1,200 Miles From Port, La 7 F y HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 53 FRENCH LINER AFIRE 1,200 MILES FROM PORT _____________ FIVE STEAMERS GOING FULL SPEED TO ASSIST FIERCELYJSLAZING SHIP Captain of Vessel the Man Who Warned 111-fated Titanic of Icebergs in Her Course; Has 38 First Cabin Pas sengers and 46 in the Steerage; Passengers and Crew Believed Safe j London, March 6, 10.20 A- M.—The steamship La Toitraine| is atire at latitude 48.06 north and longitude 20.14 west, according to a wireless message received here. Five steamers have gone to the. assistance of the La Touraine, the message said. Ihe message telling of the fire was received by Lloyds from i the wireless station at Valentia, Ireland. In addition to giving the position of La Touraine, it stated that the steamers Rotterdam, Swanmore, Cornishman, Arabic and others were going to her as sistance. La Touraine has thirty-eight first cabin passengers and forty- i six in the steerage. Among the first class passengers is Paul Faguet, i general agent of the French Line in this city. Maritime circles have received a<l-; vices that the passengers and crew of j .he Touraine are safe. Aboard the Touraine when she sailed I I iast Saturday were 4.494 cases of cart-| ridges intended for use in the Euro-! pean war. La Touraine Sailed Last „ Saturday; Passenger List Made Public in New York Bv Associated Press N'ew- York. March 6.-—When La Touraine sailed away from this port ast Saturday she had aboard 84 pas sengers, of whom 38 were in the first ■abin. the remaining 46 being in the j steerage. The vessel was one ot six big j liners to leave this port the same day, | the sailings being the heaviest re-j corded here for some time. At the local offices of the French! line it was said this morning that no ; information regarding the Touraine had been received. Maritime circles, ■ however, received word from aboard; that all the passengers and crew were i safe, but this information was not] confirmed here. On board the Touraine were 4,494 1 c ases of cartridges intended for use in I the European war. The first cabin I passenger list follows: Auguste Goulet, Montreal: Gaston i Levy. New York: B. Feinberg, Brook-! lyn: Dr. J. L. Wheelwright, New York: I Dr. J. C. Walker, New York; Mrs. J. j C. Walker, New York; Miss Cecile! Wettach. Bainbridge, Mass.: Louis! Gautrand, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Mrs. Agnes Graib, Havana; Miss Helen! Graib, Havana; Jules Simon Trault, Montreal; Ralph Simpson. New Ha ven; Edmond Fravel, Montreal; Be noit Delpuch. New York: Eugene Mo set, San Francisco; Joseph T. Maurer, i New York; Entile Pares. New York; j Mrs. Alice O. Andrews, Boston; Mas ter Ralph Andrews, Boston: Francois Kepusseau, New York; Wood Fosdick, New York; Robert Alphonse, New York; Raymond Rolf Swobada, New York: Paul Faguet. general agent French line. New York. Also the following physicians and nursees bound from the French Hos pital in New York City to the Ameri can Ambulance in Paris: Dr. John S. Irwin, Dr. W. J. Braddock, Dr. A. O. Jiminiz. The Misses Florence Gordon. Eu genia H. Lyons, Mollie McGrath. Dorothy O'l'onnell, Victoria Francfort, Cathlyn O'Hanlon, Ellen O'Hanlon, Alina Marie McCormick, Nellie Bur dette Parsons and Beda L. Peterson, and Thomas J. Burke Jr., nurses. The crew numbered approximately 200. The vessel was under command THEWEATHERI For Harrlahuric and victlnty: RaJn anil auon to-night; Sunday tin aettleri, nlth probably rain or ■now. For ICuatern I'cnnaylvanla: Main or mow «o-nlicb't; Snmlay unsettled, probably nltli rain or snow. River , From nil atatlona obaervera report generally a falling condition this morning. i utaer of iibout .'.H I* indicated for llarrl.sburg Sun day monilDe. lieneral Condition* For Rarriahurpr nnd vicinity: Ilnln Mtaalaalppi Valley HUH moved alightly with ilfrrraNril energy and now ritrniln eairtwaril from lowa to Southern Michigan. V acconilnry depreaalon appear* over the North Carolina coaat. Jlnclerulc to hcn\.v Know hna lirrn general ovrr the northeaatern portion of the country anil rain In Delnware, \pw Jersey and Maryland. Weather condition* will continue unarltlril in tlila locality for the nnl thirtv-aix houra. with anow or rntn to night anil Sunday. Over the northenxtern portion of the country the tempcrnture change baa been alight aince yea terdav. with thla murnlnna read ings between SS and 3ff degreea. Temperature: H n. m., 30. Sun: Hlaea, 8:25 n. m.: acta, B:»T p. m. 1l»nii: Rlaea, 12:21) a. m. River Slirnri 5.8 feet above low water mark. Yeaterdny'a Weather Hlglieat temperature, 37. l.oweat temperature. !K!. Menu temperature. 