Governor's Troop Ordered Home From Skike Service
HARRISBURG rfllSSi TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 111
INTENSE DRAMATIC
INTEREST TAKEN IN
CASEMENT TRIAL
Historic Bow Street Police Sta
tion Crowded; Many Clamor |
For Admittance
MAY GO ON STAND!
Irish Girl Tells of Events
After Landing at
Tralee
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By Associated Press
London, May 16. —For hours this J
morning crowds of people stood in .
line around Bow street police station |
waiting for the resumption of the ar- i
l-aignment of Sir Roger Casement on
charges of high treason in connection :
With the Sinn Fein rebellion.
The little courtroom was crowded I
within five minutes after the doors
were opened and many hundreds of ;
men and women were unable to obtain j
admission. Superintendent Quinn, of j
Scotland Yard, who is in charge of the
police arrangements, voiced the pop
ular feeling about the hearing when j
he said:
"1 have followed every notable case ]
that Bow street has known in many |
years, but the court has never been i
the scene of an examination so full of !
dramatic interest as the present one. j
The tense state of public feeling due ;
to the war has, of course, been a
factor, but the case in itself has lea
tures which raise it far above the level
of any criminal hearing in my memory.
May Go On Stand
There was some speculation to-day
is to whether Casement's lawjers
would place him on the stand at this
preliminary hearing. It is generally j
believed that this will not be done, i
His lawyers refuse to state whether !
they will consider such a step.
The first witness of the day vias
Mary Gorman, a typical Irish girl, who
was the first witness to identify Case
ment as one of the men who landed
from the German submarine at Tralee.
She testified she saw three men pass
ing a farm yard gate early Good Fri
day morning. She was asked by H.
Bodkin, for the prosecution, whether
she could identify any of the three I
men. She replied: "Yes, sir," and
pointed to Casement. The prisoner
bowed his head and scribbled more
diligently than ever on the pad of
paper.
Casement at Ease
Among the spectators were Michael
Flavin, Nationalist member of the
House of Commons, whose home is at
« Tralee, and a number of friends of
Casement, including several women.
Casement appeared to be entirely at
ease and smiled cheerfully as he took
his place in the dock. Daniel J. Baiiey,
who Is accused jointly with Casement, I
apparently was more composed than i
he was yesterday.
As the first witness took the stand j
Casement began to take voluminous
notes. The testimony in the early '
part of to-day's session had to do with j
events in which the two prisoners are
charged with having played a part
after their landing at Tralee, whereas
the evidence given yesterday dealt al
most entirely with operations of Case
ment and Bailey in Germany.
John McCarthy, a farmer of Curra
hane, County Kerry, told of finding
the collapsible boat in which Case- j
ment. Bailey and a man named Mon- :
tfith, who is still at large, landed at '
Tralee. McCarthy said he pulled it
nshore and found a dagger and a tin
box On the way home he met his j
children, who were playing with three '
revolvers they had found near the!
shore.
Other witnesses from the same dis- i
trict told of having seen signal lights !
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Dickinson Students Carry
Professor's Auto to Chapel;
Completely Dismantle It
Carlisle, Pa., May 16.—After hurry
-•alls had been sent out to the police
departments throughout this section
to stop a band of auto burglars with
a Ford automobile belonging to Pro
fessor W. A. Robinson, of Dickinson
College, it was found that the machine
had been taken by a band of students
to the college chapel in Bosler Hall,
dismantled and distributed in sections
about the room.
The tires were piled in the presi
dent's chair In the chapel, the license
plates tacked on the Walls and other
parts of the machine distributed about
the place with signs to the effect that
"A Ford will go any place."
|THE WEATHER. 1
For Hfirrlnl>urff and vloliiltyt
Cloudy, prolmhly Nhowem to
nlKhh WfdnfHtlny partly cloudy
and cooler.
For Rantrru Pennsylvania: Show
er* to-night t WedneMilny partly
cloudy and cooler In northern and
western portion*: moderate cant
wind* becoming variable.
Hirer
The Sunquchnnna river and all Ita
tributaries will probably remain
nearly ntatfonnry or fall slowly.
A stage of about 4.1 feet Is Indi
cated for Harrlsburg Wednesday
morning.
General Conditions *
The center of the Southern disturb
ance has moved from Florida to
the coast of South Carolina. The
Western storm has continued to
advance slowly northeastward
with diminishing atrengtli and Is
now central over the western part
of rake Superior.
It In 2 to 10 degrees cooler In the
Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, In
cluding Tennessee and the west
ern portion of the l.nke Region
and Tetas, Oklahoma and IVew
Mexico. Over nearly all the rest
of (he country temperatures have
risen 2 to 12 degrees.
