HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 08 I RIGID MEASURES 1 BEING TAKEN TO I PREVENT REBELS r FROM ESCAPING i Military Cordon Around Dub l lin Is Tight; Central Part I of City Badly Scarred by ft Fire and Shells; Filled K With Refugees; Preparing ■ to Feed Them BACKBONE OF REVOLT COMPLETELY BROKEN Turned Against Sinn * Feiners When They Were bvced From Trinity Col- BN Their Stronghold; 'Sting Was Done Mostly W Women Ki N"ls or the rank and file arc fol- ' lowing- the example of their leaders in , confessing (lie muse of tile "Republic ol Ireland" lost by piling their arms i at the foot of the Paracll inonunient. t in Sackvillc street. Dublin. and surren- ! dering themselves to British troops. The military authorities are taking rigid measures to prevent the escape of rebels. Dublin is hadly scarred by Arc and shells. l-oolins during the revolt was done mainly by women. The death of the republic is as dra matic as its birth. Sinn Feiners from the country dis tricts are marching into the city in | hie hatches to (five themselves up. i Kingston. Ireland. May 1. —Tlie mili tary authorities are tnkinff rigid meas ures to prevent the escape of the rebels, although this is made difficult owing to the fact that most of them discarded their Sinn Felner uniforms and donned civilian clothes, which | enabled them to mingle with the j crowds of peaceful Inhabitants. A military permit now Is necessary to pass through either the inner mili tary cordon or the larger circle drawn around the city. The permit and the bearer invariably are subjected to I close examination. Even a stricter i watch is being maintained over per- ' sons desiring to take passage out of j Ireland from Kingston. Guards are j posted at frequent intervals along | every road In the country. The ap pearanee of the central part of thoj ritv is remarkable. There is no doubt ! that Dublin will show the scars of its experience for a long time to come. Many of the city's important buildings are in ruins and hundreds more show the effects of incendiary fires, artillery shells and vandalism. City Hadly Scarred The damage by fire is far greater than from the fighting. The most iiu- j portant work of the next few days will ; be the problem of providing for the ! people. Already the city has assumed i the appearance of a town full of! refugees. For a week no work has j been done, and no work means no money for thousands whose existence ! depends on their daily earnings. The military authorities declare they are making preparations to deal with this situation adequately and promptly without regard for red tape. Trinity College Turning Point The military plan of the rebels was to seize and fortify the entire center | [Continued on Page ».] Miss Norah Keane Near Scene of Irish Uprising Michael A, Keane, proprietor of a hotel at 167 Paxton street, this city, 1 ; recently received a letter from his; l sister. Miss Norah Keane, who is liv ing at Limerick. Ireland, in which she states that "internal trouble was brewing" and "it looked like a general ' uprising." This letter was written about six I reeks ago. having heen greatly de- 1 lnxed in the passage. Mr. Keane is anxiously awaiting further word. Miss Keane's home is in this city. I She will be remembered as one of the survivors of the Titanic catastrophe. ] THE WEATHER For llnrrlNhurK nnil vicinity! In. cri'UMlnK cloutlliirsx to-night; »h(HTor» clirl.v Tuesday mornliiK or on Tuesday; cooler Tuesday. For Kasterii Pennsylvania: Increas ing cloudiness to-night; showers early Tuesday mornlnc or ou Tuesday; cooler Tuesday; mod crntc Mouth winds. shitting to northwest Tuesday. lllver The Susquehanna river and prob ably nil Its branch** trill fall to f night. The .liinlata. Went llrnnch and poaslbly the I'ppcr North Mranch may begin to rise Tues day a* n rrsult of showers. 1 stage of about «.» feet Is Indicat ed for Ilarrlsbiirg Tuesday morn ing. (■eneral Conditions A disturbance, now central over | (he southern border of the t>rcnt j l.akca. lias caused showers over n ' belt of country extending from Tevns nn.l nnr<h...i L wnrd through the l.ower Wlsslx- ■ slppl vnllcys to the northern pnrt of the l.ake Iteglon «lth some anon In .North Michigan. I'm pern tu res have risen 2 to IS de grees alnce Saturilny morning gcnernlly south and ens" of the k '-rent l.nkcs. I'nsensonahly rmil weather prevails from the Rocky H Mountains to the Mississippi rlver.l Including the greater part of the l.ake Iteglon. I Temperatnrei 8 a. m., <lO. ■ font Itlaes. r>iO,'. a. m.; seta, ■ W 'loon; First onnrtcr. May 10. 