U. S. Ship Hit in War Zone.
Sallors Took to Small
Later Board Vessel Again and Start
on Return to Liverpool. |
The American steamship Nebraskan
was either torpedoed of struck a mine
forty miles west-southwest of Fastnet,
off the south coast of Ireland.
The Nebraskan passed Queenstown
on her way back to Liverpool. The
ship was proceeding under her ova
steam at eight knots an hour.
The Nebraskan, which was owned
by the American-Hawaiian line, made
her last trip to Liverpool under char-
ter by the White Star line and was
bound from Liverpool to the Delaware
Breakwater, in water ballast, flying
the American flag, when the mishap
overtook her.
A message from Liverpool says that
the name and nationality of the Ne-
b.. kan were painted in large letters
on aer sides.
The Nebraskan was down at the
bows. She was proceeding under her
own steam and flying the signal: “I
am not under control.”
That the Nebraskan may have been
torpedoed was intimated by a dispatch
from Crookhaven, Ireland, saying it
was learned that a submarine was!
seen off the southern coast of Ireland.
She was sighted near Galley Cove,
which is about ten miles from Fast-
net.
Several residents of Crookhaven
sighted the submarine off Galley Cove,
near the mouth of Little Creek. A man
on shore fired two shots with a rifle
at the men in the conning tower of
the submarine.
The submarine dived immediately,
but soon rose again further out, and
three more shots were fired at her,
and she again disappeared. !
The Nebraskan, commanded by Cap-
tain Green, had left Liverpool on Mon-
day. When she was struck, off the
Irish coast, about thirty miles south-
west of where the Lusitania was sunk,
the sea was calm.
Immediately after she was struck
the Nebraskan began calling for help
by wireless. After sending the “S. O.
8.” call the crew took to the boats
and stood by the steamship.
It was soon ascertained that the
Nebraskan was not seriously damag-
ed. She had been struck forward and
her foreholds were full of water.
The crew returned on board and
got the vessel under way. No lives
were lost among the crew. The Ne-
braskan did not carry passengers.
The foregoing information was re-
ceived by the British admiralty in
London and was at once communicat-
ed to the American embassy.
The German sumbarine campaign is
continuing actively. Dispatches from
Norway say the people of that coun-
try have been aroused by the sinking
last week of the Norwegian steamer
Minerva and the attempt to torpedo
the Iris, which went to her assist-
ance. The steamer Cromer, loaded
with passengers, had a narrow escape
from being torpedoed while bound for
Rotterdam. A submarine fired a to:-'
pedo without warning. It missed the
ship by only fifteen yards.
According to the captain’s story to
Rotterdam correspondents, the peri-
scope was seen 500 yards distant, and
then the wash of the torpedo, which
was moving so rapidly that nothing
could be done to avoid it. The attack
occurred at a point four miles north
of North Hinder Lightship.
BRITISH WARSHIP SUNK
Triumph Sent Down by Submarine
While Operating in Dardanelles. !
The British battleship Triumph has
been sunk by a submarine in the Dar-
danelles.
The disaster to the Triumph is de-
scribed in a brief statement by the
admiralty, which says.that while op-
erating in support of the Australian |
and New Zealand forces on the shore !
of the Gallipoli peninsula the Triumph
was torpedoed by a submarine and
sank in about seven minutes.
The majority of the officers and
men, including the captain and com-
mander, are reported to have been!
saved. The submarine was chased by :
Jestroyers and patrolling craft until
k.
11,000 Policewomen Enroll. !
More than 11,000 women have en- |
rolled in the woman’s police force in |
Rome, an organization that will take
upon itself part of the duties of the
regular police force while the men
are at war.
Newest German Princess Baptized.
The infant daughter of the crown
prince and crown princess was bap-
tized in the presence of the emperor
and empress in Berlin. She received
the name of Alexandra.
Spain Represents Austria.
The Swiss government has an-
nounced that it represents the inter-
ests at Rome of the German empire
and of Bavaria, and that the interests
of Austria-Hungary will be represent:
ed by Spain.
Crazed Mother's Triple Crime.
During a fit of insanity, Mrs. Fran-
cis O’Neill, wife of a prosperous
Brooklyn, N. Y., architect, strangled
her young daughter, tried to slay her
gon and then committed suicide by
ghooting in her home on the Eastern
Parkway. ;
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Dies.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, leader of New
York’s social set, is dead at Glen
Cliff, her summer home at Garrison,
N. Y. She died of cerebral hemor-
rhage, after an illness that had lasted
only a few hours.
