German Battle Cruiseis Driven Back After Fierce Fight Hear London
HARRISBURG illsllfi TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 03
GERMAA SQUADRON IS
DRIVEN FROM COAST OF
ENGLAND AF
Battle Cruisers Accompanied
by Destroyers Suddenly
Appear in Early Dawn Off
Lowestoft; Driven Back
After Short, Fierce En
gagement
THREE BRITISH SHIPS I
ARE STRUCK BY SHELLS
Raiders Open Fire on Coast
Before Fleeing and Kill
Two Men, One Woman and
a Child; Fourth Bombard
ment of War
I/ondon, April 25.—German battle
cruisers appeared off Lowestoft to-day.
Announcement of the appearance of
the German warships was made in an
official statement.
Local naval forces engaged the raid- |
ers and also British light cruisers. The j
German warships retreated in twenty j
minutes.
The German warships opened fire on
the coast before departing. Two men,
one woman and a child were killed.
The material damage apparently was
small.
In the engagement two British light
cruisers and a destroyer were hit, but
none of them was sunk.
The following official announcement •
was made:
"At about 4.30 o'clock this morning
the German cruiser squadron, accom
panied by light cruisers and destroy- \
ers, appeared off Lowestoft. The local
naval forces engaged it and in about j
twenty minutes it returned to Ger- !
many, chased by our light cruisers and
destroyers.
"On shore two men, one woman and
a child were killed. The material
damage seems to have been insig
nificant. so far as is known at present.
Two British light cruisers and a de- j
stro.ver were hit. but none was sunk." j
Fourth ltai<l of War
r.o west oft is on the North Sea coast
about 100 miles to the northeast of
London. It is almost opposite The
Hague.
on previous occasions attacks have
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Determined to Put Army
Bill Through at Once
Washington, April 25.—Democratic
leaders of the House, who charge the
republicans with conducting a "fili
buster" to delay action on the ad
ministration legislative program, were
determined to-day to put the slate
through without further delay with
the aid of special rules.
This move was decided as a
result of the success yesterday of
Representative Mann, of Illinois, the
minority leader, in preventing the
army bill as amended by the Senate
from being sent to conference. The
House Rules Committee was pre
pared to-day to bring in a rule to dis
charge the Military Committee from
further consideration of the bill and
providing: for the appointment of
House conferees after debate on a
motion to recommit. Debate was to
be limited to one hour unless the Re
publicans objected in which case each
side was to be given only twenty
minutes. The Democrats also plan
1o take up immediately after the
agricultural bill is out of the way, the
Philippine, Porto Rican and shipping
bills, under drastic rules limiting de
bate on each of the measures. The
Philippine bill will be the subject of a
caucus of House Democrats on a date
yet to be decided upon.
ItOSS SINKS
By Associated Press
London, April 25. The British
steamship Ross, 2,666 tons gross and
owned at Cardiff, has been sunk.
Eleven members of the crew were
saved.
THE WEATHER
For llarrlabiirfl: nnd vlrlnltyi Un
nettle«l. probably IlKfht whoever*
to-ntßht mill \Ve«lne*«ln y t oon
tinu<*d fool, lowfßt temperature
to-nltrht about 1." ileKreen.
For Kaatern Pennsylvania* Prob
ably MliotverN to-nljrbt anil Wed
neailny* continued cool; moderate
Niiirtiii* wind*.
River
The SuM<|ueliaiina river nnd all Mm
branclieM will fall to-night ami
\Ve«li»e*«lay. A ntime of nbout N.U
feet IN Indleateri for llarriNbur»
Wednesday morning.
(■eneral Condition**
A alight disturbance ha** developed
over the Middle Atlantic eoaMt re
gion Mince Innt report. It IN now
central over Chtltpttkc hay nnd
IN eauNlng cloudy nnd unNettled
weather over moNt of the eaNtern
half of the country, except iu the
(•ulf State* and Lower MINNINNIP
pI Valley* where the weather IN
clear.
