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THE WEATHER

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CLOUDY TO MORROW

Detailed Report, l'age 6

g^ A ? L ,'sT H « KU VOL. 76 —NO. 138.

ACTIVITY OF

GERMANS IS

MENACING

Allies Will Probably

Have to Seek New

Positions in Order to

Protect Coast

A NEW FACTOR IN

DIXMUDE'S FALL

TVith Kaiser's Troops Evidently Meet

ing With Success in Latest Stages

of the War, Optimism in English

Circles Is Less Apparent

London, Nov. 12, 9,55 A. !M.—The

•wave of optimism which has been

sweeping England for the past week

was checked to-day by news of the

occupation of Dixmude by German

forces and the renewed indication of the

peril from German submarines by the

fate of the torpedo gunboat Niger,

which yesterday nioruing was destroyed

by a torpedo launched from a subma

rine of the enemy. This occurred within

sight of the English Shore in the narrow

part of the channel where several hun

dred ships lay at anchor.

The importance of the fall of Dix

mude is difficult to estimate without

an exact knowledge of how the oppos

ing forces are disposed in this locality,

but the town is on the direct road to

Dunkirk, and if the German forces can I

debouch from it, the allies probaibjy will 1

be compelled to fall back to new po

sitions in their efforts to block the way

to the coast.

Allies Still Hold Ypres

The allies still hold Ypres, where the

lighting evidently is of the most des

perate character. Shells constantly are

falling in the town whieh also is the

object of aeroplane attacks. Armen

tieres, which has been constantly a bone

of •contention, being first occupied by

the invaders and then by tJie defend-

Las now become too hot for occu

pation by either side. The Germans

are on the hills on one side of the town

and the allies are attacking it unceas

ingly from the other side.

The official communication given out

in Paris last night claims that the In

vaders throughout the dav continued

their efforts on the day before without

achieving any fresh results and de

clares that the Germans are malciug

vain attempts to move out from Dix

mude along the left bank of the Yser.

Russian Pursuit Slackens

For the moment the Russian pursuit

along the Silesian frontier has slacken

ed. The Germans are reported in Lon

don to be making efforts further to

strengthen their present line of for

tresses, anticipating a Russian invasion

and the marvelous system of strategic

railroads extending along the line of

fortresses between Graudenz, Thorn,

Posen and Cracow, will enable them to

•bring up reinforcements so rapidly that

the German center is not likely'again

to be exposed to the same weakness

■which led to the retreat before Warsaw.

The rumor still "Continues persistent

ly in London that the German Crown

Prince was in command o-' the German

center which gave way before the Rns- i

sian assault outside of Warsaw, and j

he is being blamed for this reverse. !

Say There Are German Dissensions

A dispatch received here from Peetro

jjrad declares that the dissensions be

tween General Von Hindenburg, com

mander of the German forces in East

Prussia, and General Dank], the Aus

trian commander, are so acute that Alls-!

trian ofii.-ers are refusing longer to co- 1

operate with the German staff.

Vienna officially admits the with-|

drawal of the Austrians from Western i

Galicia and the complete investment bv j

the Russians of the Przemysl fortress.!

'but u.p to yesterday the Austrian gen- i

eral staff was reporting continued sue-1

cess in the Austrian invasion of Servia. i

Russian army headquarters in the j

Caucasus reports only minor actions!

with the Russians still occupying the'

points in Armenia previously captured '

by therm.

AUSTRIANS ANNIHILATED: 1

2.000 PRISONERS TAKENj

Nisli, Servia, Nov. 12, via London, I

11.57 A. M.—The six battalions of i

Austrian infantry, with quick-firing!

guns, which crossed the Danube nearj

Szderevo under cover of artillery fircj

on November 9, have been annihilated!

by a Servian counter attack, according j

to official information given out in I

Nish to-day.

"All the men not killed, wounded

or drowned in the Danube, fell into

our hands,' the Servian announcement

continued. "We made 2,000 prisoners

and captured two quick-firing guns." •

FRENCH STEAMER FOUNDERS:

ELEVEN PERSONS LOSE LIVES

London, Nov. 12, 1.05 P. M. AI

dispatch from Havre to Lloyds agency!

says the French steamer Duchesse De

Guiche foundered in the Havre road

stead during a gale and that eleven

persons lost their lives.

§l)e Star- fnkpctiktii

LATE WAR MEWS SUMMARY

Over the long battle lines of Europe

comparative quiet prevailed to-day ex

cept In Belgium, where the conflict

continues, still with deadly fury and

still undecided.

