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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1015.
CortnioitT, 1015, bt the Pbbiio Ledger Cotrnr.
PltlOB ONE OUT
TORPEDO HITS BRITISH LINER;
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES
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BOSTON
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LA CHAMPAGNE RUNS ASHORE
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GRADO TAKEN
BY ITALIANS IN
TRIESTE DRIVE
(First Line of Austrian
Defense Crumple
m Before Attack of Five
Armies.
Goritz and Gradisca Only Few
- ffxuva iiuill nuauv.i;if jjiiivo
m of General Cadorna's Troops
Gains in Tyrolean and Car
nic Alps.
The first lino of Austrian dcfcnso
ihas crumplod like paper before tho
Italian offensive directed against
'Trieste.
f,' The Italians have taken Grado, tho
largest Austrian port between Trieste
hind the border. Tho entire Austrian
lino along tho Izonzo River Is In tho
hands of tho Italians, who hae crossed
the river "and are. within flvo miles of
Goritz.
fiFour separate armies aro operating
fen the eastern frontier over a 60-mllo
front Included In the Italian provlnco
Kf Frlull.
Tho first army occupied Caporetto
and stormed tho foi tress of Mount
KCorrada, over which tho Italian flag
was placed after a six hours' bom
.bardment. Tho second army took Cornons and
:3an Giorgio and is1 advancing upon
iGorltz.
4' The (hlrd army has occupied the
itowns or Visco ana vcrza, aavancing
ialons tho road from Palmanova. to
cfaatsca, from which tho Italians aro
fly three miles away.
iflTfio. fourth army fousht Us way past
fCmtgnano along the Troiste-Venlce
Efillway and took the seaport of Grado.
SThe objective .of, these, four .armies
ffi, .Trieste, and the advanced Italian
.lings are now only 18 miles from that
fh the Tyrolean and Carnlc Alps tho
Italians officially report further gains,
fat' njany poIntB being several miles
feyond tho border. A flotilla of Italian
lydroaeroplanes bombarded the
Meste-Nabreslna railway line, crip
pling troops and supply movements
of tho Austrians.
;,fVJenna admits that the Italians have
fcrossen tho frontier, but states that
Ae Invaders along the coast have been
.driven back.
ROME, May 28.
The Italian army which ia driving
Itoward Trieste has occupied the Austrian
Ijsott city of Grado, on the Gulf of Trieste,
only 25 miles from Trieste, It la officially
ffcnnounced In a statement sUen out by
Itho Italian War Offico today.
A squadron of Italian aeroplanes that
crossed the northern end of the Adriatic
Sea successfully bombarded tho Trlestc
sJCabreslna nallway on the night of May
IjS'Jf, destroying part of the line and serl-
iously crippling troop and supply move-
jraents of the Austrians.
Violent artillery duels are In progress
monpthe Alpine Mountains on the Tyrol
Find Trcntlno boundaries.
TAKE MORE TERRITORY
p The Italian nrmy of occupation between
tpe Judrlo and Isonzo Rivers Is Increas-
ins the extent of captured Austilan ter-
Irltory.
rtlany prisoners have been taken nnd
at-soma points the Inhabitants received
SSqe invading Italians with cordial ex
wresslons of fraternity.
jpna official communique, which was
Concluded on Tate Sir, Column One
f THE WEATHER
CLOUD'
fV'a dd not agree with tho man who in
stated that well-known conversation-
Kklns phrase that goes something like
AIM "Hbddv ia that nation which h&a
ROUitory" If you applied that rule to
wuner, one would never nave any
jMKI to ay about line days like this, but
KSW be unspeakably voluble about fogs
teg Wizards and hurricanes,
plBonia people seem to have the notion
jjjat a "flne day" U a sort of vacuum.
i i a purely negative proposition to
hho tor granted ana harly com
9awd upon But it's lust the other
BM or should be. We remember con-
BS3? $ TYUiIckon yesterday Just
cr. wr nnenesa of the qay. Tne eon
7tttioii circled around the question Qf
i? tOUctl Of nnhimn In Vim nlr. One
iPirtieUlarlV nv4,U (Ulnn. n iralrl WOM.
f ould be satisfied If It were like
K?" H the vane rniinH
aiae4ity first
FORECAST
pfv Philadelphia and vicinity
tMretmna cloudiness this afternoon
P" tonight, probably followed bu
Jtmitn Saturday); gentle, variable
Wi becoming easterly.