Tempera tur t 8 a. m., 62.
Sun* (Uses, 4:48 a. m.j sets, 7i14
p. m.
Mooni Full moon, to-morrow, ft:lf
a. m.
River Stagei 4.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, SO.
l owest temperature. r»0.
Mean temperature* (15.
formal temperature, 01,
nv CARRIF.It fl CEXTS A WEEK.
SINGLE COPIES 2 CEXTS.
( BEAUTIFUL MAY DAY FETE BY STUDENTS^AT IRVING COLLEGE, MECHANICSBURG '
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—Photo by Strong. Mecbanlcsburg.
Mechanlcsburg. Pa., May 16. The above picture represents the Maypole dance In connection with the popular May Day Fete at Irving College,
Mechanicsburg, which has become a regular annual event, attracting hundreds of people to witness the beautiful ceremony of crowning the queen,
the old-time minuet in costume and the Maypole dance. All was under the supervision of Miss Jane Rae, of the college faculty.
GERMANS PUSH
VERDUN ATTACK|
: Energetically Continue Activi
ties West of Meuse; Bom
bard Hill
KAISER'S FLEET OUT
Leaves Kiel; May Join Land
Offensive on Riga-
Dvinsk
' German activities on the Verdun
front are being continued energetic
ally west of the Meuse where the
French positions in Avocourt wood j
and on Hill 301 are being subjected
j to an Incessant bombardment.
| There is a hint of possible develop
| ments of importance east of the fort
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Will Investigate Fall of
Building in Which Nine
Were Killed and 28 Hurt
Akron, Ohio. May 16.—State and
j city officials to-day were planning a
I searching inquiry Into the collapse of
it he Crystal restaurant here last night
In which nine persons were killed and
-8 injured, two probably fatally. The
restaurant was crowded when it was
j wrecked, and slid into an excavation
J on an adjoining lot where a new build
ing is to be constructed. Survivors
| told of hearing the sound of blasting
!on the adjoining site just before the
I building fell.
| Searchers completed a hunt of the
j wreckage early to-day without finding
any more bodies and all of the missing
I have been accounted for. None of the
| injured died during the night.
! Mayo- W. J. Laub, after a confer
ence with the city safety director and
building inspector, announced to-day
I t hat he would begin an Immediate In
j vestigation to fix the responsibility,
j Word came from Columbus that State
i building Inspectors would come here
I to-day to either assist In the Mayor's
j investigation or conduct one of their
I own.
Boy and His Goat Are
Swallowed by Old Mine
Shenandoah, Pa., May 16.—While
Joseph Chublin, 5 years old, was play
ins with a goat in the Stanton colliery
timber yard last evening the surface
caved into the old workings, carrying
lioy and goat into the mines and bury
ing them alive.
Rescuers set to work immediately
and attempted to lower each other
with ropes into the cavity to recover
the boy's body, but on account of the
surface still "working" had to abandon
it, fearful of being buried alive also.
Community High School
on West Shore Likely
School directors of PJast Pennsboro
township, Shiremanstown, Camp Hill,
New Cumberland. Lemoyne, Worm
leysburg and West Fairview will meet
this evening in the Lemoyne Trust
Company building at Lemoyne to dis
cuss the possibility and advisability of
erecting a community high school at
some convenient point along the West
Shore.
The movement was started a few
years ago and recently it has taken on
a new interest. The destruction of the
building at Enola by fire a few weeks
ago is believed to have hastened the
present movement. A new building will
be needed at Enom and it is under
stood that a number of the directors
along the West Shore are in favor of
erecting a smaller building than that
destroyed by tire. In addition they
are desirous of having a community
building erected in which high school
courses can be taught.
$25 Reward
Ik offered hjr thin nenNpniter f«ir the
nrrent mid eonvletlon of liny peraon
ttinllelotinl.v ilemt rn> lug floweri, win
dow MIHI poreh boxen In any neetlon
of the elt.v.
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HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1916.
PRIMARY VOTE
IS VERY LIGHT;
Complicated Ballot and Lack
of Public Interest Largely
Responsible
MIX-UP HERE AND THERE
Counts Will Be Late, Election
Officers Say; Tickets Ex
ceptionally Long
The primary vote of all parties in
Dauphin and Cumberland counties up
to a late hour this afternoon appeared !
to he generally light. The industrial
and weather conditions and the fact j
that many people are not taking any!
interest in the primary election be- i
cause of the manner In which the
campaign has been conducted are gen- 1
erally blamed, but there are also many
who declare that voters have remained .
away from the polls because of the
complicated ballot.
