7,500 Killed in Greatest of Sea Fights; Value of Ships Sunk slss,6C6,<jt}d HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 127 7,500 KILLED IN SEA FIGHT; VALUE OF SHIPS $155,000,000 TWENTY FIVE VESSELS ENGAGED IN BA TTLE GO British Empire Awaits Fall Details of Gigantic Engagement With Feverish Anxiety, Hoping List of German Vic tims Will Increase; Eye-witnesses Give Graphic De scription of Fight; Bodies of Hundreds of Sailors Float on Water Among Battle Wreckage BELIEVE TEUTONS EMBOLDENED BY LOSS OF BRITISH MAY TRY GREATER RAIDS Late Dispatches Indicate Sea Force of Kaiser Was Com pelled to Separate When More Powerful Units of English Fleet Hove in Range; Some Still at Large, Their Escape Back to Kiel Cut OH; Teutons Aided by "Low Visibility" Had Advantage of Fighting Condi tions ( Ry International News Service.) London, June 3.—Between 125 and 150 warships of various as well Zeppelins, arc believed to have taken part in the might v sea battle between the British and (ierrnan fleets in the Xorth Sea on Wednesday in which twenty-five ships at least were sunk. The British empire to-day waited further details of the gigantic engracement, the greatest j n modern history, with feverish anxiety, hoping that late reports of the admiralty would increase the number of German victims destroyed by English men-of-war. Althotieh no official information was forthcoming as to the probable loss of life belief was expressed that it would be above 5.000 and might rise to 7,500.. Details fumi-hed by eye witnesses of the fight state that it took place in foggy weather and amidst dense clouds of smoke from the funnel* of puns of the warships. The aggregate tonnape of the ships lost on both sides is placed at approximately 155.000 and the money value of the ships sunk is esttmated at $155,000,000. The Queen Mary. Indefatigable and Invincible were the first battle cruisers the British admiralty has admitted losing sln« e the war began. l/iw Visibility Aid Tf is believed that the Bri !sh ships mtre In the majority although fight ing condition* were favorable for the Germans as It Is pointed out In the official announcement of the admiralty that they were aided by "low visibil ity " This eildentlv referred to fog. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch fr*»m «"openhe«en says that fishermen arming ;i* Esbjerg report seeing out f-'de the Hlasvands link hundreds of )mdle« of Rritish and German sailors. THE WEATHER t'mr llarrlahuru ami tlelult.it Fair to-night MINI HUIIIIHM HOI IIIUHI eNsuae la temperature. Far l'a»tera I'rna».« I« aula t 1 huit iterfth"%«era thl* afterii«M»u; fair ttcnlglil ami * inula > j fr««li ami • trmiK ftuuth ftlilttlou lo %%e*»t «in«fla. 111% er H« a% .« rainik I rlila> night In the %ii»i|ueli.iiinn hn»lii liau* niuwHl rl%e« la all nir«autM of tlie ayatem e%«e|»t ilir loner North Rrunrh mi'tl Che .ual m •»\ «r %l| the main »lrea«K %% 111 rlfte 10-nlght ami • iHiilu », r I ii«- Juutnta. I he- IUMMIC, I |*|»er North ami I |»|ier \l r»l lirim. h«». itlilih 111 ht-ulll lu fall to-ultfht unleaa more rain a«H*ura. Ilitfh ftfatteft. it pnruxl n«atel> dft fullo»%ft, lire luitleaferl a* a re»ult of the rain lhat baa fallra Hea«»\«», altoui 10 feet; %% llli.tnt»i»oit, ahout l« feet. Sun* •tail I«M audit. ahout * to It feet, *uuda.t. iitid \\ tlkea-tlai re. lit to 14 feel, IIIKIIII *ielln«- grille. * to M feel, mill 11 a rrlwhti r K . lu t«» II feel. Houdu*. % ktauc of ah<»ut V 5 leet U ludtealed lor Murrlkliurk murultiK< «.eoeral t noil it loll* Tb# * ruler of ih«- \\ ealern atoriu ha* iraibeil Ike I |i|»er *l, I a%\- r*u**e % alir.t It nuueil thunder • hotter* Im the laat t i%eul> .four kwura jt»Mrr«ll» uier the north liMlf of tile ti'uulr) ea«t uf the Mlftftl*ftl|»yl il»er, the heaileal uc uiiltt* im N • »» Vorll ami IVuu ft>l»aola, and na» attended h> H general tall ol • «lenree« to IH •i » ai •*«- a IM temperature. I «rM»#»r • alure ; a « na., AM. FT«M liSa «t IM. | fteta. 7 ;5*H l» *•»- H.uw. Ilr»| iiuartei, June a, tlisH V Mt Whin *i«a«r* I T |v#l above low - malar o«a'l» I * •!* i4a > • Ueatlirr |h#t>«»t UtM|»» rature. 7a. I uMrfti U-M|»i-ialHr«. M. Vvaa irat|tn«iui«. na iiriMiMrraiart, Uf. A i Vm ittioii Season Is Here tw»i «mi i#ifc«non will not be , ,i ml . i»U have all ihe ti in hufiit dull* The Har -1,.1 I. I leyiapta U>ll till the gap I I i your pie> iuuti \H>&- iv*■ Hi..« U in*. '>■> *>' used' to *>!»