Germany Issues Warning Against U. S. Shipping Traversing Naval War Zone
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 125
411) AGAIN WARNS
U.S. SNIPPING UGAIUST
TRAVERSING WIR ZONE
Urges That Neutral Ships Ap
proach Waters Surrounding
Great Britain Cautiously
MARKINGS MUST BE DISTINCT
Statement Says Ships Should Be
Illuminated at Night to
Avoid Attack
By Associated Press
Washington, May 29.—An urgent
warning to American snipping against
traversing the naval war zone incau
tiously and to have all neutral mark
ings displayed as conspicuously as pos
sible, including illumination at night,
was communicated to the State de
partment to-day by the German gov*
ernment through the American em
bassy at Berlin.
The German warning announced in
the following statement made public
by the State department:
"The American ambassador at
Berlin has been informed by the
German foreign office, that in view
of the fact that during the past
few weeks, it has repeatedly oc
curred that neutral ships ha,ve
been sunk in the water desig
nated as an area of maritime war
by the German admiralty on Feb
ruary 4, 1915, and especially in
one case where it was established
that the sinking was traceable to
an attack by a German subma
rine. which took the neutral ship
for an English vessel, in the dark
ness. on account of the inade
quate illumination of its' neutral
distinctive markings, it recom
mended that American shipping
circles again be warned against
traversing the area of maritime
war incautiously and, also, be
urged to make the neutral mark
ings as plain as possible and es
pecially to have them illuminated
promptly and sufficiently at
night."
Steamer Champagne Is
Reported to Have Broken
in Two at St. Nazaire
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By Associated Press
Tx»n«lon, May 29, 10.23 A. M.—A re
port received by Ijloyds states that the
steamer Champagne of the French
Trans-Atlantic line, which ran ashore
near St. Na/.a:rr, lias broken in two.
The #OO passengers aboard the
< hanipagne were removed in safety.
Jitney Owners to Form
Organization Tomorrow
For mutual protection and for the
beneflt of their patrons, owners and
drivers of jitneys will meet to-morrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Allison
Hook and ladder Company, .121 South
Fourteenth street, to form a perma
nent organization.
Invitations to the 180 drivers ana
owners of machines in the city have
been sent out by Kd. F. Klsley, who
operates two machines. Rules and
regulations will be drafted to-morrow
and officers elected.
Amalgamation of Two
Church Papers Ordered
By Associated Press
Akron, Ohio, May 29. Delegates to
the forty-seventh biennial convention
of the General Synod of the I.utheran
Church vesterday adopted a resolution
asking the Federal Government to pro
hibit the shipment of arms and ammu
nition from the United States to war
ring nations of Europe. A motion to
send the resolution to President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan was defeated.
It was resolved to amalgamate the
two official periodicals of the Lutheran
Church known as the Lutheran Church
AVork. published in Harrisburg. and the
Observer, published in Philadelphia.
GREAT PREPARATION'S MADE
FOR WOUNDED ITALIANS
By Associated Press
Rome, May 28, via Paris, May 29,
11.15 P. M.—Great preparations are
being made alt over Rome for the re
ception of wounded soldiers from the
front. Both Queen Helena and the
Dowager Queen Margherita have risen
nobly to the occasion. Queen Helena
has offered the Immense first floor of
the qulrinal palace, where the mon
archs live when in Rome, for a hos
pital and also will install hospitals in
the Royal Palaces at Verona, Caserta
and other places. The Queen will per
sonally supervise these hospital*.
THE WEATHER
For HarrlmhnrK and vicinity: Shim.
rrm to-night and proltalily Silurian
not unrh change In trraperuture.
For Raatern Pennsylvania! .Show
er* to-night and probably Sunday)
gentle to moderate eairt nliiria.
River
The Snnqaehannu river and all Its
tributaries will full slowly or re
main nearly stationary to-nlsht
•<* and Sunday. A stage of ahont
4.7 feel Is Indicated for JinrrlN
burg Sunday morning.