3:47 W a. m. I River Ntngc; 7.1 feet below lou- I water mark. I lllghc«t temperature. 7."i. I,owest temperature. t7. ' Mean temoeralore. ill. I .Normal temperature, 50, May Day Finds Strikes Crippling Industries in Many Cities nv < \HRIF.K « CENTK \ WEEK. SIXfil.K COI'IKS 2 CENTS. MAY DAY FINDS BIG CONFERENCE MANY INDUSTRIES IS PROGRESSING BADLY CRIPPLED SATISFACTORILY BY BIG STRIKES TO THIS COUNTRY Danger of General Walkout by Miners Past; Operators Announce That Prices of Hard Coal Will Have to Be Raised to Consumer Be cause of new Agreement 4,000 TROLLEYMEN AT PITTSBURGH ARE OUT Thousands Forced to Walk to Work; New York Freight and Cargo Problem Seri ous; 100,000 Locked Out Garment Makers and Dis satisfied Workers March 'May l)av finds many industries over 1 the country crippled by strikes for 1 more money. | Probably of most interest to the j general public is the assertion by Philadelphia anthracite operators that i prices of prepared sizes of coal will have to lw increased to consumers as a result of the agreement between op erators and miners. Leaders of the I'nited Mine Work ers of America believe the pact con cerning wages and hours of work in the anthracite llelds will be adopted at the Pottsvllle convention to-morrow. Marine traffic at New York Is lied up by a strike of engineers and firemen lof the lighterage class. The conges | tion of freight, involving delays of car goes on steamships and railroads, pre sents a serious problem. Traction service in Pittsburgh is completely halted by a strike of 1.1100 trollcymcn. \ strike of stone cutters was averted by meeting demands for i an eight-hour day. Around a nucleus of 60.000 lockcd , out garment workers. 40,000 men and women marched in a May l>ay parade \ at New York. Pittsburgh Trolleymen and Company Near Pact; 5,000 Machinists Out By Associated Press Pittsburgh, May I. Mayor Joseph j G. Armstrong to-day continued his ef forts to bring about a settlement of the ] street car strike which last night tied ! up every line in Allegheny county, with the exception of three interurban lines, and inconvenienced almost a million persons. He conferred with J. J. Thorpe, vice-preside of the amal gamated association of electric and street railway employes, and then call led on J. O. Callery, president of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. The ; Mayor issued a statement in which he said the company and the men were i not far apart. Leaders of the International Asso ciation of Machinists said that 5,000 lof their men hail struck . to enforce I the eight-hour day, and 20.000 others j in the metal trades would be out by [Continued on Page 12] Ambassador Gerard Is Still in Conference With Kaiser on U-Boat Warfare Berlin, April 30 (via I.ondon).—No word has yet been received to indicate when Ambassador James W. Gerard will return from general headquarters. It has been assumed that the Ameri can ambassador would conclude his counsels with Emperor William. Chan cellor von Bethmann-Holl weg and other statesmen Saturday and would take the train for Berlin that night, but the American embassy and the foreign office as yet have not been notified that he is on hit; way to the capital. Avenging Daughter, Kills Cafe Man; Riddles Body Hattlesburg, Miss.. May I.—"He ruined my daughter—even h-1 Is too good for him," said 1,. B. Holland, of Holland & Hunt, the biggest wholesale flour and feed company in Mississippi, as he stepped from the Acme Cafe yes terday after shooting to death Selma B. McCrorey, the day manager. "Defend yourself." Holland shouted on entering the cafe. Before McCrorey move he began firing. McCrorey was standing behind the cash register. The first shot fired went through his heart and he fell with his face to the floor. Holland then walked around the counter and tired the four remaining bullets into McCrorey's back. He was walking toward police head quarters when met by a policeman, who disarmed him. DEWKY'S VICTORY RECALLED Battle of Manila Bay Fought 18 Years Ago To-(la.v Eighteen years ago to-day. on May 1. 