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I-XXXIV— No. 106
-ALLIES LOSE HEAVILV
ID ENGAGEMENTS Oil
MPOpiHJI
Bombardment ofDandanelles'
Fortifications by British
and French Proceeding
Successfully, According to
London Dispatches
AUSTRIA PREPARES TO
MEET ITALY ON FIELD
Hopes That Differences Ex
isting Between Two Coun
tries Would Be Settled
Peacefully Are Reported
to Be Fading; Germans
Leaving Rome
Official cnr.suncenient Is made in a
dispatcn 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 engagement the British
lost heavily, both in men and war
munitions.
Reports reaching London from the
Dardanelles, while «.untalning 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 Kilirt 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!
increasingly optimistic. They state
that the resistance of the Russians i>!
heing broken down steadily and that j
the whole Carpathian army of the
Russians has been placed in a precar
ious situation. Petrograd advices
however, while conceding a nieasim
of success to the Teutonic allies. sa\
these claims are greatly exaggerated ■
w The Russian war office announces u ,
victory In a battle near Strv. i n the
Carpathians further east than the,
scene of the present main battle.
Hops that Italy would settle peace
fully her differences with Austria ap
parently are fading as speedily as they
were revived a few days aso. The I
Austrian governmtnt is reported to I
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 telegram from Berlin and the
exodus of Germans from Italy is con
tinuing in inceraslng numbers. Aus
tria is making energetic mllitarv prep
arations for a possihle attack by Italy
BRITI ,H STEAMER TORPEDOED
By Associated Press
London. May 7. 12.56 P. M.—The
British steamer Candidate was .tor
pedoed by a German submarine yes
terday at Waterford, Ireland The
members of her crew were saved.
At"STRIA 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 Parlsien 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-It-Now
THE WEATHER
For Harrlahurit nnrt vicinity: Rain
thl« afternoon and to-night; Sat
urday fair unil >iimrnhat cooler.
For Kaotern I'ennaylvanlai Haln
to-nlicbt; Saturday partly elouiiy
and unmruliat cooler; modf rate
to freah aouthvreat to neat n imlt.
River
The main river will ri*e -lowly or
remain nearly atallonnry. The
tributaries n lll probably rlae an
a rwult of the Keiieriil rain In
dicated Cor the "uaqurbanaa Val-
ley In the next tnrnty-foar
K boura. A ataace or about 4X feet
may be expected for llarrlaburs
Saturday morning.
General tondltlona
The atorm that nan central over
Weat Texua, 1 hiiraday morning,
haa moved rapidly northraatnnrd
and now cover* the l,ake He
aclon and the ( entrai Valleyn niib
Its center over U larnnaln. It lias
caused aeneral rains east of the
Itorky Mountains In the last
tneaty-four hours, except In the
Atlantic States.
Tempera tore i * a. m., M.
!»un: Hlses. 4iOO n. M.i aeta, 7H>4
p. m.
Moon: Bfew moon. May 13. 10i3t
p. m.
River Maaet 4.6 feet above low
nater mark.
f esterdaj'« Weather
Ftlarheat temperature. TS.
I,«neat temperature, 4*.
Mean temperature. SB.
Normal temperature, 58.
LUSIT ANIA TORPEDOED AND
SUNK NEAR IRISH COAST;
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PASSENGERS' FATE IS I,
NOT YET ESTABLISHED;
Believed, However, in New York I
Offices That All on Board
Were Saved
By Associated Press
New York. May 7. —The Cunard '
Liner Lusitania. one of the fastest)•
steamships afloat was torpedoed and I
sunk this afternoon off the coast of I
Ireland ten miles south of Kinsale.
She had aboard 1,253 passengers, j
She sailed from this port last Satur- 1
day. May 1, and carried in addition'
to her own large passenger list 16 3 1
passengers transferred to her from I
the Anchor liner Cameronia.
yhe news ot her sinking was an
nounced by the local office of the'
Cunard Line and was based on cable i
advices recetved from the home of
fice of the company in Liverpool.
Three dispatches received in the or- ;
der named, were made public by the
line ano read as follows:
'•We received from the Land's
End wireless station news of re
peated distress calls made by the
Lusitania asking tor assistance at
once. Big list. Position ten miles !
south of Kinsale. Subsequently
reeelved the telegram from
Qticcnslown that all available
craft in the harbor had been dis
patched to assist."
The second message to the local '
office read:
"QueenstnWn. 4.59 P. M.—Wire be
gins about twenty boats of all sorts he- ,
longing to our line are in vicinity
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List of Passengers on
Lusitania Announced
By Associated Press
New York, May 7.—The following is
a list of the first cabin passengers
aboard the Lusitania:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams. Boston. ,
A. H. Adams. New York.
Allen and maid. Montreal.