TemperatnreN «*ontlnue below the
ftcaNonal average generally eaNt
of the Roclcy Mountain*, and
readlngN at or below freezing
again are reported from the
\orthweNt border.
Temperature: S a. m.. 48.
Sun: RUea, ft:l2 a. M.i aetft, flsM
p. m.
Moon: New moon, May 2, 12KHI
a. m.
River fftagei 9.7 feet above low
water mark.
YeN«erday*N Weather
lllghent temperature, .%7.
l.oweNt temperature, 47.
Menn temperature, BIS.
formal temperature, 54.
BY CAHRIRH n CKST* A WBKK.
IINGLG COPIES 3 CENTS.
TWELVE KILLED
WHILE QUELLING
RIOTS IN DUBLIN
Several Troopers Die Suppres
sing Disturbance; Wires
Cut
SEVENTY BOMBS DBOPPED
Zeppelins in Raid; British
Warships Do Enormous
Damage at Zeebrugge
Grave disturbances have broken out j
in Dublin. Rioters seized the post
office yesterday and cut telegraphic
communication. Last night they were
in possession of four or five different j
parts of the city. Twelve persons were ;
j killed during the rioting, which troops !
from the Carragh were sent, in to sup- |
press. There were several fatalities j
among the soldiers.
Statements to this effect were made j
in the house of commons to-day by i
Augustine Rirrell. cnief secretary for
Ireland, who declared, however, that
the situation was well in hand. Arrests
have been made, but the names have
not been announced.
Slight Damage in Itaiil
Last night's air raid over the coasts
of Norfolk and Suffolk, England, was
carried out by four or live Zeppelins,
which dropped some seventy bombs. !
j That one man was seriously injured is |
the only statement regarding casualties !
I made by the British authorities, who i
; say no further details are available.
Belgian Coant Bombarded
A bombardment of German positions 1
on the Belgian coast, carried out yes
terday by several British ships, is re- j
ported in a news agency dispatch to I
have been one of the heaviest during I
the war and to have inflicted enormous j
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State Department Expects
Early Report From Gerard
on Crisis Conference
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ April 23.—A re- j
port from Ambassador Gerard at Ber- I
I lln outlining the results of his long j
; conference yesterday with Dr. von i
' Pethmann-Hollweg, the German chan- I
j cellor, over the American note was J
! expected at the State Department to- !
| day.
It was anticipated that the ambas
sador would shed further light on the
attitude of the German government!
regarding America's demand in the
1 submarine controversy.
Mr. Gerard is understood to have
already reported that strong political
1 influences are at work in Germany to i
prevent a rupture between the two
nations. Labor leaders and Socialists
! were represented as being particularly
'adverse to a severance of diplomatic
j relations. The ambassador Is said also
to have reported that there were
j strong indications of Germany's will
| ingness to make some concessions.
I Whether these concessions will be
! broad enough to meet the American
demands is problematical.
The fact that the ambassador and
the chancellor conferred at some
length was pointed to here as a hope
ful sign. If Germany was not disposed
to meet the demands of the I'nited
j States, it was believed, there would
; have been no lengthy discussion.
Unofficial advices stating that the
] conference had been held and that the
' German reply would not be made
j pending a further conference between
j the chancellor and Emperor William
i were received with considerable in
i terest in official circles.
Little Interest Is Shown
in First Ohio Primary
iiy Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio, April 25. With
contests in only a few districts and
, apparently little interest on the part
i of the voters prospect are that only
| a light vote will be cast at Ohio's first
Presidential preference primaries
j which are being held to-day. What
interest there is centers in the opposi
tion which has developed between
Governor Frank B. Willis and ex-Gov
ernor James M. I'OX, both candidates
! for delegates at large on the Republi
can and Democratic tickets, respec
tively.
A late effort to put the name of
Henry Ford before the voters as a
candidate for President is also at
tracting attention. Doubt is expressed
concerning the legality of writing his
name on the ballots.
