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
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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
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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
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| 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
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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
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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.
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ENCH TAKE MANY PRISONI ,
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reached a total of 01,829 nded. j N
AMERICAN WOMAN S/U 1 \
American who was reported in newsdispati a |
•been executed as a spy in Germany, recently railed a*/ 5 I
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TONY PENN I?..
Philadelphia, June 1. The Federal gr inrl jury t t >
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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<l tuiluii Lorenc llwrkrr, It limine Intern hi Daniel I'leree,
MeehnnleNturii, and Mary lot he I kpnlir, Knuliu William Harry Hackle;,
I L'' " I"!*. Hu,k Coanell), Hnuburyi (ieomc Hnrvey Killer, .
Ilnrrishuru nad Mary KII/hliolli l.neacker, I'ronreN.i John WlUonff
, > 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
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$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 <m
| train on the Pennsylvania Railrcad
j if would extend from -.he station here
to Lancaster. Eighty-four of the large
I locomotives would ho requ.rei to