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U. S. Notified That "Full Satisfaction" Will Be Given For Sinking of Arabic

HARRISBURG ?l§§8& TELEGRAPH

LXXXIV— No. 199

BEIDLEMi GETS

REAPPOINTMENT TO

HOSPITAL BOARD

Governor Demolishes

Stories About His Opposition

to Organization

DEMOCRATS IN A BAD WAY

Gets Into a Big Family Fight and

Throw Dust to Hide Their

Own Dire Distress

Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh to

day torpedoed the allegations put

forth from Democratic machine

sources that he was at odds with the

Republican organization in Dauphin

county. He reappointed Senator Ed

ward E. Beidleman, of this city, as a

trustee- of the Wernersville State Hos

pital for the Insane, in which the sen

ator has been very actively interested.

The announcement of the appoint

ment caused consternation in the

Democratic political yarn mill, as it

has been the aim of the Democratic

bosses to circulate the story that the

Governor was at odds with the Re

publican organization, the reason for

this Democratic activity being to hide

the continual ruction in the Dauphin

county Democratic camp. The Demo

crats just now are endeavoring to con

ceal the fact that there is a faction

trying to eliminate Robert Stucker,

a Democrat, from the district attorney

campaign by giving the nomination to

a man of another party in the hope

of creating a new fusion bund.

Stucker's friends are angry at the at

tempt to go outside of the party to get

a candidate and are threatening all

kinds of warfare. It was even inti

mated to-day that some of the Demo

crats in the city and county would

buck on Lebo as the fusion candidate

[Continued on Pace B.]

Belgians in "Fake" Race

Escaped Into Holland

/jf Amsterdam, Holland, Aug. 2 7. —How

™l2 Belgians escaped into Holland

through a cleverly faked bicycle race

is told in dispatches from the frontier.

A number of Liege sportsmen called

on the German commandant of that

district a fortnight ago and asked per

mission to organize a bicycle race for

the benefit of the local war victims.

The race was to be from Liege to

Mouiand, on the Dutch frontier.

The commandant fell in with the

plan, only stipulating that each con

testant must wear an arm badge with

the German colors and affix a small

German flag to his bicycle. After

some demur the promoters of the race

consented to the conditions. The com

mandant supplied the badges and flags

himself and agreed to send a military

band to the starting place.

The race took place some days

later with 112 contestants. The entire

countryside turned out to watch the

event and the German sentries all

along the road saluted the racers as

they pedaled by. But the cyclists did

not stop when the reached Mouiand.

They continued straight on across the

Dutch frontier and failed to return.

MINISTER'S SO\S KILI-ED

By Associated Press

Scranton, Pa., Aug. 27.—Ralph and

Harry Lutz, sons of the Rev. John G.

Lutz, pastor of the First German

Methodist Episcopal Church of this

city, were killed to-day by being

struck by a Lackawanna passenger

train.

Vacation season is at its height.

Rest and recreation will not be

complete unless you have all the

news from home daily.

Your favorite newspaper. The

Harrisburg Telegraph, will fill the

gap.

The cost Is the same as when

you are home, six cents a week.

Call The Circulation Depart

ment or drop a postal.

THE WEATHER.

Harrisburg aad vicinity: Cloudy

to-night, Saturday fair. Contin

ued cool.

Eastern Pennsylvania i 'Cloudy to

night. Saturday partly cloudy,

probably showers In southeast

portion. Gentle to moderate

northeast wind*.

River

The Susquehanna river and Its prln

-1 clpal branches will continue to

r fall slowly. A stage of about

4.(1 feet Is Indicated for Harris

burg Saturday morning.

General Conditions

Pressure Is high over the northern

half of the country east of the

Mississippi river with center of

highest barometer over the north

ern portion of the lake region.

The disturbance that was central

over Oklahoma Thursday morning

has moved eastward and now

covers the southeastern States

with its center over Georgia.