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| Russian attacks east of Jaroslau have
' been repulsed.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
THURSDAY.
The Italian chamber of deputies, at |
the opening of parliament, voted full
powers to the minister of war. It is
reported that King Victor Emmanuel
i8 reayy to issue a manifesto declar-
ing war. Additional troops are said to
have been sent to the Austrian fron-
tier.
An official statement from Vienna
declares that the Austro-German
forces in Galicia, in crossing the San
river, north of Jarcslau, have taken
the town of Sieniawa. Petrograd says
the Germans in the Baltic provinee of
Courland have been beaten back to-
ward the German frontier.
Seventeen German submarines are
establishment of the “war zone” about
the British Isles.
. The Freach and British armies |
passed another uneventful day on the
western front. Some progress by the '
French was made near Beausejour by |
{| sapping and mining and several Ger- |
! man trenches were taken in the wood |
of Ailly. Two German aeroplanes were
brought down by artillery fire. !
FRIDAY.
An ultimatum from Italy to Austria,
to be followed by a formal proclama-
tion of war, is expected hourly. Troops
in large forces have been massed on
the frontier by both Italy and Austria. |
Berlin announces a victory by Field
Marshal von Hindenburg in north Po-
land, and says the Russians are re-
treating toward Kovono. General von
Mackensen is said to have captured
104,000 Russians, 72 cannon, and 253
machine guns in the last three weeks
in western Galicia.
Allied forces operating against the
Dardanelles have taken Maidos, on
the Gallipoli peninsula.
Paris says the allied troops have
gained slightly north of Ypres, in
Flanders.
SATURDAY.
War between Italy and Austria vir-
tually exists. Austrians have destroyed
bridges across border rivers and tele-
graph lines. King Victor Emmanuel
has decreed an extension of the pow-
ers of the cabinet for the duration of
the war.
Paris reports that the French have
taken the Lorette Heights, north of
Arras, France, for which they have
been fighting since last fall, and that
advances have been made near Ypres.
Berlin says the allies are using poi-
sonous gases.
The Austro-German army in Galicia
is still pressing its advantage. News
dispatches to London say the Russians
are gaining on the finaks in this field,
but that the Teuton allies continue to
go forward in the center.
Allied warships have destroyed the
Turkish fort at Chanak Kalessi, on
the Asiatic shore of the Dardanelles.
Australian troops have inflicted a de-
cisive victory. on the Turks on the
Gallipoli peninsula.
SUNDAY.
The official statement issued in Ber-
lin says that heavy fighting continues
near Givenchy, with results favorable
to the Germans. French attacks have
been repulsed between Bethune and
Lens and behind the Lorettte heights,
whiel north of Ablain the French have
gained a small portion of the German
advanced trenches. Vienna claims all
The French repulsed several coun-
ter attacks by the Germans between
Arras and the North sea, with heavy
losses.
The British official statement says’
a German submarine sank two Turk-
ish gunboats and two transports, one
filled with troops, in the Sea of Mar-'
mora.
MONDAY.
War between Italy and Austria ex-
ists. Austrian aeroplanes raided the
east coast of the Adriatic, dropping
bombs on Venice, Ancona and other
towns, and part of the Austrian fleet
. attacked several points on the coast.
Italian chausseurs drove back a small
invading force near the border. Aus-
trian and German ships in Italian har-
| bors are reported to have been con-
fiscated, and a dispatch says that Ger-
many also has declared war. The
Italian ambassador is understood to;
have left Constantinople.
Petrograd officially announces Hath
the advance of the Austro-German
army in Galicia has been brought to
a stand, that Aussians have recrossed
the river San in this field of oper-
ations and that the Germanic forces
are on the defensive along the entire
eastern front.
(German attacks near Ypres have
been repulsed, Paris reports, while the ,
allied forces have gained ground north
of Arras, near La Bassee.
TUESDAY.
An Italian force has crossed the
Austrian border and 1s reported to be
within twenty-five miles of Trieste. In
a naval raid Italian warships bom-
barded the Austrian port of Buso.,
Italy has been admitted to the ranks
of the Entente nations and has agreed
not to make peace separately.