189S, Commodore George Dewey, in command of the Asiatic squadron of the United Slates navy, engaged the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay and suc cessfully accomplished thf .i^■.i the lall ci'. TTte first important naval victory in the Spanish-American war. STREET CAR MKX GET RAISE Of course you observed to-day how the motormen and the conductors of the trolley cars wore an ear-to-ear grin to-day of the kind that, just can't wear oft'.' There was an important rpeson: To-day, May 1, the increase in wages oT one cent an hour for the crews of both the 1 larrlsburg Bail ways and the Valley Traction com panies went into effect. CONGRESSMEN VIIAY BATERY Washington. May 1. Two bat teries of field artillery front Fort Myer, on their way to the summer instruction camp at Tobyhanna, Pa., were reviewed from the capitol steps to-day by the Senate and House conferees on the army bill. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1916. General Obregon Is Urging That Troops Be With drawn, but Wilson Has No Intention of Granting Re quest Just Yet; Scott, Wants Assurances NEITHER SIDE TAKES PEREMPTORY STAND Generals Are Not Deadlock ed; No Measures Taken Which Would Preclude an Amicable Settlement; Sec ond Meeting Is Being Ar ranged El Paso, May I.—Major General Frederick Funston announced at ! noon to-day that only one more conference would be held with the Mexican representatives on the military questions now exist ing between this country and Mexico. He said It would be brief. Generals Scott and Funston arc awaiting a reply from Washington before setting a time for the conference. By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ May I.—After an exchange of messages between General Scott and the War Department on his conference Saturday with General Obregon, Mexican minister of war, officials said to-day the negotiations up to date had been "satisfactory." While General Obregon has urged that the American troops be withdrawn, President Wilson, they said, has no in tention of granting the request at pres ent, and is hopeful that an agree ment will be reached for co-operation between American and Mexican troops in the pursuit of Villa and other ban dits. General Scott has been instructed to continue to press for such an agree ment. Definite final proposals have not yet been reached in the border confer ences. it was authoritatively stated at the War Department. A long code dispatch from General Scott arrived early to-day. Secretary Baker, of the War Department, expected to send 1 supplementary advice to General 1 to reach him. if possible, before his i second conference with General i Obregon. 1 While it has been officially admitted i that General Obregon had "suggested" i withdrawal from Mexico of the United States expedition, officials said these i overtures had not been in the form of | a demand, and that no peremptory or I unalterable position had been taken up Iby either side. General Scott, it was 1 explained, had made counter-sugges tions to General obregon proposing co-operative military measures. That the conferences have not reached a deadlock was also stated on official authority. No measures have been taken 011 behalf of the United States, it was asserted, which preclude an amicable settlement. Scattered Bands of Villa Followers Being Mercilessly Pursued by Cavalrymen Field Headquarters Namlquipa, Chihuahua, May I.—(By Kudio to ; Columbus, N. M.l—Brigadier General 1 Pershing, commander of the cxpedi | tionary troops is planning for every possible future development. Every report of the advanced cavalry col ums and those reaching here from the border are studied thoroughly in an attempt to obtain a proper perspec i tive. The scattered bands of Villa follow ers are being given no rest. Columns of cavalry are riding mercilessly on ; their trails. These fugitives, now in | proups of two or three and now singly j are making their way far into the I wildness of the mountain region in ; their attempt to escape the Americans. Ingenuous Use of Light Caused Snipers to Detray Location to Soldiers I Columbus. N. M., May I.