Temperatures are below normal

over the northern half of the

country east of the Mississippi

river and frosts occurred this

morning In Minnesota. Wiscon

sin and northern Michigan.

Temperature: S a. m., S8( 2 p. m..

Sum Rises, 5.27 a. M.i sets, 6.47

p. m.

Mooni Rises, S.IO p. m.

River Stage i 5.1 feet above low

water mark.

_ _ Yesterday's Weather

Highest Temperatare, 77.

I.owest temperatare, 60.

Mean temperature, (10.

Norma! temperature, 70.

POST OFFICE TO BE

RE-ORGANIZED UNDER

TWO DIVISION PLAN

Future Work Here Will Be Con

ducted by Finance and

Mails Department

THREE CLERKS ARE PROMOTED

Samuel W. Fleming Is Made Chief

of Division of Finance; J. E.

Lenig Foreman of Mails

Special to The Telegraph

Washington, D. C., Aug. 27.—Post

master General Burleson to-day an

nounced plans for the reorganization

of the Harrisburg Post Office upon the |

two-division plan, effective Septem

ber X. Divisions or finance and mails

arc created and all the work of the

office is brought within the two di

visions. »

Samuel W. Fleming, assistant post

master. is made chief of the division

of finance without change in salary.

In the mailing division three clerks

receive advances in salary, as follows:

E. H. Anderson and Harry E. Speas,

from sixth grade clerks at $1,200 a

year to assistant superintendents of

mails at $1,300; J. E. Lenig, clerk of

the sixth grade at $1,200,. promoted

to be foreman of mails at $1,300 an- j

nually.

One of the features of the new plan

is that clerks can be called by the

chief of either division to some other

work without regard to their regular

assignments. The new plan has

worked with much success in other

I larger cities in which it has been

| installed.

20,000 Odd Fellows

From Seven Counties to

Attend Hershey Reunion

j More than 20,000 people are -ex

pected at Hershey Park tomorrow for

the annual reunion of the Seven

County Association of the Indepen

dent Order of Odd Fellows.

Speakers of the day will be: Grand

Master of Pennsylvania, J. P. Hale

Jenkins, of Norristown; Grand Sec

retary, Usher A. Hall, of Philadel

phia; Grand Warden, Robert A.

Montgomery, of Philadelphia, tem

porarily residing in Harrisburg, and

Grant A. McClatliery.

In the afternoon the Hershey and

Highspire teams of the Central Penn

sylvania League will play a baseball

■ game on the Hershey field.

Minnesota Bishop Is

Shot by an Ex-Priest

By .Associated Press

Winona, Minn., Aug. 27.—Right

Rev. Patrick K. Heffron, bishop of

the Winona Roman Catholic diocese,

was shot and seriously wounded to

day by the Rev. Father A. L. Lesches,

a priest, for whom the bishop had

refused to procure an appointment.

The bishop was shot once through the

right lung and once in the hip. Phy

sicians said he would recover unless

complications set in. Father Lesches

i was arrested.

Manager of Company

Chartering Eastland

Held For Manslaughter

Chicago, Aug. 2 7.—Walter K.

Greenebaum, manager of the Indiana

Transportation Company, was in

dicted by the county grand jury to

day charged with manslaughter in

connection with the. Eastland disas

ter. His company leased the steamer

for the excursion which was blocked

by the capsizing of the Eastland in the

Chicago river with the loss of near

ly a thousand lives. The indictment

charges that the boat was unsea

worthy and overloaded.

Masons to Make Plans

For Consistory Celebration

Officers of the Masonic lodges of the

city will meet to-night in the Har-

I risburg consistory to set a date for

j the celebration in November of the

I fiftieth anniversary of the founding

of the Consistory.

It is probable that the observance

| will extend over a period of three or

; four days. Further arrangements

j will be made within a few weeks.

Confused Man Injured When

He Steps in Front of "Jit"

Confused when * saw a jitney

bearing down on him at Third and

Muench streets this morning, Milton

Sanderson, Newport, see-sawed back

and forth in front of the machine, ac

cording to witnesses and then jumped

in its path as it swerved around him.