General Conditions
The disturbance from the South
west that was eentral over Mis
souri, Friday morning:, ha* mov
ed northeastward with diminish
ing strength and Is now eentral
over lowa., t'nder Its Influence
rain has continued over a con
siderable part of the Plains States
and In the Central valleys and
the rain area has advanced Into
the I.alee Region and the Middle
nnd Soirth Atlnntle States.
Temperature! S a. m.. DA,
Mint Rises, 4:40 a. m.t sets, 7i35
p. m.
Moon I Rises, 81M p. m.
Hlver Stagei Five feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 7.1.
l.owest temperature, 50.
Mean temperature, ft!.
Normal temperature, UO.
THE PRE-DREADNAUGHT "MAJESTIC," FIFTH BATTLESHIP SUNK IN THE DARDANELLES
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TURKEY HAS BQ.OOO
MEN 01 PENINSULA
I
Victor Emmanuel's Forces Near
Large Towns in Territory Which j
Caused Entrance Into War
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TURKS SHORT OF MUNITIONS
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Maneuvers Designed to Isolate :
Przemysl Are Proceeding
Unchecked
Annlfs of Italy are drawins nearer
Trent and Trlest, the principal cities
of the territory over which Italy went
to war. l.ittle news of the campaign !
Is received from Italy, on account of ;
a rigid censorship, hut dispatches Ironi ,
Geneva state that the Italians are still |
advancing. Near Gorltz the Austrians
offered determineid resistance, leading
to fierce bayonet fighting. In Triest
anti-Italian disorders nr< i reported and
the municipal authorities are said to
have fled.
Turkey now has about 80.000 sol
dlers on Galllpoli peninsula, it is esti
mated at Athens, and is bringing in
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I. G. VHffiERBILT'S
WILL IS PROBATED
$50,000,000 Estate Is Disposed
of; Relatives and Employes
Remembered
By Associated Press
Xew York, May 29.—The will of
Alfred G. Yanderbilt, who perished
when the Lusitania went down was
filed for probate to-day in the office
of the surrogate of New York county.
Mr. Yanderbilt was reputed to be one
of the richest men in America.
The will disposed of an estate esti
mated at more than $50,000,000, the
nucleus of which was left to the de
ceased by his father, Cornelius Van
derbilt. Margaret Emerson Yander
bilt, the widow, is left $2,000,000, In
accordance with an ante-nuptiai
agreement made in London an addi
tional sum of $1,000,000 and Income
of trust fund of $5,000,000.
Mrs. Yanderbilt also received real
estate here and abroad including Saga
more Lodge. Camp Killkare in New
York, and Gloucester House, in Lon
don.
The trust fund which was be
t Continued on Pane 7.j
Telegraph to Provide
Concert at Reservoir;
Subscription List Grows
The Telegraph Is going to give an
evening band concert this summer at
Reservoir Park.
Announcement of this contribution
was made to-day by Ross R. Seaman,
assistant city clerk and chairman of
the committee on subscriptions of the
Municipal Band Association.
Each concert costs about SBO and
the Telegraph is the second establish
ment in addition to the Harrisburg
Railways Company to follow the plan
of the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company by providing for one of the
concerts. The subscription list is
growing steadily and the committee
said to-day that it fully expects to
have the required $1,500 to insure eon
certs at least once a week throughout
the summer season. The date for the
Telegraph concert will be announced
within a few days.
Spy System on Frontier
Discovered by Italians
B.v Associated Press
Italian Frontier, May 28, via Chlasso
to Paris. May 29, 6 A. M.—The spy
mania which has developed along the
Italian-Austrian frontier apparently is
justified by the reputed discovery of a
carefully planned espionage system de
veloped by Austrians and Germans, es
pecially all through the Garda region
and along the Adriatic coast.
