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Apostolic Delegate in Official Aonouncement of Pope's Death Pays Tribute.
PRAY FOR  WAR'S  END
THE LATE POPE PIUS X
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Wa.'^hington Aug. 22.—Archbishop iEen''a o, .Tpostolic delegate to the United States, today made public the letter which h« sent on Thiiceday to the bishops of the Catholic lurches In this country. The .\rchbishop re¬ ferred to the European war by .say¬ ing: "It was grief over the sorrows of tne war inflicted ipon his children that brourht h;m to his grave."
The letter says: "'Vcur Lordship— It is with ''"¦-t.^qt. o.Tirrow that I com- niunic»'.''acufe. -id  news of the
d'"     At length be jumptntiff, Pius X. I where that somethinsw we feel is frantically through thy *"<! faith- j —found nothing. |
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"His   condemnation   of  the   modern methods    of    attacking    the    Catholic faith,  his defense  of the  right of the church   against   the   mighty   ones   of the   earth   his   regulations   concerned I sacred   music   and   the   recital   of  the j Divine   office,   the   re-organization   ot i the Roman Curia and the undertakin-c i of the  codification  of canon  law.  the . reform   of    Ecclesiastical     seminaries i and  finally  the  decree regarding fre¬ quent communion and the communlDU of   children   are  deeds   that   tesrtlfy  to the eminence  of his seal and the nn- hility of his virtue.    And  his glorious achievements   will     assure     him     his place  among   the   mogt   glorious  Pon¬ tiffs of ahe Church of Christ.
"What adds to his glory Is the fact that while h<? was engaged In these la¬ borious works, ever preserved hL-i calmnens and serenity In .spite of thi- severe trials that afflicted him in so many ways. His paternal love for all nations especially for America In known to all. His constant prayer •was lo see all nations at peace and It was grief over the sorrow that war Inflicted upon his children that brought him to his grave. While then Plus X will be known a-s the^Pope of the blessed Eiichariat future genera¬ tions will proclaim nim also the Pope of peace. , "7
".\s  in   grief  and  sorrow,   we   bo'W: over  the  grave  of this glorious  Pon- I tiff,  let us pay  him the worthy horn- : age of our esteem and  love hy pray. Ing   for   the   repose   of   his   beautiful Eoul.     Liet us also pray for the speedy accomplishment   of   his   dying  wish^[ thjp  end  of  the  war and  eace amont| all   nations.     Finally   letus   not  forget to   pray   that     God     may     give     his j church a man according to His heart, a  worthy  succes.sor of    our    beloved Pius X.
"With  sentiments of higher  esteem and profund respect, I beg to remain. "Sincerely yours  in  Christ, ".fohn Bonaano, Archbishop of Melitene, "Apostolic Delegate,"
JAPAlfATWAR
Tokio, Aug, 24—4 a. m.— The time limit allowed by the Japanee ultimatum to Ger¬ many expired at noon today (Sunday), Up to the time of cabling no answer has been .made by Germany and there is no prospect of an answer being made. It may therefore be taken that Japan is now at war with Germany.
MILLIONAIRE
Germans Capture Towns On Coast Of Dover Straits And Thus Secure Base For Use Of Dreaded Zeppelin Air- Craft
NEAR PANIC GRIPPING ENGLISH
RACER DEAD ^^^I'flnce Of Kaisers Troops In Northern And
Western Belgium Practically Unchecked And French Border At Lille Reported Crossed,
DePALMA Ts mmiK MOVEMENT OF ALLIED ARMY A MYSTERY
Wishart of Philadelphia While Giving Crowd Real Thrills is Crashed,
BLISS MEN WIN BIG CONTEST
Members of the Bliss co'lier;.- First Aid Team of Nanticoke will represent th« Lackawanna forces at the annu¬ al contest or American Safety Ab- soclatlon in tne first week of Sep¬ tember This was decided yesterday as a result of the contests held at Sans Souci Park in which thirty-four teams from all sections of the com¬ pany's operations were entered. The first prize went to the men from tht' Bliss after a hard   tight.
.Second [ilaces was secured by Dia¬ mond colliery at .Scranton. Consider- ab'e interest was attached to t'ne tiut- come of fhe contests in which the men of the team performed a num¬ ber of tasks that would have proven puzzling to many trained men yet j alone the men of the mines. The contest showed clearly the training and development of the men along, the  lines of flr.^t  aid  work. I
CONCUVE OF CARDINALS
CALLEDJOR AUGUST 31
ft is Expected That Selection of the New Pope Should be Made by September 3--Suggestion for Armistice is Disregarded.
SUCH   ACTION    WOOLD    ONLY  ADD  TO WAR
Elgin, Ills., Aug. 22.—Spencer Wis. hart has electrified his last road raca with his terrific speed ¦ nd reckless daring. i
The   wild   young   Philadelphia   mil- | lionaire was killed here this afternoon i when his Mercer traveling more than j 100     miles    an   hour  down  the   back I stretch   collided   with   Henning's   .Mer- . cer and left the track.     Wishart's left I ' leg   and   left   arm   were   broken   and : I he     was      Injured     internally.       Hia j I mechanician.     John     C.     .lenter     ofi I Philadelphia,    was    probably    fatally j hurt and five spectators were knocked | down   and  slightly   injured.     Jenter's left   arm  was  torn  nearly  otf and   he received  internal  injuries.
