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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
London, Dec. is.

London, Dec. is.
T HE Belgian authorities at Antwerp
have buried the most precious OF
their art treasures secretly and Sc
curely beneath the River Scheldt in order
that the German invaders may not Law
hands on them.
Alarmed by the loss CT pictures and
precious objects at Liegc, Louvain and
other cities. the Belgians determined to
take effective precautions to prevent an
even greater calamity at Antwerp
1t is estimated that the art treasures IF
Antwerp are worth $1,000 900 900 1t need
hardly be added that to preserve them for
unhappy and ruined Belgium is q really
great national service.
Photographs have already been published
showing the Belgians removing Rubens's
Descent from the Cross and othe, famous
masterpieces from the Cathedral of Ant
werp. But it was not known what had
been done with them
They were placed on trucks specially
constructed for this purpose and carried
away to the military headquarters, where
they disappeared behind closed doors
The Descent from the Cross is the chief
OF the series OF colossal works by Rubens
That decorated the Cathedral. This work
with its wonderful representation of human
fgures, its pathos and its tragedy is by
many considered the greatest picture ever
painted.
a thrill went through the world at the
thought that this great picture might be
destroyed by bombs dropped from an aero
plane or shot to pieces by bullets or even
taken away from the country where it
had been since its authors lifetime
!, is now known how The Descent from
the Cross and the other pictures were
safeguarded. Inside the military head.
quarters they were removed from their
frames and rolled up. ut the same time
being carefully preserved from injury and
cracking by quantities OF bur!ap and soft
packing. Each roll was then inserted in
a neavy watert' ght metal container and
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~ most disgusting odors are rising
and enveloping everything"
ELSEWHERE in the path of the battling
armies irretrievable damage has been
done to priceless art treasures. 1t is now
realized that much of this might have
been avoided. if the authorities had hid
den the various objects.
There is another Descent from the
Cross" by Rubens, at Arras. and this is
said to have been destroyed by shell fire.
Another worl; that suffered there was
Van Dycll's Christ in the Tomb
Many art works in the Cathedral at
Rheims were damaged or DESTROYED.
Among the pictures though, to have been
lost are Nativity" by Tintorctto: Christ
Appearing TO Mary Mazda len" by Titan:
Christ and Angels" by Zucchero, and the
"CruciiXion," by German.
The treasury of the Cathedral contained
many costly reinuaries and priceless
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Until they return to Antwerp these art
treasures must be lost to the world. For
the Germans to hunt for them in the
muddy bottom of the Scheldt would be
worse than looking for needle in hay
stack. They can only be found with the
aid OF the charts made by the Belgians.
If the Belgians never regain their city,
it seems probable that these works will be
permanently lost. They may become one
of the mysteries Of history, like the ira
ditional burial place of Alraic the Goth.
Many works of less value were removed
to London, and it is probable that most of
these will come to our market. Negotia-
lions for their sale have already been
opened with some American collectors.
Antwerp was the birthplace and the
home of the greatest masters OF the old
Flemish school. In its museums and gal
leries are many works Of Quintin Matsys,
Rogier Van der Weyden, Bernard Van
Orley, Anthony Van Dyck David Teniers
and Jacob Jordaens. Besides these Elem
ish masters, the Dutch, Italian and other
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the remains Of Les Halles, entirely de-
stroyed. except for the arcade of big pill
lars OF the Sale des Pas Perdus. The
library and its treasures are entirely
gone
Entering ST. Peters by The Rue de
Malines, find what was the big bell
among the ruins. The vaults are for the
most part caved in: there is continuous
stream Of stones falling, so that we could
not enter it without danger Everything
is burned. If the paintings by Bouts and
van der Weyden have not been saved in
time they must have persisted. The jubilee
in the choir is standing.
~ walk all over the open space where
the city used to stand. At the Sept Coins
everything is lying on the ground. The
Rue des Ecumeurs is burned; to the right
the Audience is burned: the upper part of
the Rue du Canal is burned, including the
house of the dean and the students house
The Rue de Diest up to ST. Peters is
heap Of ruins, bricks, scrap iron and
charred beams. No trace OF sidewalk is
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sealed up.

