U. S. Government Making Thorough Investigation of Attack on American Steamer
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 102
PRESIDENT RESERVES
JUDGMEUTTIICK
ON VIIEE STEAMER
Will Make No Comment on
Torpedoing of Gulflight
Until Fuller Details Are
Received From American
Representatives
CAPTAIN AND TWO OF
SHIP'S CREW ARE DEAD
•
Owners of Vessel Will Ask
State Department to Com
pel Germany to Pay For
Vessel's Loss and to Fami
lies of Americans Lost
By Associated Press
Washington. May 3.—The first
ottlclul report of {he torpedoing
of the Amcrkan tanker Gulflight
reached the State department late
this afternoon in an undated dis
patch from Consul Stephens at |
Plymouth, Kngland, says the at
tack was made Saturday, but the
ve«i«el was still alloat and that
patrol boats were attempting to
tow her to the Scilly islands.
Consul Stephens' message fol
lows:
"American tank steamer Gulf- '
'ight torpedoed off Sellly Islands, i
first instant. Captain died heart
failure, body landed. Two of crew
drowned. HI saved. Vessel afloat,
patrol boats attempting tow her
Into Scilly."
Washington, D. C. t May 3.—Presi-'
(lent Wilson will reserve judgment on ;
the torpedoing of the American steam- j
er Gulflight until fuller details are]
received. The President inquired |
about the incident when he arrived 1
from Williamstown, Mass.. to-day. but !
was told that so far as White House I
officials know no official word has
come in.
In the face of news dispatches offi
cials State that the attack on the ship
Is a serious matter, but they intend
that a very thorough investigation has
been made and that no hasty action
should be taken.
Secretary Bryan said that a thor
ough inquiry would be made but that
before official reports were received
the Washington government would
make no comment.
Should another day pass without In- !
formation from American officials i
abroad they probably will be instruct
ed to get in touch with the remote lo
calities where the Gulflight and her
crew were taken.
Gulflight and Her Cargo
Valued at $1,000,000
By Associated Press
New York, May 3.—The two Amer-I
leans in addition to Captain Gunter.
who lost their lives when the Amer
ican steamer Gulflight was torpedoed j
off the Scilly Islands, were Charles C.
Short, of Chicago, the wireless opera
tor, and Eugene Chapaneta, of Port j
Arthur, Texas, a seaman, according to |
a cablegram received here to-day by I
the Gulf Refining Company, owners!
of the vessel.
The message, a brief one. was sign
ed by First Officer Ralph Smith. It]
said that Captain Gunter. whose home j
Is In Bayonne, N. J., died of heart dis- j
ease, and that Short and Chapaneta i
were lost. These were the two men
It is believed, reported yesterday to
have jumped from the vessel after she
was struck and who were lost be
cause of the fog that prevailed.
The ship and cargo, according to
James Kennedy, marine superinten
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Get off the lid—
Every hour yon hold off
purchasing the things
you would huy hut for
groundless fears Is .lust
so many minutes be
tween us all and pros
perity.
This Is the time of all
time for the U. S. A.
to make vast strides
Let's all get busy.
Buy-It-Now
THE WEATHER
For HarrUbur* and vicinityt I'a
■ettled weather, probably ahow
•** to-night and Tueadayi not
much abange In temperature,
for Baiters Pennsylvania! I'naat
tlrd to-night and Tuesday, prob
ably ahowerai gentle to moderate
northeast minds.
lUver
Ho material changes are likely to
occur In river conditions.
A stage of about 4.4 feet la Indicat
ed for Harrlahurg Tueaday
morals*.
General Condltlona
The disturbance that remained
nearly stationary over the Pa
cific alope (or several daya has
erooaed the Rocky Mountains and
la now central over lovra.
There has been a general rtae of a
to 13 degree* In temperature
since Saturday morning over
aearly all the country east of the
Mississippi river and over the Pa
clfllc alope.
Tempera tore l * a. m., M,
flan Rises i SiOft a. M.i acts, fIiKS
Moon i New moon. May A, lOilll
River Staget 4.1f feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterriar'a Weather
KUtart temperature, M.
I,ot. eat temperature, 4FT.
Mean temperature. M.
Kormal temperature, 67,
INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS MAY ARISE FROM THE
TORPEDOING OF AMERICAN STEAMSHIP BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
\ V i ' 11
EFFICIENT VACATION ;
IDEA WIDELY COPIED'
|
Many Firms Follow Elliott-Fisher's
Lead of Closing Entire Plant
For Two Weeks
WHOLE ORGANIZATION RESTS
i
Officials Claim Scheme Inaugu
rated Four Years Ago Saves
Time, Trouble and Money
The "Efficiency Vacation" Idea, in
augurated by the Elliott-Fisher Type
writer Company of this clt:. four years
ago is growing in popularity. At least i
100 big business plants and business!
offices throughout the United States'
will practically close down for a defi
nite period under the new vacation j
system.