«»#* "* * • ,«i ■» postal or call ihe • it .i» i i. lui»ii imni and the o# * * I uiaet >Ol4, uo mat i«.» *i.m* 1W are 4 • liijiit « wa«k nv < Anntr.n n \ which. MKnI.H COPIKS «,C»*T». ITh<- fishermen also observed large 'inantities of oil on the surfnce ap-1 patfntlv from submarines. The water' was full of battle wreckage, showing ; parts of ships, life belts and pieces of uniforms. Naval Position Not AfTocted i The newspapers, while admitting thai the navy suffered serious losses In the fight off the Danish coast, de clare that the engagement has no wise affected thw naval position of the! country. In some quarters the belief, war expressed that the German navy ntiKht be embolded by the Rritish I losses to try more raids on a bigger ?cale, but If this result follows it would unquestionably prove a dis astrous policy. The Times suggests that the Hritish were over confident in their naval strength. Heavy Metal Against I-iglit The naval correspondent of the I Post explains the outcome of the hat , tie ir. this fashion: "German heavy metal got British light metal at close range and gave it st-vere punishment. The fight must have been at close range and the Ger man battleships, well protected by tbeir heavy Krupp armor outdistanced 0111 cruisers in a fight for which they were not suited. "<iur advance guard, in fact, en gaged the German guard and the re sul could not have been otherwise than serious for the lighter vessels. But when our main forces came Into J position for the engagement the Ger- ] mans had to flee and were driven into! port. ' There is one thing, however, I which we have the right to defend in 1 the face of our losses. There must be no more trifling with the powers 1 of our fleet." (■crmaiis Badly Scattered Tha' the German fleet was badly scattered in its flight is indicated by the news coming from i'openhag ti. It was stated In the dispatches that the German fleet was compelled to sepa rat< when the more powerful units of the British fleet got within range and some of them are still believed to; he at sea. The possibility was sug- i gested that elements of the British! fleet had cut off the escape of some' of the Herman ships. Pnofficlal dispatches state that the engagement lasted from twelve to! twmty hours and was a running tight. Haiti Shells on l'iigill\c> One of the eye witnesses of the bat tle. Captain Hunt, of the steam trawler, described how the fleeing Ger man ships rolled southward at top speed while the British ships, guided liy their searchlights, rained shells aiound the fugitives. "There were seven big German men of war In the part of the fleet I saw," said Captain Hunt. "It was about 10 46 o'clock on Wednesday night and the ships were traveling at what I ret koned to be nearly 30 miles an hour. The British ships were fol lowing about :iOO yards behind the fugitives. The searchlights were tinned full upon the German ships and ! shells were being poured from every j gufi. The noise was deafening and the nun of war were completely enveloped i by dense clouds of smoke which rolled from the funnels and from the busy guns. So dense was the coal and guu [rnntlnucd MI I'age ft] toUtcr W«u -News on Pago 4). n HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1916. TWO OF SHIPS SUNK AND M | J fA dlffflg ii-W. T IMIMIH mmmmmwm**. . ..■■.g BIG SCHOOL PICNIC ATPAXTANGPARK Telegraph Invites All Pupils of Harrisburg and Vicinity, June 20 , With speeches,'a band concert, a free show especially designed for cnildren, contests for little and big, and handsome prizes for the winners, the Telegraph has arranged for a great school picnic at Park Tuesday, June 20. The public schools of the city and vicinity, embracing well over 14,000 pupils, will be invited. The outing will be in the form' of a basket picnic, with surprises that will be reserved until that time. The Traction Com pany has agreed to run special cars to the park on that day, and all manner of entertainment will be provided for the comfort and amusement of the boys and girls. President A. Carson Stamm of the School Board, and Superintendent Frederick E. Downes have given their hearty endorsement to the outing. The students will be expected to bring theit own baskets and come prepared to make a day of it, for there will be a grand march and fireworks and a hand concert at dusk, in order to en able the youngsters to get home at an early hour. Foot races, tugs-of-war, field events, a big spelling bee. and other forms of competition will be provided and [Continued on Pace 4] Not Room Enough For All Marchers in Chicago Preparedness Parade By Associated Press Chicago, June 3. The great Chi cago preparedness parade, to which the entire city devoted itself to-day started at 9 o'clock. Marching sixteen