German attacks at several points
between Arras and the sea have been
repulsed, Paris reports. Using poi-
sonous gases, the Germans captured
several British trenches east of |
Ypres, but were repulsed in attacks |
between Langemarck and Ypres,
north of Ablain and north of Neuville.
General Mackensen reports to Berlin
that the Auscro-German army captur- |
ed 21,000 Russians south of Przemysl.
Petrograd asserts officially that the |
Russians are gaining along the entire
eastern front.
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Dying Convict
Tells of Murder.
Francis Kindt, of Lehighton,
Killed by Three Men, Robbed of
$1100 and His Body Buried.
A murder mystery of thirty years
ago was cleared up by the finding of !
the bones of Squire Francis Kindt,
of Lehighton, near Allentown, Pa.
who drepped out of sight in 1885 with
$1100 belonging to an estate of which
he was the executor.
This find substantiates the deathbed
confession, several months ago, of
Henry Truxen, a negro inmate of the
western penitentiary. Truxen told his
cellmate, Robert E. Boyer, that, as-
sisted by two white men, he had mur-
dered Squire Kindt and buried the
body in a lonely spot on a mountain
about two miles from Millport.
Seeing an opportunity to clear his
father’s memory, Howard Kindt, son
of the squire, now living in Brooklyn,
set out to solve the mystery. He ob-
tained the parole of Boyer, who had
written down Truxen’s confession, giv-
ing in detail the planning and execu-
tion of the crime and the burial of the
body.
A party composed of Kindt, several
friends and relatives began to search
for the burial spot. The directions set
down by Boyer proved to be accurate,
for with a little digging the bones of
Squire Kindt were found, together
with some moldy documents which es-
tablished the identity of the remains.
Squire Kindt was a leading citizen
of Carbon county, widely known and
trusted. One day he left his home to
go to Easton to place in a bank some
money belonging to an estate of which
he was executor. He did not arrive at
Easton and was never seen afterward.
Truxen confessed to his cellmate,
Boyer, that his two accomplices were
neighbors of the squire, who knew he
had a large sum of money in his pos-
session. One of them died five years
ago. The other is said to be still living
near Millport.
Truxen, in his confession, stated
that he and his companions lay in
wait for the squire in a lonely place.
He was killed by a blow from a pick
handle after a brief struggle.
Although there is no corroborative
evidence of Truxen’s confession, the
district attorney has instituted an in-
vestigation of the case. The bones of
the squire will be interred in the fam-
ily plot.
Five Blown to Death on Dredge.
Five persons, a woman, two children
, and two men, met death in the Dela-
ware river" opposite Bordentown, N.
J., and two men were injured, when
the boiler of a sand dredge on which
they had ben living exploded, throwing
: them into the water.
Those killed were:
Mrs. Minnie Stout, twenty-two years
old, of Gloucester, N. J., wife of the
cook on the dredge.
Anna Stout, four years old, her
. daughter.
Harry Stout, two years old, her son.
Tony Matttock, thirty years old, of
Trenton, N. J.
John J. Varley, twenty-eight years
old, of Bordentown.
Those hurt were: James McIntyre,
captain of the dredge, and James Mc:
Laughlin.
Three bodies have been recovered,
those of Mrs. Stout, the little girl and
Varley. The man’s skull was frac-
tured. It is believed all were dead be-
fore they reached the water.
Barnes Not Libeled by Roosevelt.
The jury in the trial of William
Barnes’ suit for libel at Syracuse,
N. Y. against Theodore Roosevelt
returned a verdict in favor of the de-
fendant after considering for more
than eleven hours the question of
placing all the costs of the action on
the plaintiff.
The jury was out forty-two hours. It
is the belief of the jury that every-
thing Colonel Roosevelt charged is
true, and therefore the plaintiff, not
. having been libeled, is entitled to no
damages.
The foreman of the jury, Warren
W. Summers, announced that the ver-
dict was for the defendant, and then
the jury was polled. Ten jurors an-
swered “for the defendant.” Then the
clerk hesitated, called the name of
| Edward Burns and waited. Burns, a
! big, rosy-cheeked Republican, stood
up in his seat and in a deep voice
said: “For the defendant.” Juror No.
12 gave the same answer.
Wilson Again Grandfather.
President Wilson now enjoys the
distinction of being twice a grand-
father.
A daughter was born Friday evening
! to Mrs. William G. McAdoo, wife of
the secretary of the treasury, who be-
fore her marriage was Miss Eleanor
. Randolph Wilson.
pounds, and both mother and child
Was
The new arrival weighed just eight
were reported to be doing nicely.