sealed up.
The rolls were then
dropped from a steam
boat in various parts
OF the broad and deep
River Scheldt. The
position of each roll
was taken by exact
mathematical measure
ments of various OBJ.
jects on shore.
The reasons for
keeping the final dis
position Of the pictures
secret are obvious.
Only the highest Of
ficers Of the Belgian
army know where the
objects are hidden.
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t the wOId!'
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"1n the centre stand the walls OF
ST. Peter. now Il -rnning silhouette.
roof and belfry gone, the walls black
cncd and caved in. In front stands
the Hotel dc Vile. dominating every.
thing and almost intact Further on.
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visible, and from the ruins the
most disgusting odors are rising
and enVeloning nunruthinnm
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Belgians Carrying a Rolled Up Old
Master to the Place Where 1t Is
Put Into the Metal Tube That
Protects II During Its Secret Sub
nnerSiOn.

a correspondent now declares shat it has
rejoined the wings in the museum at
Berlin.
Describing the destruction Of the art
treasures of Louvain, Professor e. ellison.
OF the University Of Louvan, who has now
come to London, writes:
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Rubens'
Descent
from the
Cross"
Being
Prepared
for lis
Journey
Through
the Streets of
Antwerp.
This
Famous
Painting
Is Now
Resting.
in a
Metal Tube
Somewhere
Under the
Scheldt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
CONTINUED on Page 81
Convict Court Gives
Sing Sing Prisoner
Four Months Sentence
By associated Press

New York, May 27.-By a court of
his fellow prisoners a convict in Sing
Sing z rison yesterday was found guilty
of having stolen six pounds of cooked
meat from the mess room and Warden
Clancy acting upon the recon-
mendations of the judges, fined the
thief $50 arks, which means that he
must serve four months in addition
to his minimum sentence. Tlss is the
first time in many years, it is said, that
a convict court has been called to-
gether at Sing Sing.
For some time there have been COM
plants among the prisoners against
what they term the severity of the
punishments prescribed by the war
den, for infractions of prison rules.
Recalling these criticisms, Mr.. Clancy
called the court to decide the case.
When the, accused prisoner said he
had been tframed,' the court ordered
him to put on his coat with the meat
in it after lit had been weighed.
The court retired to another room
and in la few minutes returned with a
verdict of guilty and asked the war
den to tinflidt the severest penalty, as
the man had stolen meat, thus depriv-
ing other prisoners of food
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
Wilson Will Dedicate
American University
Late This Afternoon
BY Associated Press

Washington, D. c., May 27.-With
church dignitaries and prominent edu-
Gators gathered here for the occasion,
the American University was to be
formally dedicated by President Will
son late to-day. Elaborate exercises
were to mark the throwing open of
the doors of the new institution and
plans were made for a large attend
ance.
Bishop Earl Cranston, senior Bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
resident at Washington, was to pre-
side and the program provided ror
addresses by President Wilson, Secre-
taries Bryan and Daniels and Bishops
William Fraser Mcdowell, of Chicago,
and John William Hamilton, of Bos-
ton. The Right Rev. Alfred Harding,
Episcopal Bishop of Washington, was
to deliver the invocation.
The new institution was projected
by Bishop Hirst about twenty years
ago and is located in the northwest
surburbs of Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
$4,000 Men Needed to
Assist in Harvesting
Crops in Oklahoma
Rr 4Stncintcd Press

Washington, D. c.. May 27.-Actlng
on information of Charles l.. Dough-
erty, Labor Commissioner of Okla
homa, that from 1000 to $4,000 men
would be required to help harvest and
thresh the wheat crop in that State,
Secretary Wilson to-day ordered bulle-
tins placed in post offices throughout
the country, describing Oklahoma's
needs.
Inquiry has been made OF State of
ficials in Kansas. Nebraska, North and
South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri, and Mi N :sota, about their re-
quirements for extra help during the
harvest time.
Commissioner Dougherty stated in a
telegram to Secretary Wilson that
wages in Oklahoma would be from
50 to $3.50 a day with board, and
that of the 12,00C of 5000 men re-
ouired for the wheat harvest, S5 per
cent would find additionaI employ
ment handling the forage crops,
promising four to six monrns' steady
work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
Representative Carlin
Talks of Trust Bill
Bv Associated Press