Notwithstanding efforts by voters
there was light voting up to noon re
ported from almost all of the precincts
in Harrisburg and from many in Steel
ton and the West Shore boroughs. In
some places election boards did not
get started on time because of failure
of officers to appear and in other in
stances temporary officials had to be
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CTs iLAG IN
EVERY SCHOOL
Senator Beidleman Urges Pa
triotic Order of Americans
to Rack Move
"An American flag in every school
room in Pennsylvania" was urged to
day by State Senator Kdward E.
Beidleman in an address of welcome
at the annual convention of the Patri
otic Order of Americans, which opened
thib morning in Chestnut Street Hall
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Predicts Second Coming
of Christ Will Bring World
War to Sudden Finish
Special to the Telegraph
Ardmore, Pa., May 16.—Hope that
the second coming of Christ Will ma
terialize in time to stop Europe's dread
ful war was held out by Rev. Charles
R. Erdman, of Princeton Theological
j Seminary, at the Spring conference of
I te Presbyterian Sunday School Superin
tendents of Philadelphia and vicinity,
held in First Presbyterian Church, here.
Allen Sutherland, of the Tioga Presby
terian Church, presided.
"The gospels are full of the proph
ecies of the second coming of our
! | 4 ord," Dr. Erdman said. "We as Chrls
| tians should not evade It. Christ is
j l Oinlng again, and for all you or I
know, He may come In time to end
! this terrible war. Christ Is coming-in
person, not in spirit, as the Bible says.
He will end all war; He will bring
peace and happiness nnd will reign
over the earth. There will be no more
sin and the people of the earth will
be brothers. Let us preach this great
truth with an Idea of its full impor
tance to the Christian religion and to
mankind."
ARREST 20 SPEEDERS IX WEEK
Speeders and vlclators of traffic
rules In the downtown districts will be
severely dealt with according to Chief
of Police J. Thomas Zeil, who has in
structed the police to wage war on the
lawbreakers. Twenty arrests have
been made within the lost week and
fines imposed. Chief Zell said to-day
that any auto owner or driver who is
Ignorant of the traffic rules In the city
and speed limits, can get a copy of the
I regulations upon application at his
office.
AMERICAN TOWNS
SAFE FROM RAIDS
Officials Believe Redistribution
of Troops Prevents Danger
of Repetition
WILL POLICE DISTRICT
Carranza to Demonstrate Abil
ity to Handle Situation Before
Asking Withdrawal
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16. American
communities along the Mexican bor- j
der now are safe from further raids
similar to that at Glenn Springs, ad
' ministration officials were confident
| to-day. They indicated that with ad
ditional United States troops and Na
tional Guardsmen being distributed
along the border, only a general anti
i American outbreak beyond the border,
! Carranza soldiers participating could
j endanger American border towns.
Such an outbreak is considered
: highly improbable by officials here. J
j They expressed the belief that Car-
I ranza troops apparently are being em-
I ployed in special effort to prevent
1 future raids by outlaws and to round
'up those guilty of the Glenn Springs
! attack.
j The net result of the military con
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MERGER CLAUSE
DELAYS MEASURE
Council Will Look Into Under
ground Wire Ordinance at
Special Session
Action on the Cumberland Valley
Telephone ordinances relative to the
underground wiring problem was post
poned to-day by Council until later In
the week, when the measures will be
threshed out by the Commissioners,
who will meet for the purpose as a
committee of the whole.
The chief question at issue, it is
understood, is the provision which
strikes out the merger clause. Under
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Revised Figures Show
Army Bill Provides For
Total of 718,500 Men
By Associated Press
WaNlilngton. May Ifl.—Hfvlicd fig
ure* on tlie army reorganization lilll an
agreed upon by Holme anil Senate con
feree* niwl *nhmltted to the Senate to
! ilay hy Chairman Chamberlain *howr
: that the new army will be even larner
j than announeeil when agreement was
reached la*t Saturilny.
Careful nnalyal* ahowa the maximum
atreugth In time of peace will be 211,-
000 officer* anil men, Including 25,000
ntatV troop*, Philippine arouta anil un
n**lgned recruit* and that the war
I fctrength will he "23(1..1(10 officer* anil
combatant troop*. which with atntf
troop*, HcoutN. etc.. will hrlnic the max
imum *trength of the regular army to
2*1.(100. The .National 4»iiurd an rror
ganlxed would total 157.000 making a
total of 71N.800 men available.
