Crisis at Hand in Negotiations Between HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 105 ■PIEMYSP.U. DISCHARGED ITS MEN II) WHOLESALE LIES FOB JOINING UHIOHS Organizer of B. of F. R. E. Tells of Conditions in This City During Shopmen's Strike Last Summer; At tacks W. G. Lee TELLS INVESTIGATORS HE IS GUILTY OF TREASON Declares B. of R. T. Head Is Cause of Suicides, Great Loss of Property and Breaking Up of Homes By Associated Press Washington, May 6.—Hearings were continued to-day before the Federal Industrial Relations Commission into labor conditions on the Pennsylvania Railroad Involving its telegraphers and shopmen. W. H. Pierce, an organizer of the Rrotherhood of Federated Railroad Employes, resumed his testimony con cerning the Pennsylvania shopmen's strikes at Altoona and Harrisburg last year. He had asserted that conditions among the shopmen never would be what they should be until the railroad company extended the men the right of organization the same as to em ployes of the transportation service. Pierce, questioned by Commissioner W'einstock. insisted that the Pennsyl vania discharged, in wholesale lots, men who joined the Shopmen's union. "I do not say the Pennsylvania rail road objects to five or ten per cent, of their men being organized, but "hen the organization shows great strength, the company sets its ma chinery in motion to wipe them out of existence." Opens Attack on T,ec Pierce attacked W. G. Lee. presi dent of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, for his part in the 1914 shopmen's strike. "Mr. W. G. Lee, president of the trainmen—l should call him brother, but don't—because it's a disgrace—" Qfb [Continued on Page I).] West End Site For City Star Laundry Is Purchased For $26,500 W. E. Orth, proprietor of the City- Star Laundry, 114-416 State street, to day purchased the property at Sixth and Herr streets. It Is understood a laundry plant will be erected by Mr. Orth within a year. The property purchased to-day was a part of the D. D. Boas estate and was sold by George E. Etter, real estate agent. The consideration was *26 500 The plot fronts in Sixth street 182 feet and extends along Herr street 106 feet. The present location of the Cttv-Star Laundry is on property which will be a part of the Capitol Park extension and must be vacated before July 1. 1916. Mr. Orth is not prepared to an nounce his plans at this time. MARKETS 8.5 MILES FROM FARMS By Associated Press Washington. D. C., May «.—Ameri can farms are on the average 6.5 miles from market, the farthest awav aver aging 8.7 miles, according to the De partment of Agriculture, which has .iusl completed an inquiry. The num her of round trips per day averages for all farms 2.1 and for the more remote farms 1.6 trips. Don't "wait a while" If everybody did—the whole country would stand still. 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 Harriaborß and vicinityi I'b ■ettled to-night and Friday; prob ably raini not much change In -temperature. For Baatern Pennsylvania! Unset tled to-night and Frldar; prob ably rain, except generally fair In southeast portion to-nlKhti gentle ,tu moderate nlnda, becoming southeast. RlTer . The main river and the loner North Branch and l.oirtr Went Branch ■. will continue <o rise slorrly. The upper Xorth Branch and Upper West Branch and the Juniata will fall slowly or remain nearly sta tionary to-night and probablr rise aomewhnt Friday or Krlday night. A stage of about 4.8 feet Is ladlcated for Harrisburg Fri day mosnlng. ( General Conditions Light showers have fallen In yere Vork. Northern Pennsylvania and along the northern border of the Great I.akes In the last twenty fonr hours. Temperature) 9 a. m„ 52, Soni Rises, SiOO a. M.i seta, 7i03 Moon i Sew moon. May la, lOiSl a. m. River Stagei 4.5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, as. Lowest temperature, 4R. Mean temperature, M. .Normsi temperature, 58. SAYS CO. BREAKS FAITH WITH CITY Park Expert Calls Attention to Change of Design in Island Coal Dock VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT Company's Manager Says It Is Willing to Comply With All His Suggestions Warren H. Manning, of Boston, the landscape architect who has been the park counselor of Harrisburg since the beginning of the park develop ment, is in the city this week and is much pleased with the progress that has been made since his last visit. He is quite uisappointed, however, over the lallure of ine liarrlsburg Light and Power Company to make guod us promise regarding the architectural features of the coal dock now being constructed on the east side of the island near the city (liter plant. It was generally supposed