Sanderson was taken to the hospital

where it was found he was suffering

from shock and probable fractured

ribs and internal injuries. The ma

chine was driven by Spencer Palmer

and is owned by .Jack Kelley, 210

Chestnut street.

WHAT? NO BUCKWHEAT CAKES?

By .issoctated Press

Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 27.

Reports received here to-day from

Cadillac, Petoskey and Traverse City,

indicate that the bean, corn, potato

and buckwheat crops Northern

Michigan are practically ruined as

the result of heavy frost last night.

Garden truck also suffered extensive

ly, it was said.

WATCH FOR ALLIGATOR

It is reported that an alligator es

caped from his cage at Bernesco, near

Bloomsburg, and is somewhere be

tween that town and this city. The

alligator is six feet long and weighs

about 75 pounds.

HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1915.

WHAT THE WILD WEST SHOW BLEW INTO TOWN

BRITISH THREATENED |

WITH COM. SHORTAGE

25,000 Miners Go on Strike in

South Wales District Be

cause of Award

TURKS REPULSED ATTACKS

New Venizelos Minister Seeks

Agreement For Greater

Trade Privileges

Another strike of coal miners In

South Wales again threatens to cause :

a coal shortage in the British Isles.

Already 25.000 miners have gone out.

The miners are dissatisfied with the

arbitration award following the recent

strike.

Latest news from the Dardanelles

comes through the war olTiec at Con

stantinople, which reports the repulse

of weak attacks against tlie Turkish j

left wing at Scddul-V Uir.

The sinking of the Britisher Palm 1

Giove, presumably by a German sub- i

marine, is reported by London. The '

crew was saved.

The lirst reported act of the Vcni- !

zelos ministry in reaching an agree

ment for greater trade privileges bo

tween Greece and the powers of the

quadruple entente, with prohibition,

[Continued on Page 13.]

Make Unsuccessful

Attempt to Blow Safe

With $l,lOO in Cash

Yeggs made an unsuccessful at

tempt to blow the safe of the Harris

burg News Agency, 108 Chestnut i

street some time Wednesday night. I

whether they were frightened away!

or found the safe, which contained I

$llOO, too hard to crack is not known.!

When clerks attempted to open the!

safe yesterday morning they found I

that the knob had been struck with i

a hammer or other heavy instrument j

and bent. The mechanism was also j

awry and it took more than an hour

to open it. Entrance to the room was

probably made through a window,

which was found unlatched.

Horse Killed When Auto

Drags Wagon 100 Feet*

Harvey Sites and Robert Sponsler.!

of Xew Kingston, narrowly escaped i

serious injury early this morning on

the State road between Middlesex and ;

New Kingston when their carriage i

was struck by an automobile and j

dragged 100 feet. The horse wasi

killed shortly afterward because of'

its injuries. The driver of the auto

sustained lacerations of the face and

it is believed that a young woman who

was with him fractured her arm.

Sites and Sponsler escaped uninjured.

The driver of the car refused to give

his name.

Sites claims that the automobile

had Harrisburg jitney license No. 4

on it. This license was issued to Les

ter Holtzman several months ago.

Since that time the car has been sold

and the name of the present owner

could not be learned.

Man Is Shot in Legs

by Railroad Officer;

While resisting arrest, E. N. Haines

was shot in the right leg by Officer

Booser. of the Philadelphia and Read

ing railway police this morning at

Seventeenth street along the railway

tracks. Officer Booser said that the

man had thrown a large rock at hi in.

Haines was taken to the Harrisburg

hospital where an X-ray was taken to

locate the bullet.

HAVE SUPPLIES FOR WINTER

By Associated Press

Berlin, Aug. 27.—8y Wireless to

SayvlUe.—The Overseas News Agency

says: "The army and navy depart

ments announce that a sufficient sup

ply of woolen garments, shawls, un

derwear, socks, gloves, fur coats and

ear protectors for all requirements of

the winter campaign has been pro

vided.

