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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
One Carpenter Is 50
Years Old w hile
Many Have Gray
Be a rd s-H n cry
Throng Fed at Noon
in the Ridge Avenue
Church-Gree e ting
From Evangelist Re-
ceived With Cheers

Forty clergymen, several hundred
other amateur nail drivers and many
experienced carpenters started early
this morning to erect in day the taber.
nacle to be used for the Slough evan.
gelistic services at North and Cowdeu
streets, and there was every indiga
ton late this afternoon that the ma ~
framework of the big building would be
completed before nightfall. The roof
and the boards at the sides will be put
on later.
Until to-day the work of the Slough
campaigners had ali been in the dircr.
tion of organization but this morning
the volunteers, with nails, hammers,
bolts, saws and windlass, began TO
show more material evidence of the com.
ing of the evangelist who will arrive
November l.
An idea of the size of the building
which is to seat 1900, can he obtained
When it is noted that the half squase
on which it is being built does uot
provide a sufficiently large site. thc
building extending from North street
across North alley as if the alley dii
not exist, to point more than fifty
feet south of the latter thoroughfare.
Promptly at o'clock the workmen
assembled and W. S. Roebuck, cor
tractor, chairman of the tabernacle
committee, stationed them among the
ground beams. He called on the men
for attention and introduced the Rev
George S. Schaum, pastor of the Ha-
rs Street United Evangelical church
who offered short prayer. Taking in
mediate charge, Mr.. Roebuck starte
the men out in five gangs under expert
enced carpenters.
First Section Up in an Hour
Uprights had already been placed on
the ground and the first JOB of the vel
unteers was to put tops on the uprights
to form the bases on which the roof
timbers are to be nailed There als
sixteen uprights in each section of the
framework, the framework runnin-
parallel to Cowden street
BY 8 o clock the first section wa
ready to be raised and up it went. By
Continued ON Fifth PAGE.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
OLD CHESTNUT HUNTER LOST
William Jacobs, 20, May Die From SO
Hours Exposure in Mountains

Especial to the Star independently
Carlisle, Oct. 17-After wandering
about on the mountain for thirty-six
hours and after he had fallen over ex-
hausted, unable to 60 any farther, Will
liam Jacobs, 75 years old, of near
Heberlig, Upper Mifflin township, Cum
berland county, was found in dazed
condition and suffering greatly from
exposure by a searching party last
evening when about eight miles from
home. To-day his condition is reported
to be very serious and little hope is en-
tertained for his recovery.
Jacobs went out. on a chestnut hunt
Thursday morning and lost his way
soon after going in the woods. The
rain of yesterday added to his misery
and he was dripping wet when found.
His condition would not permit his be.
ing removed home and he was rolled in
blankets, which had been taken along
by the searchers, and log fire was
built at his side.
This morning he was taken to the
home of William McElwain, where he
has lived for number of years. ia
cobs is a bachelor.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
YOUTH JAILED FOR CONTEMPT
Said He Forgot Date on Which He
Was to Appear IN Court

"Jail is no place in which. to spend
Sunday. l had intended going for
chestnuts tomorrow" was the remark
Wilson Potteiger, farm boy, made
while entering the Dauphin county
prison this morning where he is to be
detained until Monday morning ON a
charge of contempt of court.
Potteiger to-day was brought to
court on capias, he having failed to
report there yesterday when called "to
give an account of himself" under the
suspended sentence rules. He said he
forgot yesterday was the time to re-
port and the court postponed action on
the case until Monday.
Nine or more months ago Potteiger
pleaded guilty to serious charge, but
got off with suspended sentence.
When he gave the "faulty memory"
story this morning Judge Kunkel said:
Apparently you have no regard
whatever for the law. You raced off
and got married without informing the
probation officer and now you don It
live with your wife. You thought of
allowing her an increase in mainten-
ance money only when compelled to do
so by the court. You don t deserve
leniency."
Potteiger was told that his bail has
been forfeited and that he would have
to spend Sunday in jail.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
John H. Sites. Railroad
er. Left Note Saying
HeHad Nothing More
to Live for
FIGURED IN SUIT
FOR DESERTION
Court Yesterday Ordered Him to Pay
$40 Month to Maintain His Wife
and son-Couple Had Separated
Last July