President Wilson has no opponent
for the Democratic nomination for
President. On the Republican ballot
former Senator Theodore Burton is
(opposed by William Grant Webster,
j of Chicago.
Contests Are on in Two
New Jersey Districts
By Associated press
Newark. X. J., April 25.—The only
| real contest other than those which
|are local, in the New Jersey Presiden
tial primaries to-day takes place In
the ninth and tenth congressional dis
tricts, in Essex county, where a
' Republican ticket with candidates fav
oring Theodore Roosevelt has beeVi
put in the field against one containing
the names of unpledged candidates.
lOne Hughes supporter. Franklin W.
Fort, son of former Governor, of New
Jersey, also is running for delegates.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1916.
KNIGHT TRYING
TO LAND GUNS IN !
IRELAND SEIZED
Sir Bogcr Casement Captured
When German Filibustering
Ship Is Sunk by Britisher
MAY BE EXECUTED
Irish Leader Who Directed
Plots From Berlin Mas Had
Checkered Career
London, April 25.—Sir Roger Case
ment has been captured from a Ger
man ship which attempted to land
arms in Ireland and was sunk. This 1
official announcement was made last
nisnt. as follows:
"During the period between the j
afternoon of April 20 and the after
noon of April 21 an attempt to land
arms and ammunition in Ireland was
made by a vessel under the guise of a
neutral merchant ship, but which In
reality was a German auxiliary, in con
junction with a German submarine.
"The auxiliary sank and a number
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Dapp, Endorsed by State
Federation of Labor; Is
Against Fish Licenses
Edward Dapp, who is a candidate i
for the Legislature on the Republican
ticket in thf Harrishurg district, lias
received notification that he has been
endorsed by the Pennsylvania Federa
tion of Labor. Mr-. Dapp was formerly j
a mechanic nnd an employe of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company up to
a few years ago.
Mr. Dapp said to-day that many
people had approached him to ask
how he stood with relation to the pro- |
posed State license for fishermen. "I ;
do not believe in charging a man a
dollar to fish In a public stream of the
State," said he, "and I am unalterably
opposed to the passage of a license
law."
Predict Busy Season in
Harrisburg Real Estate
! Optimism was the keynote of a aerie?
of short talks by prominent business
men at a noon luncheon of the Harris- ;
butg Peal Estate Board at the Engi
neers' Society «f Pennsylvania to-dav.
More than a score of the city's pro
gressive realty dealers were present
nnd discussed the future of Harrisburg's
teal estate. It was the concensus of
opinion that the present summer Would 1
see a quickening In the real estate
: market. Attention was called to the ac- ,
. tlvlty of Harrisburg industries and the
i opinion expressed that this was bound
to cause increased demand for all kinds
of property.
: Herman P. Miller, president of the
! board, presided and hrief talks were
given by Edward Mocsleiu, J. E. Gipple.
Royd >l. Oglesby, A. It. Mlchener, H. M.
j Rird, C. V. Rettew and J. F. Itphrer.
Another Conference on
New Schedules Wednesday
Plana for improvement of traffic con
ditions in Market Square will be dis
' cusfed the latter part of the week at
i the office of Mayor E. S. Meals. The
Pennsylvania railroad schedule expert,
George Ellinger. is still at work on
I a schedule in accordance with the sug
i gestions of Mayor Meals. He will con-
I fer with the Valley Railways Company
| officials on Wednesday, and report to
j the Mayor on the following day. The
| date for the conference will be an- i
j nouneed Thursday.
Expect Light Vote in
Massachusetts Primary
Boston, April 25. Party leaders
were generally agreed in the expecta
tion that a light vote would be cast in
the presidential primaries in Massa- •
chusetts to-day. Great efforts to
bring out the vote had been made,
however, In the active campaigns of j
| the two sets of candidates for dele
-1 gates to the Republican national con- j
vention. one of which has declared for 1
Theodore Roosevelt, while the other
group Is unpledged to any candidate, j
There were no contests in the Demo- I
erotic and prohibition parties. The
Democratic candidates are unanim
ously in favor of the renomination of
President Wilson. The Progressive
party, because of the small vote cast
in the Stale election last Fall, was not
entitled to participate in the pri
i-maries.
