Gentian Submarines Sink Three Ame HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 131 20 PAGES HARRISB UR GER OF THREE SHIPS SUNK U-BOAT GUN FIRE SINKS U. S. SHIPS Crews of Merchantmen Find Protection in Spanish and English Coast Cities After Their Craft Is Sent to the % t Bottom by German Submersibles; No Warning Given Before Attack ONE MAN DROWNS WHEN LIFE BOAT OVERTURNS IN LEAVING VESSEL * Second Mate of the Barbara Is J. Johnson, of Harrisburg, Who Is Among Those Saved; Boats Ranged From a Small Schooner to Fair Sized Sailing Vessels New York, June 1. The port of New Ydrk was closed at daylight to-day to outgoing vessels, not even * fishing boats or barges being permitted to pass out the narrows. Arriving steamships were permitted to enter Shortly after the order prohibiting vessels from leaving the harbor because known,preparations were made tn close the gate in the net that stretches across the mouth of the harbor. The gate has not been closed in the day time since it was placed in position Boon after diplomatic relations with Germany were severed. Both navy yard and customs officials refused information as to the reason for the movement. Three American sailing vessels, the schooners Frances M. and Barbara and four masted ship Dirigo have fallen victims to sub marine attacks. In .each instance the ships were sunk by_shell fire from Ger many's undersea craft. All members of the crews were saved with the exception of one man on the Dirigo, who was drowned when the boats were being launched, j The second mate of the Barbara was J. Johnson, of Harris burg. He was saved with his other shipmates. Harrisburger Was Second Mate on U. S. Schooner Sunk by Submarine By Associated Press London, June I.—The admiralty reports that the American sailing vessel Barbara was attacked by gun fire of a German submarine at 7 o'clock on the morning of May 24. | .All the members of the crew were landed at Gibraltar. The American schooner Harbara, owned by the Foreign and Domestic! Transportation Corporation, of New j York, was last reported on sailing | March 20, from Port Arthur, Texas, I for Spezia, Italy, with a cargo of case' oil. The Barbara was built at Chel- - sea, Mass., in 1909, and was 185 feet! long, of 838 tons gross. Prior to the J war slie was engaged in coastwise traffic between North Atlantic and j gulf ports. The Barbara carried a crew of j eleven men, in command of Captain F. I-. Laury. Other Americans on i board were J. Johnson, second mate, Hsrrilburff, Pa.; P. Walten, seanum, Chicago; Harry Stone, steward, Col- I [Continual on Pago 8] j THE WEATHER For llarrlnhurg and vlelnltyi lin netllcd nralbrr, probably xhow er to-nlichl nnd Saturday; not mueli vhniiKc In temperature. j For KHHtrrn I'ennMylvnnliit Dvrr- 1 cunt ont her, nlth probably Kltowern to-nluht ami Sfituriln>t r not much t-hiinKe in temperii (orct moderate, xnuth wind*. ltlvrr The nmln river nnd North llrtincli nnd the t'hoiuuiiK will full. The Jiinlntn mill Went llriim-b "111 rlae xllichtly or rrmuln nearly ntlitlmfary. A HtRr of about <1.2 feet In Indicated for Ilurrlii hurK Saturday morning. Genernl CondltloiiM leather eonilitlonM are unxettled over the Kreater part of the 1 United State* thin mornlnit. PrenMure In high along the At lantle eoamt nnd over the Kooky Mountain* and Northern Plain* state*. ShoiiFH have fallen over nearly all the riintern half of the country, exeept New Kiigland. It wna Knowing at Denver nt N a. ni. to-day. Temperature* continue helow normal over moxt of the country. Heavy front*, with freexlnic tempera ture, occurred In North Dakota and Wentern South Dakota. Kllllnur front* oeeurred at Sherl dny. with minimum temperature I -N degree*. Temperaturei N a. m„ 5H degree*. Sum Hlno*, 4i,10 a. m. Mooni Full moon, June B. Illver Stave t 0.0 feet. Yesterday'* Weather HlKhext temperature, 72. I.oweat temperature, KS. Mean temperature, 64. Normal temperature, 00. Second Mate Johnson Probably Left This City Many Years Ago Efforts to establish the local con nections of J. Johnson, of Harris burg, second mate of the Barbara, reported sunk by a submarine were unavailing to-day. There are more than a hundred families of that name in the city. None of those with whom the TELE GRAPH got in touch with knew of ; J. Johnson, a sailor. It is believed that he left the city long ago, as a ! search of directories for many years back failed to disclose his name. One of' the Johnson families ad j vanced the theory that he possibly was born here and when he went ito sea reinined Harrisburg as his home town. DIRIGO INSURED By Associated Press j Louisville. June I.