Notice was given last week to every]
employe of the Elliott-Fisher com
pany as follows:
"The employes of our general
office, factories and sales offices
everywhere will take their annual
vacation from Saturday night,
July 24, to Monday morning, Au
gust 9, this year.
"Emergency orders for new
equipment, supplies or repairs, re
ceived by mail or telephone, will
be cared for during this time as
at other periods of the year."
It is estimated that 250 employes
will take the vacation. This does not
mean that the big plant will close
down completely. The emergency or
ders will b6 looked after. There will
be men on hand in all departments to
take care of rush work. Every em
ploye before going on a vacation will
leave his or her address, and is subject
to call, should occasion arise. Effi
ciency vacations In the opinion of El
liott-Fisher officials are a big saving
In time, trouble and oioney. It Is ex
plained that arranging vacations for an
I army of employes is not always satis
factory. Someone usually kicks. The
efficiency idea overcomes the kick and
lets everybody off at the same time.
Referring to the Ellott-Fisher plan,
Janet. Ruth Rankin in August World's
Work, last year tells why the plan la
a success. In part she says:
Vacation Disease
"In the summer months, a whole
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REVENUE BILLS WILL
| BE SEVERELY CUT
Governor Will Summon Republi
can Leaders to Conference on
the Subject
Governor Brumbaugh will summon
members of the R«publlcan platform
i committee and the chairman of the
appropriations committee to a confer-,
ence to devise ways and means to
provide revenue to add another mil
lion dollars to the State appropriation
for schools and to furnish more money
for roads. This was determined upon
to-day at a conference between the
Governor and Chairmen Buokman and
Wdbdward, of the appropriations
committees. Efforts will be made to
have the counties provide accommo
dations for the surplus insane, the
State to pay for the maintenance.
The Governor had Dr. N. C. Schaef
fer, State superintendent of public In
struction meet with the chairmen
and himself to-day and said that it
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If THE TELEGRAMS'
BIRTHDAY
B' EGINNING to-day, with a pic
ture of Dr. R. H. Moffett, the
■ Telegraph will publish a Birth
day Column, presenting likenesses
' of representative Harrlsburgers. So
far as possible, the pictures will ap
pear doily, or at frequent Intervals.
A large number of photographs are
now being posed especially for this
purpose and as rapidly as possible
they will he developed Into a dally
feature of this newspaper.
HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1915,
International complication, It is feared, will arise over the torpedoing
of the American oil tank steamer Gulflight by a German submarine off the
Scilly Islands, Saturday.
Captain Alfred Gunter, captain of the Gulflight, who died from heart
failure as a result of shock and his daughter and wife are shown above.
Beiow the tank steamer Gulflight sailing from Port Arthur, Texas.
TWO MOTORCYCLES
FIGURE 111 SNUSHUPS
Harrisburg Men Seriously Hurt;
Girl Hurled 40 Feet When Team
Hits Machine
Marietta, Pa.. May 3.—ln a colli
sion between a motorcycle and an au
tomobile near Florin yesterday after
noon, Ira F. Brelim, of 1834 Berryhlll
street,Harrisburg.was severely Injured.
Mr. Brehm was riding with his broth
er on the motorcycle and was bound
for Lancaster. When near Florin
they ran into an automobile owned by
John B. Shreiner, of Manhelm, who
was traveling to Harrisburg. Ira
Brehm was the only one hurt, but
both machines were damaged.
Mr. Brehm was first taken to Elli
abethtown where his injuries were at
tended to by a physician and then re
moved to Ms Harrisburg home. His
Injuries may prove serious.
Girl Hurled 40 Feet
Another accident happened near
Bareville *esterday afternoon when a
motorcycle crashed into a carriage.
William Clnir was driving the motor
cycle and riding with him was Miss
Tlllie Hollinger, of Rohrerstown, and
when near the town a carriage driven
by Diller Myers, containing his wife
and two children, approached. When
the collision occurred, Miss Hollinger
was thrown about 40 feet, striking
her head. She is suffering from con
cussion of the brain. The carriage
was badly wrecked and the two Myers
children were thrown to the road and
both severely hurt. Mr. and Mrs. My
ers escaped serious injury. Mr. Clair
had two bad cuts on the forehead and
one on the back of the head.