Washington, d. c., May 27.-Repre-
sentative Carlin made a statement at
the White House to-day about the
compromise agreed upon between the
labor leaders and administration lead
ers on the trust bills.
The labor provision of the anti
trust bill as agreed upon gives the labor
the right to exist as an organization
and, in the language of the Baltimore
platform, declares that they shall not
be held to be a combination or con-
spiracy in restraint of trade" said he.
This will prevent bill being FLED
on behalf of the government for dis
solution of labor organizations. 1t
does not exempt labor from specific
acts which would constitute a restraint
of trade or a conspiracy in restraint
of trade. 1t is clear cut clean statu-
tory enactment of the provisions con
tanned in the Baltimore platform
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
DR.. Kelly Pleads For
Girls of the Street

Baltimore, Md, May 27.-Dr. How
ard A. Kelly, surgeon, radium expert
and social reformer, who has been
fighting against the segregation of
vice, has made n tour of the Tender
loin" district OF Baltimore at night
and in a strong public statement gives
vivid description of the scenes he
witnessed, and appeals to all Chris
tians to lend helping hand and get
into touch with the girls of the streets
and try to reform them.
Doctor Kelly tells e a visit to a
house in the Hook" where he says
the girls had NICE faces, suggesting
higher and nohler possibilities home,
happiness and children. He wished
he knew how to help them.
And right hereH' says the doctor,
"is where the Christian people and the
Christian ministers of this community
are deficient in their C.ty. for we are
doing practically nothing to reach the
people and to teach them to love truth
and purity and righteousness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
THIN BLUE LINES To
PARADE IN HONOR Of
THE NATIONS DEAD
Chief Marshal Joseph L. Leonard
Announces Appointments and
Route to Cemetery
ONE MINUTE FOR MEMORY
Heroes of Years Gone by Will
Mark Graves of Comrades
Friday Morning
ONE MINUTE FOR MEMORY

The thin blue line" of veterans who
this year will parade over the streets
of Harrisburg, Memorial Day and pro-
ceed to the Harrisburg Cemetery to
decorate the graves of dead comrades,
will be reinforced by several military
organizations, and the parade that will
start at o'clock at Second and State
streets will have not only the grizzled
boys of 81 in line, but the lads OF an
other generation to aid them in doing
honor to their comrades.
The parade will form in line at LAO
o'clock. The first division will form
in Second street, right resting in State.
The Second division will form in the
west side of State street, right resting
in Second street.
Route of Parade
At . o'clock the para ~e Will move
down Second street to Market, out
Market to South Fourth, over the Null
berry street bridge to Thirteenth, out
Thirteenth to cemetery
Chief Marshal Joseph Ia. Leonard
to-day announced the following ap-
pointments: ~.
Chief of staff. B. ]. Campbell, Post
116: assistant marshals, w. r.. Miller
Post 116, John M. Major, Post 90,
[Continued on Page III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
.Stccial to The Telegraph

Washington, d. c., May 27.-EX-
President Roosevelt came back yester-
day to the national capital, where he
spent seven years as Chief Executive
Into nine hours he crowded a speech
on his South American expedition, a
call on President Wilson, a political
conference of first importance with the
Progressives in Congress, visit to the
Smithsonian Institution to see the tro'
phies from his African hunt of four
wears ago, a meeting with few men,
hers of the diplomatic corps and a
,sisper with his old friends here. Be-
sls%f.. there were dozen impromptu
receptions from cowds in the railway
station. at his hotel. in the streets and
wherever else he chanced to stop for a
moment.
1t was such hot and busy day that
the Colonels collar rapidly melted
away, but he went through it all with
out showing evidence of fatigue, The
crowds the cheers, the struggles to
shake his hand, the photographers and
all the rest were like old campaign
days.
The Colonel smiled and maved his
hat continually, and fired out Bully"
and by George. that's fine" at every
thing. There was no doubt that he
had a thoroughly good time
Confers With Progressives
The Progressive members of Con-
gress were at the party headquarters
to meet him after the lecture last
night and go over the political sit
uation with him.
1t was understood that Colonel
Roosevelt was desirous of sounding
sentiment here, particularly with ref
erenCe to the advisability of making
an carly attack on the policies of the
CONTINUED on Page 121
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
DURBAR /, 0 WNED
. by AMERICAN, WINS
DERBY IN ENGLAND
Bay Colt, Entered by H. B. Dur
yea, Takes Races by
Three Lengths
STAKES AMOUNT TO $32,5O0
Last American Horse to Reach
Finish First Was Owned by
Richard Croker in 1907
STAKES AMOUNT TO $32,5o0
BY Associated Press

