wire-
Iess Operator Marsden, of the British
cruiser Gloucester. which pursued the
German cruisers Goeben and Breslau
among the Ionian Islands, wrote an
account of the chase to his mother.
He said
The chase lasted four days and
nights, during which our gunner in
dulged in some long range shots at
the Breslau. After missing the first
shot at 1900 yards. he spat on the
second shell for luck and it went true.
carrying away half of the Breslau' s
funnel. The gunner repeated the op-
GRAFTON on the third shot, which
cleared the Breslau's quarterback and
put her after gun out of action. The
cruiser fired thirty shots in return.
Two of them smashed boats on the
davitS on the GlouCester's upper
decks. Our ship narrowly escaped de-
struction from torpedo fired by the
Goeben."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
FIRST CITY
IN WORLD TO De
ATTACKED FROM SKY
Bomb Dropping Exploit Prom
ises to Be Considered
internationally
BY Associatcd PrrSS

London. Aug. 26, 7.15 a. m.-The
bomb dropping exploit of the Zeppe-
lin airship at Antwerp promises to
become matter of international con-
sideration. The Belgium authorities
claim the attack was clear violation
of Article 26 of the fourth Hague con-
vention and they are preparing to pro-
test of1cially to all the powers against
this manner of warfare.
Accounts vary as to the amount of
damage done by the aerial fighter.
One account says twenty-six lives were
lost, although from more conservative
sources it is reported that only twelve
bodies have been recovered so far
from the ruins of the wrecked houses.
dispatch states that 900 houses
were slightly damaged and sixty
houses nearly destroyed. This dis
patch was sent to London, it is said
after committee which included the
Belgian Secretary of State, the Rus
sian Ambassador, the Papal Nuncio
and King Aylbert's secretary. had ex-
amined the entire city with a view to
appraising the results of the aerial
bonn bardment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
BATTLE IN MIDA|R
MARKS BEGINNING
Of DECISIVE FIGHT
German Failure at This Time Means
Loss of Three-quarters of a
Million Soldiers
BY associated Press

London, Aug. 26, 4.3O a. m.-"At
last the British army is at grips with
the Germans" says the Ostend cor
respondent Of the Daily Mail. 1T was
a great moment when the British gem
eral staff when their men arrived. The
inhabitants went mad with enthusi-
asm. The British army has come to
Belgium' exclaimed the townspeople
Sleefully and nothing was too good
for them. The populace was eager
to provide for the visitors. who re-
Questioned eggs, bread, butter and
coffee. All acquisitions We're paid for
in gold.
The civil population was ordered to
retire in the direction of France The
people regretfully shouldered their
bags of belongings and passed silently
down the road.
The troops advanced to battle po-
sitions at o'clock in the morning.
At o'clock eight German aeroplanes
appeared, whereupon a flock of Brit
lSh aeroplanes rose like birds to drive
them away.
Then the artillery began to talk
and the air became thick with can
non powder. The great battle had
begun. Forward went the infantry.
Rifle fire and maxim fire added to the
boom of the big guns. Sunrise min
ests and the flash of guns
This was Monday. The battle con-
tinued Tuesday and probably will con-
tinued for several days, either alone
or merging with the battles on the left
and right. TIL great battle which is
now in fun swing along the whole
French, British and Belgian line is
really series of linked battles form
ing what may well be a decisive en-
gagement of western Europe 1t is a
supreme efforts on the part of Ger
many to break into France, an effort
Nhlch If stopped must mean disaster
to three-quarters of a million German
soldiers. There seems to be no sol
diers left to guard the German line of
communication. All is being hazarded
upon the success or the failure of this
blow. The German advance has been
rapid and steady. Their columns
have average twenty miles day since
they reached Brussels"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
CHARLERO| STREETS
FILLED WITH DEAD