ITALY WILL
WAR AT EARLY DATE,
WASHINGTON
By Associated Press
Washington, May 3.—Such advices
as have come to tlie United States gov
ernment through official and unoffi
cial channels within the last few days
Indicate that Italy's preparations clear
ly tend to tier participation in the war
at an early date.
Aside from her extensive military
preparations and orders for war sup-
BMilioT
NEW (SPIT PUT
F. D. Cnmner Here to Inspect
Site; Work to Start Tomorrow
Morning
Work on the construction of the
city's new asphalt repair plant In
South Ninth street will be started to
morrow by the F. D. Cuntner and Son
Company, City Commissioner W. H.
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WANT RIG ENTRY LIST
In a letter issued to members of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
to-day, from the office of the secre
tary, E. L, MoColgin, an urgent re
quest la made to enter us many cars
as possible, In the Publlolty Run of
the Motor Club of HarrUburg next
week.
HIGH WAGES CAUSE
OF 11 TROUBLES
Suggestion Made in England That!
Payment of Excess Earnings
Be Deferred
By Associated press
London. May 3, 3.40 A. M. The
"White Paper" on the drink question
brings home to the nation in an Im
pressive manner the gravity of the
situation. What causes the greatest
Indignation in the newspapers Is the
fact not hitherto realized that drinlt is
hampering the-work in the shipbuild
ing and transport trades.
Judging from the editorial opinion
expressed in (his morning's newspa
pers, however, serious as the situa
tion Is thus depicted. It Is not regard
ed as justifying David Lloyd George,
chancellor of the exchequer, in penaliz
ing the whole nation by an excessive
taxation of the liquor Industry. It is
pointed out in the editorials that the
trouble arises from the men earning
much larger wages than they have
been accustomed to, and the sugges
tion is made that some means should
be found for deferring payment of this
excess of earnings until after the war.
"Any one reading Mr. Lloyd
George's brief," says the Times in an
editorial, "will wonder more than ever
what his general prohibitive duties
have to do with the matter. Ample
grounds are cited for local restriction,
but not for the proposed large sur
taxes."'
Most of the morning newspapers
take the same view as the Times,
although the liberal papers naturally
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prlofd the pvperted public appearance
of King Vk tor Immanucl at the t.ari
baldt celebration at Rome Wednesday
is looked upon there an of much sig
nificance and demonstrations then In
favor of war would not be surprising.
Heretofore all such popular outbursts
have been given no official sanction
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10 GARDENERS DIDN'T
TELLKIOF PLOTS
Few of Big Bunch of Entrants to
Telegraph's City Beautiful
Contest Just Forgot
Just ten of the big bunch of pros
peotlve gardener* who have entered
the Telegraph's "city beautiful" gar
den contest have failed to Inform the
outdoor department of the Civic Club
of Just what type of garden they in
tend competing for. Bo the outdoor
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J AMIES 8. TI'PPKR DTKS
fly Aiiociat»4 Prw#
London, May a, 2.48 A. M. —James
Stewart Topper, a well-known bar
rister and eldest eon of Sir Charles
Tupper, former prime minister of
Canada, died yesterday at Oxford. ,
NO CHANGE INTAX
RATE FOR SCHOOLS
Millage Will Remain at B*4; to Be
Fixed by Board at Meeting
Next Friday
NO NEW INCREASE SCALE
Teachers Ask the Committee to
Consider Augmenting Salaries;
Compliance Doubtful
No change In the school tax rate of
eight and a half mills will he neces
sary for the next twelve months, it Is
understood, ana at Friday's session of |
the school board the directors will 1
likely fix the present millage for the | 1
ensuing year. I j
The school budget, it is said, has | j
been practically completed, although i
it will probably be finally passed upon , <■
at Thursday's meeting of the finance j
committee. Just what particular items]
It contains will not be divulged until |
after the committee submits it to the
board but it is not thought that any ] J
special items will bo embodied in it. I !
Whether or not the new scale of in- .
crease for salaries asked for by the
teachers will be recommended is prob
lematlcal. but this Is not considered (
likely. The increase will pile up the ]
school expenditure some thousands of
dollars, one director said last evening,
and if the tax rate is to be kept with- (
In the present bounds, then only the
present ratio of teachers' Increases
can be carried out.
The supply committee will meet
Thursday to decide on some supplies
for the two high schools including
some additional equipment for Tech
nical high.
