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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31
HARRISO\--ASHB RN
ECTION CONTEST

well. the Harrison Ashburn
election contest has been before
the Senate Election Committee
this week. and we understand
that the count of the unSpoiled
ballots has raised a question
which is holding up the decision
of the Committee.
We are glad that the ballot
boxes were taken to Annapolis
and were examined by the Elec-
ton Committee. They were
found to be in exactly the same
condition as left by the judges
of election when they sealed the
boxes. A great deal has been
said intimating that the ballots
have been tempered with since
the election. and the inveStiga-
ton has shown these imputationS
to be groundless. and that they
We're made for the purpose Of
.Hacfng reputable citizens in an
unfavorable light before the pub
lie.
The Baltimore American. a
staunch Republican paper, gives
the following account of the pro-
ceedings leading up to the begin
ming OF the recount. The Amer
lean says.
VIRTUALLY the entire election machin-
cry of Worcester county vas brought
here TO testify by Mr. Harrison 10 com
bat fle differences III Ashburn that the
ballot boxes in five preciut. had been
tempered with The opening session
of the committee was long and tiresome
The boxes were taken from the outer
wooden covering one by one, and exam
nations We're made of each seer seal
" n is provided to cover che ballot
and the Key hole Five boxes we're
fC~nd on which the seals had either
slipped off altogether or failed to cover
the keyhole The Harrison people com
batted this evidence with testimony
from Clerk of the Court Oliver p Col
Inns, former president of the County
Board of Election Supervipors Price and
Democratic and Republican return
judges in the affected precnts 20 the
effect that the seals were properly
placed on the boxes Immediately after
the count. THAT THE KEYS WERE
NEVER IN THE HANDS OF OFF
GALS HAVING CUSTODY or THE
BOXES UNTIL THE LATTER WERE
PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE ST
PERVISoPS. AND THAT THE LAT
TER IMMEDIATELY SEALED Up
THE KEYS BEFORE TURNING THE
BOXES OVER To THE CLERK
OF THE COURT.
The entire chain OF evidence tended To
prove that though some Of the seals
were not intact there had been no tam
pering with the ballots.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31

fice the wonderful old reliable DR.
~rISEPTIc HEALING OIL. sur.
veiieves pain and heals at
'-'ent. sc. soc. 81 10
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31

every town needs
MS, and where there
gious awakening as
We there is bound
e charitable feeling.
e the stay Of t..vangel-
5 in this town. and
his labors will continue
nkind to realize their
cSS.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31
Corn Cont est
For Boys
500 Ninety Dollars 500
In Prizes
The POCOmOke City National Bank

$50 First Prize. S25 Second Prize S15 Third Prize
The above prizes will he given for the largest yield of
Il Acre Contest open boys under ~ years
Worcester and Somerset Counties Maryland and Accomac County
Virginia.
Boys entering Contest will be required register giving Name
and Residence and will be required do all the work
tanning the production thereof from the breaking the soil
to the huSkng Of the
Full particulars IS O rules. will be mailed later.
JOHN w. ENNIS, Cashier
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
NO RUSHING" OF
DICKINSON FRAT"
MEN HERE THIS FALL
Time-hOnOred Custom Abolished
by Agreement of All Parties
Concerned

For probably the first time since
fraternities at Dickinson College were
established, incoming trains at the
Pennsylvania Railroad station in this
city are not being attacked by Greek
letter men from the various chapters
of the colleges anxious to secure de-
sirable new men for their respective
frats.
BY an agreement signed by repre-
sentatives of all of the brotherhoods,
the practice of meeting men in Harris
burg has been discontinued Rivalry
to secure new members is no less
keen in Carlisle, however, and as fast
as the new men land they are spirited
away.
The practice of rushing is an old
one and in late years has caused much
comment. 1naugurated about a dozen
years ago and growing in favor, 1t be-
came the practice for Squads of fra
tcrnity men to come to Harrisburg
and camp in the Union station for per-
haps a week before the opening OF
college in order to secure the pick OF
the new men. AS fast as apparent
prospectives descended from the trains
they were taken in charge and a
pledge pin of this or that organiza
ton fastened to them. They ware
the immune and were allowed to go to
Carlisle. Many mistakes were made
for the competition finally became SC
keen that even travelling statesmen
ministers, and on one occasion, a de-
tective, were pledged" before they
knew what was going on.
So troublesome did the practice be-
come that this year it was finally de-
cided to discontinue the work, and
now the Union depot is deprived OF
one of the features which made the
approach of college days notable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
FLEMING WILL NOT
HANG FOR MURDER;
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Slayer of Mother-in-Law Wins
Fight For Life at Hands
of Pardon Board