—The Dirigo was insured for $225,000, her full j value, according to the statnient of C. It. Menge!, president of the Men- I gel Brothers,, box manufacturers of ' Louisville, owners of the vessel. She j was en route to the west coast of ! Africa for ma'hogany logs, and car i riod a miscellaneous cargo valued at | $500,000 for- a.n European port. DIRIGO WAS SOLD By AstociateJ Press i New York, ijune 1. —Although the American shipping registers show j the Dirigo to be owned by Sewall and Company, it was learned here 'to-day that she, had been sold to C. iC. Mengell Brqthers, of Louisville, Ky. The Frances M. had been sold ! in Cummlnga Brothers, of Philadel ! phia. \ CARRIED OIL By AssoCfated Press Philadelphia, June I.—A. D. Cum mins and Compahy, ship brokers i and owners of the Frances M„ ro | ported attacked by gunfire, said ro ; day the firm had received a cable gram irom the captain which indi cated the vessel had been sunk and that the ?rew landed in their own boats. The Frances ,M. was bouno for Algiers \*ith 40,000 cases of oil for the French government. DEATH LIST 79 By Associated Press \ St. Louis, June I.—i-The death list ; caused by the tornadothat zigzagged I through several counties In South eastern Missouri and Southern Illi nois Wednesday swelled to seventy nine, according to scattered reports received here to-day. Hundreds were injured and are homeless but relief I work has been prompt It Is not I believed much suffering, aside from injuries, has resulted. WILL AWARD CONT PENN-HARRIS THE PENN-HARRIS LET CONTRACT FOR HOTEL AT MEETING TODAY Directors Expect to Reach Conclusion Before Adjourn ment Late This Afternoon Prospects are that the new Penn ; Harris Hotel at Third and Walnut I streets will be erected and complete j ready for the ' furnishers within the i next nine on ten months. Directors of the Harrisburg Hotel I Company, the million-dollar corpo ration which will erect the Penn- Harris, are expected to award con- I tract for the building late this after i noon. Actual construction will he started soon. Two sessions of the directors were ; held to-day. The first meeting was I called to order this morning at, 11 ! o'clock. From then until 1.30 o'clock | this afternoon the board went over ] finally revised plans and discussed the figures of subcontractors. They then recessed until 4 o'clock and it is expected will award tho contract be fore adjourning. Several of the prominent builders of the country attended to-day's meeting and one pf them told the trustees that he "could begin work In | Ave minutes'' after contract was let I and would be able to turn over the building complete in nine or ten [Continued on Page 19] | ITALIANS TO GREET MISSION The Italians of this city and vicinity will turn out In a body to greet the Italian war r.ilsslon upon its arrival in Harrisburg Tuesdav .•morning, June 12. All arrangements r.re In the hands of the Chamber of Commerce and Just what part the Sons of Italy will play in the reccp ! tion has not been definitely decided. i ORDERS SALOONS CLOSED Scranton. Pa., June I.—The Judges i of Lackawanna county to-day handed down an order closing all ualoons In the county on Tuesday, military registration day. with notice that re fusal to comply would Influence the question of tho fitness of tho licensee to hold license in the future. Gllf £itnr- 3nhcprnbrnt HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1917. Trolley Workers' Wage Increase Starts Today When Harrisburg and Valley Rail ways employes receive their next pay they will find an increase of 2 cents an hour in their envelopes. Motormen and conductors all get the increase, while the wages of other employes were increased in proportion. The highest wages paid row are 30 cents an hour. PLUMBERS WORK 8-HOUR DAY Beginning this morning, plumbers of the city are working an eight-hour day. The change was authorized at a recent meeting. RED CROSS ' GRA TEFUL FOR AID Grateful for the widespread aid which enabled the or ganization to more than double the original mark of 5,000 members, the campaign committee of the Harrisburg branch of the National Red Cross has issued the following letter. "The Campaign. Membership the committee is also indebted Committee of the Harrisburg to the Boy Scouts, the publicity Chapter of the American Red committee, and all the news- Cross wishes to announce that papers, the booth committees, its original goal of 5,000 mem- (he motor messenger service, bers has been more than the auxiliaries that have been doubled, and the impetus given formed, the theaters and mov by Ihis very successful cam- lng picture shows, the suhools paign is continuing to bring .of Harnsburg, and In fact each substantial results each day. and every individual and or , . ganization of whatever kind "The Committee wishes at that airloi so materially in this time to thank each lndtv.l- broadening and extending this dual canvasser, many of whom wonderful volunteer relief at a great sacrifice of time. work whose Bervlcp „ u ' n _ aided importantly in the sue- limited, knowing no race, creed cess of the movement. It is Im- or boundarv possible to mention the nalnes ' ' ' of all those whom we arc so J '•"MNOB, deeply indebted for the sue- Chairman, cess of the campaign, but the jifhcph n t.