Entire Battalion of Allies' Landing Force
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 106
MIES LOSE HEUVILY
ID ENGAGEMENTS Oil
GALLIPOLIPENIIISUIIt
Bombardment ofDandanelles'
Fortifications by British
and French Proceeding
Successfully, According to
London Dispatches
AUSTRIA PREPARES TO
MEET ITALY ON FIELD
Hopes That Differences Ex-j
isting Between Two Coun
tries Would Be' Settled
Peacefully Are Reported
to Be Fading; Germans
Leaving Rome
Official announcement Is made in a
dlspaten from Constantinople that
severe losses have been inflicted on the
French and British troops which land
ed on Gallipoli Peninsula. It is said
one entire battalion was annihilated
in an attack on the left wing and that
In another encasement the British
lost heavily, both in men and war
munitions.
Reports reaching London from the
Dardanelles, while containing no new
details of the land fighting say that
the bombardment by the allied fleet
of the Turkish fortifications is pro-!
ceeding successfully. Some of the'
forts at Chanak and Kilid Bahr and
probably others on both sides of the
straits up to the narrows are said to
have been silenced.
Results Still in Doubt
The exact status of affairs in the
great battle of Western Galicia re
mains in doubt. German and Austrian
reports of a spectacular victory are
optimistic. They state
that the resistance of the Russians is
being broken down steadily and that
the whole Carpathian army of the
Russians has been placed in a precar
ious situation. Petrograd advices,
however, while conceding a measure
of success to the Teutonic allies, say
these claims are greatly exaggerated
The Russian war office announces a
victory In a battle Stry, in the
Carpathians further east than the
scene of the present main battle.
Hopes that Italy would settle peace
fully her differences with Austria ap
parently are fading as speedily as fhev
were revived a few days ago. The
Austrian governmtnt is reported to
have Informed Italy of the extreme
concessions it is willing to make, and
Austrian?' and Germans in Rome are
represented as having lost confidence
In a favorable outcome. A German
school in Rome was closed on receipt
of a telegTam from Berlin and the
exodus of Germans from Italy is con
tinuing in Incerasing numbers. Aus
tria is making energetic military prep
arations for a possible attack by Italy.
BRITI ,H STEAMER TORPEDOED
fly Associated Press
London, May 7, 12.56 P. M.—The
British steamer Candidate was tor
pedoed by a German submarine yes
terday at "W'aterford, Ireland. The
members of her crew were saved.
AUSTRIA READY FOR ATTACK
By Associated Press
Paris, May B.—Austria is continuing
to make extensive preparations for de
fense against a possible attack bv
Italy, according to a dispatch to the
Petit Parisien from Turin. Railway
service was suspended for six hours
last Friday and Saturday at Graz and
Pabache to permit the passage of mili
tary trains carrying artillery and am
munition to Trieste.
Show the
American Spirit
This is the time of all
time for the U. S. A. to
, make vast strides. Let's
all get busy.
Buy-lt-Now
THE WEATHER
For Harrlaburg and vlrlnityi Rain
thia afternoon and to-nlghti s n t
urday fair and aomewbat cooler.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: llaln
to-night i Saturday partly cloud v
and somewhat pooler; moderate
to fresh aouthweat to weat tvlnd>.
River
The main rtver will rlae slowly or
rrnal* nearly atatlonary. The
trlbntarlea will probably rlae aa
a reault of the graeral rain In
dicated for the Susquebanna Val
ley In the neit twenty-four
hoars. A since of about 4.S feet
may be expected for HarrUburg
Saturday morning.
General Conditions
The atorm that w«« central over
Weat Texas, Thursday morning,
baa moved rapidly northeastward
and now covers the l.ake Hf
crlon and the Central Valleys wMli
Its center o»er Wisconsin. It lias
caused general rains east of the
Rocky Mountains tn the last
twenty-four hours, except In the
Atlantic .States.
Temperature: S a. m.. IW.
Sun: Rises. 4iO(l a. n.| seta, TitM
p. m.