Every summer many Austrians and
Hungarians have visited the towns,
villages and fishing liamlets, finding
lodgings in hotels and the homes of
peasants. Most of them amused them
selves, It is said, by drawing, painting
and taking photographs, while the
women cultivated friendly relations
with the residents who were their tem
porary neighbors. It is now believed
that many of these vllstors were play
ing a part in the great espionage or
ganization.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1915.
CONVENTION HULL i
OPEN IT HERSHEY
I
Everything Ready For Thousands
of Delegates of Church of
Brethren
LODGING PROBLEM BIG ONE
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Prominent Churchmen Will Attend
Conference; Bible Term
Big Feature
Hershey, Pa., May 29.—Final ar
rangements are being completed to
house and feed the thousands of dele
gates who will attend the conference
of the Church of the Brethren, which
Will open in the recently completed
Convention Hall, next week.
The conference post office and cen
tral bureau just north of the Y. W.
C. A. is ready. Here will be the offices
of the lodging, registration, commit
parcel post and other services,
tees, checkroom, conference daily,
Hundreds of men prominent in tlie
activities of the Church of the Breth
ren will be present. Among these will
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ISIISS WORLD 15
AGIST SALOON
"Flying Squadron" Speaker Says
Last Fort of Liquor Interests
Has Fallen
EX-GOVERNOR J. FRANK HANLY,
OF INDIANA
Pleading: for concerted action to
blot the saloon from the nation, Oli
ver W. Stewart, of Chicago, a former
member of the Illinois legislature, ad
! dressed a large audience in Grace
! Methodist Kpiscopal this aft
ernoon on "The Case Against the Sa
loon."
He Is In company with the last
troop of. the "Flying Squadron of
America," which to-night will close a
three days' series of meetings held in
the Interests of a national prohibi
tion amendment.
Ex-Governor J. Frank Hanly, of In
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Father Penn Has Fat
Balance in Banks
Pennsylvania's State Treasury bal
ance stood at $6,255,735.06 at the
close of May business as compared
with $6,157,560.21 at the close of April.
During May the receipts were
$1,693,723.06, divided as follows: Gen
eral fund, $1,538,650.54: sinking fund,
$1,820.84; school fund, $860.61; motor
licenses,s 13 3,2 70: Westmoreland county
refund on account of route main
tenance, $19,121.07.
The payments during May were:
General fund. $1,276,427.1 4; motor
The balances at the end of the
month stood as follows: General fund
$4,697,922.78; sinking fund, $816,-
478.43; school fund (uninvested).
$9,991.85; motor fund, $731,342.
F-4 IX -18 FEET OF WATER
fl.v Associated Press
Washington, May 29.—Acting Sec
retary Roosevelt to-dav directed Rear
Admiral Moore at Honolulu not to at
tempt to recover the bodies of the
men who went down In the subma
rine F-4 on March 25 until the vessel
now In 4 8 feet of water, had been
brought to the surface. The Navy
Department wants to examine the
boat for evidence of the cause of the
, d isaster.
JtSe/OiTO AAi9- tr>X,
fFIVEMIUTES FOR
I MEMORY" AT NOON
City's Thousands to Stand With J
Uncovered Heads From 12 to
12.05 Tomorrow
BELLS WILL SLOWLY TOLL
Spanish-American Veterans to j
Hold Ritual in the Afternoon;
G. A. R. Celebration Monday
With uncovered heads, hundreds of
1 people here and throughout the State
will stand in solemn silence from noon
> until 12.05 to-morrow while the church
I and courthouse hells toll in deep rever
ence and gratitude to those who have
marched to the defense of their coun
try and to undying fame.
The sight of hundreds of persons in
i the streets, just from memorial serv
ices In most Instances, standing in
bowed silence for five minutes, is ex
, pected to provide one of the most im
i pressive patriotic demonstrations ever
seen. The observance was suggested
by Governor Brumbaugh in his Me
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(FAMOUS STOIIEHENGE
i TO BE mora OFF
5 Massive English Ruins as Old as
the Pyramids Are Offered
For Sale
London, May 29.—Stonehenge, the
famous estate of the late Sir Edmond
Antrobus, is for sale and will be auc
tioned off in September aa part of the
Antrobus estate.