PREPAREDNESS DEBATE
"National Defense, or Prepared
ness" will be the subject for a public
discussion by two noted speaker* in
the Technical high school to-morrow
evening at 8.15 o'clock. Arrangements
have been completed by the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce for the
i meeting and the addresses will be
made hy Henry A. Wise Wood, of New
York, president of the American So
ciety of Aeronautic Engineers and
vice-president of the Aero Club of
America, who will speak favoring pre
paredness. Professor Isaac Sharpless,
president of Haverford College. Haver
ford. Pa., and an advocate of peace
measures, will be the other speaker.
The meeting will be an open one and
no admitting card wUI be needed.
GIRL WAITS WITH ,
CHUM FOR DEATH
After Church They Sit in Grove
Till 2.30, When He Shoots
Himself
PARENTAL OBJECTIONS
His Mother Did Not Approve of
Girl; Sweetheart Keeps
Check on Time
Special to the Telegraph
Chicago, May 16.—Sunday night, at
Petersburg, Ind., Lawrence Church
and L.eola Bailey went to church to
gether. They were very doleful and
quiet, because it was the last time they :
were ever going to church together, j
Lawrence had made up his mind to
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Dies of a Broken Heart
When Taken Away From
Graveyard Hermit Hut
Special to the Telegraph
Waynesboro, Pa., May lfi. Geo.
W. Mellinger, who had lived alone all
his life in a little hermitage at. the
entrance to Cedar Grove Cemetery,
Chambersburg, died suddenly on the
front steps of the County Home, while
waiting for the steward to come with
the keys to admit him. He had been
taken there in a taxlcab a few
I moments before. People here say he
I died from a broken heart when taken
from his little hut by the graveyard
gate. He was 71 years old and was
of an old Chambersburg family. His
mind was unbalanced as the result of
disappointment in love while quite a
young man.
Young Couple Outwit
Watchful, Waiting Papa
and Wed in Hagerstown
Frank J. Paganelli, 1629 Market
street, and Miss Dorothy Crump, of
Steelton, were married at Hagerstown
yesterday. The wedding was the cul
mination of an elopement planned a
year ago. Each time the young couple
arranged for a trip to Maryland,
"Papa" Crump interfered. He was out
witted yesterday.
While the father of Miss Crump was
watching and waiting at the Pennsyl
vania station the prospective bride and
groom went to White' Hill. Tickets
were purchased Sunday and when the
train leaving Harrisburg at 8 o'clock
| yesterday morning reached White Hill
station, the young couple boarded a
rear car and two hours later arrived
| at Hagerstown.
| Two- weeks ago Father Crump
i learned of plans for an elopement and
had both the Pennsylvania and Read
ing stations guarded. The elopement
was postponed. On March 8 another
trip was arranged and again father in
terfered.
Mr. and Mrs. Paganelli will reside
at No. 1629 Market street, for the
present. The bridegroom is a chauf
feur, hut for sometime has been em
ployed at the Commonwealth billiard
j parlors. The bride was employed as
an operator for the Bell Telephone
j company.
First Attempt to Run
Auto Herself Sends Car
Over High Embankment
Eherly's Mill, May 16.—Her first at
tempt to operate an automobile with
out any Assistance poved unfortunate
to Mrs. George Marburger. yesterday
when she tried to remove the machine
from the-garage. She had her two j
children snugly tucked in the rear seat
while taking the car from the garage,
located near a 25-foot embankment
along a small stream. She lost control
of the car and it plunged over the
embankment Into the stream below.
Mr. Marburger heard his wife scream
and went to her rescue. Neither Mrs.
Marburger nor her children were in
jured.
GOVERNOR'S TROOP:
ORDERED tIOME
Will Leave East Pittsburgh
Early Tomorrow Morning
For Harrisburg
ARE GLAD TO RETURN
Sheridan and Sunbury Guards
men Leave Strike Zone
This Afternoon
Special to the Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Pa.. May 16.—The Gov
ernor's troop, of Harrisburg, under the |
command of Captain George C. Jack. I
to-day received orders from General
A. J. l.ogan, commander of the Second !
Brigade, N. G. P., to depart from the 1
strike zone for Harrisburg to-mor- j
row.
I Troop T, of Sunbury, under the com- I
mand of Captain Charles F. Clement,!
| and the Sheridan Troop, of Tyrone,
i under the command of Captain James i
jF. Moore, will leave the strike zone j
I for their respective home barracks this j
'afternoon. Troop H, of Pittsburgh, I
j under the command of Captain Chas.
|C. McGovern. will likely remain on;
strike duty during the balance of this
week,
"ilatl to (juit
The memuers of the Governor's j
Troop were delighted when they heard !
they had been ordered home. During,
the last three days they have become '
I anxious to leave the strike zone as the
service had become irksome to them.