32. Aormnl temperature, 3-1. |of Captain Caussin, it was said, with IM. Gailiard as second captain. Two l • wireless operators, Messrs. Sagot and ! . Yidment, were aboard. Ammunition on Board i Stored away in the vessel's.hold was! the ammunition which caused keen apprehension as to the vessel's fate | .when it became known that a fire was! I raging aboard. While no record was \ j kept as to the tonnage of this portion I lot" the cargo, it WHS estimated that the I | shipment contained, at the very least, | half a million rounds and possibly' several times this much, j Wireless stations along the Atlantic seaboard directed vain queries through' the air to the burning ship and the I little lleet of rescuers reported to bo j I around her. While the crackle of the| spark from powerful stations here, it i was thought, could be heard by steam- j ers in the Atlantic as far away as the Touraine, the wireless plants aboard those steamers were too weak to.send back their answers. All news of the iTouraine's fate, it was thought would have to come from the other side or ] the Atlantic. La Touraine was heavily loaded when she steamed out of the harbor [here last Saturday. In addition to the 14.594 cases of cartridges she carried ! 139 rapid tire guns and a varied as sortment of supplies for the allies'! I commissaries, both foodstuffs and j j clothing. Twelve hundred tons of her J ! cargo consisted of uniforms, cloth for | uniforms, sweaters and hosiery for sol diers in the trenches. There were . 1,300 cases of machinery aboard, as well, many hundred wagon wheels and .275 bars of silver. In addition there j was a large assortment of foodstuffs. Burning Ship Is 1,200 Miles From Havre, Her Port of Destination London. March 6.—The French liner La Touraine sailed from New York February 27 for Havre. The position given in the message, is approximately ; 1200 miles west from her port of des tination. Among the passengers are five doctors and nine, nurses on their way to France to be attached to the new war hospital at the Chateau De Passy near Sens. The doctors are Joseph L. Wheel wright, T. C. Walker, W. G. Braddock. IA. C. Jiminiz and John S. Irwin. The nurses, all of whom are graduates of the French hospital in New York, are the Misses Alma Marie McCormick, Dorothy O'Connell, Eugenia H. Lyons, Victoria Franchort. Florence Gordon. Ellen O'Hanlon. Mollie McGrath, Nel lie Burdette Parsons and Beda Lau rent ia Peterson. One of Older Liners La Touraine, a steamer of 3,378 tons, under the command of Captain Caussin, is one of the older trans-At lantic liners, having been built in 1891. Since she was launched La Touraine has played an interesting part in the history of ocean travel. She arrived in New York on October 28, 1913, with 42 persons which she rescued from the Uranium liner Vol turno which burned at sea with the loss of 132 lives. Captain Caussin was one of the first commanders of rescue steamersto get aboatover In the heavy sea to aid in the rescue work. The captain and crew were decorated with medals for their bravery on this oc casion. La Touraine Capt. Man Who Warned Commander of 111-fated Titanic It was the captain of La Touraine who warned the ill-fated Titanic of the presence of Icebergs in her course. Once before the steamer was threat ened by fire when flames were dis covered in the staterooms while she lay at her dock in Havye on January 21, 1903. There were no passengers aboard and the damage was not se rious. She was withdrawn from ser vice for a time in 1907 because of se rious damage to her machinery. The discovery was made just before she was due to sail from New York. On another occasion a member of her crew was killed by the bursting of a steampipe. When the European war began, the entire carrying capacity of La Tour aine was reserved for Americans struggling for passage home from France. She arrived in New York, December 18, 1914, thirty-six hours overdue because of hurricanes she en countered. High seas swept her decks while the passengers were held down below. The steamer is 520 feet long with a beam of 56 feet and a depth of 34.8. HARRISBURG. PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1915 ( LA TOURAINE, FRENCH LINER BURNING AT SEA j * ; 1. ' 1 .'k\ f • • \ I ft ■ Photo by courtesy of Splridion