Moon i New moon. May 18. 10i3t
p. m.
River *tagei 4.0 feet above low
water murk.
Yeaterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 72.
l.oweat temperature, 1(1,
>lean temperature. .10.
formal temperature, .*>«.
LUSITANIA TORPEDOED AND
SUNK OFF COAST OF IRELAND
THE LUSITANI A SUNK OFF IRISH COAST
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1101FI SWEEPS
ENOLA FRAME ROW
Two Houses Burned to Ground; I
Another Pair Badly
Damaged
CITY COMPANY ASSISTS I
Girl's Screams Arouse and Save I
Family, Who Rush to Street
in Nightclothes
Fire, believed to have been of in
cendiary origin, swept through a row
of frame houses in Enola early this ; .
morning, burning two completely to j
the ground and badly damaging two j1
others. The loss is estimated at,
SIO,OOO, practically covered by insur
ance.
One of the houses totally destroyed 1
was occupied by C. E. Kuntzleman,
who lost all of his furniture. The,
other was unoccupied. The homes of I
Carl Snyder and Robert Kautz were
badly damaged. Most of their furni
ture was removed before the flames
reached it. The row, located in Perry
6treet. was owned by Zinn & Frank,
of Newport.
To the Friendship Fire Company,
which made a record run from this
city shortly after 2 o'clock with the
motor apparatus, credit is given for!
saving the entire row from ruin. The
flames, which were then raging beyond
control, were soon placed in check by
the higher pressure streams.
Girl's Screams Arouse Parents
For some time the building at the
western end of the row has been va
cant. Soon after 1 o'clock Miss Helen
Kuntzleman. the 17-year-old daughter
of Mr. Kuntzleman, was awakened by
the odor of burning wood and dense
smoke. She screamed for ner parents
and the three fled from the house in
j their night clothes. Flames were then
raging on the first floor of their home
and within a few minutes the roof of
the vacant house, next door, collapsed.
The Enola fire department and the
Pennsylvania Railrond apparatus was
called out and the fire whistles wre
sounded. Before anyone arrived the
fire had virtually destroyed the
Kuntzleman residence. It spread to
the home of Carl Snyder, but before
It had made any great headway the
furniture was removed.
Realizing that with their hose and
apparatus it would be impossible to
check the flames, members of the
Enola fire company telephoned to this
; city for aid. The Friendship com
pany rushed to the scene. Before it
arrived the flre had spread to the
! home of Robert Kautz. There the
flames were extinguished with the aid
of the motor apparatus. Furniture in
I all three of the homes was fully in
sured. The Kuntzlemans are in the
homes of friends. They did not save
any of their clothing.
Efforts are being made to discover
the origin of the flames. County offi
cials are now conducting an investi
gation.
Foreigners in Rome See
Early Entrance Into War
By Associated Press
Paris, May 7.—A Havas dispatch
from Rome says the Austrian ambas
sador is reported to have handed to
Foreign Minister Sonnino at a confer
ence yesterday afternoon the Vienna
cabinet's final proposals to Italy con
taining the extreme concessions the
dual monarchy is willing to make.
While the utmost secrecy Ib observed
tegardlng these concessions, Austrian*
and Germans in Rome have lost con
fidence in a favorable outcome of the
negotiations. Prince von Buelow, the
German ambassador also called uporv
Baron Sonnino yesterday afternoon.
I
TVKE men CROSS MONEY
London, May 7. —A dispatch from
Havre to the Dally Telegraph days
Prince de Eigne, president of the Bel
gian Red Cross, reports that General
■von Blssing, thp German governor of
Belgium, has dispossessed the Red
Cross from its powers and seized funds
amounting to 200,000 francs. u
HARRISBURG. PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1915
JAPIS ULTIMATUM j
PRESENTED TO CHINA
Delivery Made to Foreign Office
by Japanese Minister This
Afternoon
'
DEMANDS ARE MODIFIED
I
Peking Dispatch Says China Is
Prepared to Concede
Everything
1
By Associated Press
Washington. l>. C., May 7. The
I'nited States, within the last twenty
four hours, through Its embassadors
abroad, has consulted Great Britain,
France and liussia, as the allies of
Japan, to learn their attitude toward
the present status of the .lispanese-
Cliinese negotiations.