Martin Fleming will not pay the
penalty for the murder of his mother
in-law on the @allows afterRll.
For at o'clock this afternoon his
counsel. William l.. Loescf, was no
titled by the clerk of the State Board
of PaPdonS that his sentence of MUIR
der has been commuted to life i'm
prisonment.
With the date of his execution only
one week away, Fleming this morn
ing made his last effort to save him
self from the hangman's rope.
Commutation of the death penalty
to life Imprisonment was asked for by
William l.. Loescr, counsel for the
condemned man; District Attorney
Michael E. Stroup urged that the law s
decree be allowed to stand and that
the pardon board should not interfere.
The principal arguments advanced
for Fleming's Commutation were that
he was not of sound mentality due to
an injury he received on the head
when thrown from pony years ago;
that he brooded almost to despond-
ency over the separation from his wife
and baby; that DR.. Thomas S. Blair,
the States insanity expert at the trial,
sometime after the verdict had been
returned, had declared to Attorney
Paul @. Smith and Bruce Taylor, as
sistant city solicitor, that he believed
the defense would have stood a bet
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16

An official French statement issued i'll Paris o'clock this
afternoon stated that the German fighting defensive
battle along its front from Noyon the Disc fourteen
miles northeast of Compiege point north of Verdun.
This would indicate battle front of approximately ITO miles
with the htyv miles northeast of Paris
The German general staff announced early to-day that the su
alton the front still favorable added that the
allies have not victory the whole battle front
and that Germans look with confidence to the outcome.
A report that the German Emperor will go the of
operations East Prussia credited Berlin correspondent
ished in Paris. H
An official issued Vienna says
invaders of Hungary have been defeated along the whole line
Demonstrators against Italys attitude of neutrality sup
posed by the military in Rome last night.
According advices received Rome from sources,
Austrian Gala have effected uncure at Rzeszow
hirty-two miles north of Przemyal
1t announced also to-day that Japanese troops occupied
the railway station FIVE miles from the bay of Kao-Chow
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
LEWIS ASKS MOOSE
COMMITTEE To NAME
VANCE c. M 'CORM|CK
Appears in Person Before State Or
ganization and Makes Plea
For Little Millionaire
BUT THERE'S OPPOSITION
Many Committeeman Opposed to
Going Outside Party Lines
For a Candidate
BUT THERE'S OPPOSITION

William Draper Lewis. nominated
for Governor on the Washington party
ticket, to-day appeared before the
party's state committee and withdrew
as a candidate, asking the committee
to name in his place Vance G. McCor-
mick, the Democratic nominee. DIR.
Lewis was prevented from reaching
the city at the time fixed for the meet
ing and II was held for him.
Immediately on his arrival DR..
Lewis went to the Capitol and filed
his withdrawal proceeding to the
meeting and announcing 1t. He sub
mitted written withdrawal. In his
withdrawal the dean says that he has
definite assurance that Mr.. MCCor-
mick is in entire accord with the prin-
cipal measures embodied in our state
program of legislative and admins
tratiVe reform"
When ] became convinced that he
and ] were dividing the forces striving
for good government in this state I
wrote to him. ] enclose copy of his
reply" saws the dean in his letter.
His manly and straightforward let
ter made. as | am sure it will make
on all YOU, deep impression
The letter to Mr.. Mccormick was
dated August Is and he replied to 1t
on August %. The dean says he de-
layed action to he sure he represents
the sentiment of the progressive
voters of the State
In closing, the letter Of withdra wal
said: There is no condition attached
to my resignation except that its aC-
CeptanCe or the nomination of Mr..
Mccormick shall not be made subject
to any deal. contract or agree
ment whatever with any other party
with, respect to the other places on the
ticket. | am confident that this is
also your DESIRE We are members
of party founded on principle"
In the letter to Mr.. Mccormick the
dean asked the views of the Demo-
cratic candidate, remarking that they
appeared to be in accord on various
measures. The reply went into de-
tail on points on which they agreed.
Judge Brumm assumed . belliger-
ent attitude as soon as he arrived in
the city.
81 am opposed to unconditional
surrender was his announcement
And then he went to tell Finn.
The Injecting of the committee,
scheduled for 1.3O, has been post
poned until 2 to straighten out he
kinks.
The news that the meeting had
been postponed until o'clock was
not passed around to the Mccormick
headquarters and for time Herr
Moeslein. T. X. Van Dyke, G. w. Ru-
bondall and others of the Democratic
wing occupied very conspicuous places
considering the fact that n Bull Moose
meeting was scheduled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Army of Crown Prince
in Dangerous Position
Bv .Associatcd Prrtt