abreast, according lo tabulations by clerks organized for the purpose, 2,032 paraders passed the reviewing stand in the first 12 minutes. It was said that at this rate it was evi dent that all of the 200,000 persons who enrolled on the parade books, could not march, even If the pace set by the vanguard could he maintained, unless the demonstrations were con tinued far into the night. Throughout the city, homes, business offices and factories were vivid with patriotic colors. All branches of the city's life were represented. Many women were in line and heads of Chicago's greatest in dustries who were not content to ar range for the appearance of their em ployes, but insisted on enrolling them selves. The weather was perfect. Grant Park, the big downtown play ground, was black with spectators when the great line began to stir along the 3Va miles of Its length. No accurate estimate of the crowd was possible. In any event, whatever their numbers, every bit of space was taken and nearly everybody carried fluKB. J OBKHir jn™* J <WS \ Ysrsrz bats'* WPtL S)r\ ?' • W\ V/£v K / n "K /V ■ °V -»< \X /^w 4 \ NORTHS SEA MsT^{_ °» •;' V, \ f ""U»0 \ u **#" \ <;«P / \ HaeMUcj. A 3C~>a / V ris*( - fTU j \"*/vi' (y 9 P J> or/i/M. .V jA y/%.% t:fs : * of'VT^r^^v r~~^l ,s\YX*MOI/rM.O/ X- ) ~ u, -/> #/ jy}* r i * NY 7 At top of picture German battleship Pommern, sunk by the British; under It the Indefatigable sunk by the Germans. Outline map—Reports of the North Sea naval battle indicate that the combat, which began of the Skaggerrak, was fought out in a chase southward of 150 miles, ending at a point due west of, Horn Riff. The first big naval battle in the North Sea occurred on August 28, : 1914, when Admiral David Beatty dashed into Helgoland Bight and sank Ave German war vessels, of wnich three were armored cruisers. Northeast of Helgoland lies the Dogger Bank, scene of Beatty's second victory over the Ger mans on January i 4, 1915 The Dogger Bank lies due east of the English coast towns of Scarborough and Whitby, raided by German battle cruisers In November, 1914. A raid on Yarmouth had occurred a little before. Yarmouth i was again raided by sea on Kaster Monday of this year. Zeebrugge, the Ger- ! man submarine base in Belgium, is a few miles up the Belgian coast from , Ostend, across the channel from Kngland. URGES WORKING OF PRISONERS Says County Should Have In dustrial Department For Men Awaiting Trial An industrial department for pris oners in the Dauphin county Jail, Is recommended by Albert H. Votaw, of Philadelphia, secretary of the Pennsyl vania Prison Society, who made his [Continued on Page I] Harrisburg Student at Cornell Is Exonerated Charges of speeding made against TV. K. Patterson, a sophomore at Cor nell, residing in Harrisburg. following a motorcycle accident at Ithaca, have been dismissed by the police and the young man was exonerated. It is understood that a damage suit tiled by parents of a little girl injured in the accident will be withdrawn, i WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE BIG "RUN" Attorney Casper Dull Tells Scores of Motorists of Wil liam Penri Highway Some of the famous landmarks and places in Pennsylvania's history which motorists will pass June 19-20 on the annual "sociability run" of the Motor Club of Harrisburg over the William Penn Highway to Johnstown were in terestingly pointed out last evening by Attorney Caspar Dull, a member of the Dauphin county bar. A paper on the subject was read before the meeting of the motor club ' of this city and a big gathering of: Carlisle motorists in the Cumberland j county seat. Attorney Dull, who knows the conn- : try in question thoroughly, having been familiar with it since boyhood, I went into detail about the notable ! {.Continued on I'uyt 22 / OLD GUARD WILL " CENTER FORCES ON ROOT FIRST j Burton, Weeks, Sherman and Fairbanks Will Then Be Given Chance TO NAME BRUMBAUGH Collins Will Get His Name Be fore Convention Early; 41 Voles From This State Chicago, June 3. There were ! numerous conferences between party I leaders yesterday but as far as could be learned no agreement on candi date* was reached, and there was no development that accurately indicated i which candidate is likely to lie nomi , nateri for President by the Republican X.itional Convention. ; While on the surface the fight ap pears to be between Koosevelt and Hughes or Roosevelt against the field, there was a marked increase in ac tivity at the headquarters of the various "favorite sons" candidates. Managers of the Koot, Weeks, Burton, Fairbanks and