that the design which was discussed at tho original conference between the Department of Parks and the officials ot' the light and power company was being carried out. In a letter to the Telegraph to-dav and the other Harrisburg newspapers Mr. Manning says: "1 was asked to consider the ques tion of establishing a coal handling plant on the island at an earlier visit. At this conference the engineers of the company asking for the privilege and the engineer of the Department of Parks and Public Property agreed that conditions made it impracticable to establish a plant on the opposite side of the island, or at its upper end. "I was then, and am now, of the opinion that such a plant would better be on the island where public utility structures are already established than on the city shore. The location of this structure at the point in question, in my mind, hinged largely upon the practicability o! making it so architecturally at tractive as to be a worthy oblect in the view from the shore and the basin I believed then, and I now believe, that this can l»e done. It was my understanding that the company hail given assurance that they would go to a very considerable expense to accomplish this purpose. "Acting for and through the Depart ment of Parks and Public Propertv I arranged with a competent Ilrm of architects to prepare plans, which were transmitted to the company- with the expectation that there would be [Continued on Pa«c ll.] CHILD SHYER SIVS ANOTHER IS MARKED In Letter to Mother of Murdered Boy He Declares He Will Continue to Kill MRS. MURRAY COLLAPSES Mother of Little Victim Gets Note Just Before the Funeral Services Begin New York, May 6.—The letter writ ing murderer who killed 5-year-old Eleanore Cohn and 4-year-old Charles Murray, has written to the Murray boy's mother, telling her that ha will commit another murder when the present excitement over her child's death subsides. TKe letter was received to-day at the time the little victim's body waa about to be buried. Mrs. Murray read one paragraph and collapsed. The missive was taken to police headquar ters to be examined for finger prints. The murder of the little boy, who was killed by knife wounds in his abdomen the night of May 3. was pre ceded by a similar threat contained in a letter addressed to Mrs. Cohn. the mother of the little girl who was kill ed March 29. Both children, the po lice believe, were killed by the same per',on. The letter to Mrs. Murray was mail ed in this city at 7.30 o'clock last night and was delivered to-day, while preparations were being made for funeral services for the body. East Side mothers, alarmed, are es corting their children to and from school in the neighborhood to-day. CLEf-UP CiMPU HAS EDUCATED PEOPLE Health Officials Greatly Pleased With Way Citizens Are Co-operating That "Clean-up" week already has become more than an annual muni cipal institution was attested to-day by officers of the Health Department, who declared that so firmly has the Idea of c) manliness taken hold of the people that they do not wait, for huge piles of rubbish and grime to pile up but keep disposing of it all the time. "There is no better argument than this for the Institution of 'clean-up' week," said Dr. J. M. J. Raunick. "The [Continued oil Pag* l 9.] ENTHUSIASTIC ALIA* RECEIVED By Anojwtfii Press Sydney. X. S. W., May 6.—The de tails of the operations of the allies against the Dardanelles have been re ceived with enthusiasm. Recruiting shows no sign of diminution. HARRISBURG. PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1915 TWO VICTIMS OF NEW YORK "JACK THE RIPPER" y If I* NS \ ... J \ ( >L *\ CHARLES MURRAY LEOXORE ANNA COHEN New May 6.—One tenement section containing hundreds of thou sands of foreigners is in a furor over the murder of two children by a .lack the Ripper. ' More than 100 detectives of the police force are on the hunt for the murderer, who they believe is a maniac luckv enough so far to escape. Kenore Anna Cohen, five years old. was attacked in the second floor hallway of her home, in the tenement at Not 3.i2 Third avenue. March I.'