On the Servian border sharp fight

ing is in progress and the Turks are

in action against the Russians, but on

the main positions through France,

along the east Prussian border and in

Galicia there apparently is a lull. On

the success or failure of the German

attempt to force a way to the English

channel at whatever cost may depend

the future of the campaign not only in

Belgium but elsewhere.

To-day's official French statement,

the only authoritative word up to early

afternoon, sketched out a battle line

which adhered closely to that previous

ly reported. In contract with yester

day's frank admission of a German

advance, including the capture of Dix

mude, the French statement officially

was non-committal. Fighting continues

with violence on the western end of

the line, it is said, but there are no

indications whether the Germans have

succeeded in pushing further their ad

vance. It is assumed in all quarters

that the utmost energy of the allies

will be expended in efforts to halt the

German movement west of Dixmude,

as the road lies straight to Dunkirk,

on the channel.

Minor engagements are reported at

other points on the line, but apparent

ly there have been no movements of

note.

Along the Servian border, the inly

other point from which heavy fighting

is reported, the Austrians are making

a determined effort to crush Servia

and complete the campaign before the

opening of winter.

Austria's recent assertions that her

troops had defeated the Servians and

were carrying the fighting well on Ser

vian soil found partial confirmation in

official information from Nisli, where it

is admitted that the Servians abandon

ed some positions along the northern

border for "strategic reasons." A de

cisive victory, however, is claimed by

the Servians in one of the numerous en

gagements now in progress along both

the western and northern boundaries. A

force of ft,(MM) Austrians who crossed

the Danube at a point thirty miles from

Belgrade, the Servian war office says,

was put to route, 1 ,<><>(> being killed,

2,000 captured and many drowned in

the river.

The Russian pursuit of the Germans

along the Silesian frontier has slack

ened and the Germans are strengthen

ing their positions along the line of bor

der fortresses in expectation of an at

tempted Russian invasion.

Petrograd makes the statement that

the rotaoat of the Germans was due to

the failure of their Crown Prince, in

command of the renter, to hold his po

sition. Both General Von Hindenburg

in the north and General Dankl in

Continued on Klrventb PHRP.

TURKS REPORT A SWEEPING

VICTORY OVER THE RUSSIANS

Berlin, Tuesday, Nov. 10 (by Wire

less). —A Turkish official report re

ceived here from Constantinople and

given out to-day says the Russians

have been completely defeated on the

Caucasian frontier after a fight which

lasted two day«. The positions of the

Russians are now occupied by the

Turks.

A Turkish tleet pursued the Russian

ships which took part in the bombard

ing of Koslu, on the Black sea, but the

Russians escaped in the fog.

C 4i /IS

USING R.USSIAN PEJSONEfcS IN iNSTERSERG AS STREET CLEANED

I'rubaiuii Joau" b ° Ve Photo Bh ° Wß KUSS ' aU *° ldierS C ' C,IUIUK Ue * treCUi ° l tU * UerUm " City > lD soldier* ware captured by the Germans during the beav, fighting on the East

HARRISBUIiG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 19.14—12 PAGES.

3 BROIIT HOI

AFTER CAR UPSET

Trio of Enola Railroad

Men Still Suffering

From Injuries Re

ceived Near Columbia |

AUTO TURNED

A SOMERSAULT

Jamison's Leg Broken and Arm Torn

From Socket—James McCormick's ,

Ribs Fractured—Percival White j

Bruised and Battered

Oleni Jamison, of Enola, whose left-!

leg was broken above the ankle an J

right arm torn from its socket when

am automobile in which he was riding |

turned completely over in the road |

about half a mile this side of Colum- j

bia, was taken to his home in the cross i

river railroad town last evening. Two !

others, also of Enola, who were less j

severely injured, were taken home on •

the night of the accident. It occurred j

last Monday.

James McCormick, a conductor in 1

the Enola yards, and Percival White,!

of Enola, were with Jamison headed .

toward Columbia in a car belonging to |

McCormick. When half a mile outside j

that city McCormick turned a curve in j

the road and unexpectedly the car ran t

into a "breaker'' which turned the

machine into a gutter.

The right front wheel was twisted

from the car which turned a complete

somersault righting itself alongside the

road after the revolution. All of the

men were hurt under the machine

when it rolled over.

It is believed that McCormick has

several fractured ribs. He was taken

to his home on Monday night and has !

since been corifined to his bed. He!

has severe pains in his side. White, I

who was the least injured of the three, I

is able to be about.