London. Sept. 16, 1920 A. M.-The
center of interest in the western the
ater of the war has shifted from the
right wing OF the German army under
General Won Kluck to the left wing,
where the relief of Troyon by the
French is regarded in London as leav-
ing the army of the German Crown
Prince Frederick William apparently
IN a dangerous situation. AS had been
predicted in England, the French
nave retaken Rheims. but this step
is of greater moral than strategical
value. for the line. to the northeast of
this town provides a better defensive
position for the German forces than
does the front, marked by Rheims
itself.
According to advices received here
from Berlin. the demand for news in
Germany. where the people appear to
be growing impatient, has been
soothed to a certain extent by the
reassuring statement from the general
staff that the German line is holding
out successfully against the offensive
movements of the allies. So far as
the last twenty-four hours are con-
cerned, this information agrees with
news received in London with the ex-
ceptlon OF tnat regarding the German
left wing. This part of the line, judg-
ing from dispatches made public in
London, appears not only to have
withdrawn from the investment OF
Verdun, but by permitting the relief
of Troyon. which is twelve miles
southeast of Verdun. to have left itself
only one line of retreat. This is
through the Stenay Gap to reach Lux
emburg, or by way of Longuyon and
Longwy to reach Thornville (Dieden-
hofen).
If the allies are able to prevent the
army of the crown prince from using
Metz as a base of operation, it is felt
in London that the German left wing
would be in as serious a situation as
WAS its ripht last WeaIr
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Mayor" Berrier Will
Dine Old COunciImen
at His Boat Pavilion

Another old fashioned dinner along
the shores of the Susquehanna OF
the kind that FGarrisburg's council.
men and other city officials frequent
ly embarked upon before commission
form of government came into being
Is promised for September 81.
The host will be Harry j. Berrier
Mayor of Hardscrabble," and the
tables will be spread at his boathouse
lie got in touch with City Clerk Mil
Ter and declared he wants to invite the
whole membership of the old councils,
il is understood that the present coun-
|cilmanic body and the city officials
will be invited, too. Chicken and
|waffles will he served
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
German Spy Taken to
Orleans For Execution
BY Assocfnted Prett

Paris, Sept. IS. 800 A. M.-The nu-
merous arrests of spies continue. Yes
terday a daring individual was taken
near Sommesoug. on the line from
Troyes to Chalons. where he had ques-
toned the peasants of the locality
concerning the movements of the
French troops.
When arrested wire-cutting imple-
ments were found in the mans pock-
cts. He refused to indicate his iden-
tity. declaring he was not a German
and protesting against his detention.
It was finally discovered that he had
for a long time inhabited a town in
the north of France. where he di-
rected a perfect system of wire tap
ming for the benefit of the Germans.
He was taken to Orleans for execution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Era of Prosperity in
Russia Is Predicted

London, Sept 16, $40 A. Mine
Petrograd correspondent of the Times
telegraphs that he is authorized by
Sergius Sazenoff, the Russian foreign
minister, to make the following state
ment in his behalf:
"I quite realize that accounts OF
victories and routs, Gets of heroism
and magnificent assaults may sell
newspapers, but above and beyond
all this there now exists a situation
and an opportunity in trade and COM
merce with Russia, which to England
Ind America may mean more in the
decades to come than it is easy to
realize.
TT is the country which foresees
the situation commercially in RUSSIA
that will reap the enormous penenIs
that the Russian markets now oHer:
1t is not enough that merchants ana
manufacturers should offer their goods
here. Experts should be sent here
now, even while the war is still In
progress, to study and examine the
wants of our country. Our duties, our
manner of doing business and our
present and future wants and growing
demands should be studied scientihcal-
ly so that when peace comes those
channels, which have for decades
flowed deeply with German products,
may continue to flow with products
from America and England.
For America especially does Rus
sia open opportunities for an indus
trial outlet such as can hardly be ever
estimated We have an empire of
.170, 900, 900 souls and $500, 100000 we
have been paying Germany yearly Is
but the beginning of a demand that
will soon make Russian among the
most desirable and valuable markets
in the world. Railroad building and
new developments everywhere are the
prelude to an era of prosperity In this
country such as has never been seen
here before"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
5 MEN BURNED, ONE
MAY DIE, WHEN BIG
GAS TANK EXPLODES
Sound of Explosion Heard For
Blocks; Windows Smashed
Near Mt. Pleasant Garage
BRAzING "TORCH" GOES BAD
Blazing Victims Rush to Street.
Their Clothing a Mass
of Flames