Leaving note addressed to William
Sites, his father, in which he said he
had nothing to live for now that his
home had been broken up, John H.
Sites, "a years old, fireman on the
Middle division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, who boarded at 1907 Capital
street, last night swallowed the con-
tents of small bottle of poisonous
acid and he was found dead at Front
and Herr streets, this morning. The
body was found by William Wiley,
2019 North Fifth street, at $50
o'clock. Coroner Eckinger said an in
quest was not necessary. The Coroner
said Sites died six or seven hours be-
fore the body was found.
Sites was defendant in a desertion
suit yesterday and was directed by the
Dauphin county court to pay his wife
$40 month. His father furnished the
required bond and the husband appear
ed satisfied with the decision when he
left the court room. He appeared to be
in good spirits then, although in his
conversations with his father and
Philip s. Meyer, his legal adviser, he
frequently had referred to his own
charge that an Enola couple was re-
sponsible for his wife refusing to live
with him.
Sites and his wife separated on July
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
Dissolution of Road Is
Asked by Govern
ment in Federal Dis
trict Court in N. Y.
THREE SETS OF
TRUSTEES ASKED
Latter Are to Manage Various Hold
ings of the Road Until They Are
Sold, Subject to the Orders of the
Court
By Associated Press,

New York, Oct. 1.-THE dissolu
tion decree asked by the government
against the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company, was filed
in the federal district court here to-.
day.
The government IS complaint is dis
missed by preliminary agreement in
sofar as it applies to all defendants,
individual. and corporation, with the
exception of the railroad company it.
self, the New England Navigation
Company, the Boston Railroad Holding
Company, the Providence and Daniel
son Railway Company and the Boston
and Maine Railroad Company.
All the remaining defendants with
the exception of the Boston and Maine
Continued on Fifth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
ButRegrets Roosevelt S
Strength Is Not Be-
ing Conserved to
Fight Democracy
BOOSTS PENROSE
IN CLUB SPEECH
Handles Charge That Senior Senator
Is Boss by Referring to Roose-
welt and Wilson as Not Being Great
Models of Political Modesty
BIZ Associated Press.

Philadelphia, Oct. 17.-Former
United States Senator Philander G.
Knox was the principal speaker at the
Manufacturers Club here to-day at a
meeting called in the interest of the
Republican ticket. Former Attorney
General Hampton l.. Carson presided
and introduced Mr.. Knox.
At the outset of his speech Mr.. Knox
had occasion to quote Theodore Roose.
welt on the tyranny of the minority =
and had this to say about the former
President:
81 am proud of the achievements of
the party during his administration. |
appreciate the large measure of credit
to which he is entitled for those
achievements; and was happy to lend
to him during his presidency, my as
sistance to further the great principles
and policies for which he stood. | can
Continued ON Fifth PAGE.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
WOMAN ARRESTED In THEATRE
Accused of Attacking Employes-Hus-
band Thinks Her Mentally Deranged

Charged with assault and battery.
Mrs. j. M. Lenney was last night ta
ken before Alderman Caveny, who held
her for hearing on Monday. Mrs.
Lenney is charged with having gone to
the Grand theatre, a motion picture
house, 1426-2S Derry street, which is
owned by her husband, j. NJ. Lenney
who also owns the Lenney motion pic
ture theatre, and South Thirteenth
street, and with having assaulted the
woman piano-player, who thereupon
tainted. Mrs. Lenney is alleged then
to have told Mrs. Freeda johnson, the
ticket-seller, that she was discharged.
Mrs. johnson refused to go, saying that
she had been employed by Mr. Lenney.
Following this, it is charged, Mrs. Len
ney tried to eject Mrs. johnson from
the ticket booth.
Mrs. johnson had Alderman Caveny
issue warrant for Mrs. Lenney's s ar
rest. The warrant was served on Mrs.
Lenney after the door of the ticket
booth was forced, having locked the
door and stated her intent to sell tick
cts herself.
Mr.. Lenney says he believes his wife
was suffering from mental arrangement.
He says he will ask to have q commits
sion appointed to examine her as to
her sanity.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
ABANDON "DETENTION HOUSE,
Authorities Decide It Is Necessary to
Make Some Other Arrangements

