urdeters of Aged Woman, Slain in Jong/y Ho/ue Last Night, Still at Latge : HARRISBURG ifSlsfa TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— y O . 153 ' POLICE HUE WORKING ON TWO CLEWS 111 L MURDER NirSTERY Y Colored Man Is Suspected of Bru tally Choking Aged Woman to Death in Her Home ! ARRESTS ARE IMMINENT Daughter Bitterly Exclaims She Can Tell Guilty Man by Look ing in His Face K MRS. ELLA ALBRIGHT Murdered because she recognized assailant who intended to rob her, the theory advanced by city detec- who are running dowr every clue jinefYort to arrest the man who Mrs. Ella Albright on Wednes day night at her home in North Fif teenth street near Briggs Mrs. Albright has lived where she was murdered for about twenty-five years. The house is dire tly opposite the Harrlsburg cemetery and the rear of the building Is almost entirely hid den by trees and vines. The body of Mrs. Albright was not found until last evening. Her absence sim ■ Wednes day was not noticed by n> hbors be cause she occasionally left her home on visits to her daughter Finds Bod yon Secoiui Floor Little Catherine Gilleti laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph GiUtu 7IS North Nineteenth street, with her cousin, Joseph Zerbe, went to see Mrs. Al bright last evening on nn errand for their aunt. Mrs. Annie Ellis, Forster street. When the children arrived at the Albright home they saw that the door had been broken open and the 1 window smashed. Henry E. Klugh, Sixteenth and Brlggs street, was called nd entered the house. He found Mrs Albright lying dead across the be ; iNG Don't put it off until you get downtown, don't wait another minute. Order tlie Harrisburg , Telegraph to your vacation ad dress, tben you won't miss a sin gle issue. You're goint for a rest; but you're not going to drop out of Harrlsburg life. You'll want to know what's doing at home. Telephone the Circulation De partment or drop a postal card. THE WEATHER For Hurrlnburg and vicinity; i-nrtlv # cloudy to-nl*ht and *ninrdn>-, probably thnodenhowfrv copier to-night. For Kastern Pennsylvaniai i'«rtly cJondy to-night and Saturday, probably thnnder»howcr«. Not quite so warm to-night. Mfcht to mod erate variable winds. The North and Welt branehr* will probably tall to-night and , day. The main river will continue to rlae to-night and pr<>i>nhI T i.i K i„ to fall during .Saturday \ stage of About 4.3 feet la in''i e;i ff or Harrlaburg Saturday morning. (General Coadltl hi a shallow, slnggtsh drp sslon ex tends from the Mlddl, \tlantlc coast ■orHweatward tbroiißh (be apprr Ohio v*lltf and the I nkr re ■rioa.. It has caased locnl ,i llinrri la the last S4 hours genersliy the Ohio valley. l Temperaturei Sa. m., TO. _ I | Pan: Risen> 4.40 a. M.i Setn: ~.-57 p# m . Moont Rlxesi JI p. m. I Hlver Staget Three feet aim,, low- I a water mark. "Vesterday's Weather Highest temperature. 71. | lowest temperature, HT. I Mean temperature, 74. ► Normal temperature, 78. STILL WAITING FOR DETAILS OF SUING ' OF S. S. ARMENIAN ■ Tension Over Lots of Americans Considerably Relaxed Since New Report Came in ' EVIDENTLY TRIED TO ESCAPE : If She Evaded Capture, Destroying of Freighter Was Justified, Officials Hold Washington, D. C., July 2.—Tension over discussion of the British steamer Armenian with the loss of a number of American lives was considerably relaxed to-day following the receipt of advices telling of apparent refusal of the ship's captain to heed the warning of the German submarine to stop. This phnee of the matter overshadow ed in the official view all other ques tions Involved in the destruction of the ship. If official reports should not bear out news dispatches concerning at tempts of the Armenian to escape, it was thought new cause for complaint likely would be added to issues pend ing between the United States and Germany. Officials hold that if the Armenian sought to evade capture the : sinking of the ship was justified under ; international law even though nnn conibatants were on hoard. Pre cedents arc quoted in this contention. Detailed information of the destruc tion of the Armenian still was awaited to-day. Until such data is available the position of the United States will not be announced. Armenian Largest Boat, Except Lusitania, Yet Attacked by Germans London, July 2. Except in dis patches from the United States in which the steamship Armenian is de scribed as a transport, there is nothing iti the British press to indicate the status of the vessel. Stress is laid upon the fact that she is the largest steamer, with the exception of the Lusitania, thus far atacked by a Ger man submarine. The contention of the few morning papers which discuss the question editorially is that, what ever the nature