Bv Associated Press
Peking, May 7. 6 P. M.—Eki Hloki,
the Japanese minister to China, went
to the Chinese Foreign Office between
S and 4 o'clock this afternoon and
presented the Japanese ultimatum
which Insists that China accede to the
, demands presented by the Tokio gov-
I eminent.
Previous to this action on the part
of the minister the secretary of the
legation visited the Foreign Office and
Informed Vice-Minister .Thao Yulin
that the u'timatum of the Japanese
governr" "nt contained certain modifi
cation." %jf the twenty-four demands
presented by Toklo.
Peking, May 7, 5.05 P. M.—There
Is good reason to believe that China
is prepared to doncede everything de
manded by Japan, realizing that the
| situation is hopeless.
This possible outcome to the pre
sent tense situation is not generally
comprehended In Peking; consequent
ly a number of foreign residents, as
well as Chinese themselves, are to
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CREIGHTON ANSWERS
CHARGES OF HOYER
Declares Former Mayor Did Not
Appreciate the Danger of
the Uprising
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C.. May 7.—The
Federal Industrial Relations Commis
sion to-day continued Its examination
of witnesses as to labor conditions on
the Pennsylvania railroad when G. W.
Creighton, general superintendent of
that road at Altoona, Pa., resumed the
stand. He testified in answer to state
ments made before the commission
yesterday by Samuel H. Hoyer, former
mayor of Altoona, in connection with
the strike in the Pennsylvania shops
there in 1911.
Hoyer testified that the striking
shopmen were peaceful, but that
Creighton had repeatedly urged him
to arrest strike-breakers and labor
organizers. He declined to do so.
ho\yever. he said, because he had no
right to do it. Hoyer told of his efforts
to settle the strike, saying that he sug
gested to Creighton that he take the
men back, but that Creighton declined
to do so because the time limit for
them to return had expired. The wit
ness said he told Creighton that unless
he allowed the men to return to work
he (Hoyert would lead the strike him
self. This, Hoyer said, resulted In an
order to take the men back and that
most of them returned.
Replying to the testimony given by
Hoyer. Mr. Creighton disputed other
testimony that the Brotherhood of
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MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN
IECH HIGH SCHOOL
i— —
Blaze Discovered by Janitor Guir
pert at 6.45 O'clock While
on First Round
ENGINEER LOSES HIS BOOKS
Steam Indicator Destroyed; Ceil
ing Drops; Fireproofing Saves
the Building
A fire, whose origin is baffling tho
school authorities, was discovered in
the southeast corner of the engine
room of the Technical high school
this morninK hy Chief Janitor Gum
pert at 6.45 o'clock as lie was making
his first round of the building.
That the building was not consumed
may he attributed to the fireproof con
struction of the building, against
which the flamps could make little
progress. A pile of valuable hooks
on history and mechanics belonging to
Engineer J. Grant Koons, which were
in the corner and furnished fuel for
the flames, were destroyed. His loss
is S2OO. The damage to the b.uilding
is slight.
No theory has been advanced as to
the cause of the fire, which must have
taken place some time after 10 o'clock
last night, when Mr. Gumpert left the
school. A hasty examination of the
eiectric apparatus indicates that it Is
all in good shape. While it might
have been a "mouse and match" fire,
the Tech janitor says there were no
matches In the room.
The entire engineroom was smoked,
part of the ceiling in the southeast
corner being so badly parched that it
dropped to the floor. About fifty
square feet of tiling also dropped to
the floor because of the heat. A val
ua'Je steam indicator was destroyed
by >he flames. Officials of the School
Board went over the situation to-day
with a fire inspector In an effort to
solves the mystery surrounding the
blaze. The damage will he repaired at
once.
