Governor Harris Ready to Begin Action Against Mob Which Lynched Leo Frank HAKRISBURG iSSSht TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 192 WHITE STAR STEAM SUNK; HEA VY LOSS OF LIFE IS BELIEVED TO BE TORPEDO'S TOLL Message Received by Line Offices in London Said: "It Is Hoped That Many or Most of the Passengers and Creu) Were Saved"; Big Vessel Sailed From Liver pool Yesterday, Having Arrived There August 6 From New York; Liner Had Other Close Calls Since Beginning of War; Two Sticks of Dynamite Were Found on Her Before She Left New York Queenstown, Aug. 19, 6.45 P. M.—lt is now feared there was great loss of life on the Arabic. London, Aug. 19.—The White Star liner Arabic, which sailed yesterday from Liverpool for New York has been sent to the bot tom off Fastnet on the south coast of Ireland, not far from the point at which the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine. Such reports as were available in London early this evening indicated that the greater part of the 410 persons on board had been saved. The first reports were that all of the passengers and crew had been rescued by another steamer. Subsequently, however, it was reported that the Arabic had gone down in eleven minutes, raising the question whether it would have been possible to rescue all on board in that brief time. A message to the White Star Company left this question open. It said that fifteen or sixteen boatloads were making for Queens town and from this the company inferred that the greater part of the passengers and crew were saved. London, Aug. 19, 5.30 P. M.—The Arabic was sent to the bot tom by a torpedo from a German submarine. The torpedo struck the Arabic at 9.15 o'clock this morning. London, Aug. 19.—A message received by the White Star Line this afternoon says it is HOPED that many or most of the pas sengers on the Arabic and crew were saved. London, Aug. 19.—The Arabic, which sailed yesterday from Liverpool for N'ew York, was sunk off Fasnet, a small island four miles southwest of Cape Clear, Ireland. The i>as>sengers and crew of the Arabic are reported to have been saved. London, Aug. 19, 5.20 P. M.—The White Star company announced that the Arabic had on board 170 second and third class passengers and no first class passengers. There were 240 men in the crew, making a total of 410 persons on board. She sailed from Liverpool at 3 o'clock yesterday after noon. London, Aug. 19, 5,25 P. M.—The Arabic is reported to have gone to the bottom in eleven minutes. London, Aug. 19, 5.10 P. M.—Tlie Press Association makes the definite announcement that tlie Arabic was sunk. It also says her passengers and crew were saved by a steamship. I Xew York, Aug. 19.—The White Star Line announced this afternoon that they had received a message stating that the Arabic sailed late yester day. The line had no further advices -onoerning the ship. Americans Are Believed to Be Among Those Lost London, Aug. 19.—The White Star liner Arabic, the largest passenger carrying ship in the transatlantic serv ice- since the Lusitania was destroyed, ha* been sunk off the south coast of lieland by a German submarine. It is believed that there were a number of Americans among the 175 passengers carried by the Arabic. News of the sinking of the White Star liner was received here at 5 o'clock. The message stated that the crew was saved. Twenty-five minutes Vacation season is at its height. Rest and recreation will not be complete unless you have all the news from home daily. Your favorite newspaper. The Harrisburg Telegraph, will fill the gap. The cost is the same as when you arc home, six cents a week. Call The Circulation Depart ment or drop a postal. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and vlclnltyi Fair to-nlglit an<l Friday; not murh chance in temperature. For Eastern Vennsylvanlai Fair to night and Friday) gentle to mod erate north-neat wind*. River The Susquehanna river and It* prin cipal branchea will continue to fall slowly. A stage of about 8.0 feet I* Indicated for Hurrlahurg Friday morning. General Condition* The tropical atorm la central over Northeastern Texaa, apparently moving slowly northeasttvard with diminishing strength. Show ers have occurred In the la*t twenty-four hours lu the Lower Ohio, Middle Mississippi and Lower Mlasotirl valleys anil gen erally throughout the Southern States. The temperature hns risen slightly In the l.ake Region, New Eng land and along the Middle Atlan tic coast, bat remains below nor mal In nearly all dtatrtcts east of the Rocky Mountalna. Temperaturei 8 a. m., (12; 2 p. m., 74. Sunt rises, RilU a. in.i sets, Bifiß p. hi. Moon■ Full moon, 4i40 a. m., Au gust 24. River Stagei 4.2 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 73. Lowest temperature, (14. Mean temperature, 64. Normal temperature, 72. later another message \ - as received saying: "It is reported that some of the Arabic's passengers were lost." The Arabic sailed from Liverpool for New York at 6 o'clock last