—A story of an ingenuous plan employed by an American truck officer to rid the path of the motor supply trains on their way 'o the Mexican front of some of the snipers that have been harrassing them recently, was brought here to day. "We had been sniped at several , times from the same point in the rock | ■■annon. between K1 Valle and Naml : qulpa," a truckman said. | "On our last rip we received infor mation that the Mexicans again were | preparing to shoot at us that night. I Consequently when we were within a 1 few miles of the place the train was I stopped ami our lights were hooded. |The officer in charge on the train took | a small detachment and went i» | a point opposite where the Mexicans | were believed to be. lie tixed a flash ' light on a rock a hundred yards from his soldiers and threw its beam in the direction of the snipers. The Mexi ! cans immediately fired a volley at the light, disclosing their whereabouts to the awaiting Americans. In returning the fire the Americans killed one Mexi can but the others, possibly three or four men, escaped." KII.I/S his By . l.isocialcd Press Allentown, Pa., May 1. Because | l-.la bride of a year and the mother of i a seven-weeks' old baby, refused to j live with him, Jonas Brobst, a silk ; mill worker, aged 23, of this city, ! shot and instantly killed her at tile home of her parents, early this after-j ! noon. The murderer fled and Is being 1 i hotl} pursued by llie police. I CITY BOASTS YOUNGEST GARDNER IN THE WORLD si E i^jji~* B i V |p In less than two hours this morning, twenty of the thirty-eight plots o ground In Garden No. 1, South Thirteenth and Sycamore streets, were given on by Miss Rachael Staples, representing the Harrisburg Benevolent Associatiol Above are a few of the persons who were given garden plots to use this sum mer. The little tot Is Harrisburg's youngest gardener. Miss Iluth Wagntv just two years old, the daughter of Mrs. Klla Wagner, South Ninth stree She will help her mother pull weeds this summer. SCATTERED BTH WARDERS CAUSE POLICE TROUBLE Old Offenders More Difficult to Handle Since Moving From District Determined to break up the petty, robberies and other disturbances in! various parts of the city which are I annoying residents. William L. Wind-! sor, Jr., superintendent of the detec-' tive bureau, said that his men have! been instructed to ieep a close watch on all questionable characters and places. < In speaking of the situation in thei city at present Superintendent Wind-; [Continued on Page 3] ' BAPTISTS OF 4 COUNTIES HOLD SESSIONS HERE ! Churches of Daupliin, Lancas ter, Lebanon and York Dis * tricts Represented j The Harrisburg Association of Bap tist churches, comprising the churches ;of Dauphin. York, Lancaster, and | Lebanon counties began its annual session in the Tabernacle church, Sixth and Eorster streets this afternoon. Sessions will continue through Wed ; nesda.v evening. The Association is the local unit under the Pennsylvania Baptist Gen leralI eral Convention which Is an integral part of ihe Northern Baptist Con ] ven4ion. I The Association meets to collect [Continued on Page 3] FLOWER BOXES TO BEAUTIFY HOME OF STATE EXECUTIVE Mrs. Brumbaugh Gives Hearty Support to Movement For Prettier City ! The Executive Mansion will be dec ! orated with porch and window boxes | during the coming summer. ' Mrs. Brumbaugh, the mistress of ithc Mansion, is a great lover of flowers ! and of growing things. It is through ; het kind co-operation that the Tele j graph is able, this afternoon to an nounce this important addition to the j porch anil window box campaign which ( is meeting with so much success j throughout the city. I The Mansion, with its frontage on !I he river, has many ledges and pro jections into which window boxes will fit most beautifully and the flowers will i add greatly io the beauty of the structure during the summer months, when it Is the mecca of thousands of I sight-seers in the Capital City. Scores of residents in all parts of the city are taking up the movement and many businessmen in the heart of town have the matter of window ' boxes under consideration and the ; announcements are expected within the next lew days. Among those who : entered the porch box contest tn-ilav I are. Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Spragg, Seven teenth and Vernon streets, apart ments. Mrs. Wisehart, 30 Evergreen street. < Jsuphena Ellicker, 21 North Eigh teenth street. Mis. E. Finfrock, 1009 Capital street. O. C. Blckel, 4 North Eighteenth street, who adds handsome hedge to his porch box entry. Mrs. E. S. Nissley, 1714 State! street. Mrs. Thomas S. Marsh, 1712 State! street. Dr. J. W. Elenberger, 924 North Third street. BRITISH SHIP SI'NR By Associated Press London. May I.