Furcicli, Steelton steamship agent. The steamship La Touraine, of the French line Campagnie General© Transatlantique. is alire in midoccan. A I half-dozen steamers are rushing full speed to her assistance. The liner sailed from New York February 27 for Havre. France. She is approximately 1.200 miles west from her port. Among the passengers are five doctors and ! ten nurses on their way to France to serve in war hospitals. I,a Touraine, a steamer of 3,378 tons, is under the command of Captain Caussin, the commander who warned the ill-fated Titanic of the presence of icebergs in her course. The vessel is one of the older transatlantic liners, | j having been built in 1891. BABY ATTENDS SEC OF MAMMA ON NEW PAPA'S ARM I ' After Two Months of Widowhood, Mother of Nine in Nine Years Weds Again; Court Attaches Help Out Cupid ! I Wide-eyed Anna Cico that was. aged 111 months, this morning in No. 1 j courtroom attended the second wed iding of her mother—on the arm of her new papa. Mystified and very ready to be tear • ful, the same Anna to-day just two months ago, attended the funeral ser cises of her own papa—on the arm of her papa-to-be. Stojan Raksonic and Mrs. Anna Cico. both of Steelton, were the prin cipals at to-day's ceremony. Alder | man Charles E. Murray, who has ac quired the familiar title of "Reverend" of late, officiated. Recorder O. G. Wiekersham, Attorneys James K. Jackson. Ross' Walters, William Houseman, Janitor "Jim" Robinson, CLEAR ENGLISH. CRY OF SCHOOLMASTERS Educators in Attendance at Ninth Annual Conference Discuss Important Topics More than 100 superintendents, prin cipals and tear hers of Central Penn sylvania, together with Normal School j instructors and experts from the State 1 Department of Education, took part in ! animated discussions on the subjects ] of English, Vocational Education, j Arithmetic, Supervision, and Geography I at the ninth annual conference of The; Schoolmasters' Association of Central j Pennsylvania, in the library of the i Technical Hitch School. The two sessions were In charge of I Professor B. W. Fisher, principal of the ' Bo' s' Htgli School, of Lancaster, who ' introduced the speakers, and delivered ! the address of welcome. Dr. Kzra r,eh ' man, principal of the Shippensburg • State Normal School, conducted the de- I votlonal exercises. "English In the! . High School" was the subject discussed i by Professor Ober Morning, of Eancas- j ter. Most of the morning was devoted to a general discussion of this subject. I There was a concensus of opinion that I each subject in the curriculum should contribute to the work in English, and that the heads of all of the departments should Insist on clear English. One > speaker stated that so much progress has been made in this subject in the liiwh schools of Pennsylvania within s [Continued <hi Page 9.] COM.EGE GIKI, liKTDE WISEST i Fewer Divorces, Too, Says Circular of Woman's School i Special to The Telegraph Baltimore, March 6.—Fresh fuel to the flames of the old argument as to whether or not a college education for - girls Is compatible with matrimony is : given by some figures just Issued by i Goueher College for Women. These ' statistics show that 3 per cent, of the . graduates of the college are married. The total number of graduates since i the first class received its degrees in 1892. including the class of 1914, is i 1,196. Of these 454 have married and of these marriages 380 children hav-e been born. The college circular, commenting, says: "Statistics show that college women marry somewhat later, but more wise- i ly, and that the percentage of divorces : among college trained women is at ■■resent negligible' ( I Assistant ' Bob" Crawford, Assistant District Attorney Robert Fox and Deputy Prothonotaries Elmer Hum mel and Elmer E. Erb were among the guests. Much might be written of the rath er unusual features of the affair. In the first place, representatives of Germany and Austria renewed their' allegiance with the aid of the county l recorder: the groom's an Austrian, the! bride's a German. Death figured in!: the service too; January 6, 1915, Mrs. I Cico's first husband died. The new husbana was the dead man's very good friend. The pair were among a number of [Continued on Page ».] TIFT 111 SPEAK Oil SIGN OF THE TIMES' Staff of Academy Spectator, Un- I der Whose Auspices He Will Speak Making Arrangements Former President William Howard Taft, with whom the staff of the Acad |emy Spectator has