M:s« Anna Allan. Montreal.
Miss Gwen Allan and maid, Mont
real.
M. X. Allan. N#w York.
Julian de A.vala. Cuban consul gen
eral at Liverpool.
James Baker. England.
Miss M. A. Baker. New York.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. B. Bartlet, Lon
don.
.1 J. Battersby, Stockport, England.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Bilick, Los
Angeles. Cal.
Leonidas Bistio, Atlanta, Ga.
J. Black. New York.
Mrs. A. DePage, New York.
C. A. Dingwall, Chicago.
Audley Drake. Detroit.
Dr. Howard Fisher, New York.
Mrs. F. H. Brown. New York.
William H. Brown. Buffalo. N. Y.
Mrs. Burnside and maid. New York.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Bruno, Mont
Clair, X. J.
M. G. Byrne, New York.
M. Cohen. New York.
Miss Dorothy Conner. New York.
Mrs. William Crtehton, New York.
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Foreigners in Rome See
Early Entrance Into War
By Associated Press •
Paris. May 7.—A Havas dispatch
from Bome says the Austrian ainhas- ;
sador is reported to have handed to
Foreign Minister Sonnlno at a confer
ence 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 is observed ]
regarding thes« concessions, Austrtans j
nnd Germans in Bome have lost con- j
fidence In a favorable outcome of th© ■
negotiations. Prince von Buelow. the
German ambassador also called upon <
Baron Sonnino >esterday afternoon. i
HARRIS BURG. PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1915.
1,900 PERSONS ON BOARD
THE LUSIT ANI A SUM OFF IRISH COAST
JAPAN'S ULTHTIIM i
PRESENTED TO CHII
Delivery Made to Foreign Office!]
by Japanese Monster This
Afternoon
DEMANDS ARE MODIFIED
Peking Dispatch Says China Is ;
Prepared to Concede
Everything
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., May 7. The
United States, within the last twenty
four hours, through its embassadors
abroad, has consulted Great Britain,
France and Russia, as the allies of
Ja|Mtn. to learn their attitude toward
the present status of the Japanese-
Chinese negotiations.
By Associated Press
I Peking, May 7. 6P. M.—Ekl Hioki,
the Japanese minister to China, went
to the Chinese Foreign Office between
\ 3 and 4 o'clock this afternoon and
I presented the Japanese ultimatum
I which insists that China accede to the
demands presented by the Tokio gov
j crnment.
Previous to this action on the part
of the minister the secretary of the
legation visited the Foreign Office and
informed Vlce-Minister Thao Yulin
that the u'timatum of the Japanese
government contained certain modifi
cations H-f the twenty-four demands
j presented by Tokio.
! Peking, May 7, 5.05 P. M.—There
Is good reason to believe that China
is prepared to concede 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 MSB
CHARGES OF HOYER
Declares Former Mayor Did Not
Appreciate the Danger of
the Uprising
Washington. n. 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.
Replying to the testimony given by
Hoyer. Mr. Creighton disputed other
testimony that the Brotherhood of
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TAKE RED CROSS MONEY
London, May 7.—A dispatch from
Havre to the Dally Telegraph says
Prince de I,tgne. president of the Bel
gian Red Cross, reports that General"
von Biasing, the German governor of
Belgium, has dispossessed the Red
Cross from Its powers and seized funds
amounting to 200,000 francs.
MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN !l
TECH Hi SCHOOL
Blaze Discovered by Janitor Gum
pert at 6.45 O'clock While
on First Round -j
ENGINEER LOSES HIS BOOKS
Steam Indicator Destroyed; Ceil
ing Drops; Fireproofing Saves
the Building
j
A fire, whose origin is baffling the |
school authorities, was discovered in
the southeast corner of the engine
room of the Technical high school
this morning by Chief Janitor Gum
pert at 6.4 5 o'clock as he was making
his first round of the building.
That the building was not consumed
may be attributed to the fireproof con
struction of the building, against
which the flames could make little
progress. A pile of valuable hooks ,
on history and mechanics belonging to
Engineer J. Grant Koons. which were 1
in the corner and furnished fuel for j
the flames, were destroyed. His loss (
is S2OO. The damage to the building
Is slight. 1
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. Gunipert left the
school. A hasty examination of the
electric 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. i
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 i
square feet of tiling also dropped to |
the floor because of the heat. A val
uable steam indicator was destroyed ,
by the flames. Officials of the School
Board went over the situation to-day 1
with a fire insreotor In an effort to 1
solves the mystery surrounding the
blaze. The damage will be repaired at
once.
