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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-05-28

spoke on the issues of the campaign.
and voiced sentiments to the effect
that the newspapers did not give
enough publicity to the Progressive
party. He touched upon Prohibition
and advocated the recall in the matter
of sheriffs and other elective officers.
He advocated protective tariff. speak
ing disparagingly of the Wilson adj
ministration regarding the Tariff and
the Mexican situation.
Mr.. Thompson said in part: Some
has said that the Progressive party
in Maine was dead. Shortly after the
Presidential election in 1912, a man
in my own town told me that the Pro-
gressive party vas dead" He then
proceeded to show that the Progress
sives were still wide awake and re-
marked upon the Democratic conven-
ton in Portland and the Republican
Convention in Augusta. The speaker
further referred to some of the Incl
dents of the campaign for the special
election in the third Maine district in
1913, and said that the keynote
speeches of the Republican State con-
yention in no way went into the dis
cussions of that campaign. Mr..
Thompson continued his able remarks
by delineating what the party stands
for and said that the men of Maine
were awaking to the fact that it is
time to lend a hand"
The meeting was a very harmonious
one and Townes Band furnished eX-
cellent music during the session.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-05-28
.SKOWHEGAN LOCAL MARKETS
ool-Unwashed. zoe per lb.

Wool-Unwashed, zoe per lb.
Hides and skins-Hides, 12c to 13c
per h.; calf skins, zoe to 21c per lb. /;
lamb skins, soc to $1.00.
Beans-Hand picked, yellow eyes,
$3.50 to $500; pea beans, $2.75 to
$500.
Beef-Ox beef, &c to lie.
Poultry-Fowls, lac to 16c per h.;
chicken, 16c to zoe.
Round Hog-11c per Id.
Tallow-Rough, &c per lb.
Eggs-18c per dozen, fresh.
Potatoes-50c per bushel.
Butter-2Sc to soc per lb.
Cheese-16c to 18c per Id.
RETAIL MARKET
Flour-Spring Wheat Patent, 5000,
winter wheat patent, $3.50.
Oats-55c.
Gluten-$1.70 per bag.
Corn-$1.75 per bag.
Meal-$1 go per bag.
Middlings-s1.70 per bag.
Cottonseed meal-$1.80 per bag.
Spring Bran-$1.60 per bag.
Winter Bran-$1.65 per bag.
Mixed Feed-$1.65 per bag.
Salt Pork-15c by the Dbl, 200 lbs,
$24.
Cheese-20c to FAC per Id.
Butter-30 to 33c per pound.
Teas-25c to Coo per Id.
Coffee-20c to CSC per pound.
Lard-Domestic, Ice, compound 12c
Molasses-Pure Ponce, Acc to soc.
Sugar-Gran. sugar, best quality
20 lbs. for $1.00; brown 10.
Potatoes-70c per bushel
Onions-6c per ID.
Poultry-Fowls, lac to zoe per Id.
chicken, Ice to 22c per Id.
Eggs-24c per dozen, fresh.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-05-28

Buzzell. VIM. n.
BuzZell, Frank
barnard. George A.
Chase, Henry C.
Crowell. Calvin r.
Chase, Harlow
Dillingham;. B. +.
Dyer. Isaac
Eaton. Oscar Il.
Evans, Charles A.
Green, r. H..
Hill. Chas. a.
Holt, Calvin q.
Hin, Aaron s.
Lashon. John
Lowe. Chas. w.
Lambert, Horace T..
Iinnell, John III.
Morgan. Ellis
Malbon, Joseph
MagoOn, Chas. ii.
DulaC. Hiram
Barnes, Darius K.
Bigelow. Samuel r.
Drawn, John
Dawes, Rufus
Cleveland. Joseph
Smith, Llewellyn
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-05-28

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Betting, Pulleys, Shafting,
Etc., For Sale !