CONTINUED From First Page]
the distance British soldiers can sit
quietly on the banks of the canal,
calmly fishing with bayoneted rifles as
fishing rods, the spectacle inspires con-
fidence even though from all direc-
tions the presence of the dreaded
German cavalry is reported"
The next day the correspondent pro-
ceeded to Tournai where he found the
populace in great alarm. Six German
cavalrynen motored into the town and
inquired whether there were any
French soldiers. They were told that
there were none but later in the dav
French troops entered the place and
killed the six Germans. The next
morning a large force of Germans at
tackled the town and was repulsed.
Germans Bayonetted
Proceeding to Valenciennes the cor
respondent found that troop trains
filled with British soldiers were con-
tinually arriving there. The British
officers were in absolute possession of
the refreshment bars and no food was
obtainable. The correspondent con-
tinues.
Near Charleroi / heard some stories
of the bravery of the French soldiers.
The Germans were bombarding the
city. The French troops made what
amounted to a medieval sortie but
finding the enemy in much greater
force than was expected were COM
PEELED to withdraw. The lombard
ment continued relentlessly where
upon the French Turcos. picked troops
from Algeria, debauched from the
town and with a gallantry which must
live in history, charged the German
artery bayonetting all the German
gunners. Their losses, 1t is said, eX-
ceeded the famous Light Brigade at
Balaclava. OF a battalion only 100
men, 1t is reported, returned un-
scathed. Their bravery. however, was
powerless against the German advance
which crept foot by foot through the
outskirts of Charleroi to the very heart
of the town.
Dead Stood Upright
There, in the narrow streets, the
carnage was indescribable. A French
infantryman told me that the roads
became so jammed with dead that the
killed remained standing upright
where they had been shot, supported
by their dead comrades. The last
stand of the French was made at the
railway station in front of which
passes the canal. Here the Germans
fought for two hours to take the
bridge. After they had captured the
station with heavy casualties the Ger
mans moved rapidly ahead, taking
various suburban villages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
Fair Manager to
Make Harrisburg His
Permanent Residence

A. 7. Stewart, general manager Of
the Keystone State Fair and Expo
sition company, which proposes 10
establish State fair and automobile
speedway on a large tract of land
between this city and Middletown, left
for Pittsburgh to-day to bring his
family to Harrisburg. Mr. Stewart
has sold his property in that city and
Will reside permanently here.
Before leaving he said: 1.-The fair
company is now coming along very
nicely. Stagnated business conditions
and the war have combined to make
our project move much more slowly
than we have anticipated but we have
got over the hardest part of our
organization work and expect to be-
gin grading for our auto speedway
this fall and to hold the first races
next year. Our board of directors is
now being permanently formed and
embraces the names of well-known
men. 1t will be announced week
after next"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26

for. In a measure larger than can be
estimated, the success of the CAM
paign depends upon the work done in
these prayer meetings, say the Slough
workers.
The city has been carefully divided
into wards and districts and a captain
appointed for each ward and lieu
tenant to secure leaders for each SER
vice. There will be approximately 500
prayer meetings held in the city, be-
ginning Tuesday, September s, fol-
lowed with another one on Friday,
September IL. The meetings will be
held twice a week and as the interest
increases the more meetings will be
held. 1t is said that there will be
nearly 1000 meetings in progress by
the time the tabernacle meetings
begin.
w. w. Shannon, preliminary or
ganizer and prayer meeting leader,
will be in the city about the middle
of September, when he expects to see
the neighborhood meetings in working
progress.
To Hold FestivaI.-The second de-
partment of the Augsburg Lutheran
Sunday school, assisted by the first and
third departments, will hold a rainbow
festival tomorrow afternoon and
evening in the basement of the new
church. Homemade candy, cake. lolly
pops and ice cream cones will be sold
for the benefit of the building fund
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES

Harry Musser aged 81 years. vet
eran of the Civil War. died this morn
ing at the home of his son, c. E.
Musser, 171b Hunter street. Besides
the, son with whom the deceased lived
another son. B, F. Musser. survives.
The funeral will take place Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will
oNo conducted by the Rev. w. N.
Yates. pastor of Fourth Street Church
of Church Burial will be made in
Harrisburg Cemetery Post No. So.
Grand Army of the Republic. of which
the deceased was member. will turn
out in a body.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
WANTED To KNOW If
HUBBY HAD MARRIED.
Wasn't Peevish About 1t, She
Told Sheriff Wells; Just
Wanted to Know
In his mail the