All were taken at first to the Co-!

ltimbia hospital where, after treat-!

ment, McCormick and White were sent I

to their liomrs the same night. Jami

son's condition was such that he could

not be moved from the hospital until

yesterday. The machine, badly dam- 1

aged, also was sent to Enola vester

j day.

RIDE CAUSED INJURIES TO 2

Pair That Got "Lift" in Auto Soon

Afterward Hurt in Crash

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dorsey, of May- !

towu, who had started on a walk to !

Lewistown, their former home, yester- 1

day accepted the invitation of an auto- |

ist to ride ns far as Middletown. They t

had scarcely entered the machine be-j

fore it struck an oil wagon and they j

were thrown out.

They were taken to the Harrisburg j

hospital, where, Mrs. Dorsey, who was

more seriously hurt than her husband,

was kept over night. She suffered

body bruises and lace atious of th(v

face and hands.

REPUBLICANS EAT TURKEY

PROVIDED BT DEMOCRAT

Senator Beidelman "Rings in" Some

Extra Guests When Mercer B. Tate

Pays Election Wager With a Feast

at Cold Spring Cottage

When political' interest was pt its

highest pitch in Harrisburg just before

the last, election and small wagers were

being laid on the result in Harrisburg

and Dauphin county, Senator K. E. Bei

delman met Mercer H. Tate, and there

was a discussion as to who would car

ry Harrisburg and Dauphin county

among the candidates for Governor.

Senator Beidelman, full of the faith

that was in him that Ur. Brumbaugh

would will out, proposed a small wager

that McCormiek, for Governor, would

not carry Harrisburg. Mr. Tate at once

accepted the wager, also being full of

the faith that Mt% McCormick would

carry his own city.

Then Senator Beidelman, accumulat

ing more faith as the argument pro

ceeded, ottered a wager McCor

mick would not carry L>auphin county,

•which Mr. Tate promptly accepted.

Emboldened by t.he faith that was al

ready distending his diaphragm, Sena

tor Beidelman further offered a wager

of a dinner for fifteen—turkey and

fixin's—that he would win the two

wagers he had already made with Mr.

Tate. Mr. Tate, being game and stifl

fuller of the faith, took the bet, de

termined to ''put one over" on the

Senator.

Well, you know how that election

turned out in Harrisburg and IXauphin

county. Why dwell on the things of

the past? Senator Beidleman won all

three of the wagers, and last evening

Mr. Tate cancelled his dinner bet by

Conlfniit'd mi Seventh I'nffc

4 iWENTIONEDJOR SHERIFF

Bailey, Fletcher, Reese and Eby Re-!

ported to Be Ambitious to Suc

ceed Wells In Office

Three Republicans and one Demo-!

erat already have been mentioned as

possible candidates in 1915 for sheriff

of Dauphin county, to succeed Harry i

C. Wells, who cannot, under the law, 1

succeed himself. There is a report that

Wells will seek another political post

but as vet he declines to say what it is.

County Treasurer A. 11. Bailey, Re

publican, who was among the leaders

in the movement to have Paxtang in

corporated into a borough, has been |

mentioned as a candidate ."or sheriff

along with J. Rowp Fletcher, Republi

can, who was Sheriff Weils' predecessor

in office. Isaiah Reese, Republican, fore

man of Roundhouse No. 1, of the Penn

sylvania Railroad, is also telling his

friends that he aspires to that office.

John 11. Eby, a Democrat, minority

member of the Board of County Com

missioners, who according to one story i

may be a candidate for re-election, is

also spoken of as a possible aspirant to

the office of sheriff.

RECEIVE RELIEF MONEY

New Cumberland Schools Give $35.20

to Belgian Fund

The following contributions have

been received by the Star Independent

for the Belgian relief fund: New

Cumberland schools, $35.20; Mirs.

Emma A. Matter, $1: a Welshman, $1:1

cash, sl.

The Star-Independent will be glad to I

receive further contributions to this

fund and wil' forward them at once

to the proper authorities.

HINTINC NOW AT

HIGHER TAX RATE

City Commissioners In

dicate Need of Great

er Millage to Finance

Harrisburg's Wants

TALKS OF MORE

AUTO APPARATUS

Taylor Plans Tractors for Friendship

Engine and Mt. Vernon Truck—

Royal Wants at Least Five More

Blueeoats

Pursuant to a resolution adopted at

their meeting on Tuesday, the City

Commissioners already are mapping out

plans for 1915 expenditures by pre

paring schedules of what they consid

er to be the city's needs and making

tentative arrangements for further im

provement work to be paid for out of

the several City loans.