The and installation of electric
with the betting dispose Of This all
quality single excellent condition Some of has been ven
little and the o practically good as
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
British Preparing to
Use Warships at Ostend;
Germans Close to CITY
British Admiralty Officially Announces Sinking of Cruiser
by German Submarine; Another Vessel Was At
tackled, but Managed to Escape; Armies in France
and Belgium Are Being Reinforced; Russians Re-
pulse Germans at Warsaw

German naval forces again The British Admiralty
that the Hawke the
North Sea by German submarine Thursday.
The loss of life the Hawke made but the
belonged older of
500 officers and Only fifty crew known to have
been saved sister ship the cruiser Theseus also attacked by
submarine but escaped.
The French office reported this pro-
of the allies indicated Thursdays
confirmed The field of action the left wing the allied
extends from the region of Ypres the
There official word from Berlin up early afternoon
but dispatches report that the marching
within miles of their objective having occupied
bughe the Belgian connected by rail
The belief grows London that Ostend will occcped
the Germans until least they have fought for 1t
reported that British warshps will take in the defense of the
town.
ALLIES CAPTURE HANNEScAMPS
The French embassy Washington has received advices
ing that the allies have captured Hannescamps
miles north of Albert There is other regarding fight
the northern end of the battle line Both armies
however known have been reinforced conndng
every foot of ground where they in contact
The Paris that Russian have repused
German Warsaw vangorod
that a battle is being fought south of Prezmysl
Petrograd claims that the German Warsaw
been stopped the Germans being driven back miles,
Przemysl it is asserted, is the of capuatng
the contrary the of
October IL and that date the Russian beegers
defeated and the city relieved
Toxic
two forts at Using Tau, October a.
Prince William of Wied who recently abdicated
Albania reported dispatch from Rome have joined the
man army and proceeded to French frontier.
The Canadian which recently England
sembEng to-day Salisbury Plains.
Fresh will be admitted France free of duties until
ther notice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
REPUBLICANS ARE
OFFERED MONEY To
BETRAY BRUMBAUGH
Mccormick, Desperate, Opens
Barrel Sooner Than Expected;
Bribes Are Rejected

Mccormick Doodle is already in evil
dence. Cash in advance has been Of
fered by county committee represen-
tatives to a number of Republican
workers throughout the county. Sub
stantial sums have been offered to
them to turn traitor. In several cases
the Democrats have been foolish
enough to place their offers in writ
ing and loyal Republicans are putting
these letters to good use.
Every indication is that the Nc
Cormick barrel is to be used extern
sively in this county. The indications
now are that DR.. Brumbaugh will
carry the city and county by substan-
tiaI majorities Those in close touch
with the political situation say that
the Brumbaugh sentiment here is
growing steadily and Mccormick is
desperate.
He is making a strong plea for sup
port on the ground of home prize"
forgetting that he has not done enc
Il ing to assist Judge Kunkel in his
Supreme Court contest. Voters are
asking themselves why they should
vote for Mccormick as a matter of
home pride" when Mccormick is
turning down an opportunity to help
send Judge Kunkel, a candidate en-
dorsed by leaders of all parties, to
the Supreme Court. 1t is a poor rule
that will not work both ways, they
say.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
FORTY MINISTERS TO
AID IN THE ERECTION
OF BIG TABERNACLE
Thousand Men With Hammer and
Nail Will Be on the Job
Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the day set for the
erection of the Slough Tabernacle at
State and Cowden streets. More than
1000 men have volunteered to give
their help and among the list are the
names of nearly all the ministers of
the forty-odd cooperating churches.
Each one of the volunteers has been
requested to bring hammer and nail
bag, and anyone who wants to see
how crooked a minister can drive a
nail and how many times the minister
can hit his finger and take it good
naturedly, that person should go to
the tabernacle site tomorrow.
The committee is confident that the
building, which is to be LIP by 240
feet by 26 feet high. will be COM
pleted in one day of ten hours. All
of the lumber is ready and cut into
the right lengths and only needs to
be fitted together. The total capacity
of the building will be 1900. The
choir loft, which will be built in the
form of an amphitheater, will seat
1900 persons
1900 in Big Choir
More than 1900 persons have volun-
teered to sing in the choir and nearly
CONTINUED on Page u
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Continued on Page III
Dickinson College
Declines to Be Lined
Up For Pal-Mc Cormick

Carlisle. Pa, Oct ia Palmer
Mccormick League has been formed
here at Dickinson. Ine campus has
for the last week been ornamented
with huge posters appealing for stu
dent support and even the mail boxes
of Brumbaugh adherents have been
flooded with appeals for aid. Yester-
day a liberal consignment of the blue
and white Sunday school buttons ar
rived and were fastened on unsus-
pecting students from Maryland. New
Jersey and other outside states. To-
night the long heralded mass meeting
was held in Chapel Hall. addressed
by H. II. Mercer. of Mechanicsburg.
A contingent that by actual count
numbered 8 students. townspeople
and 1 professor was coralled into a
corner of the large hall and made to
sit through a lengthy address.
A Brumbaugh club, headed by a
member of the law school faculty, and
with an enrolment of already more
than 100 students. has been launched
at Carlisle's classic institution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
HENDERSON GILBERT
MADE NEW HEAD Of
COMMERCE CHAMBER
Trade Body's Plans For Win
ter's Work Are About
Completed