she had asked from her husband had
really been handed down. She noticed
by the papers, she said, that her hus-
band had married again. She hoped
the sheriff wouldn't consider her
peevish about it, she just wanted to
know.
The sheriff scented a possible
bigamy case-until he had read the
letter to the end. Then he quietly
smiled and looked up the divorce rec
ords and notified the writer that her
divorce had been formally decreed.
All I'd like to know positively and
officially" concluded the letter. rs
whether it is true that John has mar
ried again and whether it is true that
the divorce has been granted, be-
cause" concludes the letter, "if such.
be the Case-why, | want to get mar
ried again myselfi'
To Open Sewer Bids.-Bids for the
construction of the Cumberland street
sewer and sewers in Cameron, Monroe
and Maclay streets will be opened at
II o'clock noon Friday, September 4,
by City Commissioner w. II. Lynch,
superintendent of streets and public
improvements.
Will Sell Stocks September 2.-Hun-,
dreds of shares of various kinds of
stocks will be sold at sheriffs sale for
the United Water and Guarantee Com
pany at its office in the Union Trust
"a
With the stocks will be sold the office
furnishings. Following are among the
stocks that will go under the sheriff's
hammer: Twenty-Five shares Avis Gas
Fuel Company, 1000 Jersey Shore Gas,
80 Porter Gas, 1000 Tidaghton Water
Company. 152 Halifax Water, 1000
Benwood and McMeehan Consolidated
Water, 80 shares Avis Gas. 200 York
Consolidated, so each of jersey Shore
Gas Fuel and Porter Gas Fuel, 800
Porter Water Company, 46 Salladas-
burg Water Company, IL 900 Jersey
Shore Water Company. 96 Nipperose
Water.
Schedule On Brown ST. Grading
Paul G. Smith, Karl Steward and +,
r. Graeff, the board of viewers ap-
pointed to fix benefits and damages
growing out of the grading of Brown
street from Seventeenth to Eighteenth
streets, to-day met in the Council
chamber and submitted their schedule.
| The report shows that the job cost
S157. The allowance for damages will
| total $3.50 ana the benefits accrung
will net S347.
To Build New Bridge.-Bids for the
! construction of a new bridge over
| Swatara creek between Middletown
and Royalton providing the State
! Water Supply Commission approves
| the plans will be opened by the County
| Commissioners in the near future. The
! plans were prepared. some months ago
! by the commissioners. In the lower
| end of the county there has been con-
| siderable discussion relative to the
moving of the bridge from its present
site to point couple of hundred
feet north. This, it is figured out, will
run to something like $4,000 for the
| approach job alone The proposals
may be opened next week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
New York Democrats
Meeting at Saratoga
By Atsncintcd Prcss

Saratoga, n. Y, Aug. 26.-The
platform presented to-day to the De-
the national and state administra-
tions. declared for the short ballot,
proposes that the legislature meet
only every two years, opposes doct-
rines declared to be destructive of
representative government although
not mentioning specifically such mea-
sures as the initiative and referen-
dunn, and denounces the recall of
judges.
The woman suffragists were de-
feated in their fight for an upright
declaration for suffrage, as the plat
form simply reaffirms the stand of
the party in 1912 for submission of
the question of popular votes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
Tourists Witnessed
Golfers Destruction

New York. Aug. 26.-Nearly 1900
Americans stranded in Europe at the
outbreak of the war reached New
York to-day with varying tales of
hardship on the Scandinavian Line
steamer Oscar III from Copenhagen,
and the Italian liner Taormina from
Genoa, Palermo and Naples.
Among the Oscars passengers was
a party of three who saw from the
deck of the ship a British collier
blown up by a mine in the river Elbe
on August 5. All hands were lost. ac-
cording to the story told.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE


THE following Ordinances were read
in place in the City Council at it's meet
ing held Tuesday Afternoon, August
by Article 3. Section 3. Clause 10, of the
Act of Assembly approved June 81,
-'-'' AN ORDINANCE
To authorize the paving and curbng of
Derry Street, from the west side of
Twenty third street to the Eastern
men ment OF Of the ' cost thereof. e .0' '"e pay
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg, and
the same, That Derry Street. from the
west side of Twenty third Street to the
Eastern City Line, be and the same is
hereby authorized to be paved with
sheet asphalt, on a concrete base, and
curbed with granite, granolithic or
steel bound granolithic curbing, the
according to the foot front rule. said
cost not to exceed two dollars per
square yard for paving and one dollar
per linear foot for curbng.
Section 2. That all proceedings and
work incident to the Improvement here
in authorized shall be taken and done,
be paid for, and the assessment levied
on the abutting properties shall be
collected as proyinded by Ordinance No.
Section 3. That the sum of Five
Thousand Gs5.OOOl dollars. or so much
"
the same is hereby appropriated out of
the fund known as Paving Street In
tersections," Ordinance No. Ill. Session.
of i914-1915, to pay the costs of paving,
Intersections of any highways with
Derry Street, as hereinbefore pro-
vlded. .,.
To authorize the grading of Wlconisco
Street, from Sixth Street to Jefferson
street and providing for the pay
ment of the cost thereof.
Section l. BE II ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg, and
II is hereby ordained by authority of
the same, That Wiconisco Street, from
Sixth Street to Jefferson Street, as
marked upon the city official plot, be
and the same is hereby authorized to be
graded; the cost and expense thereof
to be assessed upon the abuttinR prop
erty owners according to benefits, as
Section 3. That all proceedings and
work incident to the Improvement here
in authorized shall be taken and done.
and the cost and expense thereof shall
be paid for, and the assessments levied
on the abutting properties shall be col
lected as provided by City Council Or
dinance No. 10. Session of 19141915.
Section g. That the assessments for
the grading of said highway be and ii =
same are hereby appropriated to the
contractor for. the payment. of the cost
and expense of the said grading.
Clerk of the City Council.
Office of the Clerk of the City Council,
Harrisburg. Pa. August IS, 1917.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
FREDERICKs NOMINATED
BY l4stocintcd Prcss