made arrangements jto speak here, April 15, has announced i that he will lecture on "'The Signs of jthe Times." i This is the most popular lecture of Mr. Taft's series. The subject matter jis less technical and more up to the minute than any other of his public (discourses and arrangements are al- I ready being made to accommodate a ] capacity crowd. The lecture will be given in Technical high school. I Many political organizations have made inquiries as to the possibility of (securing reservations for their respec tive delegations. Details for Mr. Taft's | entertainment during his stay in this .city are being made. Pittsburgh Workmen Are Not Compelled to Help Make Shrapnel Shells By Associated Press Pittsburgh, March 6.—Workmen dis approving of warfare for humanitarian reasons arc not compelled to join crews making shrapnel shells for Eu ropean armies in a majority of the dozen or more Pittsburgh plants turn ing out this material, it has been announced by officials of the factories. Mechanics are invited to assist in the work, but they are informed at the same time that there will be no insist ence of they possess views antagonistic to furnishing war material for a ble ligerent. U. S. WATCHING MEXICO By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March 6.—Ad ministration officials to-day awaited with interest further developments In 1 the grave situation In Mexico City, where starvation threatens. Conditions in Mexico City are described in re ports to officials and diplomats here a» being far worse than ever before. President Wilson and his advisors are giving the matter the closest attention. SNOW STORM GIVES SPRING GRUEL SLAP Heaviest Fall of Winter Covers Country East of Mississippi Un der Blanket of White Rain or snow to-night and to-mor row together with a slight rise in tem perature is the weather forecast is sued to-day. The center of the' storm with a low pressure wave Is now mov ing east toward Ohio, causing rain, sleet and snow in the middle west. Another low pressure wave with rain and snow is moving off the Delaware coast toward the southeast. Temperatures ranging from 30 to 40 degrees prevail. Much snow and rain [Continued on Page 9.] RAILROADS MUST OBEY OHITINE ■ Attorney General's Department Notifies Presidents and Direc tors of Penalties 1 Pennsylvania to-day backed up its ■ refusal to allow cattle from Chicago <jor any place that is not considered I i free of foot and mouth disease dan t'j ger in the federal government orders Ito pass through the Keystone State f| by notifying president and directors "jof railroads violating the order that 3 it would bring personal suits against : them. The only way cattle can get to -jNew York Is by way of i.ake Erie to i Buffalo or by Baltimore and thence by [Continued on Page o.] f JAPANESE SPY AT U. OF P. , Professor Says Student Admitted Or ders to Study Coast Forts Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, March fi.—Following the exposure of the alleged spy system among Japanese students of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania Prof. O. R. Sweeney of the department of chera ( istry named a former Japanese stu dent to-day who he said had frankly admitted he had been instructed bv his government to "keep his eyes open" while In this country and "to pay particular attention to the United States coast defences." Chinese students at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday charged that the Japanese were regularly send ing home detailed Information and maps of military and naval bases. "For some time last year," declared Prof. Sweeney, "1 lived in a dormitory, room adjoining that occupied by ii young Japanese student named Umetar Sato. He told me of his instructions, adding that other Japanese students in other American colleges and univer sities had received similar orders." $10,000,000 FOK WA It By Associated Press Paris, March 6, 4.3fi A. M.—A bill j opening a credit of $40,000,000 fori military expenditures has been intro- I duced In the chamber of deputies by i the government, says a dispatch to the Petit Parisien from its Bucharest cor- ' respondent. 