night. She was a ten-day boat. The liner, which was a ship of 15.801 tons, is believed to have been attacked near the spot where the Lusi tania was sunk. The Arabic carried a crew of 260. One hundred and thirty of her pas sengers were in the cabin: the other forty-five were in the steerage. The fact that the first brief an nouncement contained only mention of the crew and not of the passengers may be attributed to a recent ruling of the admiralty to the effect that in cases where British ships, are sunk only the sinking of the vessel and the fate of the crew may be made known. The Arabic hailed from Liverpool and flew the British flag. Record Consignment of Munitions Carried on Last Eastward Voyage By Associated Press London, Aug. 12. On her latest eastward voyage the Arabic carried a record cargo of war supplies. Among her freight were the folowln* consign ments: 4,000 cases of cartridges, 204 coils of wire rope, 95 cases of aero plane parts, 106 automobiles, 699 cases of brass rods, 49 cases of fuses, 2.- 272 jackets for artillery snetfs, 5.477 steel billets for war supply purposes, 185 bales of cotton for the manufac ture of guncotton, 1,083 rubber tires for motors in the war zones, 15,815 plates of spelter, 1,5n copper cathodes, 80 barrels of nicrces blanks, 141 cases of brass blanks, 1,514 bags of nails and 337 barrels of lubricating oil. An attempt was made to sink the Arabic last month. On August 10, the day after the Arabic arrived at Liver pool it became known that two sticks of dynamite had been found upon the liner on July 27, the day before gne sailed from New York. Ever since the war began the Arabic has been active in carrying war supplies. In addition to her freight she usually carried a large passenger list. The crew, being warneor mat the vessel might meet the same rate as the Lusitania, formed a rifle club and practiced daily with long range rifles of heavy calibre. The seamen would trail a small raft about 100 yards astern of the vessel upon wnicn a stick of wood would be stuck to represent a submarine periscope. This served as a target. The Arabic is the second big stea::i ship to be sunk by a German sub marine while traveling toward tno United States from England, although attacks had been made upon others. The Iberian, of the Leyland line, was sent to the bottom on July So while on her way from Liverpool to Boston. CORRECT PASSENGEIi LIST By Associated Press London, Aug. 19, 6:46 p. m. The White Star Line, after first announc ing that there were 410 persons on board, later gave out a corrected state ly Continued on Page 10.] HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1915. THE WHITE STAR LINER AR WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE TODAY ' ",.*' . .J , f '.'-•• , • . '• e 4 . ' " • '■ READING OFFICIALS EXPRESS DESIRE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS Will Make Tour of City in Automo biles Tomorrow; Thirty- Three in Party When Mayor Stratton, city council men and other officials and city police from Reading arrive in this city to morrow morning for the police charity baseball game, they will be taken on sightseeing trips over the city, to view the public improvements in Harris burg during the last fifteen years. The Reading officials have express ed a desire to see some of the things for which Harrisburg is planning tne big improvement celebration for next month. At present in the Berks county city, big improvements are well under way similar to the ones almost completed here and the visitors are anxious to inspect the various places to see the progress made in the cltj- and the methods employed to put the natural advantages of the place to good use. The route will include a trip to Wildwood Park, Reservoir Park, the city playgrounds, the aspnalt plant, River Front showing the River Wall, the interceptor, and the dam at Soutn Harrisburg. The party will include about 3 3 men. who are coming in automobiles and [Continued on Page 10.] ROBBERS PASS UP EXPENSIVEGIGARETS Steal $5 and Many Packages of Five Cent Smokes in Raid on Cigar Store Breaking a side window last night, thieves entered the cigar store and poolroom of E. S. McFarland at 448 South Cameron street, stealing cigarets, ! candy, chewing gum and other articles I valued at about S2O in addition to I about $5 in small change. This is the second time in less than ! a year that the McFarland poolroom | has been entered, the last raid being pulled off in October, 1914. when the place was entered In a similar manner. The robbery was not discovered until early this morning when one of the clerks came in to open the place for the day. Rifle Register According to the police. everything was scattered in confusion about the room, the cash register was rifled and boxes of cigarets, candy and chew ing gum missing. The window had been closed again and locked by the burglars, who went out by way of the front door, Mr. McFarland believes. The thieves passed up the more expen sive brands of