Wishart's death  took all the  joy of victory  out  of  Ralph  de  Palma,   who won the race In  the same  big  white Mercedes   that   he   hurled   to   victory j yesterday.     Wishart's   body   was   sent I to  New   York   tonight.     His  wife     Is} unfffer the care of a physician. I
The  accident   to   Wjshart  was  the j big' event of a day replete with thrills j for the 60,000 spectators massed about | the course.     Twenty-eight cars,     the largest  field   ever  started   In   a  simon pure  road  race  in  this  country faced Starter Fred Wagner at 11 a. m.
Wishart's speed was the early sen- i sationu. He received a tremendous t round of applause as he faced the | starter and as he put minute after i minute between himself and Bob j Burman, who pursued him most close-1 ly until the fatal accident the crowd went wild with enthusiasm, rising to | greet him each time he passed the | jitand.
De Palma's time for the .101 miles was four hours, six minutes and I.S seconds, an average of 72.,t miles an hour, one-tenth of a mile less than he averaged yesterday.
Ed Pullen took second place in a Mercer, averaging 7:5 miles an hour flat. Time 4.07:2S. Barney Oldfleld In a Stutz waa third. Time 4.24:02 and his average speed 6S.2 miles an hour. Gil .Anderson who was second yesterday and Bob Burman who led for many laps toay suffered engine trouble an were force out.
Rome, .\ug. 22.—The conclar© of Cardinals at which the successor of Pope Pius X will be elected commen¬ ces .\ug. 31, In the Vatican. It Is ex¬ pected tliat hy .«?ept 3 the conclave will have come to a nagreement as to which one of the sixty-six Cardi¬ nals shall   be  the  new  Pope.
Cardinal A.eliardi'.^ suggestion for an armi.stice lictween th% belligerent powers of Europe during the con¬ clave beginning .\ng. 31, In order that^ the election of the Pope might he carried out i nan atmosphere of peace,   was  abandoned   following:  the I
German and .Austrian Cardinals who I maintained that an armistice would j be productive of more disunion than ; an  open  war.
Tonight  the  foreign  Cardinals  now in   Rome   met   In   the  apartments   of | Cardinal Merry del Val In the Vatican j to dl.scuss the question of opening the I conclave before a majority of the for- I eign   Cardinals   should   have   arrived. The  Cardinals  deicded respectfully to request the  Camerlange    to    arrange matters so  :is to  give  everj- Cardinal an     opportunity    of    expressing    his views.
That   a   longer     conclave     may   he
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Pittsburgh. Pa., .\ ig,    22.—A    new I v>-orId's record for three year old pa- j cers   was   established   at   Brunots   Is- j land   this   afternoon   where   the   final I program   of the  Orand   Circuit   meet¬ ing   was   racCfi   off.      Anna   Bradford. I first  heat  in   2: Ofi,  hut in  the  second she  was sent  for a record and  p;ice<i 'the  mile in   2-0:^   2-5.    The hest  pre- ' \ious   record   for  a.  3 year  old   pacer I was 2:05, of \t'Illiam, made lasa fea- ton.    The new champion is owned h> ' Shrop.=hire and Wethers of Tycxlngton. Ky.     Thts wa.s  her second   start,   she having   win   the   pacing   dI\1sion   of the Horseman Futurity at K.-iJama last   week.
j The Chicago mar". Fair Virginia, j on-re 1 bv Cy Knight, of ther .\merl- ! can 'Trotting .Association, Vaa a 'straight heat victory in the 2:24 trot tills being the initial v-'.ctory for the mare on the gran] circuit. The 2:16 pace went six he.-tfs and was won by tbe California filly. Little Rcmiee. Nearly all of the horses h.ive heen shipped to Buffalo where the grand circuit meet opens on Tuesday at the Fort: Erie track. i
The following me^isaijc has been received through the German Em¬ bassy:
"Germany is completely cut off from the rest of-the world and can neither send out news or receive It. J "The Empire Is therefore unable to defend itself against the false¬ hoods propagated hy the press of the hostile countries. It can only defend Itself by its deeds.
"The German peopie will  be pro¬ foundly     grateful   for  every  effort to disseminate the real truth. "VON  BETHMAXX-HOLi^WiEG, "Imperial   German   Chancellor."
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TERRIBLY CUT UNDER ENGINE
Wljile FrarUc Kotz, aged 30, wm taking a short cut to his home acro.ss the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Mocanaqua, last night, he was .-itruck by the I'ennsylvania passenger train No. tOS due in this city at 9:25 o'clock and instantly killed. His body was claimed a few hours following the accident by relatives and Coroner James Mar:ey, of this city, was noti¬ fied.