The Commissioners now say they are

certain it will be impossible to reduce

the tax rate and, while some will not

say that, there will be an increase, they

admit that they are likely to encounter

hardships in taking care of the 1!)15

business with the present rate of reve

nue. This situation, they say, is cre

ated chiefly through the fact that all

revenues derived from the 9% tax rate

levied for the present 9-mouth fiscal

"year" have been appropriated under

the 1914 budget. Also the balances

that will be available for taking care

of the appropriations until August,

next, when the 1915 taxes will start

coming in, are not very great.

When the budget was made up a

year ago, shortly after the commission

form of government went into effect,

the Commissioners realized that the

revenues under the old tax rate—nine

and one-half mills- —would by far cx

('onllnuotl on Fourth rmse.

VILLA TO ATM CARRANZA

Former, at Head of Large Column, Be

gins March on Latter From

Aguas Calientes

By Associated Press,

Washington, Nov. 12. —General Vil

la, at the head of a large column of

troops, has begun marching south from

Aguas Calientes to attack the Carran/.a

forces under General Gonzales at

Queretaro. Official advices to-day say

the Aguas Calientes convention ordered

the movement.

General Blanco, who had announced

his intention of remaining loyal to the

•convention, started for Mexico City to

take command of his troops, but was

arrested at Silao by General Gonzales.

George C. Caret hers, American con

sular agent, reported that he was ac

companying Villa on his march south.

BICELOW WINS ROAD FICHT

Judge McCarrell Quashes Indictment in

Schuylkill County Action Against

the Highway Commj«'- i .oner

The authorities of seve townships

in Schuylkill county recently brought

suit against State Highway Commis

sioner Bigelow, charging him with

criminal negligence in not caring for

the township roads, as was held to be

his duty under the law. The matter

was several times postponed and

finally the Supreme Court was asked

for a change of venue on the ground

that public opinion was such that Mr.

Bigelow could not get a fair trial in

Schuylkill.

This request was granted and the

case remanded to the Dauphin county

court for trial. The matter was argued

at length before Judge McCarrell and

a motion was made by Bigelow's at

torneys to quash the indictment.

To-day Judge McCarrell handed

down an opinion quashing the indict

ment and saying that, under the cir

cumstances, us shown by the evidence,

the State Highway Commissioner had

done the best he could in apportioning

State road aid money to t'he townships

and thai his action with respect to the

Scihuylkill county roads was in no way

criminal.

'SENTENCED TOHEAS STQUGH

Defendant at Police Court Is Told by

1 Mayor He Must Go to the

Tabernacle

c

An unusual sentence was pronounced

f by Mayor Royal in police court this

, r afternoon, when he sent William Sim

-1 nions, of 1 jemoyne, not to jail, but t,o

the Stough tabernacle. The man, who

I said he was a l>omoync merchant, had

been arrested last night at 12.45

| o'clock between the Market street and

Walnut street bridges by Policemen

g Shelhas and Wiesinan, who testify that

B he was dead drunk.

"Stough is trying to convert fellows

t like you," said his honor, the mayor,

addressing the defendant. "I sentence

a you to attend the meetings at the

u Stough tabernacle."

f [ The prisoner had told the mayor

e [ that he was present at the Stough

P meeting last night, accompanied by a

. quart of whiskey, and that when he

missed his car after the services, he

had decided to walk home and started

toward the river, lie promised faith-

II fully to go again to hear the evangc-

I list, and was released.

WARN ECUADOR AM) COLOMBIA

ON NEUTRALITY VIOLATIONS

Washington, Nov. 12.—(France and

Great Britain have warned Ecuador

and Colombia in vigorous terms that

'violations of neutrality by thos e conn

- tries will not. be tolerated.

P. T. Meredith's Mother Dies

II Word was roceivod last evening by

n Phillip T. Meredith, 1605 North Front

. street, of the death of his mother, Mrs.

T. J. Meredith, at her home in Clou

s' cester county, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs.

d I'. T. Meredith with Mrs. John M. Wal

lis, a daughter of Mrs. T. J. Meredith;

Miss Alice Wallis and John M. Wallis,

J Jr., 1717 North Second street, left this

„ morning for Gloucester county to attend

the funeral.

o

Food Ship Starts for Belgium

s Philadelphia, Nov. 12.—The food

'• ship Thelma, bearing 1,900 tons of

foodstuff's for the starving people in

Belgium, sailed from this port to-day

for Rotterdam, from which poiut her

i. precious cargo will be distributed.