WELERS' PATE IS
I IT YET ESTABLISHED
Believed, However, in New York
Offices That All on Board
Were Saved
■
By Associated Press
New Tork, May 7.—The Cunard
Liner Lusitania, one of the fastest
steamships afloat was torpedoed and
| .sunk this afternoon off the coast of
Ireland ten miles south of Kinsale.
She had aboard 1,253 passengers,
i She sailed from this port last Satur
| day, May 1, and carried in addition
!to her own large passenger list 163
! passengers transferred to her from
the Anchor liner Oamperonia.
The news of her sinking was an
nounced *>y the iftcal office of the
Cunard Line and was based on cable
advices received from the home of
fice of the company in Liverpool.
Three dispatches received in the or
der named, were made public by the
line and read as follows:
"We received from the Land's
End wireless station news of re
peated distress calls made by the
Lusitania asking for assistance at
once. Big list. Position ten miles
sontli of Kinsale. Subsequently
received the telegram from
Queenstown that all available
craft in the harbor had been dis
patched to assist."
The second message to the local
office read:
"Queenstown. 4.59 P. M.— Wire be
gins about twenty boats of all sorts be
longing to our line are in vicinity
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PASSENGERS WERE
WARNED BEFORE BIG
. STEAMER SAILED
Told the Lusitania Would be
Sunk; Precautions to Exclude
German Spies
THE LUSITANIA
Launched at (Jlasgow, June 7, j
190(1.
Cost 87,000,000.
Tonnage, 32.500 tons.
Best speed, 27 knots.
Knginos' horsepower, 70.000.
Built to carry passengers as fol- |
lows:
First cabin. 550; second cabin,
500: third cabin. 1,200.
(By International News Service)
New York, May 7.—The
office of the Cunard Steamship Com
pany to-day received from its Liver.r
pool agents an unconfirmed report
that the great liner Lusitania has
been torpedoed off the coast of Ireland
by a German submarine.
The following statement was issued
lat the Cunard line office at 1 :p5
o'clock this afternoon:
"The Cunard Steamship Company
has received an unconfirmed report of
the Lusitania having been torpedoed
by a submarine off the Irish coast.
"Any information positively con
firming or denying this report will be
promptly notified by the Cunard com
pany." '
Many wild and conflicting reports
were in circulation when the state
ment was issued by the Cunard line.
One was that the Lusitania had been
torpedoed at 8:20 o'clock this morn
ing. Another was that the liner had
been torpedoed at 2 o'clock this after
noon and had sunk in thirty minutes.
In giving out the statement, Cunard
officials emphasized the word "uncon
firmed," but stated that they were
making every possible effort to ascer
tain the truth or falsity of the report.
That they believed it true was indi
cated by the fact that they imme
diately transmitted cable to England
the full passenger list of the Lusl
tania.
The Lusitania sailed from New
York for Liverpool last Saturday with
1,388 passengers, the largest number
carried eastbound by any trans-Atlan
tic liner leaving New York this year.
Just prior to the sailing of the Lusl
! tania the German embassy had
warned persons against going abroad,
because of the dangers from subma
rines and the following advertisement
was inserted in the New York news
papers:
The big Cunard greyhound was com
manded by Captain W. T. Turner, of
the British Royal navy reserve, with
Captain J. C. Anderson acting as his
staff officer. Both were rated as the
ibest seamen in the trans-Atlantic trade,
faring yet cautious.
Passengers Warned
j Just before the Lusitania pulled
away from her New York pier stew
| ards reported that fifty passengers had
I received telegrams warning them to
! cancel their passage. At the same
time, it was said, mysterious men,
[speaking with foreign accents, had
: passed among the passengers warn
ing them that a trip on the Lusitania
[ meant death. Later it was denied that
| any telegrams had been received by
j passengers, but warning had been
given in other ways.
Extraordinary precautions had been
taken by the Cunard line to prevent
German spies from getting on board
and to keep mysterious packages,
which might contain explosives, from
getting upon the ship.