Kotz had gone to town to do some shopping for the family and was hurrying back home when he wa.^ hit by the train. The spot along Ih* railroad where he was struck is about a quarter of a mile below the I station al that place where the train (speeds by at a high rate of speed. The engineer was unable to see Kotz until the train had nearly borne down upon him, to late to avoid strik¬ ing the man who did not seem to hear the warning.s sounded from the engine's whistle
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Fire  discovered  early  this  morning in  the   Polish  atholic  Church  in   the
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Ridge section of Archbald had o clock this morning. Joseph Friday, gained such headway that calls for of Duryea, received injuries that re- help were rushed to Scranton and suited in the loss of both logs. He j neighboring tire departments. At was so terribly mangled that surgeons' four o'clock it seemed certain that at Pittston Hospital found it neces-; the church, the Prodigal Home and sary to amuptate iKith limbs to saveJtw adjoining properties would be Friday's  life. itotoUy ^^esUoyed.
London, Aug. 22—The Germans have occupied Ostend and Brughes. Ghent wa« captured yesterday.
The Chronicle prints a dispatch from FoUcestone saying passengers suriving there from Ostend report that German patrols were in that Belgian seaport iast Friday.
"It is hard to believe," one passenger said, "that the Germans are really occupjring a position on the straits of Dover, across fr om the English coast. When we left Ostend, the Germans were already in the outskirts. 11 was expected they would occupy the city by the time our steamer reached England.
"All foreigners were ordered to leave Ostend yesterday. All government offices were closed. The people were in a panic."
Apparently without serious check the German advance is sweeping through Bel¬ gium. Following the capture Brussels, the troops of Emperor William are forcing their way steadily and rapidly to the north w est. The plan appears to be to overrun the whole of northern and western Belgium.
At the same time the Germans appear to be drawing closer to the French frontier. Southeast of Brussel they    are    investing Namur on the Meuse.
With leu'ge bodies of German troops p ouring toward the west, a contact must soon be joined with the main allied forces whose  movements are shrouded in mystery.
TO FACE CH lEF OPPONE^^^ The German army will then find itsel f facing its chief opponent and a great battle which must have a tremendous effect on the   future of the war will probably ebb and flow for several days, before a decision is reached.
Details of the fighting now going r>n dribble in slowly. German Artillery is said to be directing a terrible rain of fire at the Namur forts where all the terrible scenes of the assault of Liege are being re-enacted simultaneously a big force of German troops probably the main German army in Belgium is said to be driving through the gap be. tween Mons and Chau'leroi.
The German plan is now said to be lo strike into France by way of the Mabeuge on the Sambre river. The movement between Mons and Charleroi would indicate that such a plan was under way.
Meanwhile it is to be noted German troops are said to have already crossed the French border near Lille wiiere they are feel ing out the positions of the French prepara¬ tory to an attack in force to open the roadw ay to Paris.
ENGLISH IN PANIC Something akin to panic is .beginning to spread among   the    English    along   the channel coast towns, owing to the unopposed advance of the German    troops.    The fall of Ostend has brought them to a sudde n realization of the seriousness of the situa¬ tion. For the first time since the war begun England faces a real menace.
The British navy will be able to preven t a landing of troops in England. But in pos¬ session of the Belgium coast the Germans n ow have a splendid base for operations with the air craft against England. ^
"AIR RAIDS" FEARED "Air raids" are feared in England tonight. An invasion by the dreaded Zeppelfais has seized upon the imagination of the peop le. The possibility of dirigible ballons leaded with explosives spreading destruction is ope niy discussed. The possibility that the French mobilization was delayed that the Kaiser has retrieved by the past three days of brilliant success the brunt of the fighting may fall to the English against the Germans is now openly discussed. «
WARNING  GIVEN The correspondent of the Telegraph wiring from Givet sounds this warning: "The enemy Is advancing like a tidal wave Many lives must be s acrificed to stem the engulfing flood.   All signs point to the fact that a heavy German force has crossed the Meuse and the contending armies are in contact along a line about 50 miles in extent.
"The Belgian line was so extended that it could not withstand the German Cavalry assault. It is rumored that the lines of the allies have ha d to be withdrawn to fortified positions along the French boundary."
The official press bureau continues to warn the people to keep cool and not over estimate the importance of the -vdctories the Germans have gained. It urges the public to bear in mind that for practical information all nev/s concerning the operations on land must be withheld. The statement continues: "Very little news filters through from Germany and Austrian, but-suf¬ ficient news comes through to indicate that enemy claims success in various quarters, both in western and eastern theatres of the war. It shoul d furthermore be reni8ial)ered that these cam¬ paigns have been carried out on an enormous scale and that a majority of the encounters which already have taken place can only in their due p erspective be classed as incidents of minor im¬ portance.
No achievement on either side deserves to be called a victory. The French have gained gratifying success in Alsace and the Germans by a steady pressure have obliged a large portion of the Belgian field ^army to retire on Antwerp
'' In the eastern theatre there have been a nu mber of affairs in which onr allies are believed to have gained ground, but the campaign in that quarter can scarcely be said to have conihienced. The exaggeration into importants triumphs of .minor episodes m which the allied forces are alleged to have gained the upper hand is mislea ding,
"This however, may be said: In the western theatre of the war—that in which this country   j is most immediately usterested—one real note worthy success has been gaiued, although it should   J
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