The overcrowded conditions at the
Ahnshouse and the demand for addi-
ton rooms for quartering and treating
the county's indigents are responsible
for decision reached to-day To cease
to maintain there the "fHouse of De-
tention, - department where juvenile
law-breakers are kept and which con
sists of ten rooms in the county home.
The detention quarters will be aban-
doned on November /, at which time
the employees in charge of that depart
ment will retire from active duty. This
plan was adopted after conference
among Judge McCarrell and B. Frank
Mead and Colonel Fred M. Ott, lawyers
representing the Directors or the Poor
and the County Commissioners, respect
lively.
Until new quarters are provided
new building may have to be erected
aldermen and justices of the peace will
direct juvenile defendants to furnish
bail instead of committing them to the
detention quarters. Should conditions
warrant it, Juvenile court sessions will
be held more frequently.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
GERMANS OCCUPY OSTEND WITHOUT
RESISTANCE; BELG|ANS IN FRANCE
Allies LEFT IS HOLDING
ITS GROUND and MOVING
FORWARD. Says London

London, Oct. II, 1890 A. M.-The
allied left is holding its ground At
some points it is even moving forward.
having occupied Laventie, driving the
Germans back in the direction of Lille
One report had it that the Germans
had been driven out of Lille, but this
has not been confirmed. The presence
of Uhlans has been reported recently
within 40 miles of Calais, burt a glance
at the map in the region of the cavalry
clashes of the last few days, which for
time extended as far west as Haze
brouck, shows that, Notwithstanding
the German claims of victories, the al
lies have made steady progress, La
ventie being east of the town men
toned.
Little definite news came during the
morning of fighting along the Vistula
river, where the Russians claim to have
repulsed a German attack. Whether
the German advance on Warsaw has
been permanently checked only the fu-
ture can show. One version has it that
the Germans are preparing to winter in
Poland.
According to dispatch from Petro-
grad, dated Friday but received here
to-day, the Russians now have opened
their attack along the entire line, with
special energy in the south, where
General Brussiloff S cavalry is said to
have captured several Austrian detach-
ments, together with trains carrying
reinforcements and supplies. In re-
treating from Warsaw, it is said, the
Germans lost AZ guns intended for the
siege of that city.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
CRAP GAME CAUSE OF BIG FIRE
Two Horses and 81 Stables Burned
When Gamblers Kick Lantern

Especial to the independently
Hagerstown, Md, Oct. IA light
ed lantern kicked over during fight
over crap game is said TO have been
responsible for fire which early this
morning destroyed sixty-one stall
stables on the fair grounds and which
burned to death two valuable racing
horses. The loss will run close to $40
600. One of the horses burned was
Lord Percis, owned by William Ward,
Wilmington, Del and the other was
Ann Dane, owned by j. NJ. DIETRICH.
Baltimore, Md.
The fire started in the stall where
trotter owned by Robert Parr, of
Winchester, Va, was stabbed. The
horse was gotten out with difficulty,
but not until it had been badly burn.
ed. Several other horses were injur.
ed,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
GERMANS AT north SEA:
Fighting ON At DUNKIRK

Berlin, Oct. IL, (by Wireless) ).-Ac-
cording. to announcement made in Ber-
lin to-day German troops in the vicin-
ity of Ostend have reached the North
Sea, and fighting is going on as far
to the west as Dunkirk.
Belgium to-day appears to be almost
completely in German possession The
French and British troops are report
ed as cut off on all sides, particularly
around Ypres.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
temple BUILDER INJURED
Both Arms and One Rib of L. H. Smith
Broken In Fall From Top of
Slough Tabernacle

Falling 20 feet to the ground from
a rafter on the tabernacle that is being
erected in one day for the use of the
Slough evangelistic services, at North
and Cowden streets, l.. H. Smith, of
Progress, a foreman carpenter, this aft
ernoon, suffered fracture of both
arms and one rib.
Mr.. Smith is 43 years old. He will
probably recover. He was taken to the
Harrisburg hospital.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
Dutch STEAMER Is ashore
Royal Holland Lloyd Liner Tubantia
Believed to Have Large Number
of Passengers on Board
By Associated Press.