5 detail,, see page 4.
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IDA
CHAMPION ATHLETES
COMPETE IN ANNUAL
MEET ON PENN FIELD
Track and Field Stars
From Nation's Great
Schools in 40th Classic on
Franklin Field Begin
ning This Afternoon.
Today's I. C. A. A. A.A.
Program at Franklin Field
.lioo p. ni. lOO-ynnl dimta.
3iS.t p. in. Ilnlf-mllc run.
34S p. iii lSO-jnrcl hurdles.
4il0 p. m 140-ynrd iIoHh.
4iSS p. m. 2S0-jnnI hurdle.
4i4S p. in, 20ynrd ilnnh.
F113MJ KVENTS
3i00 p. mt I'uttliiB h shot.
Si30 p. m l'ole inult.
SlOO p. m llunnliiB bleb Jump.
3iOO p. m. Tbrowluir the hummer,
3 too p. m. IlunnlnK broad jump.
FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia, May
28. Under weather conditions that were
Ideal nnd with a track llghtnlne fast, a
host of colleges and universities began
competition for the 40th annual track
and field championship of Amerjca this
aflernoon. The goal of their endeavors
was to win the first leg on the new IJ0O0
trophy cup, put up for competition today
for tho first time. Uy common consent
the fight for the team championship nar
rowed down ot the start to four teams--Cornetl,
Pennsylvania, Yale and Harvard
-In the order named. Cornell, because of
a splendidly balanced team, entered the
games the favorite, but the Quakers had
only to qualify the majority of their
crack sprinters to give them art even
chance for the finals tomorrow. Alt vis.
It ns athletes reached the tie d shortly
after 1 o'clock. The! quarter mile ru.inlnff
track, worked over until It was smooth aa
"table, almost glistened n he sun. That
It would prove the fabtes?. in America
was the conviction of all who examined
Concluded on rK Two, Column Sir
. ....nil TI """ "1""
"Howlers"
'Mils U ttmelv Information; "To
germinate Is to lecome a natural
ized German." Jt U furnished,
however, ou a schoolboy, who says
that 'B. Be" stands for Boy Snout,
DouWess the Sallo Law applies
here, for "theifiaUo Law Is that vou
mu,t take everything with a grain
of salt." Schoolboy "howlers"1 dp
not prove that "the brain Is a soft
bunch covered with wrinkle,' but
a collection of them whiah is to ap
peal "tomorrow on the editorial page
of the .
Evening Ledger
shows that Tennyson was not the
only man who ha, wtitten "In
Memorandum."
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RIEHL AS SHE APPEARED BEFORE
RECTOR QUITS PARISH !
TO WED SWEETHEART
HE LOVED 12 YEARS
Resignation of Rev. James
C. Mitchell From Calvary
Church Explained by An
nouncement of Engage
ment. ShMmA .,4
I'hoto by Ean.
REV. J, C. MITCHELL
The surprising resignation of the Rev.
James Clayton Mitchell, wealthy clergy
man, as rector of Calvary Episcopal
Church, Pulaski avenue and Manhelm
street, Gerniantown, was explained today
by the announcement that he and Miss
llary B P. Qarnett, of Hobokon, will be
married on Monday, at St. Bernard's
Church, flernardsvllle, N J
Mr Mitchell first met l" Qarnett W
yeap ago. and it is said that they be
came engaged shortly after (ha time.
There will be few at the wedding-, as
Miss Garnett is In mourning- for a cousin,
a Mis HammlU, who was a passenger on
the Lualtanla. and was drowned when the
biff Jlner Wa torpedoed
Many conjectures as to the reason for
Mr Mitchell's, resignation were put for
ward upon the announcement that he
wpuld leave the ihurch, which he made
from the pulpit, without having notified
Concluded m Vn$e To, Column Three
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CORONER
IDA RIEHL BRAVELY
FACES CORONER, WHO
HOLDS HER FOR TRIAL
Women Weep in Courtroom
as Girl, in Mourning for
Man She Killed, Enters.