-m.. members of Iho committee mb.ki.br R. TATE, want to thank not only these i *l< e-Chairmun, individuals but also the Ward j Campaign Committee captains, the leaders appoint- | oarmtki I\.• < n U n U „. Ed by the different churches. | wAHKIL.BI>A . (HUBERT, manufactories, department | Chairman, stores, lodges and organizations i JEAN BCM \MBF! \iv ot every kind. " j ' * • \ .ce-cluilrman. "In addition to the above, 1 Membership Committee 'L_ < Episcopal Priest Quits Socialists as Disloyal By Associated Press Chicago, June I.—The Rev. Ber i nard Iddings Bell, dean of the Prot estant Episcopal Cathedral at l<"on dulac, Wis., has tendered his resig , nation l'rom the Socialist party be cause he disapproves of the party policy with reference to the war. In a statement he says: "In Ihe midst of this war the So cialist party has made such utter j ances as are intolerable to me and j to many others who are Socialists. Socialism will come but not through I the spread of Hapsbur? or Hohen zollern kultur." U.S. BENDS EVERY ENERGY TO QUELL TREACHERY PLOTS National Officers of Socialis tic Party Accused of Putt ing Out Circulars BRING TREASON CHARGES War Department Rules Men!! Need Not Register Ex- | emption Claims I By Associated rrcss Washington, Ju* I.—W-lth only J four days more before Tuesday, draft i registration day, the Department of ' Justice planned to-day to exert every ] energy to quell anticonscription agi- 1 . tation, which already has resulted in ; j | a number of arrests in various cities. , ! The War Department is equally busy | , | threshing out minor questions grow- , j ing out of the registration, and ans- | | wering a multitude of queries. | Department of Justice officials say 1 , many persons have responded to; ( their request that cases of opposition j ( to the draft regulation be reported. , These reports are referred for in- \ vestigation to United States attor- , neys or marshals who have instruc- , tions to make arrests promptly when they discover attempts to hamper j execution of the draft law. i , Attention of the department was • called to-day to a circular purport ing to have been issued by the na tional officers of the Socialist party in Chicago, saying: u "We recommend to the workers [Continued on Pa?c 10] Father of Kidnaped Baby Tries in Vain to Pay Demanded Ransom By Associated I'ress Springfield, Mo., June I.—Carry-)' ing a roll of bills containing $6,0-00.- and driving a motor car equipped : with lights of a peculiar design, J.' H. Keet, a banker, kept a lonelv vigil last night and early to-day through the mud-soaked roads of j Green county, seeking the spot I where he had been advised he would be halted and given his kidnaped son 1 I for the ransom he carried. Early to-day nothing had been | j heard from him and it was feared : by the police that he had become' stalled in one of the country roads ' I which the heavy rains of the last ! I few days have rendered almost ini- I | passable. j Lloyd, the 14-month-old son of the banker, was stolen Wednesday night while his parents were attending a j dance at the Springfield Country I dance at the Springfield Country jClub. Keet the next day received a rote telling how he could redeem his child. Naval Battle Forecast by German Newspapers By Associated Press Copenhagen, June J, via London. —The German newspapers are all printing anniversary articles on the naval battle of the iskagerrak, the ■ impression being quite generally ex pressed that a new Dattle between the British and Gersian fleets is a possibility of the near future. I J German navui writers for some time have been discussing the pros-1 pect of the British fleet once more trying conclusions with Admiral Von Scheer's armada. NO 5-CENT PIECES OF ICE In accordance with a recent an nouncement, no 5-cent pieces of ice / were sold to-day by the United Ice l and Coal Company. The increased cost of labor and other heavier ex . penses make the step necessary, the - company explains. 1 SOCIALISTS HIT KERENSKY ' By Associated Press London, June 1. —A Petrograd dis patch to Reuter's says that the ex treme wing of the Socialists is begln ..,nlng to agitate openly against Min lj ister of War Kerensky. | THOUSANDS DEMAND PEACE By Associated Press I Copenhagen, June 1. Reports from Vienna say that simultaneously ; with the opening of the Austrian ! parliament thousands of workmen ! ceased work and attended meetings j In different parts of the city. A great | procession was organized which pa raded the streets as a demonstration | for peace. JAPS WON'T SEND ARMY By Associated Press Tokio, May 31. —The foreign office las informed the Associated Press that there is no truth in the report that Japan was to dispatch troops to Russia to reinforce the Russian j army. It is stated that Russia does not need men, but munitions and | supplies. SIR RICHARD UUKHIUDGE DIES By Associated Press London, June 1. Sir Richard I Hurhridge died last night. He was I a member of the advisory board of i the ministry ot' munitions. For 27 years he had been managing director! of llarrod's store, one of London's! most lamous department stores. BRINGS DOWN FIVE PLANES Paris, June I.