London, Oct. II, l.55 P. Mn a
dispatch from Dover the correspondent
of the Evening News" says the
Dutch steamer Tubantia of the Royal
Holland Lloyd Line went ashore on the
coast of Kent to-day while ON her way
to Rotterdam from Buenos Aires, which
port she left September %.
The Tubantia is believed to have a
considerable number of passengers on
board Assistance has been summoned
from Dover and other ports.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
PINCHOTS VOICE GIVES WAY
While Denouncing Penrose He Becomes
Mute

Punxsutawney, Pa, Oct. 17.-Gifford
Pinchot's voice wavered. then broke.
and he was forced to stop in the mid
die of speech at mass meeting in
the public square here last night. Aft
er delay of five minutes, in which the
crowd waited for him to go on and
during which he drank water copiously
the Progressive nominee for United
States Senator was obliged to abandon
the effort to finish his remarks.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
800, 900 Fire at Easton

Easton, Pa, Oct. 17.-Fire last
night did 100000 damage to electrical
machinery, insulated wire and betting
and other stories in a fourstory ware
house occupied jointly by the Macan
Junior Company and the Pennsylvania
Utilities Company. The loss is covered
by insurance.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
TRAWLER Strikes German
Mine: nine OF CREW Perish

London, Oct. II, 3.57 P. M.-The
steam trawler Ajax, out of Grimsby,
has been blown up in the North Sea
by a German mine.
Nine members of the crew lost their
lives.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
Big TEMPLE
IS GOING UP
IN ONE DAY

Forty Clergymen in
Overalls and Hun
dreds of Amateur
Carpenters Start La
boring Like Beavers
This Morning to Com.
plete Framework of
Big Slough Taber-
nacle by Nightfall
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
Shots Fly Over u. S.
Border in Attack on
Carranza Garrison at
Naco
SOLDIER SHOT
THROUGH HEAD
Storm Of Bullets Heavier Than ANY
That Heretofore Struck on the
American Side Of Boundary-Six
Hours of Brisk Fire
, By Associated Press.

Naeo, Ariz.. Oct. 17.-Five men
civilian and four soldiers of the U.
S. cavalry-were wounded to-day by
Mexican bullets that flew over the in
ternational boundary during an attack
by Governor Maytorena s troops on the
Carranza garrison of Naeo, Sonora.
One of the soldiers was shot through
the head while on duty at a railroad
embankment 40 yards from the boun-
dary. He is still alive. The civilian.
carpenter employed by railroad.
was shot through the right lung while
traversing sidewalk on the American
side of the linz.
The storm of bullets that resulted in
the wounding of the five men was heav-
ier than any heretofore that has struck
| on the American side of the boundary.
The missiles came from Maytorena s
troops, which attacked the Naco garri-
son directly on the south of the town.
The attack began before daylight and
continued more than six hours, with
brisk fire on both sides.
Mexico City, Oct. 1.-The Consti-
tutionalist peace convention at Angus
! Calientes issued an order today direct
ing Generals Carranza Zapata and Hill
| and Governor Maytorena, of Sonora, to
stop the hostilities at Naco, Sonora, i'm
mediately under penalty of being re-
garded public enemies.
Generals Angeles, Buelna, Contieras
and Calvin were expected to arrive here
ON, their way to zapata's headquarters.
which have been established on the out
skirts of the Federal district. The four
generals will invite Zapata to send a
formal delegation to the peace confer
ence without delay.
The family of General Carranza left
the capital last night on a special train
bound for the United States by way of
Laredo, Texas. The party boarded the
train at 70 clock this afternoon, but
the SPECIAL did not leave the station un-
til darkness set in, starting at 7.10
clock.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
Kaiser s Forces in Belgium Now
in Touch With Their Main
Army, Whose Right Wing
Rests on Vourne - London
Aduices Sag That the Next
Objective Point of the Ger
mans Apparently Is Dunkirk.
French War Office Reports
Relatiue Quiet Along the
Greater Part ofthe Front, With
the Troops of the Allies Occu-
pying Flourbai1
By Associated Press.