Father Seeks Her Free
dom by Habeas Corpus.
"Ida Illehl. stand up!"
Bravely, without a sign of emotion,
the 17-ycai-old girl who shot and killed
Edmond Hauptfuhrer, because he would
not iiiitrry her, as ho had promised to do,
rose In obedience to the Coroner's com
mand at the inquest today, after tho
Jur) hud found she had caused the man's
death mid had held her for tho Grand
Jury Tho black veil she wore fell from
her faco as sho stood up
"Whtre wcie ou born" asked the
Coroner-
"In Philadelphia," answered the girl In
a clear voice that rang thiough the
crowded court room,
".Married or single?"
The girl who had been brought from a
hospital maternity ward hesitated Then,
In a voice that trembled for the first time,
she answered, faintly and wistfully:
"Slnsle "
She was in mourning for the man, ho,
sho had demanded, should marry her, to
share before the world parenthood of the
child she will bear, He had Insulted her,
Concluded on Pace To, Column Four
QUATTRO ARM ATE DEL GEN. C ADORN A
HANNO INVASO LA PROV. DJ GORIZIA
Violento Duello di Artiglieria Impegmto Sulle Alpi Camonte e
Dolomitiche tra Italiani ed Austriaci La Cittadina di Grado
Accoglie Con Entusiasmo le Truppe Italiane Liberatrici,
H generale Cadorna, ha Invaso la provlncia di Gorlzia con quattro armate,
Gil Italiani che hanno Invaso l'Austrla nella regions del Trentino hanno
occupato molto ulturo important). Nonoatante che le autorita austriache
nbblano cercato di spayentare gl abitantt dlcendo loro che gll Italian! man
davano truppe afrlcano all'avanguardla,. 1 soldatl d'Hulla sono etati dovunque
festeggiatl o gll abitantl espoaero al loro arrtvo, una quantita dl bandlere
tricolprl che misterlo&arnente erano rluscltl a procurers!,
A Roma si attendo da uu moments all'altro che una grande battaglla ala
Impegnata tra le forze austriache che dlfendono 1'Istrla e le forze italiane che
hanno invaao quella provlncia, e s dice che le forze avversarie si irovano ad
appena poche nilglla di dlstanza l'una dall'altra.
Le truppe itatlane hanno occupato U, cittadina di Grado, sulla coSta
austrlaca dell'Adriatlco nettentrlonale. ed il elndaco e la popolazlone le hanno
ricevute con grande entusiasmo,
GU aviatorl Italiani hanno bombardato la ferrovia TriesteNabresIna, dls
truggendone un buon tratto ed inceppando post 11 aervizlo di rifornimento delle
torso nemlche.
lsxre la - pacta l oltlms plu dttU(llaU aotUU cull tuerra deU'ltalla, tampt
In llosn' Italians. )
SCOTCH VESSEL
FALLS VICTIM
TO SUBMARINE
S. 0. S. Calls Summon
Ships to Aid of 10,-000-Ton
Steamship
Argyllshire.
La Champagne, of French
Transatlantic Line, Badly
Damaged in Bay of Biscay.
All Aboard Saved Attack
Is Rumored.
The British liner Argyllshire haa
been torpedoed by a Gernian sub
marine. Vc8scig from Liverpool re
sponded to her S. O. S. calls.
The French liner La Champagne
tan aground near St. Nazairc. It is
reported she inns attacked.
Two more disasters have overtaken
the British navy. Tivcnly-four hours
after the announcement that the bat
tleship Triumph had been torpedoed
in the Gulf of Saros came the ad
mission from the Admiralty that the
old battleship Majestic had been Bunk
in a similar manner in the Dar
danelles. A German submarine ac
counted for both vessels. The loss of
life has not been reported, but Lon
don declares it was not great.