San Francisco. Cal, Aug 26.-Re-
turns from yesterdays primary have
not changed the results Indicated last
night-that John d. Fredericks. Re-
publican, will oppose Hiram w. John
son. incumbent Progressive. for the
governorship in the November cleo
ton; that Francis ]. Heney has won
the Progressive nomination for United
States senator. and James B. Phelan
the Democratic nomination. Returns
kept Samuel NJ. Shortridge in the lead
over Joseph r. Knowland for the Re-
publican nomination for senator.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
Russians Occupy East
and South of Eastern
Prussia, Says Dispatch
Bv 4tsocintcd Pre,,

London, Aug. rs. LIS p. .m.-The
Russian embassy is in receipt of tele-
grams from the general staff at st.
Petersburg which announces fresh
Russian victories against both Ger
any and Austria
These messages declare that Rus
sian troops now occupy the whole of
the eastern and southern half of
Eastern Prussia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
LOCAL RAILRoADER KILLED
.Steeiol 10 The TELEGRAPH

Norristown, Pa, Aug. 26.-B. V.
Wolf, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Railroad fireman, was brought to the
Norristown Hospital yesterday after
noon with both legs badly crushed in
an accident on the Trenton cutoff
railroad near Norristown and died
three quarters of an hour afterward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
IoCKJAw FROM BAD TEETH

John Wallace. aged 13 years. of SO
North Bedford street. Carlisle, Is in
the Harrisburg Hospital with lock jaw.
His recovery is doubtful. The boys
case is a peculiar one. He has no
wounds. Physicians at the hospital say
the tetanus came from bad teeth and
an infected ear.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
Deaths and Funerals
RAILROADERS AT FUNERAL

Members of Lodge No. 1872, Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and
will attend the funeral of
T. ID. Erb tomorrow afternoon. The
members will meet at Fackler's Hall,
and Derry streets, at 1.30
o'clock. The services will take place
at the late home of the deceased. 325
Chestnut street, at o'clock
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
MISS BoMGARDNER DIES

Miss Mary Elizabeth Bomgardner,
aged rs years. died at the home of
her parents at Aqueduct yesterday
afternoon. Funeral services will be
held at the German Catholic Church,
Walnut street. at Q o'clock Thursday
morning. Burial will be made in
Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
HELD on PERJURY CHARGE

was held for court in default of $500
bail to-day to answer a charge of
perjury. Testimony presented at
hearing before Edward J. Hilton
charged Biggan with swearing he had
property valued at 81, 600 in order to
bail a friend who was in trouble. Il.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
CHILD DIES

Harry F. Ohmmacht,- aged years,
died at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs John l. Ohmmacht, 735
South Twenty-third street, last even
ing. The body will be taken to Leb-
anon for burial Thursday morning
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
To BRING WHOLE CITY
To KNEES IN PRAYER
Slough Neighborhood Committee
Has Completed Plan Of Ae-
ton in All Wards
Great interest was

Great interest was
manifested at the
the second meeting
of the neighborhood
prayer meeting COM
mittee held at the
Slough campaign
headquarters | a s t
evening. Miss Caro-
line r. Keifer, chair
man of the commit
tee, presided. The
neighborhood prayer
meetings constitute
one of the most i'm
portant branches of
the Slough campaign,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
MASS MEETING

A mass meeting to be held in K. of
P. Hall. 1920 North Seventh street,
tomorrow evening by the Afro
Americans of Harrisburg.