WOULDN'T LEI THE

BUFFALO PINE: 50

HE BODE ON WAGON

I

That's the Significance That Was

Attached to His Appearance To

day Following $15,000 Suit

The buffalo in the 101 Ranch Wild

West show parade to-day rode in a

wagon: on show day last year he

traveled, carefree and untrammeled,

over the streets of Harrisburg a-hoof.

Whether the buffalo was threaten-!

Ed with the loss of his job or even, his

parading principles, because of a cer

tain legal action begun late yester

day afternoon in the Dauphin county

courts is neither here nor there; the

press agents will probably deny that

there was the least significance in the

fact that the shaggiest member of the

company rode instead of walked in

the parade to-day. However—

An action in trespass was begun

yesterday by.W. Bruce Fry and wife,

Clara, of 406'.j Reily street, against

Miller Brothers and Arlington, pro

prietors of the woolly western exhibi

tion that Is showing here to-day in

which $15,000 damages was demand

ed for injuries Mrs. Fry alleges she

received when the parade was held

here on July 6, 1914. And the buffalo

is blamed.

'Twas a "Ferae Naturae"

Senator E. E. Beidleman and

' Arthur Hull, representing the Frys

[filed the suit, SIO,OOO for Mrs. Fry

I and $5,000 for her husband. The

statement, in hrief, cites the fact that

Mr. and Mrs. Fry were watching the

parade in Reily between Fulton and

Fourth streets, when the procession's

only "ferae naturae, to wit, a buffalo,"

through the carelessness of the show

employes got away and started to run

amuck across the pavement. The

buffalo with lowered head bumped

[Continued on Pago IS.]

INDIANS AFTER SCALP OF

MONTREAL; ONLY 600 FANS

'-f

Montreal was leading in the sixth i

inning by the score ot 5 to 3. The

Indians are pounding the pill but

can't bunch their hits.

Only 6uo people turned out this

afternoon for the first game on the

Island between the Montreal Royals

and the Harrisburg Indians when the

four-game series opened. The weather

man with his bucket ready to spill

kept the fans away.

The teams lined up as follows:

Montreal Nash, s.s.; Irelan, b.;

Montreal Nash, s.s.; Irelan, 2b.;

3b.; T. Smith, r. f.; F. Smith, 1.f.;

Howley, c.; Fullerton, p.

Harrisburg Mensor, c.f.; Mowe,

s.s.: Tooley, 2b.; Kraft, lb.; Zimmer

man. 3b.; Witter, r.f.; Tamm, 1.f.;

Heckinger, c.; Lee, p.

Hart and Handiboe, umpires.

First inning. Montreal—Nash out.

Mowe to Kraft. Irelan tripled to cen

ter, scoring on Whlteman's single.

Flyn hit into a double play, Whiteman

going out at second and Flyn at flsrt. 1

One run. two hits, no errors. i

Harrisburg—Mensor died out to F. 1

Smith. Mowe fanned. Tooley out, l

Irelan to Flyn. No runs, no hits, no

errors.

Second inning, Montreal Devlin

THE GAMES TODAY BY INNINGS AT ISLAND PARK

FIRST GAME

1 23 45 6789 10 RHE

Montreal . □QEIQBDIjIEIEM BOOH

Harrisburg EMHiIIBIBBiBMi EIEOO

SECOND GAME

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Harrisburg HHHIHHIHHH IHI

PMOOND MEET

DURING CELEBRATION

Annual Track and Field Events

Scheduled For Sycamore Recrea

tion Place September 23

SCORES WILL COMPETE j

High Schools May Be Asked to

Hold Dual Sports; Rushing Work

on Lower End "Eighth-Mile"

September 23, the opening day of

Harrisburg's big public improvement

celebration, will be a "red letter" day

in more ways than one for hundreds

of the city's youngsters—the annual

interplayground track and field meet

has been scheduled for that date.