of her cargo, the Ger mans were not justified in sinking hei\ The Chronicle argues editorially that the commander of the Armenian disregarded the signal to stop because he knew he would not be treated in accordance with international law, but that his ship would be illegally sunk and the crew cast adrift in open boats , fifty miles from land. The paper con tends that he was justified, therefore, (n running away, and that the respon sibility for the deaths which resulted from this course cannot be laid at his door. "The dead Americans," said the Chronicle, "are just as much victims of Germany's illegal submarine war , fare as if they had been drowned after the ship was torpedoed, and one would not he very anxious to shirk the issues their deaths raise if one accepted any other conclusion." Submarine Poured Many Shots Into Doomed Ship Cardiff, July 2.—Joseph Carter, a colored muleteer, of Norfolk, Va.. one of those rescued after a lifeboat was swamped said that his friends King, Oakes, Speed, Small and Foreman Sedden, all were drowned. Carter , said: "The submarine chased the ship for , two hours and fired about 100 shells. 25 of them striking the ship. I was in the boat with 3 8 others when it fell Into the water. I was swimming . nearly an hour before I was picked up. "Twenty-eight men were rescued from the water. Four members of the crew died in the boat: A part of the head of one of them had been blown away. Another had lost both legs. One man had been blown to pieces by a shell. "I owe by life to muleteer Johnson, who knocked me down just in time to avoid being hit by a shell. Captain Trlckey was the last man to leave the ship." 1 Armenian Physician Tells of Suffering in Open Boats London. July 2.—Dr. Vivo, the Ar menian physician, who is supposed to have been rescued by the submarine, came from Porto Rico. According to his story, the first person aboard the ship to be killed wag the American foreman of a gang of muleteers. "We had a very trying time in the open boats during the night," said First Officer Vincent in describing his ex perience. "Our clothing was torn up , to provide bandages for the wounded and to plug holes in the damaged boats. We were compelled to throw overboard the bodies of four men who had died in order to lighten our load. "When it seemed likely the boats would be overcrowded the purser and half a dozen others jumped into the water, where they laboriously con structed a raft from floating wreck age." STXKTXG OF ARMESTAN Paris, July 2.—The sinking of the steamship Armenian has caused a stir in Paris,, stress being laid upon the deaths of Americans on board the ves sel. Coming so soon after the Lusi tania case which is not yet settled, the press wonders what will be the outcome of the latest incident con nected with the German submarine warfare. The Matin says the Armenian's destruction certainly will greatly in crease the indignation of Americans and perhaps inspire a real ultimatum from Washington. STOUGII HEARING JULY 12 Wilkes-Barre. Pa.. July 2.—As "soon as Chief of Police Turnbach left the stand late yesterday afternoon In the 150,000 slander action against Evan gelist Stough the plaintiffs rested tholr case. At the same time the defendants announced that they had no witnesses to call. The next hearing will be held July 12.. HARRISBURG, PA,. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1915 SHIP ON WHICH HARRISBURGER AND SCORES OF OTHER AMERICANS WERE LOST J ; >?iwnti •f.Tf.c.»xx^snmtmmfwsmms«,•■:• .5- S AR,I£Nt4N STEAMSHIP ARMENIAN. The photograph shows the steamship Armenian of the Leyland Line, which was torpedoed or destroyed by shell fire from a Gerroan submarine of the latest type off the coast iff Cornwall last Monday. Twenty-two Americans lost their lives, and one of the victims was named "Brown of Harrlsburg," believed to be « illiam Brown, a ship's carpenter of Middletown. The "Brown" spoken of in the cable dispatches as among the vic tims. was a ship's carpenter. The status of the Armenian is now under discussion. Reports from England state that she "was on Admiralty business" when she met her fate and the latest dispatches Indicate that the freighter was trving to escape the sub marine. CERTIFIED MILK | • ABSOLUTELY PURE ■ • City Investigators Find That Local Supply Is Produced Under Modern Conditions By ROBERT F. GORMAN Harrlsburg folks who give their children "certified" milk need have no 1 fear that it contains germs which may be injurious to the child's health. .. . The Landis farm on which the milk is produced was visited by Harrisburg's "Pure Milk Campaign Party" yester day afternoon and was declared one of the most sanitary and best regu lated in .the State. "Certified'' milk used in