—The British steam-, ship City of Lucknow, 3,8(59 tons gross 1 and owned in Glasgow, has been sunk, i G. 0. P. TREND IS RUNNING TOWARD ROOT AND T. R. Hughes Stock Rising as Time of Republican Convention Draws Nearer Special to the Telegraph New York, May X. One month; and seven days must elapse before the country shall know who is to he the Republican standard-bearer In thej Presidential contest of this year. But 1 I developments of the last few days in-I j dicate a strong; trend toward one or 1 1wo men. Justice llughes and Colonel Roosevelt are the bin figures in New j York, with the Hushes stock rising in [Continued on Pago 3] 8 INJURED, 3 AUTOS DAMAGED IN AUTO CRASHES Cumberland County Highways Scenes of Collisions Over Week-End Carlisle. Pa., May 1. —Eight persons were injured, one automobile was ! wrecked and two other cars were badly damaged in two accidents last evening near here. None of the occu [ pants of the autos In the two smash ups was seriously injured. ' In the lirst accident, cars owned by . W. G. Eckels and Amos Miller, of Upper Allen township, collided on the road near Sliepherdstown, badly dam aging both machines, one of them hav ing a broken axle. Jlrs. Miller and Mrs. Hollinger were thrown from the [Continued on 1 'agc ft.] YATES TO TRY FOR PLACE ON SINGLE TICKET Minister Confines Fight to j Compel Admission of Demo cm tic Petition Only i r " No effort will be made by the Rev. j Dr. William N. Yates, school director, to secure a place on the Republican primary ticket as a candidate for State Senator from the Fifteenth district. This means that Senator E. E. Bei dleman will have no opposition for the Republican nomination. The minister will confine his fight to the Democratic primary ticket. In i granting his request to-day for a man damus on the Secretary of the Com monwealth to compel that official to accept the Yates' Democratic petition, [Continued on Page 12] German Submarine Is Reported to Have Sunk Transport Near Saloniki 1 By Associated I'r,-,, Berlin, May 1 (by wireless to the | Associated Press via Sayville).—lt is I reported front Saloniki that a German I submarine has torpedoed a large trans port of Kara Burun, ten miles east of Saloniki. COLD WEATHER COMING Temperatures below freezing are reported in some of the territory be tween the Mississippi river and the ; Rocky Mountains and the influence of ! the cold weather will be felt here by ! to-morrow morning, according to a ; forecast from the local office of the i United States Weather Bureau. HARPERS WEEKLY SOLO Special to the Telegraph New York. May 1. Harper'sj Weekly has been acquired by the Inde-' pendent Corporation. It was'announced j Saturday and is to ijo incorporated In ! The Independent. The ("dependent is tiS years old and Harper* Weekly 69.1 ALL BUT THREE OF CREW OF SHIP HELD IN ICE DIE New Foundland Sailors Reveal Fate of British Steamer j Long Missing CAPTAIN KILLS SELF Goes Mad; Survivors Walk Eighty Miles Through Blizzards Halifax, N. S., May I.—The fate of the captain and crew of the British Steamer Suffolk, caught in the ice in tlio White Sea while on her way to Archangel shortly before Christmas, with details of suffering front cold, hunger and exposure resulting in the death of all but throe men of a crew of 27, and the suicide of the ship's cap tain, who, maddened by hunger and cold, shot himself—were related here to-day by sailors of the New Found land steamer Bellaventure, just in front Archangel. Caught in Freeze j The crew of the Bellaventure, which! ; has been in Russian waters for more than a year, met and talked with the three survivors, only one of whom, a IContinued on Page 3] New U. S. Battleships Will Be Biggest Yet Washington, May 1. Tf the plans of the general board are followed out the new battleships to be authorized at this session of Congress will be the I largest and most powerful afloat and | will be equipped with the biggest cali bre armament. ' Tentative plans drawn for their I construction by the naval authorities put their displacement at 30,000 tons and their armament ten 16-inch guns. ELECTROCUTE WIFE MUKDEKEK By Associated Press Bellefonle, Pa., May I.