It has been said of Stonehenge that
it Is to England what the Pyramids are
to Egypt, and In point of relative age
| this statement is literally true, as
scientists have declared that the old
< castle belongs to an epoch nearly 2,000
; years before the birth of Christ.
| The same wonderment as to how
the Pyramids were built comes to the
; visitor who looks upon Stonehenge,
built by the Druids long before Eng
land had become civilized. Blocks of
j stone weighing 200 tons were used in
'f Its construction, although no scientist,
j has ever figured out how they were
| lifted when the caslle was built.
The castle is in the middle of a roll
ing plain far from other habitations
and a thousand years ago, when Hen
-3 ry of Huntington wrote about it, he
. referred to the mystery of Its origin.
r So did Caxton, the pioneer of printing.
_ Sir Philip Sidney sang of it during the
B reign of Queen Elizabeth. King
. Charles spent an Idle day trying to
. count the rocks while he was hiding
after the disastrous battle of Worces
t ter and Daniel Defoe likewise has de
f scribed his pilgrimage to the spot.
t Ten years ago Sir Edmond Antrobus
i put a barbed wire fence around the
_ huge pile of rocks and tried to charge
admission so he could pay attendants
. to guard against vandals. England
rose in arms against the scheme. Then
he offered to sell Stonehenge to the
government for $750,000. finally drop
ping the pripe to $600,000, hut the of
fer was refused..
Then he announced that he would
» sell to any buyer, but he died before
he could find a purchaser.
[ England Believes Germany
; Will Endeavor to Gain
Time by Discussions
By Associated Press
London, May 29. 11.52 A. M.—The
reply of the imperial German govern
• ment to the note of the United States
' concerning the sinking of the Lusi
tania is awaited with keen interest in
. England. The belief is general that
Berlin will endeavor to gain time by
the discussion of debatable points in
the questions at issue.
Shooting at Night on
the River Must Stop
Promiscuous shooting on the river
between 8 and 10 o'clock at night must
i stop, said Captain of Police Joseph P.
Thompson to-day.
Owners of canoes and other river
craft complained to Captain Thomp
son that almost every night shots are
fired from the shadows and bushes
along the islands to frighten people
in boats and canoes.
ECONOMICS SCHOOL
WIS BIG SUCCESS
Housewives Extremely Grateful to
Mrs. Vaughn For Knowledge
They Have Gained
TALKS ON SCHOOL LUNCHES
Prepares Salmon Croquettes and
Demonstrates Best Methods of
Frying; Some Receipts
BMany women who have
attended the Telegraph
Home Economics School
every afternoon during
this week declared that
to-day's was the best ses
sion of the entire series.
The cookery demonstra
tion was interesting and
went off most smoothly.
One of the attractive features of Mrs.
Vaughn's work is that everything she
attempts to do turns out just right.
Cooking is an easy and interesting
matter with Mrs. Vaughn and she
makes it easy and interesting for all
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STATE CM.
OPEN ON SUNDAYS
Superintendent Rambo Gives Or
ders That Guides Shall Be on
Duty on Holidays, Too
The State Capitol will be open to
visitors hereafter on Sundays and
holidays and guides will be in attend
ance to escort visitors and explain
the paintings. Orders to this effect
were issued to-day by Samuel B.
Rarnbo, superintendent of the. building,
and it is understood that this action
has the approval of Governor Brum
baugh. The legislative halls, execu
tive department and other depart
ments have been closed on Sundays
and holidays, only the corridors and
rotunda being open. So many schools
and visitors have been coming to the
city lately that requests that the build
ing be open were made, numerous
automobile parties joining in the effort
to have the building open on Sunday.
It will also apply to Saturday after
noons.
In the next few days several schools
from the northern part of the State
are scheduled to come here and on
Memorial Day there has alwavs been
a crowd of visitors.