The Sycamore street playgrounds

j will likely be the place.

For weeks the park department has

been making extraordinary efforts to

' finish the grading and the laying out

of track and various courts for chil

[ drens' field events and Park Commis

sioner M. Harvey Taylor said today

that he fully expects to have the new

recreation grounds in shape by the

date decided upon.

Heretofore the athletic contests of

the city's smallest athletes have been

held on the island track but the op

erations of the Cumberland Valley

railroad bridge contractors has cut a

j portion of the tracks out of service.

I In mapping out the general scheme

for the municipal observance Septem

ber 23-24-25 the committee gave

much thought to several plans for in

cluding the children of the play

grounds in the celebration and it had

even been suggested that Romper Day

be postponed until then. The fact

that the playground organization in

sofar as the various leagues are con-

[Continued on Page 7.]

I out. Mowe to Kraft. T. Smith forced

our at second by F. Smith. Howley

walked and was forced out at second

by Fullerton. No runs, no hits, no

errors.

Harrisburg—Kraft flied out to Nash.

Zimmerman walked, going to third on

Witter s single. Tamm hit to Nash,

who threw Zimmerman out at the

plate. Heckinger tossed out Fullerton

to Flyn. No runs, one hit. no errors.

Third inning. Montreal Nash

doubled to right. Irelan hit to short,

Nash going out at third. Irelan stole

second, took third on Whlteman's sac

rifice fly to Tamm and scored on

Flyn's single to center. Devlin fanned.

One run, two hits, no errors.

Harrisburg Lee singled to left.

Mensor flied out to Devlin. Mowe

walked. Tooley forced Mowe out at

second. Kraft walked, tilling the

bases. Zimmerman Hied out to Irelan

No runs, one hit, no errors.

Montreal fourth,—P. Smith, flied

out, S. Smith, singled to first, Howley

singled to center, Fullerton fanned,

Nash out at first. No run, two hits

no errors.

Harrisburg: Whitter walked.

[Continued on Page 15.]

16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT

'FULL SUTGHCrar

WILL BE GIVEN 11. S.

Sirs VM BEHNSTDRFF

Ambassador Explains Germany

Will Make More Than Mere

Disavowal of Act

BERLIN REPORTED FALTERING

i

Crisis Between Two Countries Has

Passed Into Realm of

Diplomacy

By Associated Press

Washington, Aug. 27.—Count Von

| Bernstorff, the German Ambassador,

I acting on instructions from Berlin,

! notified Secretary Lansing today that

i full satisfaction" would be given to

the United States for the sinking of

the White Star liner Arabic. The I

Ambassador explained that Germany!

w'ould make more than a mere dis-!

avowal, if it is found the Arabic was!

sunk without warning.

Count Von Bernstorff called at the j

State Department early and conferred

with Secretary Lansing nearly half l

an hour, it had been suggested that!

perhaps Germany was ready also to'

make reparation for the Americans I

lost on the Lusitania, but that sub

ject did not come up at today's con- j

ference. The disposition of the Ger

man Eml assy is to take up one step

at a time.

The Ambassador did not make pub

lic the extent of the instructions from

Berlin on which he acted, but it was

understood they coincided entirely

with the statement of the German

chancellor in Associated Press dis

patches from Berlin yesterday, ex

pressing the willingness of the Ger

j man government to make fullest rep

aration if it is shown finally that the

.Arabic was torpedoed without warn

' ing. So far the German Admiralty]

| has received no report from its sub-1

j marines which wen* operating in the I

J Arabic's vicinity. Further communi-j

(cations now are expected from Berlin

i to the German Ambassador and to the

I State Department from Ambassador

Gerard, which will advance the ne

gotiations to a point where attacks

on passenger carrying ships will be

definitely discontinued at least while

the subject is under further discus

sion. The crisis between the two

countries now is regarded as having

passed into the realm of diplomacy.