cigarets, cleaning out nearly all o? one particular 5-cent brand. Mr. McFarland said. Last Fall when the place was en- 1 tered Mr. McFarland was returning home late and passed the store. Re membering that he had no matches with him to light his cigar, he went into the store while the raid was being made. A lively fight ensued, but the burglars overpowered McFarland, knocking him unconscious. When he regained his senses the place had been robbed and the men gone. Detective Murnane is working on the theft which occurred last night. | None of the stolen goods had been re j covered to-day. Seventh Ward Voters Form Republican Club The Seventh Ward Ootorea Re publican Club was organized Tues day evening at 1219 Nortn Seventh street, with the election of these offi cers: Chairman. Robert Ben; presi dent, Carter Robertson; v«eo presi dent, Earnest Fletcher; secretary. Car ter Robertson, Jr.; treasurer, Oeorgo Norris; Stewart, Henry Morrison; ser geant-at-arras, Benjamin Harris; Janitor, James Brown; musical direc tor, James Dorsey; organizer, Chus. Davis. The meeting was an enthusiastic otoe and the club will ma« me above address their permanent headquarters during the coming campaign. TWO-SIDED FUSION MACHINE ANNOUNCES ELIGIBLES FOR TICKET Democrats in Sorry Plight Grab at Straw of Old Wash ington Ticket "Complete fusion is made possible to fight the gang" is a headline in the Democratic sunrise organ to-day. "Democratic and Washington parties," declares the same mouthpiece in its headline, "are to fight the evils of the two-sided machine in Dauphin county." There you have the whole story in a nutshell. What is left of the Wash ington party is to be used as a cat's paw to pull the Democratic chestnuts out of the fire, If possible. Another two-sided machine, as it were. Every Republican voter, according to the fake reformers who are manipulating things for their own selfish purposes, is a "gangster," but all who consent to fight under the fusion banner is a patriot and a soldier of reform! Al ready one of the Washington party adherents is being boosted for a county office on the alleged fusion ticket so that he will be inspired to pay the bills of the Democratic machine. It's a lovely little scheme, but to-day the comment upon the alleged fusion com bination was all more or less sar [Contlnucd on Pag© 4.] CiIMUTELLI i OEM IT BE OF 81, Was Dean of Sacred College and Eligible to the Papacy By Associated Press Rome, Aug. 13, via Paris, 9 A. M.— Cardinal SeraP.no Vannutelli, dean o.f the sacred college, is 'dead at the age of 81. . , Cfirdii)i>l Vannutelli was one of the most influential of those members of the sacred college eligible for the papacy. He was one of the six car dinal bishops who take their title from the suburban sees of Rome. He was bishop of Poto, Stanta, Ruflna and Ostia. He was created and proclaimed cardinal by Pope Leo XIII March 14 ISB7. The cardinal was born November 26, 1834. at Genazzano, in the diocese of Palastrina. His early education was obtained in the seminary of Genazzano and he received degrees in philosophy ai:d theology In tho Capranical College at Rome. After teaching theology in the Pon tifical Seminary he embarked upon a diplomatic career and was successively secretary to the papal nuncio in Ba varia. apostolic delegate to Ecuador and Peru and nuncio at Brussels at Vienna. Laid Among Dead Several Hours and Then Escaped By Associated Press New York, Aug. 19. The Dutch steamer Prinz Der Nederlanden, the first vessel to sail for New York from Haiti, since the revolt there, arrived here to-day. Passengers said tho situation in Haiti was extremely seri ous until the American marines ar rived and restored general order. Among the Arrivals was Antonio Vit tiello, who had been In business in Haiti. He said .he was the only one of 169 political prisoners to escape execution during the uprising. "I had been arrested Ave months be fore for tarrying message to Uobo," said Vlttlello. "The first mun to leave my cell compartment was beheaded with a machette. I followed and fell as though I had been shot. The man who followed me was shot and killed and fell on top of me. There were 168 men kiled in the prison. I laid among the dead for several hours until a friend chanced to enter the Jail. I was then smuggled aboard the snip." , DEATH LIST 111 TEXAS MAY REACH 400; DEAD ARE BEINGRECDVERfD Toll in Galveston and Lowlands in Vicinity Believed to Be 250 or 300 SEA WALL STANDS INTACT Two-Thirds of Buildings Which Lined Sea Front Are Reported to Be Wrecked By Associated Press San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 19. The total number of lives lost in Texas and at sea along the Texas coast as a re sult of the tropical storm may reach I 400, according to information brought j to San Antonio this morning by Chas. i S. Hayden. staff correspondent of The j Light, who returned to-day from j Houston and Galveston. Up to noon Wednesday only 14 bodies had been recovered at Galves ton and it is believed