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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 53
FRENCH LINER AFIRE
1,200 MILES FROM PORT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.