this city is produced on hut one farm, is dis tributed by a local milk company, and is endorsed by the Harrlsburg Acad emy of Medicine. The farm is lo cated near the border of Lancaster county, about 20 miles from this city. There was so much difference be tween the condition of the milk at that place and the milk known as "baby" milk, tested at a pasteurization plan in a nearby borough a few days [Continued on Page 4.] SALEOFSCHEFFEB 1 ESTATE RUMORED Old Land Mark of City; Once the Coverly Hotel Property Real estate circles heard rumors to- I day of the probable sale, within the! next forty-eight hours, of the Theo dore Scheffer estate, 21 South Second street. The present owners are two sons, Thomas Jefferson Scheffer and Martin Luther Scheffer. They admitted that negotiations were on for the property, and that the deed might pass within a few days. The consideration is said j to be between $25,000 and $30,000. The sale Is being conducted by Al- j dinger and Weakley, real estate I agents. It is said they are acting for, Joseph Pomraning, the contractor, of 1918 North Second street. Mr. Al dinger admitted that the deal was on, [Continued on Page 4.] Coal Tax Appeal Up Before Supreme Court By Associated Press Philadelphia, July 2.—The consti tutionality of the act of June 27, 1913, taxing anthracite coal 2% cents a ton on Its value at the mouth of the mine, came up for argument in the State Supreme Court here to-day. The case came to this court oft an appeal from the Dauphin county court. The coal companies which are testing the law contend that the act Is a special act and is unlawful. The matter came before th< court of appeals taken by the Alden Coal Company and the St. Clair Coal Com pany. The Dauphin County Court had decided that the act was constitu tional. The coal companies were represent ed by John G. Johnson, W. S. Snyder. <\ B. Miller, J. T. Olmsted and A. C. Stamm. all of Harrisburg. Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown appeared in support of the law. British Destroyer Lost With 14 of Crew London, July 2.—The British Ad miralty announced last night that the torpedoboat destroyer Lightning had been lost, and that 14 members of her crew are missing. Although no mention is made of the manner In which the Lightning was sunk. It is presumed that she struck a mine or was torpedoed. TYPHOID INOCULATION SAVES BRITISH SOLIMEIt London, July 2. Remarkable evidence of the efficiency of Inocula tion against typhoid was furnished by- Harold J. Tennant. parliamentary under-secretary for war in the House of Commons this afternoon. In the British expeditionary force; In France, he said, there had been' only 827 cases and 128 depths up to! May 27. Of this number, 508 cases I were persons who had «ot been in oculated and ten per cent of these! died. 1 "BATTER UP" PUTS CITY ON BALL MAP Several Thousand Rooters See Har risburg and Jersey City in Opening Game With the opening game at Island Park this afternoon between Harris burg and Jersey City, this city went back on the baseball map with a splurge. Fans were feeling rather chesty over the big jump from minor circles to class AA. They expressed their feelings this afternoon in a dis play of enthusiasm that has not been seen in Harrisburg in many days. Baseball boosters really had this town upside down from early this morning and there is no telling when there will be a let-up. For seven long weeks it has been a battle to land the Newark International League team for Harrisburg. Boosters spent sleepless nights worrying over the likelihood that the transfer would not be made. With the arrival of the noon hour to-day business practically shut down The ram This morning had everybody guessing for a., time, but the sunshine [Continued on Page ».] Villi WOULD LIKE 10 TRY 1. HIIERTI Asks U. S. to Extradite Him; May Send Former Mexican Presi dent to Spain Washington, July 2. —Formal re quest for the extradition of Huerta was before afficials of the State De partment today, having been submit ted by Gov. Ferguson, of Texas, at the request of the Villa governor of Chi huahua State. Gen. Huerta is charged by the Villa and Carranza factions with im plication in the murder of President Madero and Vice-President Suarez. No decision on the extradition mat ter is looked for pending the dispo sition of charges preferred by agents of the Federal government against Gen. Huerta of alleged violation of merican neutrality lawß. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart ment of Labor, has under considera tion a plan for deporting Huerta to Spain, under the immigration laws covering the return of undesirable aliens. Gen. Funston, of the department of Texas, has orders to use the military forces at his disposal to prevent Huerta from crossing the line. Father of Local Woman Is Suicide at York William Grim, 69 years old, father of Mrs. Minnie Shepler, 2 220 Logan street, Harrisburg, committed suicide at the home of his son, C. C. Grim, at Dallastown, York county, yester day. Mr. Grim hanged himseir. He had been despondent for some time. Previous to going to York, Mr. Grim made his home with the daughter in Harrisburg. He had suffered from two strokes of apoplexy and lately has been in the care of his children, making his home with the son at Dal lastown. First President of Wilson College Dies Washington, D. C„ July 2.—The Rev. Dr. James W. Wightman, a prominent Presbyterian educator, died here yesterday, aged 78 years. Dr. Wightman was the first president of Wilson College. Chambersburg, Pa., and later president of Bowling Green College, Bowling Green, Ky. He was born In Westmoreland county, Penn sylvania. Dr. Wightman often preached In pulpits of Harrlsburg Presbyterian churches. CZECH LEADERS ARE ARRKSTED FOR ESPIONAGE By Associated Press London, July 2.—The Czech Par liamentary leader, Dr. Kraniarz, and Dr. Schrelner, head of the Bohemian gymnastic organization, were arrested at Prague on May 22. charged with espionage and maintaining friendly relations with the Italian consul, ac cording to the Times. , PROBLEMS Ifii SHORT DIVISIOH EXPLAINED City Realty Expert Starts Little Ripple at Today's Session of "Hardscrabble" Hearing "Hardscrabble" frontages were var iously estimated as being worth from $6 5 to S9O per foot by three more of the city's realty experts to-day at the continued session of the condemnation proceedings. The viewers sat throughout the aft ernoon and will resume their hear ings Tuesday morning. Testimony will be presented all day Tuesday, Wednesday and probably Thursday morning, tin this time Cfty Solicitor D. S. Seitz hopes to present at least a dozen witnesses all of whom it is expected will testify as to the market values of the properties on both the east and west sides of Front street from Calder to Herr streets. Herman P. Miller, of Miller Broth ers and Company; Charles Adler and S. W. Fitegerald were among the wit nesses heard to-day and their figures were much the same. In most ln [Contlnued on Page 4.] PATRICK GILDAY IS" MADE BUREAU CHIEF Well-Known Labor Loader in Charge of Mediation and Arbi tration Under Jackson Patrick Gilday, of Morrisdale Mines, for years active in the affairs of the United Mine Workers in the Altoona district and throughout the bitumin ous region, has been offered the post of chief of the Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration in the Department of Labor and Industry and Commissioner John Price Jackson is hopeful that he will accept. The position, which carries a salary of $3500, has been filled temporarily and the industrial disputes in Phila delphia, Erie, Wilkes-Barre, Reading and other places in which the State offered to mediate, have demonstrated the importance of the place. The in tention is to'make the bureau a very active one, and Jackson says that with a man as aci/"*3table to employ ers and employes, State Federation of Labor and men in all fields as Mr. Gilday, It can be of great service. Mr. Gilday is at present connected with the Federal Bureau of Concilia tion, with headquarters at Washing ton, and has been very successful In* his work. He served on a number of important commissions, among them that headed by Seth Low to investi gate the conditions surrounding the Colorado miners' strike. The commissioner said that he had received warm endorsements of Mr. Gilday from men connected with va rious enterprises as well as from or ganized labor. Carpenters' Strike Closes 108 Chicago Plants By Associated Press Chicagd, 111.. July 2.—Forty-three of Chicago's largest lumber yards and sixty-five brickmaking plants were closed for business to-day, throwing several hundred men oilt of employ ment. The places will not make deliveries of any building materials until the strike of 16,000 carpenters Is settled, according to announcement made. BIRTH RATE IN FRANCE DROPS FROM 1000 DAY TO 356 WEEK By Associated Press Paris. July 2.—The decline In the birth rate of France has been notice able particularly since the war began. The rate of 1914 averaged 1000 births daily, but at the beginning of 1915 the figure dropped to 500 and there has been a rapid decline since then. In the week of June 6 to June 12, which was the last week recorded, there were only 356 births in the en tire country. BELGIANS DARE NOT WEAR INSIGNIA HOSTILE TO GERMANY By Associated Press Brussels, via London, July 2.