POSTSCRIPT

PRICE, ONE CENT.

U. S. SAVED

BYWILSOH

-DR.STOUGH

! Praise of President for

Averting War Gets

Storm of Applause

at Tabernacle

CARNAGE CALLED

| GOD'S JUDGMENT

Revivalist Tells Church Members They

Have Narrowed Their Sympathies

| and Compassions to Their Separate

Denominations

Hie general enthusiasm was not great

;at the Stough tabernacle last night,

since the evangelist's sermon was di

retted stiaight at the church members,

w ho made up the greater part of the an-

I dience. The preacher said they were

! not anxious to "encore their own

i shortcomings." A storm of applause re

| warded the speaker, however, wlieu in

| touching upon the European war, ho

paid a tribute to President Wilson, as

serting that only by the narrowest mar

gin did the United States escape being

involved in the present conflict and that

had there been a man in the presidency

not as well poised as Woodrow Wilson,

the nation would, now be at war. The

| clapping aud stamping of feet was as

prolonged us it_ has yet been at any of

the tabernacle meetings.

The evangelist asserted that the Eu

| ropean war "can be traced to the

(lodlessness of Prance and Gennanv."

I Hei said that, on Sundays, Berlin's"in

habitants "are out swilling beer and

passing up God," that France is on

! inhdel nation, and that Brussels in

, Belgium is another Paris. He would

say nothing against Great Britain. He

asserted that, if this nation does not

j profit by the judgments of God 011 the

| European countries, it will also pass

I through "a baptism of blood."

Passages From Sermon

Striking passages from the evau-e

list's sermon follow:

If the judgment bar of God were to

jset at midnight, half of Harrisburg

1 would be jn Hell to-morrow.

If some of you would stop spenkip"

evil, d run out of ideas.

The only reward a lot of old Bible

| preachers got was to have their heads

I cut off, or something equallv ull ulcus

-1 aut.

God hi's in,ule me an evangelist sfl

I can say some things I couldn't say

; as a pastor.

You needn't tc'.l your preachers von

want them to preach all the time li!>e

1 1 do, because yon don't.

I don t seem to use niu-h sense here

: perhaps but I 'vc got more sense tliuu

j 1 use.

All the powers of hell cannot stop

ia revival of religion in this town.

Experimental religion means that

Continued im lllctrntli |*n«».

SIOUCfI 10 CALL FOR Fi IST

TRAiL-HITTERS TO-NIGHT

Evangelist Will Start Work 011 Church

Members at Thir, Evenius'3 Meat

ing, When He Appeals to Them to

Hit the Saw Dust

'he plan of Evangelist Stough to

have Harrisl.-,, -rr church menibors "get

i'ig'!it with (lotl" before lie begins to

j add to their numbers b;.- getting new

1 converts in lii« evftngplistic campaign

j will l,e carried nut definitely at the tab

i olr aele to-nigl.t, when ho will call all

1 church lncnibc.ii who want to reaffirm

i publicly their church vows to the front

I of tiie building, in other words, he will

• call upon them t-j "hit the saw dust

trail.''

To-night is liurch night at the tab

ernacle. The general public is not

barred Irom the meeting, but there will

j bo little room except for church mem

bers. The doors will not be opened un

j til all church members are seated and

| it there is then any unoccupied space

J it will be filled by outsiders.

I he church people will march to the

j tabernacle by denominations. The

| churehs of any one sect will inter

j mingle, but denominations will be seat

led separately. Presbyterians will

j n arch to thtabernacle. from Pino

Street Presbyterian church, Methodists ,

j from Grace Methodist church, United j

Brethren from th : First United Breth-'

j ren church, Church of God from the

Fourth Street Church of Go.l, Baptists

• from the Kirst Baptist church, Evan-

I gelicals from Tabernacle Baptist

i church, Lutherans from Christ Luther

an church anil Disciples of Christ from

j their own church.

Many church members who are

spending the afternoon at the taber

nacle will eat lunches in tho tabernacle

or at the churches designated aa places

of meeting, so as to be in plenty of

time for the evening meeting.

The evangelist will preach to-night

on the subject, "Tl,e Lost Christ." He

will make a passionate appeal to his

audience and then call for traildiittere.