. Her abdomen was slashed. No sound was heard by tenants. The murderer made a clean escape. i harlie Murray, four years old, was attacked In the ground lloor hall way of the tenement in which he lived. No. 270 First avenue. His abdomen was ripped open with two long knife slashes in precisely the same man ner as that of the little girl. The crime was committed swiftly and in ab solute silence, at the dinner hour, with tenants in their rooms on all sides. The murderer escaped without leaving the slightest clue. The utter recklessness displayed by the criminal of this tvpe is shown in the fact that both crimes were committed about the dinner hour, in the open hallways of crowded tenement buildings, with a polyglot, excit able population teeming on all sides. The cleverness displayed by both murderers is evident from the manner in which thev made their appear ance on the scene of the crime and their escape afterward. Despite the pools of blood found beside the bodies of both little victims, and the cer tainty that their assailants must have carried away long bladed. bloody stained knives, no person was found in either case who had seen the mur derers depart. "CIRCUS JITNEYS" AND OPEN CARS IN FIERCE Both Have Big Day; Crowds Fight to Get Into Motor Buses; Rush Starts Early Open competition between jitneys and the Harrisburg Railways Company was shown to-day when more than fifty jitney owners placarded their machines "To the show grounds, 5 cents." The railways company in turn brought out the open cars for the first time this season. All day the jitney men hauled big loads of passengers to the big tents at the west end of the city and late this afternoon were bring ing the people back to the central part of the city. The trolleys, however, had their big HOUSE PASSES NUIIVf MEASURES FINALLY Third Class City Law Amended; Local Bills Pass Second Reading The House passed finally to-day the bill amending third class city law by providing for erection into a city of two or more contiguous boroughs. Other bills passed: Requiring purchase money mort gages t® be recorded within 30 days to have priority of lien. Regulating appeals from auditors [Continued on Page 9.] CHILD BADLY INJURED BY BIG TOURING CAR Little Girl Was Running Across Street to Buy Toy Balloon, Witnesses Say little Florence Watt, the 8-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Watt. 224 5 Xorth Second street, did not see the big parade to-day. For days Florence, like all her other playmates, .talked and dreamed of [Continued on Pajce B] iIAM'S PAVrMON DEDICATED By Associated Press San Francisco, Cal., May 6.—Slam's pavilion, which was transported In 150,000 separate pieces from Bankok, was dedicated to-day at the Fanama- Paclflc Exposition. The building is a reproduction of one of the pavilions In the grounds of the royal palace at Bankok with the umbrella fslgn of royalty) and Buddha as the predomi nating features of the exterior. J day, car after car running with big crowds. The drivers of the jitneys started in early in the morning, some of them before T o'clock, for the day's business. Sign painters had their busy day yesterday getting ready for the rush. This is the first time since the intro duction of the jitney in this city that the merits of the trolley and jitney were brought under close observation, the jitney drivers having a slight ad vantage because of their rapid runs from the business district to the show grounds. liOVDS HIKE FOR PEIfSYIIi Governor Signs Bill Putting It Under State Regulation; Other Measures Approved Regulations for Insurance In Penn sylvania on the Lloyds plan are pro vided in the bill approved to-day by Governor Brumbaugh. The bill places the control of associations or Individ uals engaged in such business under control of the Insurance Commissioner who will require bonds to be tiled with his department The Governor also [Continued on Page ».] GOVERNOR TO WORK ON GOOD ROADS DAY Places Himself at Disposal of State Highway Commissioner as Volunteer | Governor Rrurnbaugh informed State Highway Commissioner Cunningham last night that he would place himself at the disposal of the State Highway Department on the "state-wide good roads day," Wednesday. May 26. The Governor explained to, Commissioner Cunningham that he wanted to 'par ticipate with the other citizens of the commonwealth on that day and that he knew of no better way to do so than by putting his services at the disposal of the State Highway Department. From every county in the state ad vices are being received at the State Highway Department that intense en thusiasm is being aroused over the "state-wide good roads day" plan, and every effort is being made to enlist all citizens for work on that dax. CIRCUS ROLLS INTO 101 ON 4 TINS Elephants, Snake Charmer, Weenie Wee, Clowns, Acrobats Jugglers, Magicians THEY'RE ALL HERE TODAY Thousands See Big Parade and First Show at Sixth and Ma hantongo Streets 'Oh the drums were heard and the piccolo's note. As the circus uptown paraded. And the old trick mule and the whiskered goat, i( And the elephant umber shaded. The circus is here —Barnum and Bailey's. It rolled into town early this morning, coming upon tour long trains from Lancaster, where per formances