—Henry J. Webb, of Allegheny, was electrocuted in the new penitentiary early to-day. Two ministers accompanied the con. domned man to the chair. Webb is the first colored man to be electro ! cuted in Pennsylvania. His crime wa-i the killing of his wife on I February 21, 1915. i»w wm ««ry»i»»<ryv w «»ry» w nwyyi i* »«ry» WwKyy^ BRITISH TO GET LINCOLN T Washington, May I.—The Supreme Court to-day held L that Ignatius Timothy Tribich Lincoln, former member of j the British Parliament and confessed spy, must go back to 1 England for trial on a charge of forgery. f ALL LEADERS HAVE SURRENDERED 5 London, May 1, 1.45 P. M.—Official announcement was i made this afternoon that all the rebel leaders in Dublin had surrendered. V ' ; PENNSLVANIA STEEL'S GOOD SHOWING J < ® Harrisburg.—The annual report of the Pennsylvania T ! Steel Company for year ending December 31, 1915, shows L ? a total income of $4,791,921 as against $1,340,849 in 1914 and | 1 a surplus, after deducting depreciation charges of $2,010,959 1 £ as against a deficit of $678,492 in 1914. j J TO CONSIDER GARBAGE SITUATION f . Tarrisburg. The City Health Bureau will probably I tale f,'n-l action on the garbage situation at a meeting Wed- 9 nesday afternoon. f i TO DISSOLVE AMERICAN CAN COMPANY T Washington, May 1. The government today filed a X l motion for a final dissolution decree in the anti-trust suit | T against the American Can Company in the Federal District 1 ? Court at Baltimore. { AGREE UPON ARMY OF 180,000 y Washington, May I.—A regular army of 180,000 men # X as peace strength has practically been agreed upon by Sen- £ ? ate and House conferences on the army bill. With the plans 1 I for expansion as provided in the bill which has passed the A j » Senate, this would produce an army of about 250,000 men \ , In war strength. ; | AFFIRM CONVICTION OF LAMAR J ~ ; Washington, May I.—The Supreme Court to-day I , affirmed the conviction of David Lamar, "wolf of Wall ' * Street" in the New York Federal Courts on charges of im- ' - ■ ? t gan and others with intent to defraud. Lamar is under 1 i sentence to serve two years in the penitentiary and to-day's « J —action iii thr final word in the courts t MARRIAGE LICENSES , > (' yr u * Allemmi mill >l ll lirl > I ILL m UIIM, Shflliivltlf. # Meade PHimrk anil Ka<n Uanpovic, SMIIOII. Hay Nevla Uornliaugh anil Helen Frances Mutch, Mechnnlctharff. J* 12 PAGES CITY EDITION GERMAN MASSES MOWED IN SWATHS DURING DRIVES Renew Aggressive in Force Northwest of Verdun, but Are Decidedly Repulsed . NEW EFFORTS IMPENDING Incessant Bombardment Indi cates Fresh Attack West of Meuse The Germans have renewed their i aggressive in force northwest of Ver |dun, delivering: a massed attack on the positions recently captured by the French, north of Dead Man Hill, and | counter attacking also a trench they j had lost north of Cumieres. Tn both i cases the assailants fere repulsed Paris, declares, their masses being nowed down in large numbers in the Dead Man Hill assaults. Indications that further German ef forts are impending are furnished by announcement that hill 304, west of i the Meuse, and position in the Vaux j sector, northwest of Verdun, are being incessantly bombarded. ' Unofficial advices from Constantino j pie say that the Turks estimate at j 20,000 the losses of the British during March and April in Mesopotamia, where General Townshend last week wasfrocedto surrender his beleaguered army of some 10,000 men at Kut-el- Aniara on the Tigris. More than 500 ! British and Indian officers, including four generals were taken at Kut-el i Amara. Casualties of British Force in Mesopotamia 20,000 in Two Months By Associated Press Berlin. May I.—By wireless.—The number of casualties sustained by the British forces in Mesopotamia during March and April is given as 20,000 in la Constantinople dispatch to the Ovcr iscas News Agency. I "The booty captured at Kut-el- J Amara has not yet been reckoned," the news agency adds. "Among the prisoners are four generals, 240 Brit ish officers and 270 Indian officers. I The Turkish commander in chief, I Halil Pasha permitted General Town jshend (the British commander), to re tain his sword.
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