Amsterdam, via London Oct. II, 435 A. M.-The
Telegraafs" correspondent at Sluis Netherland ten
miles northeast of Bges reports that the Germans have
occupied Ostend without resistance The Belgian troops
retired to France The German forces in Belgium
IN touch with their main army whose right wing rests
veurne the Westernmost town in Belgium the North
Sea and 26 miles west, southwest of Bruges
London Oct. II, 1890 A. M.-German forces as was
predicted occupied Ostend the sea- where the
German right wing and the allies left struggling in
the latest phase of what the battle of the Asne
Reports reaching London say that German imagina-
on has been fired the taking of Ostend and the cry
is not only ON to Calais" but "on to Boulogne."
Whas progress, If any, the Germans have made since
they entered Ostend Thursday morning is known here
but their next objective apparently Dunkrk Opinion
IN England seems to differ to what part the British fleet
would play should the battle continue to skirt the coast
line and the reports that British dreadnaughts would back
up the French British and Belgian forces from the Straits
OF Dover seem to originate in German sources.
London papers generally deprecate the Importance of
the German occupation of the Belgian coast pointing out
that the British mine field prevents the eney's bringing
ships to operate from the too spacious harbor Of
Ostend The fact remains however, that the fighting
gets geographically to England the public hereto
tore discussing and specializing Zeppelin raid is
bound to ask itself what will come next.
1t is unquestionaby true that if Germany able to
engineer submarine attacks from base further away
Ostend if held by the invaders certainly would be of some
strategic value.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
SITUATION IN NORTH FRANCE

Paris Oct IT. ESQ P. M-The official statement given
out at the French War Office this afternoon is as follows
In Belgium the German troops occupying western
Belgium have not crossed the line running from Osend to
Thourout to Rouers to Menin There is relative quiet
along the greater part of the front.
On our left wing there has been no change Tn the
region OF Ypres the right bank of the Lys the allied
troops have occupied Fourbaix we'll as the immediate
approaches to Armentieres
I'm the region of Arrays and also in the vicinity of
st. Mlhiel we have continued to gain ground
In the Russian field of operations there has been no
change OF Importance on the front in East Prussia.
Along the middle reaches of the Vistula river the
German armies have been driven to the defensive
along the entire front To the south of Przemvs the fight
ing continues and the Russians have taken 500
The German army that successfully besieged Antwerp
mas swept VIGOROUSLY westward along the Belgian coast
until now with its right resting Ostend the ex
treme right of the German line stretching from the North
Sea to the Swiss frontier
great battle to determine whether the advancing
on into France seZng Dunkk and Calais on the strait of
Dover must and quite possibly is being fought
to-day.
The French official statement this afternoon saws that
the German troops occupying western Belgium have not
crossed the line running from Osend south to Menn The
allied troops have occupied Flourbax and the immediate
approaches to Arneneres it is announced while further
gains are claimed the region of Arras and the vicinity
of ST. Mihiel
Berlin announced that gigantic battle is preparing in
the eastern theatre where the Austro German forces have
taken positions along the Vistula and San rivers
Vienna states officially that fighting continued Thurs
day along the entire battle front from the southeast of
Przemysl to the mouth of the San.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-11-25
A WARNING TO MANY
some Interesting Facts About Kidne
Troubles.

Some Interesting Facts About Kidney
Troubles.
Few people realize to what extent
their health depends upon the condi-
ton of the kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases of
serious illness, makes q chemical anal
ysis of the patients urine. He knows
that unless the kidneys are doing their
work properly, the other organs can
not readily be brought back to health
and strength.
When the kidneys are neglected or
abused in any way, serious results are
sure to follow. According to health
statistics, Bright's disease which is
really an advanced form Of kidney
trouble, caused nearly ten thousand
deaths in 1913, In the state OF New
York alone. Therefore, it behooyes
us to pay more attention to tie health
of these most important organs.
An ieal herbal compound that has
had remarkable succesY as a kidney
remedy Is DR.. \KilmeYs Swamp-Root,
the great KIDNEY, LIVER and Bladder
Remedy.
The mild and~healing influence of
this preparation, in most cases, Is soon
realized, according to sworn state
ments and verified testimony of those
who have used the remedy.
If you feel that your kidneys require
attention, and wish sample bottle,
write to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
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ten cents and they will gladly forward
1t to you by Parcel Post.
sWamp-Root is sold by every drug
gist In bottles Of two sizes--5Oc and
$1.00.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-11-25
Mrs. Wolf a Visitor.

Mrs. Boyce E. Wolf, OF Grenada,
Miss, formerly Miss Zallie Brinker, is
visiting the Superintendent Of Public
Documents and Mrs. j. II. Brinker,
at the Hartford, in Clifton street.-The
Washington Post, OF Nov. 16.
Mr.. Wolff will join Mrs. Wifi later
and they will spend the holidays with
his parents at Gray Court. s. G. Mr..
Wolf. is a Laurens county boy and a
scientific agriculturist OF profInence
In Mississippi.