Sherman booms in sisted that their candidates would re | main in the fißht until the end. They declared, alter tabulating the \otc claimed for Roosevelt, that the successful candidates would either be or.c of the "favorite sons" or a dark horse. j The plans of the old Guard are said Ito center around Hoot as the cand idate to be pushed forward at first. Then, if these attempts fail, to give Hurton, Weeks, Sherman and Fair [Continue«l on Page I] KIYKR TO REACH II FEET General rains in the Susquehanna ! basin last night and this morning will I send the river and its branches up to j morrow and Monday, according to Forecaster E. R. Demain. to a stage of ; between ten and eleven feet. I Almost half an inch <>f rain fell in th<» I pity lipfore S o'clock this morning, but (fair weather is forecasted for to-moi— : row. I \ \RMEI) SHIP *1 \l\ By Associated rress London. June 3. Lloyds reports the sinkinc of the unarmed British steam ship, Elmsrrove. The Elmgrove was 310 feet long, 3.(lts tons gross. Ol.n ITSTATER f»IF,S By Associated Press TViIkPS-TJarre. Pa., June 3. lsaac E. Lone, the oldest active man in North western Pennsylvania, died here early to-day nfter a short Illness. T ? i i t jg I PENROSE FOR T. R. I 9 ane 3.—Roosevelt supporte lg a ' i ; J strong effort to enlist United States Senator Penrose and a use of | |" 1 elt. Alexander P. Moore, a delegate from Pitts- I C 1 * • Senator's support of the Colonel, Mr. Pen- ; '•* , • ei e made chairman of the National Committee and ru ® ► an campaign. The Pennsylvania Senat fve !l [ port, he felt sure the nomination would go to. Colonel ' r date ai < ► Senator Penrose running the campaign, Mr. oore said would ; | ] H all JI 1 factions in the party. , 1 I N riRE CREW OF QUEEN MARY LOST 1 P 4 ■ The admiralty i report to ! • I that the entire personnel of the Queen Mary was lost. • ! < I WRECK DEATH LIST WILL REACH 25 : ( Wa' 100, la., June 3.—The number of dead in the I | <L wreck of the Rock Island passenger lich plunged > jL through . !>;i'V.e at Packard yesterday, will reach twenty- g | I five, Chic' Dunham of the aWterloo fire department, who i directing the_search ♦'or the bodies, said to-day. ® ► ' BOTH BRITISH DREADNAUGHTS SAFE j 1 London, June 3. —Captain Wi'linm Hall, chief of the • > •; lligen e iivision of the admiralty authorizes the Asso- ' II Pres to say: "The German report of the lors of the a | i ® Marlborough and Warspite is absolutely untrue. Both of ! I these dreadnaughts are safe in harbor." > j l WILSON SIGNS ARMY BILL Washington, June 3.—President Wilson to-day signed « I the army reorganized bill, first of the important prepared- ' ' I ness measures passed by Congress during the present J 4. session. ' » < 1 ! ' «, tUAtitiIAUL UIWEjC* ' ' Clarence >IH lure >mlth Mitel Majr Iwifffr, l.nnf>aiitrr. I John Hfdlfj \ rm*t ronu, Pal|»lfn, iwit Lillian Breach, -rfty* p, i Antonio Paul Maiilnelll, city, and Bruno, *teellon. , ► p Jainox MUl«»r and \ lola l*ci\rl Gelplt, city* M VlrtPlEl CITY EDITION 18 PAGES CONTINUE EFFORT TO FORCE FRENCH LINE AT VERDUN Battle Rages With Unabated Fury; Germans Penetrate Deep Ditch at Fort Vaux AUSTRIAN'S ATTACKING Making Desperate Drive on Italian Positions South of Assa Valley In the notable battle still raging at Verdun tlic Germans are continuing their efforts to force the French lines northeast of the fortress. Their latest effort was made last night on Port Vaux, where they succeeded In pene trating a deep ditch to the north of | the main French positions. In the Southern T\rol the Austrians are desperately attacking the Italian positions south of the Assa' Valley, the i struggle proceeding with intensity as far as Asiago. Shrapnel Makers Take Shells Home as Souvenirs Several hundred men employed in , the shell department of the Harris i hurg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company have bought a number of rejected casings a* scrap value as souvenirs of their work in the plant. The casings are the 4'j-inch size which have been turned out for months at the plant for a British gov ernment order, but were not passed by the inspectors. They are being sold to the men at the scrap price value, sl' each. A number of men attracted at tention as they took the projectiles' home with them yesterday and to-day. Hundreds of the men bought the. ! shells as souvenirs because of the an -1 nouneement o' the company that after ! June 10 no more shrapnel casings would be turned out, and many of the. 1 men expect to leave the employ of the company.
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