It is likely they will leave East Pitts- j
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House Takes Up Shipping
Bill of Administration
By Associated Press
L | Washington. D. C., May 16.—Under
| a rule limiting general debates to five
i hours and providing for a tinal vote
i Friday night the House to-day began
! consideration of the administration
shipping bill. The way had been 1
cleared for work on the bill by the
Houjc when It finally disposed late
yesterday of the rural credits meas
ure.
House Democratic leaders apparent
, i ly are confident of the passage of the
> ship bill. In adoption of the united
support of their own party for the
, measure they are understood to count
, Uipon the votes of several Republicans.
Incorporation of a provision setting a
(time limit on government operation
lof vessels is believed to have won
many over to the bill.
T PHILADELPHIA LOAN SAFE; BRUMBAUGH VOTES I
J Philadelphia, May 16.— Leaders here say the transit %■
| loan of $67,000,000 is practically sure of being carried while |
i the loan ior municipal purposes is being cut to a certain V,
T extent. Governor Brumbaugh came here frqm Harrisburg
I shortly before noon. The Governor recorded his vote in J|
the forty-first division of the twenty-second ward, German- 1'
I town. 5.
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i GERMANY WARNS NEUTRALS
i Washington, May 16.— Germany, in a note presented I
ito Secretary Lansing by Count Von Bernstorff, to-day
J wari neutral governments that merchant ships flying I
1 flags must obey the proviions of international law
T »n n their conduct when stopped by a German cub,- f"
» marine, and that they incur danger should they turn their V
, shipi in the direction of a submarine. *
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■ REPULSE FRENCH ATTACK C
Berlin, May 16, via London.—The repulse by the Ger- I
1 mans of several attacks against positions on Hill 304 with
* sanguinary losses to the French is announced in to-day's I
I war office statement. 5
9 HUNDREDS OF ARMENIANS DYING
iNew York, May 16.—Suffering among Armenians in "
Turkey, Persia and Syria is still intense and they are dying t
by hundreds for want of food and arc in urgent need of aid, '
says a cablegram from Constantinople made public to-day
l
by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian '
Relief.
NEW HAVEN FREIGHT CLERKS TO STRIKE "
New Haven, May ,16w —An order for a strike to be ef- >
{ fective at 2p. m. to-morrow was issued this afternoon by •
J. J. Forester grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway
Freight Clerks, to the members of the organization em- 4
f ployed on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
j road. (
J MARRIAGE LICENSES ,
1 Stephen Sylveater helm and Klin Kara Helm. Knhaut.
J John Da* Id Berrler, city, and Itachael Sarah Hunk, Paxtang.
I Wlltla Herbert Johnson aad Loulae Jane Coopar, city. V
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CITY EDITION
14 PAGES
SMALL INTEREST
IN ELECTION IS
SHOWN BY STATE
Voters For First Time Partici
pate in Preferential Presi
dential Primary
EACH CLAIM VICTORY
i Factions in Republican Party
' Roth Assert They Have Ma
jority of Delegates
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, May 16. Primary
elections for all political parties were
< held throughout Pennsylvania to-day.
The voters for the first time are par
j tlcipating in a preferential presiden
! (ial primary, but little interest is being
taken in this, as there is but one name
entered on each of the party tickets.
President Wilson's name is the only
I one on the Democratic ballot; Gov
ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh is ulone
on the Republican ticket, and Allen L,.
Benson, of Yonkers, N. Y., who lias
already received the Socialist nomi
nation for President by a referendum
of the Socialists of the country, was
the only name placed on the ballet of
: that party for President. It is es
i peeled that many of the other candi
dates for President will receive a large
scattering vote by means of stickers
I or voters writing the candidates' names
! on the ballot.
Each Claims Delegation
The greatest interest in the primary
1 centers in the flght within the Repub
j lican party for control of the dele
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Bull Moose Will Have
Grand Opera During Lulls
By Associated Press
Chicago, May l(i. The committee
: I in charge of arrangements for tho
Progressive national convention to be
held here next month is planning t»
(111 in waits which occur between
j speeches and committee reports with
! music, it was made known to-day.
i i Fifty musicians have been engaged
i a number of grand opera stars are
, under consideration.
. ' Speeches by suffragists on street
i corners were started yesterday by sev-
II cral women. According to plans thero
11 will be thirty speeches made each day
'until convention week.