—Gen eral von Bisslngen, the German gov ernor-general of Belgium, has issued an order forbidding, under penalty of fine or Imprisonment, the wearing or exhibiting of Belgian insignia in a provocative manner and forbidding ab solutely wearing or exhibiting the in slpnla of nations warring against Ger > many and her allies. 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT BE Mill COOtLV TELLS OF CRUSHING OUT MOTHER'S LIFE With Bare Foot on His Throat Emig "Pressed Down Until He Didn't Move Again" CORONER HOLDS INQUEST Illuminating Facts of Overcrowding at State Insane Hospital Devel oped—Dr. Orth's Statement Insane George Emig last evening gravely showed tne coroner's jury how, with his bare foot, he had care fully crushed the life out of Jacob G. Milleisen, a fellow inmate of the State Lunatic Hospital Tuesday morn ing, Emig's recollection of the details was remarkable and he seemed genial ly, politely anxious to answer any questions of the jurors. The jury shivered as Emlg finished his story. Following the visit to the lunatic's cell, Coroner Ec-kinger convened the jury in the headquarters' offices of the institution. After hearing testimony for two hours or more, a verdict en tirely exonerating the State hospital authorities or the attendants from blame in the mattter was returned. Milleisen came to his death, the ver dict simply stated, at the hands of an insane fellow patient. The jury, however, called attention to the practice of requiring the ward attendants to serve In capacities of scrub and wash women, diMi washers, etc., while on duty as guards in the incurable wards. The congested conditions at the In sane hospital were startlingly brought out, and the whole trend of the testi mony indicated the imperative need [Continued on Page 7] Mechanics Trust Co Declares Dividend A dividend of 3 per cent, was de clared on Its $300,000 capital stock yesterday by the Mechanics .Trust Company. It will amount to $9,000 and is payable July 15. Because of the change from the Me chanics Bank to the Mechanics Trust Company, May 1. 1914, it was believed in financial circles that no dividend would be declared for several years at least. j : .; water at the point where the boy was drowned is about five ' j feet. The accident occured just below a bridge which goes over the creek on the road leading from the almshouse bad I i < t Grapplers are trying to rec 3ver the body at the time . jing to pre». I t i 1 « jk ' ! twelve yea * f ARCHBISHOP QUIGLEY BETTER the c? ldition .of James Edward Quidey, Catholic arch : bishup, of Chicago, who is critically ill here at the home of ' ther, Chief of Police Joseph Quigiey, was announced i 1 ? SCHEPPS HAS "BECKER SECRET" I New York, July 2. Sam Scftepps upon whom the j J State relied during the first trial of Charles Becker to Cor roborate the testimony of Jack Rose, Harry Vallon and 4 Bridge Webber, the three informers, was quoted to-day as .' I saying he held "the secrel in the Becker case" and would I | i tell Governor Whitman, should the Governor ask bim to. V DAUPHIN BRIDGtMAN KILLED , Phoenixville, Pa., July 2. —From internal injuries re f ® v.ci\ <. a i.e i'-4b pinuc i j t . stsci leg of a trave 1 a *'i> * ; against the wooden bent of a bridge on which ht ' l' wa& working, Foreman Haivey Cut;well, Dauphin, diec I this rnovning at the Phoenixville hospital.. t MARRIAGE £ d .ITf rd «*r ?f aI #lld Elisabeth Hill, city. *.. ■«LI *trr Shearer and Kmnin C. Kberaole. city. John I. Ijilley, city, and Carrie J. Mlllhlme, Enhaut. I »"A" -Vb" n VI" FIVE MORE BRITISH VESSELS IRE VICTIMS OF SUBMARINE WIR Three Steamers of Considerable Size, Schooner and Bark Sunk To-day GERMANS CONTINUE SWEEP 80 Ships of Great Britain Lost During June With Loss of 1 1 I Lives Il.—The British schooner Ij. Y. Tower, which left Pnrrsboro, N. S., June 1 for New port, England, was sunk off Fast net to-day by a German submarine. The undersea l>oat then sank a bark about six miles away. The crew of the schooner was landed nt Queenstown. The Caucasian, the largest of ths three vessels sent to the bottom by the i German submarine to-day, was a tank steamer of 4,666 tons gross. On her last eastern voyage across the Atlantic she left Port Arthur, May 12, and Newport News, May 20, for Dart mouth. She was 365 feet long. 49 feet beam and 28 feet deep. She was built »at Sunderland in 1899 and was owned by the Petroleum Steamship Com- I pany, of London. She sailed front London, June 28, bound for Jackson ville, Fla. The Inglemoor, according to latest maritime records, left Bahia Blanca. Argentina, March 31, bound for Naples. She was of 4,331 tons gross and was built at Blyth In 1912. She was 363 feet long, 51 feet beam and 27 feet deep. She was owned by W. Rubylman & Co., of London. The Welbury left Kingston, Jamaica, [Continued on Page 9.]