Each passenger had to identify his
own baggage before the ship sailed and
all luggage was inspected. At the last
minute 163 persons, who had booked
passage for Europe from New York
on the Anchor liner .Cameronla were
placed on board the Lusitania, the
sailing of the Cameronla having been
cancelled. She was chartered by the
British admiralty just a few hours be
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ALL PASSENGERS ON
BIG CUNARDER ARE
BELIEVED TO BE SAFE
Vessel Sailed From New York Saturday;
Cunard Line Officials Say They Will Gr 3
Full Details as Soon as Received
Liverpool, May 7, 5:35 p. m.—The Echo has been in
formed that a message to the Cunard Line reads as fol
lows : /
"The Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk at 2:33 p. rr.
off Kinsale. There is no word of her passengers or crew,
who number over 1,900."
London, May 7, 5:55 p. m. —A dispatch from Liver
pool to the Exchange Telegraph Company says it is not
known how many of the Lusitania's passengers were
saved.
London, May 7.—The Cunard line steamer Lusitania from Nev
York, May 1, for Liverpool with 1253 passengers on board, was tor
pedoed this afternoon at 2 o'clock at a point about ten miles off Old
Head, Kinsale, Ireland, and later went down.
It is believed that her passengers are safe. No details of hov
they may have been rescued, however, are at hand. One message
received here says it is not known how many of the Lusitania's pas
sengers were saved.
When the Lusitania sailed she had aboard 1310 passengers.
Some nervousness had been caused because of the publication in the
| morning papers of Saturday of an advertisement warning intending
travelers that a state of war existed between Germany and Great
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jjf PASSENGERS REPORTED SAVED
I T New York, May 7.—The Dew-Jones Company ticker '
1 t service in a report from London declares the Lusitania wab I f
f beached and passengers and crew, according to Lloyds were
I saved. ( >
4 l CREIGHTON WOULD STOP ORGANIZATION
j Washington, May 7.— Commissioner Lennon asked thit >
j I afternoon what the Pennsylvania Railroad Company would ' ,
do ii he should go to Aitoona to organize workmen and
< I G. V. . replied: "We would do all we could to pre- 1 '
vent organization of unions to affiliate with the America
• , Federation uf Labor or any organization which would sub- ® 1
ject u: to sympathetic strikes or the closed shop."
ITEMS IN GROUP 5 OMITTED « I
1 * Co.cio, Pvlay 7, 4.40 P. M.—ln presenting its u'timatun
l to China, Japan omitted from the present negotiations a! | >
< ® iti i in Group sof the amended list of demands, with tht
j e. ion of the portion dealing with concessions in Fu-Kien -
l on whifch an agreement already has been reported. The X.
de. r,ds in Group 5 are reserved for future discussion.
AGREEMENT ON TAX QUESTION
' reached between Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George t
an ", :e preservatives of the liquor trade in the matter of the t t
j \ proposed taxes on beer and spirits. The statement is made X.
j i that the chancellor has agreed to drop all the next taxes in ' j
the form originally proposed by him.
■' « London, May 7. The Lusitania is reported to have ® >
! been flying the American flag when torpedoed. It had used
{ , the United States emblem on two former occasions. I |
i New Orleans, May 7.—Storms generally over large sec
i , tions of Louisana, Mississippi and Alabama late yesterday I >
! * and early to-day resulted in thirty deaths, the injury of at
| least three score persons and heavy propeity damage. With >
| i ' one exception all those killed were negroes.
New York, May 7. —Heavy gun hi e off the coast was
< • :-ard to-day aiong the Long Island and New Jersey shores, 1
as well as in Staten Island. Apparently the firing was a
J I repetition of the recent target practice of British warships ' *
off New York harbor.
f MARRIAGE
Homer R. Fortrnbaugh, pity, and Anna Bell DeWalt, Welt Fatr-rlew. I
Willi.! in Alunr.o Mmila anil Catherine U alrrn, city. i
I L f'""!", ?; » n| l Knima WallU. ShlrrmnnatoTTn.
phla David Phillip*, \\ lcnnlnco, anil Catherine Jane Lrnli, Phllaflel-^
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