EPSON. England. May 27. = The
Derby. best known of the English
classic horse races. was won to-day
by an American horse, Herman B.
Duryea's Durbar III.
The winners recent form in France
had been considered so poor that he
was regarded here as a rank outsider
and odds of rs to 1 were freely laid
against him in the clubs last night.
To-day he had no trouble in disposing
of huge field of thirty horses, the
largest that has turned out for the
race since 1863. He won in a canter
by three lengths from two other out
siders, Hapsburg and Peter the Her
nit
The betting just before the start of
the race was 20 to 1 against Durbar ii.
80 to l against Hapsburg and 100 to 5
against Peter the Hermit.
The public favorites never flattered
their supporters at any stage of the
race. Kennymore who led the bet
ting, behaved so badly at the post that
he delayed the start and when the
field was finally sent away he was left
in bad position. Poly Crates made
all the running to the half distance,
Continued on Page ii
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27

To Manufacturers

Every hour is demonstrating
more and more the advantages
of the newspapers as the most
important and profitable adver-
tising medium for trade-marked
goods.
The fact that they are the
business mouthpieces of the
dealers who serve as distributors
makes them a meeting ground
for the common good.
Newspaper readers are adver-
tising readers. They have faith
in their newspapers. They have
confidence in the men who use
the advertising columns; and the
advertising reaches them at the
time they have the impulse to
buy.
The Bureau of Advertising.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association, World Building.
New York, wants to help gem
eral advertisers to use newsps-
per advertising to the best ad-
vantage. Correspondence is SOL
icited.
Booklet on request.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
Plans Complete For
Opening of Assembly

New Castle, Pa, May 81. - With
several delegates already here and
with many expected to arrive during
the day, all is in readiness for the
opening meeting of the 1914 general
assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church here to-day. Last night the
Rev. DIR. r. NJ. Russell, moderator of
the assembly and president of West
minister College, conducted a prelimi-
nary prayer meeting in the Second
United Presbyterian Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
Empress Dowager
Haruko Is Buried
Stecidl to The Telegraph

Kyoto. Japan, May 27.-The body of
the Empress Dov'ager Haruko yester-
day was placed in the imperial mauso-
leum at Monoyama. he burial place
is near that of Emperor Mutsuhito.
Thousands knelt in prayer during the
ceremony.
Fulfilling imperial tradition, four
clay figures representing guardian
warriors were buried with the coffin.
one at each corner. They are the
spirits who will guard the body of her
Majesty. They wear arlnor and he'll
NETS, with swords in fur sheaths. A
little shrine with a roof thatched from
the bark of the sacred Hinoki tree was
placed over the grave.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
CHANGE Of VENUE To
DAUPH|N CO.COURT FOR
STATE HIGHWAY HEADS
Sehuylkill Road Case Will Be Heard
Here in June Quarter
Sessions

State Highway. Commissioner f. M.
Bigelow, S. A. Foster, chief engineer;
George c. Langenheim, district engi-
neer, and Charles r. Sterner, district
superintendent of the StaJe Highway
Department, will be arraigned before
the Dauphin County Court at June
criminal sessions for neglecting to
keep in proper repair the Common
wealth highway in Schuylkill county
near Pottsville
Change of venue had been asked
by District Attorney c. A. Whitehouse,
Schuylkill, for the trial, and District
Attorney M. f. Stroup this morning
received word from the Supreme Court
that the Dauphin Court had been Sc
lected.
The roadways in question have been
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27

their heads and say 81 told you So"
For Mamie, 1t appears, only cares to
sit at home o nights-iust as her
mother and grandmother and great
grandmother did before her At first
this puzzled jim: now it disgusts him.
And the sons of Sam Eslnger, to pro-
tect the prospective family, have en-
listed the services of maternal old
Wyandotte hen. mother of many a big
family. to sit in while Mamie goes
fishing, etc.
Tomorrow the new heirs and heir
esses are due to arrive. Now the scan
dalized query of the feathered people
of Wildwood and its cnvirons is, Will
the children follow in their fathers
footsteps and take to the water: their
mothers wing-steps and keep to the
air-or obey their fostcr-mother and
stay close to Old Mother Earth?
The gossips at Eslinger's are quite
wrought up about it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
Busybodies Of Wildwood
Saying q Told You So
Jm's Affinity Just Can't Be Regular and Old Hen Must Do
Her Work