Jitney Bus Operators
Blame Trolley Company
For Tacks on Streets
Special to The Telegraph
Savannah, OR.. May 3. The Savan- |
nnh Rlertrle Company, owner of the,
street railway system, is accused by the j
Jitnev 'bus owners of forcing its em
pioyes to strew carpet tacks on the
streets for the evident purpose of put
ting- them out of commission. Cards
' set in a piece of cardboard to hold them
I point upward were thrown along: Ber-
I nard street during the rush hour Sat
urday night; with the result, that a
number of tires were punctured
In one instance it was reported to
the police that a street car motorman
had been seen to drop tacks on the
street. An investigation is in progress.
An interesting flght is on between the
railway system and the jitney bus
owners.
Cousin of Coroner
Killed When She Jumps
From Runaway Buggy
■ Mrs. Catherine Booser, of Elizabeth
. town, 'vyas Instantly killed, and her
, husband, Elwood Booser, seriously in
jured yesterday afternoon when the
horse which they were driving on the
i Lancaster pike, became frightened and
ran away. Mrs. Booser attempted to
. jump from the carriage, breaking her
. i neck when she fell. Her husband is
suffering from internal injuries and
1 bruises about the body.
, Mrs. Booser is a cousin of Coro
, ner Jacob Kcklnger, of Dauphin coun
-5 ty. She is survived by her husband
f i and one son, Joseph. Funeral arrange
? ments have not been completed. The
accident occurred shortly after 3
j o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. and
q Mrs. Booser had just started on their
usual Sunday afternoon drive around
j the country.
]■ F. D. SAFFORO OX TRIAL
By Associate I Press
New York, May 3. — Franklin D.
r Knfford. who is on trial rharged witf
perjury as a result of his identification
s of James W. Osborne as the man who
i, visited a hotel in Plainfleld, N. J., with
y Miss Rae Tanzer last October, was
ready to resume testimony in his own
defense in the federal court to-day.
ANOTHER CUT IN THE
U.S JAIL SERVICE
Charwomen and Janitors Must
Take Eight-day Lay-off Each
Month Without Pay
Frantic efforts on the part of the
Wilson administration to meet de
ficiencies have resulted In another cut
In salaries in the postal service, It was
learned to-day.
Retrenchment orders were received
at the Harrisburg Post Office to-day
hitting janitors and charwomen in the
local service. Eight employes in the
Harrisburg Post Office will be given
an eight-day layoff each month with
out pay. These employes receive from
fifty to sixty dollars a month, and as
might be expected, the ones hit are
complaining bitterly at this sharp cut
in the none too large Incomes. The
retrenchment orders received to-day
have caused no little anxiety on the
part of other employes who fear that
their salaries, too, may lie cut in the
near future to meet deficiencies.
This was pay day for some of the
mall clerks running out of Harrisburg.
The mall clerks have been complain
ing for some time because of cuts in
their department, which are crippling
service and working hardships on the
men.
MAY BOND JITVKTS
The bonding of Jitney owners or
drivers is being seriously considered
by city officials, it was learned to-day.
The question of who will pay dam
ages if people are Injured or killed by
<>arelesß Jitney drivers has given rise
to the consideration of the question.
The Jitneys were out yesterday and
did a big Sunday business. There Is
some talk among Jitney owners and ]
drivers of organising for their mutual j
protection.
GERMANS
TO SINK VESSELS
CLOSE TO
Swedish Steamer Went to Bottom in Less Than Three
Minutes After Being Torpedoed, but 18 Persons on
Board Escaped Death; Italian Cabinet Will Not
Postpone Assembling of Parliament May 12; Allies'
Warships Inflict Great Damage on Turkish Forts
The sinking of three more vessels
In the North Sea by German sub
marines In their new campaign is re
ported to-day. The Swedish steamer
Ellida went to the bottom in less than
three minutes after she was torpedoed,
but the eighteen persons on board es
caped. Trawlers reaching Aberdeen
report that two vessels in a Ashing
fleet less than fifty miles off that port
were sunk yesterday.
It is believed in Rome that Austria
and Germany have decided on an
other effort to prolong the negotiations
between Italy and the central empires
in the hope of reaching a peaceful set
tlement of the territorial dispute. For
this purpose it is said that Count
Goluchowskl, former Austro-H ungarlan
foreign minister, will go to Home from
Vienna.
The Italian cabinet has decided not
to postpone the assembling of parlia
ment on May 12 and it is trought in
Rome that parliament may assist the
cabinet in reaching a decision which
now appears to he almost inevitable.