—Captain George* | Guyneiner, most famous of all ' ! French army uvtutors, has brought! down five more German airplanes I two of them ):i one minute.. -The :HI tain now is credited officially with having destroyed 4a enemy machines 1 ;-etween Moy 17 and May 31 the French airman brought dowiv 321 German machlnen and 57 others are i believed to have fallen to earth lie i hind the German lines. 1' Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION GREAT BATTLE LOOKED FOR ON BELGIAN FRONT Allies Move Great Army in I Effort to Turn the" Ger- | man Flank FRENCH READY TO STRIKE British Aircraft Drops Tons l ' of Explosives on Teuton j Bases Reports from both Berlin and Lon don to-day indicate the probability that an important military move- ' ' ment by the Allies is under way on I : the Belgian front—possibly an at- ! 1 tempt in force to hit the German flank on the coast 11 crushing blow. A pitch of notable intensity such as usually precedes an attack has I been reached by the artillery tire near the coast and to the south in the \ pres district. The German war office announces this extremely heavv bombardment. Meanwhile British air raids on an extensive scale have been carried out on and near tills coast. "Many tons" ! of bombs, says the London official ! statement, have been dropped on Os- i tend, Bruges and Zeebrugge, the last named being one of the principal I German submarine bases. Dispatches from the French front i in France to-day Indicate a renewal of the offensive against the Germans I there as soon as the moment Is con- I [Continued on Page 8] Youths Who Posed as Men Must Enroll For U. S. Army By Associated Press Charlotte, N. C.. ."une I.—A num her of minor youths in this state who for months have been obtaining liquor shipments under the prohibi tion law by making oath that they were 21, found themselves in a pre-' dtcament to-day when they learned (they must register Tuesday for thej war draft. Warrants charging per-1 .iury have been issued for several! J young men at Rocky Point to be served if they try to avoid registra-' tion by admitting they are under 21.move It. " ■■ ..ii , ■ ■ ■ ■ ..I, ■ ... i i i■ ■ ■■ m ! aJ| . ri e t | I 1 •,•■ ;ji ' , '■ • 'rad-' ' 3 ' ,{ 1 ' ' > v ni ( :.h* ! v, 1 ■! & i - ••• i . i 1 ' I .i Li: ■ ■ :i■ bi ■■■• /ifAr. r ' In, f .. ■ , p „r.>K r MARRIAGE LICENSES 7. H - Smith mid l.ulh M. Hrotvn, l.unvaateri Jotrph E. Rlale, Mldillrloivn, hikl I.lllliiii Mac KiijiiK<.ii William l.lnroln Ben iielhum llnil Hiiminli l.utlieldla Kern, l.eliiiiioii ( William Henry Sleneei > and Henlrlee Anu-lln I'nwler, MlllrrHl.tiriti Kenjuniln Taj lor Hall. Jr., ' ' |Hiirrl-l>)iru. and HjnCraw lord l ink, \\ IMhin.|.ort| Conrad Krelder Cur r>, M*lurn, nn J-orne.v and I !>• I MnHle.v, lliirrlliiir K i Union H. Kllngtr, Mifflin? t..toivnhl, und I arrle U. Hemiulnser, L{k( tonunblp. 1 j STAGE IS SET FOR RED CROSS TAG DAY EVENT 1,500 School Children to Vi< For Prizes; Not a Ccn* of Overhead WILL BE GIVEN PHIZES Tin Boxes of Unique Design to Be Used During the Collection It will be chop, chop, chop wltl hatchets and pick, pick, pick wltl can openers when Robert McCor mick, treasurer, and a corps ot hal a hundred clerks learn the result o School Children's Tag Day for thi benefit of the Harrisburg Chapter, American Red Cross to-morrow. From early morn until to-mor row evening fifteen hundred local hoys and girls will solicit funds. The tots will tender a specially prepared tin can with therequest that the pe destrian drop cotns into u. i ,- or a reward the contributor will be given a tag to wear on his coat lapel. The sign of the red cross will indicate that the wearer has done his share toward making tag day a success, and putting money into the treasury jof the Harrisburg Chapter, The money will be used in makingsurgl i cal dressings. To-morrow evening the volunteer [Continued oil Page 6] $7,000,000,000 War Loan in Silver Would Load Train 36 Miles Long A resident of the oity wI,. 1 a inuthf matiual turn of mind naa H?c.jreU that | if the $7,000,000,000 whicn Uncla Sam my prop >ses to borrow to finance our debut in the war w >utd !:e reduced to silver it would .111 • battle ship" coal cars of 100,o:i0 pounds ia i paclty. Going further, he calculates that I" those cars were placed in "'no i.i