With the election of Henderson Gill
bert as president of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce the winters
work will start. Mr.. Gilbert was
unanimously elected yesterday after
noon by the board of directors. He
succeeds George B. Tripp, who has
removed from the city.
Mr.. Gilbert is absent from the city
and complete plans for the Chambers
winters work will not be announced
until his return. The secretary. E. l..
McColgin, announced that there will
be a series of interesting talks and
luncheons during the winter. Other
special work is planned. but he will
not announce what it is until he con-
fers with the new president. Other
officers elected yesterday were:
George A. Shreiner,. to succeed
George B. Tripp as mt mber of the
board of directors; first vice-president,
David Kaufman; second vice-presi-
dent. Warwick M. Ogelsby; treasurer,
Donald Mccormick.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
General Aguilar Is Boosting That
He Will Take Breakfast in
Vera Cruz Sunday
U. S. LINES STRENGTHENED
Guns Are Trained on Uncle Sam S
Soldiers by Aguilar's Men;
Situation Is Serious
By Associated Press

Vera Cruz, Oct. 16.-Evident prepa-
-ations on the part of small detach-
ment of men under General Aguilar
for an attack last night on the Ameri-
can outposts around Vera Cruz have
resulted I'm the Strengthening of the
American lines.
Some 200 Mexicans are in a position
about half a mile from the American
posts and they have two mounted guns
trained on the American soldiers.
Their warlike activity is attributed in
Vera Cruz to overindulgence In liquor
obtained at a house Just beyond the
American lines. but their boasts that
they were about to inaugurate an at
tack that ultimately would drive the
Americans out of this port are taken
more or less seriously on account of
the persistency of the reports that
Aguilar will not be able to restrain
himself much longer and that the
impatience of his men to enter Vera
Cruz is rendering his control over
them doubtful.
Aguilar's entire force is estimated
between 1000 and 5000 men, with
several pieces of artillery. 1t is re-
ported I'm Vera Cruz that Aguilar has
made a wager thta he will take break
fast in this city next Sunday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Canal May Be Open
Again in One Week

Washington, D. c., Oct. 16.-Colonel
Goethals cabled to the War Depart
ment to-day that traffic through the
Panama Canal, blocked by landslip in
Culebra cut Tuesday night. would be
reopened in about a week unless
there were further earth movements.
The official report on the slide and its
effect was brief:
"Slide occurred on east side of canal
north OF Gold Hill at o'clock last
evening, 1,150 feet long, completely
blocking channel for 1000 feet in
length" Colonel Goethals cabled
".dredges were moved to north of 1t
when movement began and are now
operating to open up channel for
passage of boats. Unless further
movement occurs expect to have chan
mel open in one week"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Typical

THE Philadelphia North American
to-day printed photograph of
letter sent by VIII II. Tyson
to Chicago asphuIt company on
August Fl, 1913, notifying him that
the contract of J. f.. Francis, of
Punxsutawney, for the lower end of
the LewistOwn NnrrOws State high
way. had been taken over by 8. A.
Rim. J. l.. Fisher, +. q. Lang, 8. 4.
North, II. NJ. kurtz and himself,
The letter was hailed as evidence
showing politicians as State road
contractors, etc.
At the State Highway Department
to-day 1t was learned the men took
over the contract to protect . bank
in which they were Interested and
from which Francis had borrowed
money. when he was unable to fin
ish ii the bank had to do so or
stand to lose lot of money. Az a
mntter of fact II lost between $4O,-
600 and $4,000, which the State got
In return for work and material
used. The contractor on the upper
end of the "NarrOws" read, = Har-
riHburE firm, also reported having
lost money on the job.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Allies Almost Within
Cannon Range of Metz
BY Associated Press