were given yesterda>. Thev're all here —the elephants, the "rhino," the marvelous snake charm er, the smallest man ever born to live, the living skeleton, Weenie Wee, the animated chocolate eclair, clowns, riders, bee-you-ti-ful horses and rid ers, acrobats, jugglers, magicians—all are here. Boneless popcorn in bales, freshly shucked antiseptic peanuts, lemonade as pink as the blush ot a maid, tinsel, blare of horns, music, pomp and circumstance, the odor of tanbark and sawdust all are on tap to-day—red letter day for youthful Harrisburg. The parade this morning was wit nessed by thousands. There were many new features. The old standbys ■were all in line; the lumbering ele phants, with their investigating trunks; twenty tiny ponies four abreast, pulling a golden chariot; open cages; tableaux wagons and ornate floats —cowboys, gallant cavaliers and handhome women all were in line. Hetl-Clieekoil Babies—l'm! M Hoy, Jinimie, look at de taßurs. Sure enough there were four tigers in one cape pacing restlessly to and from nnd licking their chops at sight of so many healthy'hoys passing their barred prison. Two gaunt lions each a lean and hungry Casslus, in the cage immediately following—were oc cupied during the entire parade in taking a sort of mental census of the red-cheeked babies lining the route. The trunks of over a score of ele phants kept weaving in and out for peanuts. At the Show Grounds Twenty tents —big and little —have been pitched at the show grounds at [Continued on Page 3] JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM 1 ARB IN PEKING Threat Is Forwarded to the Japa nese Legation in Chinese Capital PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Dispatch Says It Will Likely Be Given to Chinese Government This Afternoon By Associated Press PEKING, CHINA, MAY «. 8:15 P. M.—THE ULTIMATUM OF JAPAN ITO CHINA REACHED THE JAPA JNESE LEGATION TO-DAY. IT j PROBABLY WILL BE PRESENTED ITO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THIS AFTERNOON. Washington, May 6. —Official dis patches from Tokio and Peking re ceived here to-day indicated that while an ultimatum to China by Japan was iconsidered possible, the step actually I had not been taken when they were j sent. Secretary Bryan to-day continued his policy of refusing to discuss the far eastern situation or to reveal to any extent the department's advices. He said, however, that there had been no suggestion of mediation and refus ed to predict what the course of the United States would be. worn ■TO SEEP* Speaker Ambler Goes Ahead With Business; Vocational Educa tional Bill Out The House to-day endeavored to compete with the circus parade and only succeeded because Speaker Am bler went ahead with the work and members who had climbed to win dows or gone out to see the animals I came hustling back to look after their; bills. The Speaker declined to grant i any recess and went ahead with the; [Continued on Pago ».] BUC'HMAN GOES TO FRONT I By Associated Press State College, Pa.. Slay 6. F. N. I D. Buchman, secretary of the college ' T. M. C. A. at the Pennsylvania State' College, will spend the summer in' Europe ministering to the spiritual j needs of the troops in trenches and men in hospitals. | ALLIES' LANDING FORCE ENCIRCLED BY TURKS ON GALLIPOU PENINSULA furkish War Office Contradicts Official Statements Made by French and British; Allies Reported to Be Un able to Advance; Crisis at Hand in Negotiations Be tween Austria and Italy; Berlin Papers Say Italy's Entrance Into War Is Likely Reports of consistent progress on the part of the allied forces at the Dardanelles were contradicted in an otflcial statement to-day from the Turkish War Office. It was said the troops which landed on Gallipoli peninsula were in a precarious condi tion, being <yiclrcled by Turkish forces and unable to advance. The state ment was made that only two points of the peninsula—Seddul Bahr and Avi Burnu—were held by the allies. Dispatches from French and Brit ish sources said further success had been won by the allies. An attack by Turks on the encampment at Krithia resulted disastrously for them, ac cording to these advices, the Turks having left 1,500 dead behind them after their repulse. A British corre spondent asserted that the tip of the peninsula and the entire western side were under control of the allies. Crisis Has Come Rome, Vienna and Berlin advices indicated that a crisis had come in the negotiations between Italy and Aus tria. In Rome, where it had been felt of late that war was inevitable, there has been a sudden revival of hope of a peaceful settlement owing to the fact that Austria is said to have real ized the necessity