Information from the Dardanelles
by way of London Is that the bom
bardment of the Turkish forts was
carried on Saturday and that great
damage was inflicted by the warships |
of the allies. The town of Dardanelles
1m said to have been destroyed. The
Turkish war office, however, states that
no action was attempted by the allied
; fleet on that day. French troops are
| reported to have made another land-
J ing on the Asiatic side and to be ad
j vanning rapidly.
jTwo Trawlers Reported
Sunk by Submarines
Py Associated Press
Aberdeen, Scotland. May 3, 12.42
P. M.—Trawlers making port to-day
declare that a German submarine sunk
I two trawlers within fifty miles of
Aberdeen on Sunday. The crews of
the two vessels, It Is believed, lost
their lives. It would appear as though
1 the submarine ran amuck among the
SAFFORD SAYS OSBORNE WAS MAN HE SIGHTED 1
New York, May 3.—Frank D.' Safford, the aged hotel J
clcrl: indicted on a charge of perjury in connection with his 1
identification of James W. Osborne, a well-known criminal
lawyer, as the man who registered with Miss Rae Tanzer i
at a H. infield, N. J., hotel last October, reiterated on the
stand to day in his own defense, th&t Osborne was the man *
who had been at the hotel with the girl.
JAPS TO SEND ULTIMATUM TO CHINA
Tokio, May 3, 5.30 P. M.—The Jiji Sh'impo, a Japanese '
newspaper of good standing, issued an extra edition this af
ternoon in which it made the statement that Japan would '
send an ultimatum to China, the Chinese reply to the latest
Japanese c:ommunij|®K regarding the demands of the *
Tokio government considered unsatisfactory.
Chicago, May 3.—Charles C. Short, th» wireless oper- I
ator who is reported to have lost his life when the Ameri
can steamer Gulflight was torpedoed off the Scilly Islands, |
was making his first trip as a wireless operator. He was 22 •
years old and made his home with his mother h«re.
t
WILLIAM E. KEEFER DIES AT MECHANICSBURG
Mcchunicsburg, Pa., May 3. William E. Keefer, a '
well-known hardware merchant, died this afternoon at 2
o'clo-.r aged 59. |
Trinidad, Colo., May 3.—The jury which has been con- j
sidering since last Saturday night the case of John R. Law
son, labor leader charged with murder in connection with
the killing of John Nimmo, a deputy sheriff, October 25, '
1913, in a battle between striking coal miners and deputies,
gave no indication that it had reached a verdict when court '
opened to-day. s '
London May 3, 2.52 P. M. A German aeroplane, I
coming from the direction of Ostend, scouted over Dover
and FolKstone at noon to-day. It was driven off by gun |
fire.
London, May 3, 2.52 P. M.—lt is reported that a Zep- (
pelin aii ship is traveling in the directipn of England from
the island of Vlieland, which is on the northern coast of
the Netherlands. The airship passed over this island at 10
o'clock this morning.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Walter Btdaman and Aarle Kroft, city.
William Johnson and Lnctnda Starker, Ohamberahor*. I
Henry H. Ely and Marie R. Weltael, Lanaaater.
* POSTSCRIPT.
12 PAGES
Aberdeen fishing fleet. In addition to
sending two to the bottom it chased
throe other trawlers for twenty miles.
A patrol boat was then seen approach
ing, whereupon the submarine sub
merged.
AMERICAN' PACKERS T/OSE
FAITH IX BRITISH OFFICE
April 2 0 (correspondence of
the Associated Press). —With millions
of dollars' worth of provisions tied up
by the British admiralty and virtually
no opportunity to ship foodstuffs to
Norway, Denmark and Sweden, Euro
pean representatives of American
packers have lost all patience with
what they call the dilatory tactics of
English officials and are no longer dis
posed to accept in good faith the
promises of the British foreign office
and admiralty that Immediate steps
will be taken to facilitate neutral trade
with neutral countries.
INSPECT FORTIFICATIONS
By Associaitd Prest
London, May 3, 12.53 P. M.—Tele
graphing from Amsterdam, the corre
spondent of the Exchange Telegram
Company says that Emperor William
and Prince Henry of Prussia, his
brother, were at Antwerp the end of
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"Take a Wife", Says Pastor;
; Man Does; Stops Sermon
i Frederick. Md„ May 3. The service
! at the Brunswick Baptist Church was
! turned into a wedding party last night
when some one walked up the aisle and
whispered In the ear of the pastor, the
Rev. George W. Whiteside, as he was
In the midst of a sermon entitled, "Take
Unto Thyself a Wife."
The pastor nodded his head In answer
to the whisper, and a moment later
TTlUeary C. Rockwell and Nellie B.
Barger strode to the altar and wero
wedded.
This ended the sermon.