Paris, Oct 16, $50 a. m.-The
steady hammering of the allies on the
German left wing OF the French battle
front has brought tnem almost within
cannon range of the forts at Metz In
spite of this menace part of the Ger
man Crown Princes army hangs on
doggedly to the positions it has taken
on. the Meuse near st. Mihiel. The
fighting on this end of the long battle
line is said to have been desperate
on the part of both sides during the
past week, though overshadowed for
the time by the operations on the al
lies left. More important Develop
ments, however, are looked for be-
tween the Meuse and the Moselle,
while the battles of the four rivers. goes
on in the west
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
THE HEWEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Rain
Tonight; Saturday probably fair
and cooler.
For Eastern Pennsylvania; Rain
tonight and probably Saturday,
cooler Saturday In southeast pOr-
tiOni gentle to moderate easterly
winds.
River
The main river Will rise slowly to-
night and Saturday. 4 stage of
about IL feet is indicated for
Harrisburg Saturday morning.
General Conditions
The southern disturbance has
moved nOrthwestward during the
last twenty-fOur hours, and is
now central near st. Louis. 1t has
some localities, south and east of
the Great Lakes, except in the
Gulf States, breaking the drought
that has prevailed in Pennsylva-
MIA almost uninterruptedIy since
August.
Temperature; 8 n. m, go.
SUNS Rises, 6;16 n. MT sets, 5;26
ID. m.
Mooni New moon, October 10, 1,ss
a. m.
River stage, Nine-tenths of a foot
above IOw-water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature, 40.
Mean temperature, 30.
Normal temperature, 81.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Oldest Republican
Presides at Rally
at Horstick's Store

A. D. E. Killinger. a school teacher
and the oldest Republican in the dis
trict, presided at a well-attended Re-
publican meeting at Horstick's store,
in State street, just outside the city
limits last evening.
The meeting was addressed by
Frank b. Wickersham and Phil s.
Meyer. Indications are that the Sec
ond precinct of Susquehanna township
will give fine Republican majority
for the whole ticket this Fall. Brum-
baugh sentiment is especially strong
in the district and the Mccormick
committeeman have been unable to
do much, despite the fact that they
have been prolific with their expendi-
ture of money.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
PALMER ON HEELS
Of BE|DLEMAN To
KILL LABOR BILLS
Wanted Him as Judiciary Chair
man to Throttle Legislation
Favoring Workmen

A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratio
candidate for United States Senator.
was again pilloried as a most vicious
anti-labor lobbyist in the Pennsylva-
MIA Legislature by Senator z. e. Bel
dleman before large audience at the
West End Republican Club last even-
ing. The Senator also spoke stirring
ly on the necessity of placing PENN
sylvania once more in the Republican
column this Fall for the sake of future
prosperity. In the course of his speech
Senator Beidleman said:
Business is rotten. and the voters
of this country are going to be called
on the third day of November to say
whether or not they will bring It back
to where it belongs and to do that
the first question of importance to-
the people of Pennsylvania is whether
or not they will elect the HonorabfA
Bois Penrose for another term of six
years to the United States Senate.
There is much discussion about the
LContinued on Page Al
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
German Attacks on
Warsaw Repulsed
By associated Press

Paris, Oct. 16, 2.45 P. NJ. = The
French war office made an official an
nouncement this afternoon as fol-
lows:
1.-THE progress indicated in the COM
munication of yesterday has been con-
firmed.
"On our left wing the field of action
of the allied forces extends at the
present time from the region of Ypres
to the sea.
"In Russia, on the left bank of the
Vistula river, the Russian troops dur
ing the day of Octobe' 13, repulsed
the German attacks on Warsaw and
Ivangorod.
"a battle is going on south of Pyze-
mysl."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
{ n NGLISH CRUISER
Hawke IS SUNK BY
GERMAN SUBMARINE
Only Fifty of Crew of 400 Re-
ported Saved in Latest
North Sea Disaster

London. Oct. 16, 1908 P. M.-The
British cruiser Hawke has been sunk
in the North Sea by a German sub
marine. Out of grew of 400 men
fifty were saved.
London, Oct. 16. 1915 P. M.-The
statement that the British cruiser
Hawke has been torpedoed and sunk
in the North Sea has been officially
confirmed.
The British cruiser Hawke was of
1850 tons displacement; she was $50
feet long, go feet beam and drew %
feet of water She was a sister ship
of the Edgar. Endymon. Grafton, The
TCOntinued on Pare III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
FOOD EXHIBITORS To
GIVE AWAY TEN BIG
BASKETS OF EATS
Lucky Ten Will Have Full Larder
For Several Weeks
to Come