The second disaster was the blotv
ing up of the former Canadian-Pacific
liner Princess Irene by an in
ternal explosion at her dock in Shccr
ness Harbor. More than 300 lives
were lost. There arc rumors in Eng
land that the explosion was the work
of a German spy.
LIVERPOOL, May 28.
The-Glasffowpteawshlp Arsryllshlro was
attacked nnd damaged by a German sub
mailne today. Her wireless'' "3. O. 8."
calls, woro received hero and vessels havo
put out to her assistance.
No details havo been received ns to
the extent of damage or possible lives
lost.
Sho was hit off tho Scllly Islands
The Arffjllshlre Is a bltr steel twln
acrow steamship of 10 30J tons. Sho Is
owned by tho Siottlshlre Line, Limited.
Her homo port la Glasgow. Her length
Is EW feet, her beam 61 feet Sho was
built In 1911 In Glasgow, and Is equipped
with wlrelcsa Her captain, ns given In
Lloyd's. Is W Chicken
Sho had just been taken over for naval
service by the Admiralty
LA CHAMPAGNE HUNS AGROUND
OFF FRANCE; ATTACK RU3I0RED
PARIS, May 2S
The French liner La Champagno ran
aground today on the French coast off
St Nazalie All her 900 passengers were
later landed at St. Nnzalre It l repotted
tho transatlantic liner was attacked.
It was later learned that tho 900 pas
sengers on La Champagne were negro
troops who had been brought from
French Guiana for service In France
Reports received this evening Indicated
that the liner was in a badly damaged
condition, nnd thnt sho might not bo ablo
lo get off the ground where she ran
ashore.
La Champagne was constructed In 18S6
by tho Compagnle General Transatlan
tic at St. Nazalre, on the Bay ot
Biscay, France, and was designed for
tho passenger and freight service of that
company between Franco and the United
States
The vessel had a steel hull, four decks,
four masts and one stack. The overall
length of the steamer was 48 feet, Its
beam 52 feet and Its depth 32H feet. La
Champagne had 11 watertight bulkheads
and carried a gross tonnage of 07:6 tons
Its power was provided by a six-cylinder
triple expansion engine, having 1143 horse
power and giving the ship u speed of 17'4
knots an hour.
The last classification of La Chamnaene
was made in May, 1S9I, at New York, the
vessel being removed fiom the transat
lantic service shortly after that time,
La Champagne formerly piled between
New York and France, but several
Concluded n I'ugo To, Column Two
QUICK
MRS- BAKL0y WINS WOMEN'S GOLF TITLE'
Mis. Ronnltl H. Hollow, of Merlon, won tho women's JndlvfUunt
championship of Philadelphia this afleintriu, defeating Miss Cathe-
llne DaviB, Philadelphia Cricket Club, at St. Mai tin's, foilr up and
two to pluy. This title 13 the fifth for Mis. Barlow In seven years.
BERNSTORFF URGES OUICK REPLY TO T. s. NOTE
BERLIN, May 23. The Goininn Foreign Offico today received
a cablegiam from Ambnss,ador Bcinsloiff, at Washington, urging
the eailicst possible reply to the American note regarding tho Luci
tanla incident.
"Tension In Ameiica has been inci eased by the damage done the
Amciican steamer Nebrnsknn," Beinstorff cabled. "The Nobrankon
incident is still an unexplained mysteiy."
CHILD VICTIM OF ZEPPELIN DIES
SOUTH END-ON-SEA, Eng, May 28. Qucenle Pnteman, Q-ycar-old
gill who was injmed in the Wednesday night Zeppelin mid on
this poit, died today, biinglng the total number of victims to tliiee.
MAN WITH LOADED REVOLVER ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Mnv 28. A man who called himself Hugh.
Otis, of Pan Piancisco, was detained for observation today at the
Washington Asylum Hospital following an attemp't to see the Pies
ident at the White House. Otis said he was distantly related to
Geneial Haiiison Giay Otis, of Los Angeles, and that he had a first
cousin, Patiick Kielty, living at 755 10th avenue, San Prancisco.