When Jim, pride of the lady-ducks
and envy of his fellow brakes in f1ocks
of the Eslinger farm, at Wildwood,
persuaded Mamie. the little gray wild
duck widow of the lake, to give UP her
wild ways and go to housekeeping
the feathered fiocks of the Eslinger
farm wagged dubious heads.
While they wished the newiyweds
well, they didn't predict a great deal
of happiness for either. Mamie was
born to fly high and could never give
up her wild life and settle down, they
said.
That's why both Jim and Mamie
smiled so broadly a couple of weeks
1ater when Mamie presented jim with
sixteen pale-blue eggs.
Now little cloud has appeared on
the horizon of their domestic bliss.
And the feathered busSbodes of the
barnyard are preparing again to wag
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
7, R, TELLSO Of RIVER.
SEES PRESIDENT AND
DISCUSSES POLITICS
former President Crowds Many
Engagements Into His Short
Washington Visit
TALKS WITH PROGRESSIVES
Colonel Fails to Confer With Re-
publican Leaders as Has Been
Reported
TALKS WITH PROGRESSIVES
Roosevelt Peeved
by Many Demands

"Of course l wish to take my
part in the campaign this year. But
it will not be possible for me to
speak a dozen times a day. 1t is
quite impossible for me to be IN
forty different places at once.
II have been asked by Repre-
sentative Lewis and Mr.. Pinchot
who will open the campaign IN
Pennsylvania at the second Pro-
gressive conference in Pittsburgh,
on June 80. to be present on that
occasion. of course | shall accept.
| have written Governor Hiram
Johnson that if my presence is de-
sired in California l shall go there.
II shall do all else that | can.
but it is impossible to particularize
now"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
HOT WAVE To LAST
DAY LONGER; INTENSE
SUFFERING IN CITY
Heat Prostrations Reported as Mer-
curry Keeps on Climbing
Skyward

The second day of hot spell, un-
usual for this time of year. and which
is to last at least another twenty four
hours, enveloped Harrisburg to-day.
One prostration was reported.
But at that it isn't as hot as it was
Yesterday, and won't he unless all indi-
Ications fail. for at 2 o'clock 1t was only
with emphasis on the only-90 de-
Erees, where as yesterday it was 90 l
at the same time.
| Martin Nj. Zorger, 81. Steelton
aNctioneer, was arranging his wares
ih Nerbeke market at $40 o'clock
when he toppled over. He was sent
tol the Harrisburg Hospital in an am
bulance. This afternoon a son took
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
MURDER SUSPECT
SAID To HAVE FLED
TO|TA[|AN SHORES
District Attorney Has Small Hope
of Capturing Lover Of
Myers Girl
Shecinl to lie Telcrrath

Carlisle. Pa, May 27.-Little hope
of apprehending Salvaturi CramaceIn,
the Italian. whom, it is believed, knows
much about how Hazel Myers met her
death, is entertained by District At
torney Jasper Alexander.
A close watch was kept on the ltal-
ian settlement near Mt. Holly through
out last night and to-day. FRIENDS OF
Cramacelli say he has not been seen
at work or in the neighborhood since
Thursday afternoon, when he quit
work at o'clock, saying he was go
ing to Carlisle.
Additional evidence was found to-
day showing Cramacelli to have been
in Carlisle Thursday night and in COM
pany with the Myers girl. The story
that Miss Myers was a member of
the drinking party Wednesday night
was denied by District Attorney Alex
ander to-day.
George Bowermaster and every
member of the party We're closefy
questioned last night by the district
attorney and each member of the
marty made an affidavit that Miss
Myers was not with them, and that
they were in the vicinity of the Clay
Works only a short time.
Detectives worked to-day at Mt.
Holly, where, it was told, Cramacelli
and the Myers girl were seen Thurs
day night about 8 o'clock. At the
shanty where Cramacelli boarded 1t
was told to-day that the young Italian
had left the country and gone to Italy.
This belief, however, did not stop the
detectives in their work, and they
we're buster to-day than they have
been since the murder.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
REPUBLICANS TO MEET

st. Louis, Mo-, May 27.-Republi-
can delegates from all parts of Mis-
souri, will meet here this. afternoon to
vote on the plan of the Republican
national committee to reduce the rep
resentation of the Southern States in
the next Republican national conven-
tion.