Central Iron and Steel
Breaks Production Record
The Central Iron and Steel Company
yesterday broke all records for univer- j
sal mill production by turning out a ;
total of 216 tons of universal mill plate :
in a 12-hour working period. Charles
C. Adams is superintendent of the mill.
Much of this plate will lie used in the
construction of a large bridge over the
tihio river at Louisville. Ky.. being
built for the Pennsylvania Uailroad
lines west of Pittsburgh.
ntisr.n i on IIOSIMTII.
' The Civic Steering Committee com
posed of colored ministers and laymen
of Harrisburg and • Steelton, completed
the campaign to raise funds for the
Harrisburg Hospital, on Monday. The
total amount raised was 5U19.25. The,
expense incurred was $19.25, and s3llO i
was turned over to the Harrisburg
I Hospital this afternoon by the commit-I
tee. The Rev. W. A. Ray, was chair- I
| man, W. H. Craighead, secretary, and
[James M. Auter, treasurer, I
| THIRD DAUGHTER TO ELOPE IN TWO YEARS \
V. J
■Hi I 1 1 11
You really couldn't blame Jacob M. Wagner, of 10 North Front street,
Steelton, for being: a bit peeved when hi« daughter, Iluth, came home and
blushinKly announced that she was now Mrs. Samuel B. I>augrherty, for Miss
Iluth whs the third daughter of the Wagner family i<» elope to Hageratown
within two years. But dad acted the good fellow after he Kot some of tin* wind
Lack in his sails, and to-day Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. I>auftherty are happily
"At Monte" at 121 King: street, this city, with the parental blessing: granted-
MAYOR AND MR.
EISLEY DISCUSS
SWEET BYE'N'BYE
Exchange Compliments as to
Each Others' Chances on
"the Other Side"
OVER JITNEY PROBLEM
Mayor Says Arrests to Be Made
—Hearings Friday Before
Alderman Hovcrter
In a heated little discussion this i
i morning over th'e jitney problem J
Mayor E. S. Meals and Edward F. Eis- '
1 ley, president of the recently organiz- j
ed jitneurs' association, exchanged j
sarcastic predictions as to each other's
| chances in the hereafter.
The interchange of compliment fol
lowed Council meeting when Mr. Els
• ley asked on behalf of a group of jit- '
ney drivers whether the Mayor In- j
. tended to let them have stands on J
Market street, from which to operate!
.their cars.
The Mayor declared that the ques-1
tion should be taken up with the city
treasurer and the city solicitor, that
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STEEL CO. GIVES
S6OO TO BOROUGH
FOR PLAYGROUNDS
General Manager Bent Makes
Offer Through Municipal
League of Steelton
Establishment of an adequate sys-;
: tem of playgrounds in Steelton within i
| a few weeks is now assured.
Through General Manager Quincy
j Bent, the Pennsylvania Steel Com
' pany. recently acquired by the Bethle
hem Steel Company, has offered to do
nate S6OO towards the fund to pay
tor establishment of the playgrounds
and their operation during the first
season.
This offer was made at a meeting of
i the Municipal League of Steelton In
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Girl Fires Father's Barn
Because He Rejected Suitor
New Bloomfleld, Pa., April 25.
Stella Rarrick, the 14-year-old daugh
i ter of William Barrick, a farmer liv
ing near Dellville. Perry county, is in
jail here, for setting tire to her father's
barn, in revenge because he refused
consent to his daughter's marriage to
John Smith, of Donnelly Mills. The.
girl confessed Jo firing ihe barn and
implicated young Smith in the matter.
She said that he told her he would
burn the barn and the dwellinghouse
with her parents in it some night if,
she did not set fire to the barn.