Sometime ago he wrote several letteis to the President, declaring
himself King of America, Mexico and Holland. When arrestedjio-""
had on his person 225 and a loaded revolver. The police notified
General Otis.
THIRTY KILLED IN TYROL WRECK
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 23. Thiity persona were injuied
when a train filled with refugees bound for Innesbiuck, A'ustria,
from the Italian frontier collided with a freight train today.
MEASLES QUARANTINE IN JENKINTOWN
r The Jenklntown Public School, tho Parochial School of tha Immaculate
Conception, all moving picture theatres nnd Sunday schools in Jenklntown
havo been closed by the Board of Health of that suburb as a, result of an
epidemic of measles which has been gaining headway there for the last two
weeks. Kift -seA ru cases ot tho disease hae developed.
GEORGE POPE HEADS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION
NIJW YOIIK, (Mny 28. George Pope, of Hartford, Conn., was today
elected ptesldcnt of the National Association of Manufacturers. Other of
ficers I'hosen weic: George S. Houdlnot, secretary, J, P. Bird, general man
ager mid nsslsiunt treasurer.
MAN KILLED, TWO MORTALLY WOUNDED BY MOONSHINERS
JCLLICO, Ky., May 28. William Lowe was killed and Deputy Sheriffs
Joseph King and James Pennington were mortally wounded today -while at
tempting to raid n "blind tiger," nn Illicit still, on the Tennessee line. Six
men hae been Killed In battles with moonshiners In the district during the
last six months.
STEAMBOAT RAMMED; 45 PASSENGERS SAVED
BAtiTIMOHI3. May 28. With n force that hurled many passengers from
their beiths und lure a great hole in her port side, the steamboat Dorches
ter, of the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railway Company, was
rammed today by the fishing steamboat J. A. Palmer, Jr., owned by the O.
R, Davis Packing Company, of Beedsvllle, Va. The accident occurred off
Bandy Point, near which tho Dorchester, in a sinking condition, was beached.
The -IB passengers on the Dorchester were brought to Baltimore on tho
steamship Virginia, of the Old Bay Line.
U. S. CRUISER NORTH CAROLINA ASHORE OFF EGYPT
WASHINGTON, May 28. Captain J. W. Oman, of the American cruiser
North Carolina, reported to the Navy Department from Alexandria, Egypt,
today that his ship wns ashoro In tho outer harbor there. The cable was
dated Thursday night. It tald:
"Ship aground In outer harbor, Unabla to move ship today. Dredge work
ing tonight. Ship not damaged, Des Moines arrived today."
MAN FATALLY STRICKEN ON STREET
Joseph Wallace, 58 caia qld, a salesman lUlng at 2604 Hollywood Btreet.
fell and struck his head on the curb at Front and Market streets this, morn
ing und died fle minutes after being udmltted to the Jefferson Jlospltal
AVallace was standing at the depot talking to the car dispatcher, When he
suddenly fell backwards. Physicians at the hospital said he suffered apoplexy.
The police are looking for his relatives".
BROTHERS ESCAPE LYCOMING COUNTY JAIL ,
WILLrAM8PQRT,,l'Pa., May 28. Clarence Baker, 20 years old, and William
Smead, 19, of Geneva, N. Y.. half-brothers, serving short terms in the LyV
coming County Jail for robbery, escaped from prison by squeezing through a
defective window In their cell and getting over the jail wall by means of a
blanket rope.
Negro Slayer GeU Off Easy
Charles Knight, a Negro. 63 years pld,
of Warnock street above Thompson, was
sentenced to nine months In the county
prison today bj Judge Balson In the
Court of 0er and Terminer on a charge
of manslaughter arising from the death
of William V Brown, also a Negro, whom
he fatally shot during an altercation In a
livery stable at franklin street and
Glrard avenue last March. Knight con
tended that he acted In fcelf-defenie, as
Drawn was threatening to strike htm
I with an iron bar. v.
NEWS
The Kenslngtonlan Says;
The Carlyn Club have told their pd
clubhouse and bought a btnvK with 'tha
funds, which they will hov carry out ts
the park on Sunday night
LOST AND POUND
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