doubtful if many! more than this were drowned in the! city itself. The heaviest loss of life, j according to Information brought by j Mr. Hayden will be found to t>e sus-1 tained by the shipping ana dredges: anchored out in the bay. Tne total,! including those lost in the city, rrom I ships, and in the lowlands or Galves-1 ton may reach 250 to 300. Mr. Hayden said the force of tne | wind at Galveston during the height j of the hurricane ranged from 90 to 124 miles an hour. Ample Warning Given Thanks to the ample warmng given by the United States Weather Bureau as to the approach of tne storm, coupled with a realization as to what this might mean, due to tne Terrible record in the storm of 1900, thousands of people who remained in ualveston left their homes Monday nignt and sought refuge in big buidings in the heart of the city. Hayden said that despite their esti mate that the property loss at Galves ton may reach $10,000,000 the citizens I of the city are jubilant because the sea wall has done its duty ana stands intact. From one-half to two-thirds of the buildings which lined the Bay rront have been wrecked and most of the buildings about the docks are little better than ruins. This, however, is attributed to the wind, as the piling on which these buildings were erected still 1 stands. Back of the sea wall m tne vicinity of Tremont street all the smaller frame buildings have been wrecked or wrenched from ttieir foun- datlons. The greatest need of Galveston now Is food and water. Up to noon Wed nesday it was reported there was scarcely enough water to last anotiicr day and much of this would tie re quired for baking bread. Nearly all the stores of groceries were water soaked, packages of crackers cringing fifty cents each. Supplying Provisions Efforts to supply provisions and water are being made as rapidly as 1 possible. Both ends of the causeway j were washed out and It will r>e several [Continued on Pajje 10.] Put Forth Extra Efforts to Finish Gap in Wall I Realizing that the time until the September improvement celebration Is ] growing short, extra efforts are being made to assure the completion of the river wall gap at Market street. Gangs of men are now engaged In excavating for the concrete steps which will bridge the gap. A portion of the retaining wall is too high and will have to be knocked down to con form with the general level. Stucker Brothers, contractors in charge, will spare no efforts to complete the work in time for the celebration. Unusually high water or rainy weather is all that is feared now. Emperor Francis Joseph Is Honored in Germany By Associated Press Amsterdam. Aug. 19. The 85th birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph was enthusiastically celebrated yester day in Vienna and Berlin. Emperor William and all the German princes sent telegrams to the ruler of Austria j Hungary expressing warm nna un breaUablo friendship in the good and I bad fortunes of war. Emperor Wil liam ordered that the Austrian nag should be displayed in all German cities. Owing to his recent Indisposition, Emperor Francis Joseph spent the day quietly. DANISH BOAT DETAINED By Associated Press London, Aug. 16, 9:03 p. m.—(De layed by Censor)— The Danish motor boat Jutlandla, from San Francisco for Copenhagen with a general cargo, nas been detained at Kirkwall by the Brit ish authorities for examination. SEE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE By Associated Press i Amsterdam. Aug. 19.—Political im portance, it is reported from Berlin is attached to the announcement by i the newspapers Vorwaerts that Em : peror William has bestowed the iron i cross of the first class on Albert SuUe [ kum, a Socialist leader, for oravery in j battle. PASSENGERS RESCUED? By Associated Press i London, :Aug. 19, 5:38 p. m.—Tele s grams to the Central Newn ana the s Exchange Telegraph Companies state that the Arabic's passengers nave been . rescued. The White Star Line is still • without definite information. i TWO STEAMERS EXPECTED 1 fly Associated Press I Queenstown. Aug. 19, 4:2Z p. m.— ! Two steamers are expectea nere in two : hours' time, bringln about 400 sur i vlvors of the Arabic. It 11 presumed i that all have been rescued, r>ui so rar {nothing definite has been ascertained. 12 PAGES GOV. HARRIS PLANS THOROUGH INQUIRY OF FRANK LYNCHING Confers With Members of Prison Commission Relative to Steps to Be Taken RECEIVES MANY LETTERS Acting Mayor of Atlanta, in State ment, Condemns Mob Law By Associated Press Atlanta, Ga,, Aug. 19.