Smith has been arrested and is also
jln jail. The barn was totally destroyed !
I along with a wagonshed and other
I small buildings. Several hundred
bushels of corn, wheat, rye and oats j
were burned with several carriages!
I and farming implements. J
FORESTALL YATES
EFFORTS TO PLACE
NAME ON TICKETS
Republican and Two Demo
crats File Formal Objections
to Nomination Papers
BASED ON MANDAMUS
Friday Morning Fixed For
Hearing; 15 Other Objections;
Protest Martin
Proceedings to 'counteract any at-'
I tempt of the Rev. Dr. William N". j
; Yates, school director, to place his j
| name on the Republican or Demo
: cratic primary tickets for the State
Senatorial nomination in this county
S by mandamusing the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, were begun late last
evening in the Daupllin county courts
when John E. Barr, this city, a Re
publican and A. J. Milligan and Wil-1
, Ham J. Straub, Democrats, respect
i ively. asked the courts to declare Dr.
I Yates' Republican and Democratic
| papers null and void.
: The actipns were based on the con
: dition that Dr. Yates wins in the
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ADVERTISING FOR !
500 MEN TO WORK
ON STATE FAIR SITE
Bennett and Randall Receive
Another Shovel; Stewart
Tells of Work
Bennett & Randall, of Greensburg, '
I Who have the contract for grading
| and preparing the site of the Key
stone State Fair and Industrial Ex-1
position Company, have advertised fori
500 men with which to complete the
work, which is going rapidly forward. 1
A majority of the stockholders have
; expressed themselves as favorable to
rushing to early completion the auto-!
mobile speedway, so that a meet may
bo held the latter part of the pros- !
enr summer, and of holding the first;
; fair next. year.
W. J. Stewart, who has just re
turned from Weslmoreland county,
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Wife Murderer Goes to
Gallows; Last to Hang
By Associated Press
II Philadelphia, April 25. James
Reill.v, condemned to death for the j
murder of his wife, was hanged to-'
day in the county prison. ReiHy'sj
1 execution is probably the last that will
take place in this State by hanging.!
lie killed his wife before the elec-*i
trocution law was enacted.
IULGAR LOSSES 137.000
By Associated Press
Athens, via Paris, April 25. The
losses by the Bulgarian army during
the war are estimated by Bulgarian
newspapers received here to amount i
to 87,000 killed and 50,000 wounded,
ior missing. j
2 PAXTANG CARS
DYNAMITED ON i
DERRYAT2OTH
Floors Torn Loose, Platforms
Shattered, Windows Broken;
None Injured
WORK OF EAST END BOYS
Few Passengers Carried on
Either Trolley; Explosives
Stolen Is Theory
Two Paxtang cars of the Harrisburg
Railways Company were dynamited
yesterday afternoon at Twentieth and |
j IJerry streets. The first car. No. 60,
east bound, in charge of P. G. Coble,
conductor, and T. A. Nash, niotorman,
was badly shattered. The floor was
torn loose, four seats broken and win
dows shattered. It carried no passen
gers. The explosion occurred at 12.40
o'clock.
A westbound car. No. 63, from Pax
tang, with Conductor Amos Titzel and
Motorman Samuel Shenk and four
passengers, was thrown from the
tracks at 1.20 o'clock almost at the *
point where the first explosion oc
] curred. Both the east and west bound
| tracks were torn up and two of the
j rails were split by the explosion. The
I windows on one side of the car were
i broken. Outside of the severe shaking
up, none of the passengers was in
jured. They were John K. May, 16
South Third street; Miss Mary Kitchen,
1019 South Twenty-second-and-a-Half
street; John t.ebo. Tower City; Arthur
Kitzman, Cohagen. Delaware county.
The officials of the Harrishurg Rail
ways Company were notified promptly
and have been investigating.
It is the belief of President Frank R.