of making substan tial territorial concessions. Vienna regarded as significant a visit of the Italian ambassador to the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister although the outcome was not disclosed Berlin newspapers said Italy's par ticipation in the war must be regarded as not unlikely. Claims were made in Petrograd that the victory of the Russian army of the Caucasus over the Turks an nounced yesterday was an important and decisive one. A force of 30,000 Turks which attacked the Russians in the Dilman-Khori region was said to have been repulsed with heavy losses, and compelled to retire in dls otrler. Still another neutral steamer has been sunk in the North Sea, although whether by a mine or torpedo has not been established. The Danish vessel. DESPERATE BATTLE IN PROGRESS Vienna, May 5, via London, May 6, 2.40 P. M.—A bat tle of the most desperate character continued all night long .and throughout to-day, without a break, on the West Gahcian front. The Austro-German armies continued to gain ground on the southern section of the battle front, cap turing position after position from the Russiana. HEAVY WIND STORM STRIKES WEST Ardmore. Okla., May i.—Three persons were injured and much property damaged here to-day by a heovy wind storm. It was reported that Wilson, Okla., noor here, was hit by a storm which blew down forty buildings, but that no one was serioualy injured there. Winds of almost tornado proportions were reported over a wide soction o! southern Oklahoma. SIEGEL SETTLEMENT APPROVED Boston, May fi. A final settlement of tbe claims against the Henry Siejcl Company ®f Boston, mn a basis of 27*4 per cent, was approved to-day by J. U Olmstead, referee in bankruptcy. LITTLE GIRL HURT y f Harrisburg—A little girl named Helen Cox, address not known, while on rolling skates was seriously hurt late this afternoon when confused by traffic, she fell on her head against the running board of a jitney, driven by John Bret/. She was taken to the office of Dr, J. Ross Swartz, 236 North Third street. ROBBERS GET $lO7 Harrisburg—Robbers entered the home of C. H. House man, 2121 North Second street, last night and stole $lO7 in cash. CATCH RUNAWAY GIRL Harrisburg—Hazel Smith, aged 17 years, a runaway girl from Clarion, was found in Harrisburg to-day by Lieu tenant Ldward Warden. Glutton, W. Va., May 6.—Ail passenger agents of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia were to-day ordered to sell tickets at two cents a mile and withdraw from sale" the rebate tickets at two and one-half cents. This action came in response to an injunction granted yeaterday. MARRIAGE LICENSES # ( ktrlM Mi eavrr and Llulr Hatdorf, Wlronlaco. , George Delbert Rherm and Anna Pearl Rankrn, city. 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. Cathay, from Denmark for China, wan blown lip, but her passengers an»l crew, numbering 43, escaped. Greatest Battle Races The battle in Western Galicia. launched a few days ago with an Aus tro-German attack from the Cracov.' region, has developed into one of tin; greatest encounters of the war. Petro grad dispatches admit that the situa tion is a serious one, although it is asserted that the advance had been checked. At Vienna and Berlin, how ever, it is claimed the Russians have begun a general retreat, that theTr whole position i»t the Carpathians is precarious and that the entire eastern campaign may turn on the events of the next few days. Vienna advices say a desperate bat tle continued all day yesterday and that the Austrlans and Germans took one position after another from the Russians. The German invasion of the Baltic provinces of Russia, which is regard ed lightly in Petrograd, is said in Ber lin to be an important movement, un der the personal direction of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg. His aim is believed to be the capture of and Riga, which would enable him to harass Russian communications with Petrograd. In Belgium further gains have been made by the Germans. The official Trench statement concedes that tha German won positions on the disputed hill Xo. fit near Ypres. and that tlio British were able to retake only part of them. Sharp lighting is in progress elsewhere along the western front, but apparently with no decided changes. MILITARY AGREEMENT Turin. Italy. May 6.—A military agreement has been concludede be tween Rumania and Bulgaria which Is preliminary to a formal political al liance make it obligatory for those' nations to support each other In easo of war, according to a Saloniki dis patch to the Gazetta D 1 Torino. [Other War New* on Paces A and 11.]
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