Murdered in a Mine.
While he was working 200 feet be-
low the surface at ome of the mines
of the Consolidated Coal company at
Fairmont, W. Va. Guivenio Rome
was shot dead by a stranger who
emptied his revolver into a party of |
miners and escaped. The authorities
think the Black Hand war has again
broken out.
Explosion Blinds Woman.
While she was filling an ironing
machine with gasoline in Brew’s
laundry, in Pottsville, Pa., the gaso-
line took fire and an explosion follow-
ed, burning Miss Catherine Torpey,
one of the employes, on the head,
hands and upper body. She is blinded.
It is believed that her injuries are
fatal.
Finds $35 In Catfish.
William Brown, a bricklayer, of
South Bethlehem, Pa., has returned
from a fishing trip to Willow Eddy, !
along the Lehigh river, richer by $35.
Among the fish Brown caught was a |
catfish which had in its stomach a |
purse in which was $35.
$75,000 Coal Breaker Burns.
The Lattimer No. 4 coal breaker of
Pardee Brothers Co. Inc., at Hazle-
ton, Pa., one of the largest and best
equipped in the Lehigh coal field,
was destroyed by fire of unknown ori- |
gin. The loss is $75,000, partially cov-
ered by insurance. Five hundred
hands are thrown out of work.
“Invaders” Win Big War Game.
Rear Admiral Beatty's attacking
“Red” fleet outmaneuvered the Atlan-
tic fleet, under Admiral Fletcher, and
won a position to establish a base in
Chesapeake bay. This closed the great
war game, which has been in progress |
off the coast for a week.
Tal
Shoots Wife, Kills Seif. |
Thomas Wike, thirty-five years of |
age, living at Waldeck, near Leba-
non, Pa. shot his wife at his home
and immediately afterwards killed '
himself. Mrs. Wike is expected to die.
Excessive drinking is believed to have
caused the tragedy.
Two more British liners have been |
sunk by German submarines. They
are the Candidate, 5858 tons, and the :
Centurion, 5945 tons. Both were tor-
pedoed near Coningbe lightship, off
the coast of Ireland, southeast of Wa-
terford.
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Sink Two More British Liners.
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Falls to Death In Hot Water.
Falling from a bed upon which she
had been romping into a tub of boil-
ing water, May Stanley, four years
old, of Wanamie, near Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., received burns which resulted in
her death.
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ANTED. — First class carpenters at new
penitentiary in Centre Co. Wages,
$3.50 per 8 hour day. Apply at build-
ing site. 60-22-1t
DMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.—Letters of
administration having been granted to
the undersigned upon the estate of Susan
Jane Wistar, late of Howard Borough, deceased,
all persons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are requested to make prompt payment :
and those who may have claims against the same
must present them duly authenticated for set-
tlement.
Miss SALLIE E. WISTAR,
'W. HARRISON WALKER, Administratrix,
60-21-6t.* Attorney, Howard, Pa.
that the undersigned auditor, appointed
by the Orphan’s Court of Centre county,
Penna., to make distribution of the balance. in
the hands of Anna C. Gulick, executrix of the
estate of Charles H. Gulick, Dec’d., late of the
borough of Philipsburg, Centre county, Pa.. as
shown by her first partial account, will sit for the
Purposes of my 7 spreintment at my office, in the
oster Block, in ilipsburg, Pa., on Saturday,
June 19th, at 10 o'cleck, a. m. At which
time and place all persons having claims against
said estate are notified to present them or be for-
ever debarred from participating in said fund.
GEO. W. ZEIGLER, Auditor.
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May 27th, 1915,
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Jewelry.
The Graduation Season
is approaching.
‘An article of Jewelry
makes a gift of life-
long remembrance. ..
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“STOP, LOOK, LISTEN!"
A Lawyer received $10,000 for suggesting these
words to a railroad. The sign, “Stop, Look, Lis-
ten!” saved the road many thousands of dollars
in damages. It’s a good sign. It’s worth $10,000.
Wise people are often warned by a similar sign on
- the road of extravagance. They stop in time.
How about yourself? Think this over seriously.
A bank account is the Best Kind of Security at
any time. If you haven’t a bank account now,
start one at once. Any account, however small
you are able to begin with, will be welcomed and
carefully conserved at
THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK,
BELLEFONTE PA.
56-6
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