Five men were seriously burn
ed. one of whom is expected to
die, when a gasoline tank ex-
ploded at 9 o'clock this morning
in the Mt. Pleasant Garage, 1886
Thompson street.
The burned are:
Morris Brehm. aged IS, Pen
brook; burned over entire body;
expected to die.
William Frye. aged Is, 336 South
Sixteenth street; face, arms,
hands and back burned
Harry B. Noel. aged 80, Ruther-
ford Heights: burns of hands,
face, neck and back.
Daniel Frazer. aged 81, 1863
Howard street; right hand,
ankles, face, neck and left arm
burned.
Edmund c. Hawthorne. aged 3s,
2305 Prospect street, southeast
burns of hands, face and thighs
Hawthorne. the garage manager,
and Brehm were Strengthening a front
axle attached to a Chalmers automo-
bile in one end of the garage with q
gasoline burner. Three other men
were working on an adjoining auto
mobile. Brehm was underneath the
one car and Noel was under the other.
The brazing apparatus, a burner,
called a gasoline torch" had been
carefully inspected before II was
lighted and was found to be in per-
feet condition. All the men were busy
working when "A terrific explosion oc-
Cured that shook the building. broke
windows in adjoining houses and tore
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
DR.. BRUMBAUGH IN
HARRISBURG ON WAY
To SPEAK At GRATZ
Receives Many Callers; viii Tour
Upper End, Visiting
Many Towns

DIR. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Repub-
lican candidate for Governor. and DIR.
of Internal Affairs, arrived in Harris
burg this morning from a speaking
tour in the western part of the State.
After reception at the Common
wealth Hotel, during which many Re-
publcans paid their respects to DIR.
Brumbaugh, the gubernatorial nomi-
nee and a party of well-known Dau-
phin countians left for the Gratz fair
where DIR. Brumbaugh has been invit-
ed to speak this afternoon.
Secretary HouCk was unable to ac-
company DIR. Brumbaugh on account
TCnntinnn1 nn IDoo,o
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg aud vicinityi Con-
tInued fair weather Is indlcated
for this afternoon and tonight;
Thursday increasing cIOudinesst
not much change IN Temperatures.
For Eastern Pennsylvania Fair
to-niGhti Thursday. increasing
clOudinessj fresh northeast winds.
The main river will continue to fall
slowly tonight and Thursda~. A
stnRe of about 1 foot Is Indicated
for Harrisburg on Thursday
morning.
General Conditions
A tropical disturbance IL central
this morning off the East Florida
coast, apparently moving north
westward. 1t hns caused light
rain and increasing nOrtherIy
winds along the coast from Hat.
terms TO Key West.
Temperatures 8 n. M, 80.
sun; Rises, 5i46 "A. mt sets, 8iI4
ID. m.
Moons New moon, September IN.
4i33 a. m.
River Stage; One foot nboye low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, ~.
Lowest temperature, 40.
Mean temperature, 40.
Normal temperature. 85.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Joseph P. Dickinson and AIDA '
Harrisburg
Anthony Boranyk and Porachk
iurch. Wiconisco.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
King Orders Good Care
For German Wounded
BY Associated Pyess

London. Sept. IS, 800 A. M.-The
Daily Express says that King George
while visiting the Nettley Hospital. in
Southampton. expressed the wish that
the German wounded there be treated
as well as the British. He was told
that this was being done.
King George requested to be shown
that part of the hospital where the
German wounded were being attended
and spent some time in conversing
with them in German. One German
officer, speaking in English, thanked
the king for his kindness in visiting
him and his fellow w-countrymen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Berlin Says Retreat
Was Strategic Moue
Rr .4tsocinted prcst