INFERNAL MACHINE P
I CAUSEOFDISASTER?;
t One Ramor Has It That Ship Was
Not Torpedoed, as Ship
Line Declares
; ' By Herbert Temple, European Manager
• j International News Service.
i j London, May —The Cunard liner
i ! lAiHitani.-i was blown up and sunk off
. ( the southern coast of Ireland to-day.
r Up to 8 o'clock no definite
i information as to whether there had
. been any loss of life had been reached,
i .Most of the reports received here
• state that the Lusitunia was torpedoed
i by a German submarine, but one
i rumor has it that the Lusitania has
been blown up by an infernal machine
■ on board. The Cunard Line asserts
• ! that the Lusltania was torpedoed with-
I I out warning.
Ship Was Afloat 20 °
Minutes, London Says^
I I o
London. May 7, 8.52 P. M.—Official F
announcement wag made this evening s
' that the Lusltanla had remained afloit c
at least twenty minutes after beinjr l
i torpedoed and that "twenty boats were
• on the spot at the time.'
PASSENGERS WERE
WARNED BEFORE BIG
STEAMER SAILED
Told the Lusitania Would be:
Sunk; Precautions to Exclude
German Spies
THE LUSITANIA
launched at Cilosgow, June 7,
1900.
Cost $7,000,000.
Tonnage, 32.500 tons.
Hot speed, 27 knots.
Knginos' horsepower, 70.000.
Built to carry passengers as fol
lows:
First cabin. 550: second cabin,
500; Uiirtl caliln. 1,200.
<B) International News Service)
New York. May 7.—The Cunard
line this afternoon confirmed the re
port that the Lusitania had been tor
pedoed. Up to 2:30 p. m. it had re
ceived no information as to the fate
of the passengers and crew.
At 1:22 p. m. the International News
Service received a dispatch from its
London bureau stating that Lloyd's
reported the Lusitania had been tor
pedoed. This was the first press
agency dispatch received in New York.
The first announcement made by the
Cunard office was as follows:
"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- I
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 hid sunk in thirty minutes.
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 vear.
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
best seamen inthetrans-Atlantic trade,
daring yet cautious.
Passengers Warned
Just before the Lusitania pulled
away from her New York pier stew
ards reported that fifty passengers had
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
•passengers, but warning had been
given in other ways.
Extraordinary precautions had been
taken by the Cuna.-d line to prevent
German spies from getting on board
and to keep mysterious packages,
which might contain explosive.s, 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 1«3 persons, who had booked
passage for Eurnjks from New York I
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
Dispatches From Queenstown, London and
Other Cities Say, However, That It Has
Not Yet Been Established Whether or Not
Those on Board Are Safe.; Passenger List
Contains Names of Many Pennsylvanians
and New Yorkers; Passengers Were Warned
of War Zone About British Isles.
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. m.
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-
Ipool to the Exchange Telegraph Company says it is not
I known how many of the Lusitania's passengers were
saved.
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, AT SIX O'CLOCK THIS EVENING AN ASSOCI- * I
ATF D - RESS .DESPATCH REACH! rf THE TELE
( CRA UNCING THAT ALL PASSENGERS ■ »
AND . EMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE LUSI
, TAN: i WERE SAFE. i »
i crk, May 7. There were I*BB American pas
sengers in all aboard the Lusitania according to a com- | >
' 1 ade late to day at the Cunard offices.
on, May 7, 3P. M.—Office sof the Cunard Steam- ,
I 1
that : y lives were saved."
I i '••• May 7. The Lusitania is reported to have ' '
been flying the American flag when torpedoed. It had used
1 < | ! States emblem on two former occasions. ' >
i . or:., 'Aiay —Cork news;-.:-.: report, according
, i ; dispatch received by the Cunard Line late to- I J
day . 300 passengers have been lanue iat Clonakllty.
I
London, May 7, 6.40 P. M.—The fact that the Lusitania
, f went down during daylight and vessels from Queenstown • ?
were cn their way to her rescue within a short time after
( , was in trouble gives grounds for the hope in London that | f
~ ' there 1 . been no great loss of life. - -
( 9 New York, May 7.—According to a London dispatch
! put out by the Dow-Jones ticker late to-day, the Cunard
| i Steamship Company in London issued an official statement ' '
j • the:e to nig ing that the Lusitania had been tor
\ l pedoed without warning and sank air. ... immediately. ' '
■ ; London, May 7, 7.35 P. M.; —No information as to the
j i the passengers and crew of the Lusitania was avail- ® >
able ir London up to 7.30 o'clock this evening.
< I / Queenstown, May 7.i—The Lusitania was seen from the I J
signal ion. at Kinsale to be in difficulties at 2.12 p. m.
At 2.33 p. m. she had completely disappeared. I ►
New York, May 7.—The Dew-Jones Company ticker
( servi £m- a report from London declares the Lusitania was f ,
< beached and passengers and crew, according to Lloyds were
saved.
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