—Governor Harris planned to confer with the members of the state prison commis sion here to-day relative to steps to be j taken for the arrest and conviction of | members of the mob which lynched ! Lee M. Frank. This conference was j to be the first actual step on the part | of state officials to place the blame j for the hanging. All three members of the prison commission were at Milledgeville, where the Georgia prison farm is located, on Monday night when Frank was abducted. Chairman R. E. Davis has said he believed none of the offi cers at the farm is to blame for the loss of the prisoner. Governor Harris has received many letters from outside the state asking what action would be taken and urging a complete investigation. I. N. Ragsdale, acting mayor of Atlanta, has made the following state ment: "The dally and weekly press of Georgia is practically unanimous in condemning mob law and urging the governor to take action in the Frank case at once. He is investigating now and will probably offer a reward that will bring the guilty parties to justice. Whilu a large percentage of our people believe Frank guilty, yet they are la.v [Continuod on Page 10.] STREET CAR MEN* STRIKE By Associated Fress Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 19.—Motor men and conductors of the West Penn Traction Company operating lines in the lower Allegheny valley struck to day to enforce recognition of the union . >.d the relnstatment of a conductor who, they say, was discharged for quarreling with a nonunion workman. AGREE TO MAKE COTTON CONTRABAND I Washington, Aug. 19.—"The allied governments have ■greed in principle that eottcn is contraband of war. The J exact date when this announcement shall be made is still I undeT consideration as well as other details connected with j the proclamations." This statement was authorized to-day I by the British Embassy. 5. KEPPLER GIVES UP STRIKE IDEA k < Washington, Aug. It.—J. J. Keppler, vice-president of j the laternational Association of Machinists, met the Execu- < ' i tiva Board of the association here to-day and agreed to sup ■ port its policy for a general campaign to establish the , ' eight-hour day in fcjuftitioft frlaats rafher than a resort to a national strike. STROMBOLI VOLCANO IN ACTION * 11 Sicily Aug. 1!5. The chici' ;ignal officer « . i the inland of Stromboli reports the eruption of a large quan- J t tity of lava from Stromboli volcano.' Thr lava is forming a J , lake of f I ' . MARINES LANDED AT ST. MARC j < 1 Washington, Aug. 19.—One company of American ma ! rines has landed at St. Marc, Haiti, and taken control of the J I town. An attempt to oppose the landing fa\led. , i MANY ARE REPORTED LOST < London, Aug. 19.—1t is reported here that a large num- j ber ef passengers have been lost on the Arabic, j r GERMANS SINK BRITISH SHIPS « > Berlin, Aug. 19, via Wireless to Tuckerton.—German ! 1 torpedoboat destroyers have sunk a small British cruiser | ' and a British destroyer by torpedoing them in an engage 1 ment of small craft ofl the west of Jutland, the German j * Admiralty announced to-day. INQUIRY DISCLOSES NOTHING J l Wfcshiagton, Aug. 19.—Attorney General Gregory re- ' ported to President Wilson to-day that investigation into < I charges of activities of Qerman agents in this country had ' so f«r discovered nothing to lead to action by the Depart t ment of Justice. 1 I MARKIAGE UCENSES ' | William M. Bonrr, BniTaburg, and Kitkrr M. Bonanitc, Mifflin I townohlp. J .Sninuel W. Maxwell anil Norlne Washington, city. 1 Hrnr.v It. Kaunce and Elranor 11. Itankln, I'lttNburKk. | aanflmwylflm— l . ■f 4 * POSTSCRIPT HARRISBURG TEAM GOES BY AUTO TO PLAY CHAMBERSBURG Indians Play Blue Ridge Team a( 4 Today; Big Reception Planned TEAM AT YORK TOMORROW Trip Over Gettysburg Battlefield Big Feature of Today's Joy ride Slightly behind schedules time be cause President Fogerty allowed his baseball team to stop at the Farmers* | picnic at Mt. Holly Springs and dance I with the fair country maidens, the In- I dians did not line up against the Chambersburg Blue Rvage team until after 4 o'clock. The team completed a tour or the battlefield at 1:30 and started on the last leg of their Journey shortly after wards. Shortly before noon Dr. Stover's machine caught fire but it was extinguished with little damage. Tire trouble also held them up at frequent intervals. • With President Thomas Fogerty, Secretary William R. Douglass and three of the local sporting writers, the Harrisburg Indians left here at 10.30 this morning for Chambersburg. The trip is being made in automo biles. The tourists left Hotel Columbus at 10 o'clock this morning. There were seventeen players, including Leo Callahan, who is still out of the game. The route was to include Carlisle and a visit through the Indian school. This feature may be eliminated, as the pro gram at Gettysburg, where a trip over the battlefield was the feature, will require two hours. After luncheon in Gettysburg the tourists will go to Chambersburg bv way of Mont Alto. A short stop will [Continued on Page 4.] CONTINUED COOL WEATHER IS DEMAIN'S FORECAST The record for low temperature In August standing for twenty-seven i years at the local weather rureau, i again narrowly escaped being broken • when the mercury went down to 54 i degrees last night. Continued cool ' weather Is forecasted for tne ctty for ■ to-night and to-morrow, by Mr. De . main.
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