London, Sept. 16, S.45 A. MA
Bordeaux dispatch to the Central
News says:
According to Berlin kilograms the
newspapers there testify to the stupe-
faction of the German people on learn
ing of the retreat of the armies which
were believed to be under the walls of
Paris. The papers endeavor to ex-
plain the retreat as strategic, adding
that the final result must be awaited.
The German public is also said to be
Impressed by the news of the disas-
ters which have overtaken the Aus
trians in Galicia."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Pittsburgh Building
Is Destroyed by Fire
By Astoefoted Press

Pittsburgh, Sept 16.-The seven
story building occupied by the Logan
Gregg Hardware Company in the
downtown section of the city was de-
stroyed by a fire which broke out
shortly after midnight this morning.
The loss is placed at S500,000. Two
firemen were injured. The firemen
were unable to enter the building
which covered a third of a block. Four
alarms were sounded, calling out prac-
tically one-half of the citys fire fight
ing apparatus. The flames at first
threatened to spread to adjoining
buildings but were finally confined to
the Logan-Gregg structure. Explod-
ing powder and cartridges menaced
the firemen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
[Continued on Page 0l
European War Causes Loss
of Big Flour Mill Orders
.ShccfnI To Inc TcLcrrnhh

Chambersburg, Pa, Sept. 16.-To-
day the Wolf Company, large Touring
mill manufacturers. got a cablegram
annulling two orders for big Touring
mills being made for firms in China
The war in Europe is given as the
cause for countermanding the orders
causing dull business and high eX-
change rates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Crown Prince May Have
to Go Farther North
RN Associatcd Press

London, Sept. 16. 5.25 A. M.-The
Havas Paris correspondent says:
1.-THE German army is investing
Fort Tyron and the neighboring forts
between Toul and Verdun with the
object of opening a way of retreat on
their left.
THE failure of this plan means
that the French are masters of the
valley from Toul to Verdun. There
for the armies of the Crown Prince
Frederick William and the Duke of
Wurttenberg will be unable to cross
the Meuse and will have to go farther
north and attempt to pass by the
Stenay Gap"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
MEMORIAL DEDICATED
By Associated Press

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 16.-The dele
gates to the convention of veterans OF
foreign wars of the United States to-
day Joined with Western PENNSYLVANIA
Army and Naval Veterans of the Span
ish American war in dedicating a me-
mortal to Lieutenant f. w. Jenkins
the only commissioned officer killed
when the battleship Maine was blown
up in Havana harbor. The memorial
is constructed of parts of the Maine
and is situated in West Park, North
Side.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
Serbian Army Reported
Defeated BY Austrians
BY Associated Press

Vienna, Sept. 16, via London. 12.44
P. M.-General Hoefer, deputy chief
of the Austrian general staff, an
nounced to-day that the Servian army
which crossed the river Save into
Hungary had been defeated along its
entire line and that Szerem, in Sla-
vonia, and Banat were now clear of
the enemy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
TO RETIRE TO RHINE
BY Associated Prcts

London, Sept. 16. 9.12 A. MA
Central News dispatch from Rome
quotes telegram from Basol,
Switzerland, to the Messagero stating
that the Germans are reported to have
received order to retire as far as the
right bank of the Rhine. completely
evacuating France, Belgium and Lux
emburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
REPORT WILL BE MADE
By Assoeidted Prest

London. Sept. 16, 1929 A. M.-AIl
the foreign diplomats in Antwerp
says an Amsterdam dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle yesterday visited Ma
lines in order to see for themselves
the condition of that city after the
German occupation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
FARMER HURT IN COLLISION

the Newton Grey farm near Paxtanr.
was seriously injured last evening
when the wagon in which he was rid
ing was struck by a street car in
North Cameron street near Herr. The
doctors of the Harrisburg Hospital
think he is injured internally.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
SETTLEMENT POSTPONED
By Associdtcd Pres

Berlin, via Copenhagen. via Lon
don, Sept. 16. sag A. M-The direc-
tors of the Bourse have decided to
postpone the settlement from the last
of September until the last of October.
The rate of interest on outstanding
obligations was fixed at 6A per cent.
Karl Deim, secretary of the German
Olympic committee has been wounded
in the fighting in France.