Ten large clothes baskets filled with
pure food products will be distributed
to ten lucky persons at the Harrisburg
Pure Food Exhibit in the Chestnut
Street Auditorium tonight. Each
basket will contain regular size pack
ages and cans of every food product
which has been on exhibition this
week and will supply any ordinary
family's table needs for six weeks.
These distributions are to be made
under the direction of Frank A. Smith
and Carl K. Deem. who wish to show
their appreciation for ,he large pat
ronage of the week. Each person
purchasing an admission ticket will
receive a number. A corresponding
number will be placed in a tin box
At $50 o'clock small girl, blind
folder. will draw the lucky numbers.
In addition to this special distri-
button the Franklin Sugar Refining
Company, Brelsford Packing and Stor-
age Company, Witman-Schwarz Com
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Carranza's Resignation
Not GiUen Convention
Shecinl to The TeIeerabh

Washington, D. c., Oct 16.-Gen-
eral Carranza's resignation has not
been presented to the Mexican conven-
ton at Aguascalientes. To-day's re-
ports to the State Department reiter-
eted that the question of his retire.
Ment would not be taken up until ad-
disonal delegates from General Ia
pata arrived.
Conditions on the west coast of Mex
leo are rapidly assuming a more
peaceful aspect and Rear Admiral
Howard, reporting to-day from the
flagship West Virginia at La Paz, pre-
dicted the speedy restoration of peace
in Lower California.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Last Section of Steps Placed
CONTINUED on Page 81
TAKE 10000 GERMAN PRISONERS
By Associated Press

Petrograd, via London, Oct. 16. 4.36
A. M.-The Courier publishes a report
that a German force which entered
Warsaw, Russian Poland. region after
two days of hard fighting was cut in
two and driven back on the Lodz,
Petrokoff and Kielce line. The news
paper says it is claimed that 10000
German prisoners were taken.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Action of Prince Is
Causing Much Concern

Rome, Oct. 16. $50 A. MA meas
ure reported to have been adopted by
Prince Hohenlohe, the governor of
Trieste, ordering the expulsion of all
Italian subjects working in the Aus
trian dockyards as a consequence of
the fire at the Monfalcone dockyard.
is causing great ferment here. The
Messagero protests against II as an act
of hostility to Italians, who, it says,
are thus considered responsible for
the fire which greatly damaged a num-
ber of Austrian warships
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
Holding the
Market Steady

Advertised goods have won
everlasting fame for themselves
during the present crisis.
They have held out firmly
against advances in price even
in the face of higher cost of ma
terials.
In most instances manufacture
ers have been content to see their
profits cut, sooner than see their
regulations impaired.
Men who advertise are believ-
ers in the square deal.
They win public confidence be-
cause they are deserving of 1t.
They do not take advantage of
the public when a pinch comes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
British Warships May
Be Used at Ostend
By Atsoeiated Prcts

London, Oc. 16, 1890 A. M.-Tele-
from Copenhagen, a cores
pondent of the Central News declares
that message received there from
Berlin sets forth that the country is
awaiting with the greatest interest
further news of the German advance
toward Ostend. 1t is believed, how
ever, that Ostend will not be taken
without exceeding heavy fighting and
that the British evidently intend to
[Continued on Page 141
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
LONG DROUGHT BROKEN
ShcciaI 10 NC Telegrnbh

Philadelphia, Oct. 16.-More than
an inch of rain fell in Pennsylvania
in the last twenty-four hours, break
ing a drought which had continued for
fifty-five days. Farming was seri-
ously affected by the dry spell and
coal mining was carried on under diff
fculties because of the lack of water
the interior of the State were also
handicapped, in some places water
having had to be carried many miles
for locomotives.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
UNIONS OFFER sUPPORT

General Federation of Trades Unions
has issued a manifesto renewing its
declaration in support of the govern
ment in the present war. but urging
that better provisions be made for
injured soldiers. It recommends a
minimum pension of SIS weekly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
VESSEL MAY SOON BE AFLoAT
Rr Assncinted Prets

By Associated Press
New York, Oct. 16.-The crew of
the United Fruit Company's steamer
Metapan, sunk in a collision yester-
day with the American Hawaiian line
steamer Iowan in Ambrose Channel,
began to-day to lighter a part of the
cargo of bananas and coffee. 1t was
said at the Offices of the company
that they expected to have the vessel
af1oat within twenty-four hours.