—rffr,- m ►«M m*OM3

rlarrisburg lost first game to Montreal by a score of 5 to 3..* '

TR AT : : . . T T ilRO'. G DGK- FOUR KILLED

Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 27.—Four persons were killed aAd ' '

vvt'. .■ l, vbt: i r n northb :ml Atchison.

' !

Prescolt t.-U through a bri 1 Date Creek, The bridge

urst. The engine passed | j

>ver safely, then a span collapsed, plunging a smoking car ;

into he - ,

TWENTY MEXICANS AT LARGE

B; • : . -ire. A;: - ■ Twrly Mis .nr. who -

:rossed into Texas last night near Progreso, Texas, were still

at brg" • ■ Cavalry .. n'.ers were searching for

them in the brush but according'to reports here, had failed 1

to locate their hiding place.,

i;

Chicago, Aug. 27.—Miss Elaine Rosenthal, of Chicago, ;

! I

:ng Mrs. ». ' F;n ;: • . " t '• u;: and 3to

play. • '

VARE FILES MAY! t ►

Philadelphia, Aug. 27;- r - \ essir.an William S Vare

, i

petit! :>n ; candidate ior , .lb';;. r.oTv.ir.T.ioji for

mayor. The petition has 1500 signers. .

RUSS TO EVACUATE LAST STRONGHOLD ' '

Lor Aui::. 27,5.34 V " -The Russians apparently.

have decided to evacuate Grpdno, the one important strong-' '

hoi 4 on the r i rircipal line or 'tinse which they still retau.

A message from Petrograd to Reuters' Telegram Company 1 >

quoter th; Russky Tnvalid * * -ting thst Grodno will be

given up when the retreat of the defenders has been covered, m

WILSON WITHDRAWS

Harrisburg. William C. Wilson, Philadelphia, to-day |

withdrew .is nominating; p< to be a candidate for

Su*.ior Cu: t. . (

EBY FILES S PAPERS

Harrisburg. County C .. sioner John H. Eby,

Lykens, this afternoon filed Democratic and Washington*

petitions for renomination.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Walter Jacknon and l,l»lc Maae, Stnltoa. C

TbomaH Clark Black and Marjorle Kaonle Fackler, City. f

MONTEREY EDITOR

URGES MEXICANS TO

SEIZE SIX STITES

Copies of Newspaper Confiscated

by U. S. Officials at

Laredo, Tex.

FAKE CHARGES BROUGHT OUT

Article Says Rangers and Bandits

in America Commit All Man

ner of Offenses

By Associated Press

Laredo, Tex., Aug. 27. United

States Custom officials confiscated

copies of a Monterey paper which

reached here publishing an in

flammatory article urging Mexicans to

rise against the United States, seize

I Texas, New Mexioo, Arizona, Cali

-1 fornia, parts of Oklahoma and Mlss

! issippi and name the whole "the Re-

I public of Texas."

The article charged that rangers

I and bandits in America were commit-

I ting all manner of offenses against

] Mexicans.

1 MEXICAN' MORTALLY WOUNDED

By Associated Press

) Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 27.

Mexican bandits and American peace

officers yesterday fought in a public

road leading into Falfurrias, Brooks

county and one of four armed Mex

icans was probably mortally wounded.

None of the Americans was hurt. The

wounded Mexican carried a high

power rifle and 105 pounds of am

munition. His companions escaped.

INTERNAL RECEIPTS INCREASE

By Associated Press

Washington, D. C., Aug. 27. Tlio

greatest total of internal revenue re

iceipts in the history of the Govern

| ment were recorded in the annual re

| port of the commissioner of internal

j revenue to-day. The aggregate re

j ceipts during the fiscal year ended

I June 30. including the corporation and

.individual income taxes reached $415,-

revious year.

000,000 against $380,000,000 for the

BRITISH STEAMER SUNK

By Associated Press

London, Aug. 27, 12:27 p. m. —The

British steamer Palm Grove has been

sunk. H&r crew was saved.