French Aviator Tells
of Battle in Sky With
Relative of Von Buelow
By Associated Press
Paris, May 29.—Aviator Lieutenant
Von Buelow, believed to be a relative
of Prince Von Buelow, the former Ger
man imperial chancellor, was killed
near Fismes, according to the Matin In
an air duel with a French aeroplane
belonging to the newly formed rapid
squadron M. S. 21. The French pilot
describing the battle, said:
"Wednesday morning T saw an Alba
tross machine coming from the German
lines headed for Paris and I gave chase.
J^nn W i 15 ' 8,000 feet up. I went up to
9,000 feet, rapidly overhauling him and
the nght began. We were less than
thirty feet from the Albatross but we
were under such headway that we over
shot him and I got a bullet In the
shoulder but it didn't prevent me from
continuing the chase.
"The Germans tried to esrap« bv
dropping but I flew over them again.
Apparently one of them was wounded.
Suddenly my lieutenant got in a volley
and the Albatross tipped forward
shooting nose downward. 6.000 feet to
the earth. We followed them with our
eyc f: ,r hen the machine struck the
earth it seemed to crumple into a ball
and bound along the hillside like a
wounded rabbit. We followed them
down, descending in spirals. The pilot
lay some yards away where he had
been thrown out while the observer
«f a v,i2 n ,i £ . under , the en elne. In one
of his pockets we found a paper bear
ing the name 'Lieut. Von. Buelow. Im
perial Guards. Rorlin.' Wo found In
li* 7"" e , ckpd aeroplane ten large bombs
and forty grenades."
The pnot given his choice of the
legion of honor, or the military medal,
chose the latter.
ITALIANS BOMBARD RIVA
By Associated Press
Geneva, Switzerland, May 29. via
Paris, 2.15 P. M.—The Italians after
a severe fight along the frontier north
of Lake Idro have captured the town
of storo and are now bombarding
GERMANY MUST GIVE UP
SUBMARINE WARFARE IF
DISCUSSIONS ARE LENGTHY
Reply to American Note May Be Delivered to Ambassador
Gerard at Any Hour; Tension Is Undiminished in
High Official Quarters; Contents of Message Not
Likely to Be Made Public Before Monday
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, MAY 29.
EVIDENCE FORWARDED BY
AMBASSADOR PAGE TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT TO-DAY
TOGETHER WITH THAT BY
LIEUTENANT JOHN H. TOW
ERS. NAVAL ATTACHE AT THE
AMERICAN EMBASSY AT LON
DON, INDICATES THAT THE
AMERICAN STEAMER NE
BRASKAN WAS TORPEDOED
BY A SUBMARINE.
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. May 29.—0n the
eve of Germany's reply to the Ameri
can note on the sinking of the L,usl
tania there are indications that Presi
dent Wilson will take the position that
If Germany wishes to conduct a long
diplomatic negotiation she first shall
suspend submarine warfare on Ameri
can ships or those carrying American
lives.
It was expected here that the Ger
man note might be delivered any hour
to-day to Ambassador Gerard. The
first o%cial dispatch in from Europe
gave no intimation of the situation
and officials were of the opinion that,
should the document be delivered to
the American embassy to-day, it might
not reach Washington much before
Monday. They had no official inti
mation of its contents.
The passing of weeks, how
ever. since the Lusitania was tor
pedoed has not diminished the tension
I in high official quarters, where the
conviction prevails that President Wil
son feels Germany should make an
early disavowal of any intention that
American lives should be lost.