Musser that the explosives were placed
on the tracks by boys as a joke and
they did not realize the seriousness of
their act . Where the dynamite was
secured has not been learned, but it is
| believe it was stolen from the Wilson
; quarries, near Paxtang.
CAUCUS OX PHILIPPINE 1511,1,
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ April 25. —Demo-
i crats of the House to-day issued a
I call for a party caucus to-morrow
night on the Philippine hill, although
Representative Jones, its author, ex
pressed the belief that there are suf
ficient votes to pass it without caucus
i indorsement. Many Republicans are
! expected to vote for the bill.
f f
j WARNS AGAINST SPITTING
i **
9 ate Comrnissioaer of Health Db sent a let- '
1 ter to each of 900 boroughs urgiag th«m to enforce the State !' J
m law prohibiting spittiag im public placaa and saying that it is < r j
1 the duty of oificials to eaforca the law to properly protect , f
i the health *f tka public. Tha co*r. ilso asks for
j iaformatio* why the law has «ot bae* enforced. Notice ;
i was also given that rooais aad premises ocupied by persons f
| jfuffaring froat tuharculoais *uwt be disiafeeted.
i '!
1 MANN SUPPORTS AMENDMENT j
9 tington, April 25. —Republican Leader Mann took
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< OBREGON LEAVES SAN LUIS POTOSI !
1 El Paso, April 25. —General Alvaro Obregon, minister >
i of war of Mexico de facto government departed from San 1 ;
| Luis Potosi to-day from.Juarez for his conference with Gen- Ja'
{ erals Scott and Funston of the United States army accord- '
5 ing to dispatches received from him to-day by General *
T Gavira, commander cf the Juarez garrison. 1 i
j BEMAN ELECTED GRAND WARDEN , >
f Harrisburg. —At the official count taken at a meeting j ;
1 of the Grand Lodge in Philadelphia yesterday Roy D. Be- ! |\|
im 'all
< • man, of this city, was elected Grand Warden of the Inde-
I i pendent Older of Odd Fellows of Pennt s re
j | ceived 8156 votes. His nearest opponents were Lewis H. 1 '
j Lauderbach, of Meadville, and Harry E. Moffitt, of Eliza- ;
, beth. A'lef;heny county, who Received 2852 and 1152 votes > j
respectively. ] jp
1 , HOUSE SPEEDS UP ARMY BILL I >
1 Washington, April 25. —The House to-day passed the '
I special rule providing for the immediate sending of the army
i' bil! rr. ri'iifcience.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Walter I.eroy Xauaman nii«l Alexandria M. PopolT, city. ' >
Arthur Karl Yetter, Mwatara tnnnahlp, anil Anna llulh Sye, o»rry
ton-nnhlp.
I,vr(>> I,ruler Slroh and AnK<*llna Mary It linn. city.
CITY EDITION
14 PAGES
FUNSTON WILL \
GO WITH SCOTT
TO CONFERENCE
WITH OBREGON
Carranza's Minister of War Is
Hurrying Northward For
Meeting With High Amer
ican Army Officers; More
Troops Are Sent Across
Border in Redisposition
Scheme
WILL REVEAL PLANS
FOR GETTING VILLA
De Facto Officials, It Is Be
lieved Will Make Assur
ances That" His Govern
ment Is Prepared to Cope
With Outlaw Bands; Con
! centrating Additional Men
By Associated /><•.«.«
San Antonio. Texas, April 2.".—Gen
; era! Funston will accompany General
Htilth L- Scott to the conference with
] General Alvaro Obregon, Carranza
minister of war, it was announced at
department headquarters to-day.
General Funston's participation in
the border negotiations was ordered
by the War Department and in line
With the wishes of the chief of staff,
who believes that the purpose of the
conference will be better served if he
has with him one who is more inti
mately acquainted with the details of
the situation. Instructions that will
; govern the conference are expected to
' be received by General Scott to-nior
row.
General Scott said he was not yet
certain just where the conference
| would take place hut both he and
i General Funston have taken it for
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