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. ATTACK ON DARDANELLES HAS NOTICEABLE EFFECT ON THE BALKAN NATIONS Possibility of Capture of Constantinople Causes Several Countries to Take Immediate Steps to Enter War; Bulgaria Sends Division to Unknown Destination; Russian Attacks Repulsed by Germans, According to Berlin Dispatches There were indications in to-day's cable dispatches that the bombard ment of the Dardanelles might bring to a decision the attitude of the Balkan states concerning the war. The possibility of the capture of Constan tinople, which would result in changes of vital interest to the Balkan nations, has already assumed a noticeable in fluence on these nations. Bulgaria is said to nave mobilized secretly three divisions, or about 36,000 men, and one of these divisions is reported to have been sent to an unknown desti nation. In Rumania the chamber of deputies is considering the granting of a credit of $4 0,000,000 to the gov ernment for military purposes and the calling to the colors of 8,195 recruits. Greece is awaiting eagerly the decision of the crown council concerning inter vention in the war and an Athens dis patch states that popular feeling is in favor of suel' :> step. Thirii Cleared of Mines The attack on the Dardanelles forts is proceeding steadily, although it is still a question what it has accom plished. A Paris newspaper states that one-third of the straits has been cleared of mines. Russia is prosecuting one of the most vigorous offensive movements of the war in the east, extending over the whole front. A Berlin dispatch yesterday admitted the capture by the Russians of Myszyniec, near the Prus sian frontier, but in general it is as serted that Russian attacks are being repulsed, while Petrograd reports steady progress. In the west likewise fighting is be coming more general. The battle in Champagne continues with unabated ferocity and there are signs of increas ing military activity in Belgium. All along the eastern end of the lines, to t which Germany is reported to be send | ing reserves, there is steady and spir ited fighting. I r.'iss c • ."f>PC?.v J f J ing tl ]':., coroner .. / C'Jwit .. ■ to . aione was U... . J fore ... ■ N .. .. IERCE" j— A m isage from Queens town sajv. . tree wise this n c-ssage is a rq ti ion of the one receive » Lloyd . ia, Ireland. / IN GEORGIA R n were shot < » 1 | killed >ther;s s y wounded here to-day I Monro C 1 street. policema; • !m Dunwoody, a prominent ; C :LLS POLICEMAN T 1 . i n:e . t icted the attention of a pol Policeman Horace McD Policemat s were wounded severely M Robert • mploye also was shot and , C slightly wounded. The c sp< ado was accompanied by £ another man who w d without trouble. He said his nan harles IV le was searched at 1 police stat! n, the searc . - ling four automatic revolvers , 1 | and two \ m who did the shooting was 1 i shot i: ie said hi I 1 wa«. I'-, te< M-.-lba. ( with another , name, Mrs. Charles Temple, C . 108 Christie street, was badly scalded about the arm, face and C i neck when the woman dashed a teakettle full of boiling C I ■ water on hr. !■ 11c this ft, % MARRIAGE LICENSES I | Stojnn RakHnnlc ana Anna Clco, Steclton. £ Announcement was made by th« French War office to-day that the ad vance of the nllied troops in Cham pagne was continuing and that efforts of the Germans to halt the. movement by counter attacks had failed. Lon don reports the allies are making slow but consistent gains in this region, al though Berlin makes no such conces sions. The general staff of the Russian Caucasian ariny reported that a fur ther advance into Turkish Armenia had been made by the forces which recently moved forward from Batuni along the shore of the Black Sea. This army is said to have cut off Turk ish communications with Constantino ple. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR QUITS By Associated Press Rome, March 6, 9.55 P. M., via Lon don. March 6, 1.30 A. M.—The resig nation of M. Krupenslci, Russian am bassador to Italy, is announced in an interview with the diplomat printed by th<» rriornale d'ltalia. His retire ment will not come until April, how ever, and he said it was due entirely to family affairs and had no political significance. THREE DROWNED AT SEA By Associated Press Tokio. March fi. 5.30 P. M.—The pilot and two officers were drowned i when a navy seaplane fell to-day at Yokosuka. The seaplane and Its crew was attached to the naval station at that place. THREE DIVISIONS MOBILIZED By Associated Press Paris, March 6. —Bulgaria has mo bilized secretly three full army divi sions in the neighborhood of Tirnova. according to information contained in a Salon iki dispatch to the Havas agency based upon what is said to bu reliable authority.
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