Germany Makes Admission
The admission by the German ad
miralty that a German submarine tor
pedoed the American steamer Gulfliglit
without warning is taken to confirm
the conclusion of the Washington gov
ernment reported before the Lusi
tania note was sent. Reports from
Berlin that the German submarine
commander had said close investi
gation of the neutral or belligerent
character of the. Gulflight was dan
gerous because she was In the com
pany of two British patrol boats was
San Francicca, May 29. Aid was reported to have f
reached the burning freight'steamer Mackinaw early to-day I
>f kere. h
crew of thirty-ene were picked up to-day frona two of th 1
ship's boats by tke pilot tender California. I
Washington, May 29. —The armored cruiaed North Car- '»
olina, which grounded in the outer harbor of Alexandria, Jl
Egypt, has been floated without damage. 1 *
Liverpool, May 29, 1.04 P. M. The Elder Dempstt
Line steamer Ethiepe has been torpedoed and sunk. The ' >
chief officer and sixteen men of the Ethiope haa been picked !
up. Tha roat of the crew ia supposed to be in boats. *»
Berlin, May 29, via London 6.25 P. M. Germany's V
answer to the American nota was delivered to Ami
Gerard this morning. The German reply avoids decisive §
statements in rogard to the question raiaed by the Unite 1
States, pending a further exchange of views. I
Constantinople, May 2< ndon, 3.55 P. M.~ ■ (
rr.sn Pasha, an American citizen, who was formerly rear
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weeks' of illness. He leaves a'widow who is now in the L
Turkish capital. ' ■
Washington, May 29. The American station ship -
Scorpion narrowly escaped damage by a submarine on May ' '
24 at Constantinople. Ambassador Morgenthau reported to |
the State Department to-day that the ship has been re- • I
quested to shift her anchorage on account of possible '
danger also from fire of shore batteries. I ►
Berlin, May 29, via London, 5.40 p. m.—The Austro I
German advance on the Galician fortress of Pre I ►
continuing unckecked. The official statement issued to- I
day at tke War Office says that further ground has beer g L
gained. ' 1 ,
Harrisburg.—Hugh P. Cox, a young Pennsylvania rail
road brakeman, residing at Susquehanna and Delawan ' *
sueets, who lost a leg near MUtlin, Tuesday, when he fel
unaer a moving train, will be wedded to Miss Florenc \t ,
Osborne, 275 Hamilton street, on June 10. The marriag y
ceremony will be performed at the York hospital l f
place the young man was removed on Wednesday. ; *
MARRIAGE LIC <!
Jnmm D. Knrncnt, dt.v. nnrt Marie W. Cirnii«l|>innu, Rorhfitert If. ▼.
( hnrlcM W. I,re, l-ock Haven, and Florence >lny A'Jklna, Fen brook.
Miarlen W. DennUon, New York, and Charlotte Kmlly Irwin, city. | *
16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
pointed out by officials as proof of
their contention that German sub
marine commanders, without visit and
Search, or at least warning, may sub
ject all American vessesl to the same
risks as belligerent craft.
Germany Has Plan to
Drag Out Negotiations
By Associated Press
Berlin, May 28, via London, May 29,
4.28 A. M.—On the eve of the delivery
to United States Ambassador Gerard
of the German reply to the American
note on the destruction of the Uusi
tania the exact form and phraseology
the document would take seemed un
settled and a few changes In details
still were under consideration. The
answer, in substance, however, will
embody a proposal to the United States
to defer dctlnite consideration of Ger
many's submarine policy and Presi
dent Wilson's demands until the two
governments have had an opportunity
to establish just what sort of vessel
was sunk—to determine whether tlio
Lusitania was a peaceful merchant
man. assumed in the American note,
or an auxiliary cruiser on the British
navy list, mounting concealed cannon,
carrying Canadian soldiers bound for
the front, as well as a cargo of ammu
nition and war supplies, as indicated
by information the German govern
ment claims to have.
it will be in effect an invitation "to
define the terms" to be used in tiia
argument before proceeding with the
. discussion. Germany believes it un
necessary to take ui> the questions of
disavowing the sinking of the Uusi
tania or discontinuing submarine war
fare, the essential facts in the case.
Impossible to Decide
Germany holds that it is impossible
to decide, for instance, the question
. whether sufficient opportunity was
, given passengers and crew to escape
i until It is determined whether the
. Lmsltanla was provided with bulkheads
: and boats as ordered for correspond
. ing emergencies in peace times by tlio
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