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Big French Cruiser Torpedoed; |
700 Men Have Probably Perished
Leon Gambetta, 12,416 Tons,
Is Sunk by Austrian Sub
marine in One of the Big
gest Disasters to the Allied
Forces Since the War Be
gan—Cruising at the En
trance of the Otranto Canal
Pride of French Navy Meets
With Awful Disaster—The
French Admiralty Acknowl
edge Great Calamity and
Estimate That Only 130
Members of the Crew Were
Saved Out of 800 Officers
and Men
Berlin, April 28, b* Wireless to Sayville.--The French
armored cruiser Leon \Jainbetta has been torpedoed by an
Austrian submarine, according to news received by the
Overseas News Agency. Part of the crew of the French
warship was saved.
The French armored cruiser Leon Gambetta displaced
12,416 tons and carried a crew of from 700 to 800 officers
and men. The cruiser was built at Brest in 1903, was
486 feet long, carried four 7.6 inch guns, sixteen 6.4 inch
guns and twenty-four three-pounders and was equipped
with five 18-inch torpedo tubes. She cost $5,880,000.
Paris, April 28, 3.20 P. M.—A communication from the
Ministry of Marine reciting the torpedoing of the French
cruiser Leon Gambetta was given out this afternoon. It
is textually as follows:
"The armored cruiser Leon Gambetta, cruising at the
entrance of the Otranto canal was torpedoed the night of
April 26-27 and went to the bottom in ten minutes.
"All the officers on board perished at their posts. One
hundred and thirty-six members of the crew, including
11 under officers, were rescued by vessels sent out
promptly to their help by the Italian authorities.
The list of survivors has not yet been received at the
Ministry of Marine."
Brindisi, Italy, Tuesday, April 27, 10.35 P. M., via
Paris, April 28, 2.50 P. M.—The French cruiser Leon Gam
betta, torpedoed by an Austrian submarine in the strait
of Otranto, has been run ashore. Fears are now enter
tained that she may float away on the next high tide.
ROOSEVELIIELLS
N!S PIATTDEILS
Conferred With Former
U. S. Senator Because
Legislature Obeyed
Latter's Orders
DIDN'T WANT TO
DISRUPT PARTY
Therefore He Thought It Wise to Hob
nob With "Boss" In the Interest
of Legislation and to Preserve
Party Harmony
By Associated Prctt,
Syracuse, X. V., April 28.—Theo
dora Roosevelt told to-day as a witness
in the $50,000 libel suit brought
against him by William Barnes why,
when Governor of New York, and
President of the United States, he con
ferred with former United States Sen
ator Thomas C. Piatt, the "boss."
While he was Governor of New
\ork. the colonel declared he discuss
ed things with Senator Piatt because
he had found out that the Legislature
Dbeyed his orders. And the witness
CaatliM4 .Math Pace.
®je Star- Itikpcnktil
AUTOMOBILE LEAPS INTO
OLD CANAL AT STEELTON
■
Samuel Lehrman Gets a Mud Bath but
Escapes Serious Injury in Broth
er's Machine—His Own Car Was
Wrecked Yesterday
Samuel Lehrman, of Front an-i
Chambers street, Steelton, not only
took an involuntary mud bath this
morning but also submerged his broth
er's automobile in the bed of the old
canal at Front and Washington streets,
that borough.
Lehrman recently purchased a new
car. Yesterday two carpenters at his
home began the erection of a garage in
which to house the purchase. Late in
the afternoon these carpenters, in the
absence of Lehrman, jumped into the
machine and started down the pike,
past the Half-Way-House. One car
penter was manipulating the levers in
an amateurish way, but soon found he
was unable to control the machine
which shortly si-ieswiped a large truck
and then crashed against a telegraph
pole. Both carpenters escaped injury
but the body of the machine was badly
damaged and one wheel -torn off
Early this morning Lehrman had
the auto taken to a garage to be re
paired and then borrowed machine
owned by his brother, A. J. Lehrman,
North Front street. While going down
the hill at Second and Washington
streets, the steering gear is. said to
have gone wrong and Samuel Lehrman
and the machine took a header in the
old waterway. A team of horses were
obtained later and the auto was pulled
out. Lehrman escaped serious injury.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1915 12 PAGES.
BILL 10 BE
FOLICEJSBEATEH
Measure to Add 116
Men to the State Con
stabulary Goes to
Final Defeat
BEES VICTORS
IN THE HOUSE
Plan to Keep Them Fifty Feet From
the Public Highways Fails to Meet
With Approval of the Lawmakers
—Appropriations to Be Grouped
The State Police bill, which would
increase the membership of the State
police force by 116, was finally killed
in the House early this afternoon, when
it was dropped from the calendar after
the vote by which it previously had
been defeated was reconsidered." Its
stay on the calendar was but for a few
short minutes
Representative Wildman. of Harris
burg, moved that the vote by which, the
bill was defeated be reconsidered. The
vote was reconsidered by a vote of 6S
to 35, thus placing the bill on the
calendar. A motion was then taade that
the bill be placed on the postponed cal
endar.
Representative Maurer, of Berks, the
Socialist member, spoke against this
move.
With the measure thus placed on the
Contia«fd on Ninth Pagt.
SWARTZ PUBLIC SERVICE
BILL WILL BE REPORTED
The Swartz, bill repealing the public
service a<'t of 1913, and re-enacting
it so as to create a public service
bureau of the Department of Internal
Affairs will be reported out in the
House this evening from the Judiciary
General committee with slight amend
ments which have been agreed upon
by the Municipal House Rule League
of Pennsylvania.
The changes in the bill conform
with other bills, which have passed the
House this session, and take away
from the Public Service Commission
the right to act on municipal utilities,
placing that power in the several
courts of common pleas.
Substantially the bill remains the
same as prhen it was introduced into
the House, March 2. It reduces the
nuiwber of commissioners from seven
to five and reduces the annual salary
item of the commission $50,000.
Action on the bill in the committee
was practically unanimous and it was
given to Mr. Harper, of Lawrence
county, to report.
FAIL TO GET THE FULL
CREW REPEALER OUT TO-DAY
The Senate Committee on Railroads
met during a recess at noon to-day and
took up the full crew re'peeler, a mo
tion being made that it be reported out
with a favorable recommendation. This
was defeated by a vote of 5 yeas to 6
navs, as follows:
Yeas—Endsley,'Sproul. Miller, Croft
and Jones. Nays—'Kurtz, Catlin, Burke,
Washers, Hacket and Kline.
This action does not imply that the
brill will be ordered to be reported neg
atively, as the committee can again take
it up and pass rpon the question of
how it is to be reported.
Senators Croft and Jenkins were ab
sent from the meeting. They are said
to favor the repealer.
The workmen's compensation bills
reported back to committee in the Sen
ate this morning will be given a pufblic
hearing next Tuesday afternoon. It Is
said that there may be a few minor
amendments, but none to affect the gen
eral intent of the bill. The insurance
feature is the one that may be altered
to suit the views of life insurance
men. '
ELECTION" BILLS PASS SENATE
One Provides Way for Election of City
Commissioners In Primaries
The Catlin bill, providing that where
candidates for mayor and city commis
sioner in cities of the thifd* class get
51 per cent, of the vote at the primar
ies they shall be the only candidates at
the general election, passed finally in
the Senate this morning. The follow
ing election bills also passed finally:
The Magee bill providing that when
there are two candidates for the same
office with similar names their occupa
tions shall be printed on the ballot.
The Tompkins bill repealing the elec
tion law so far as it relates to the non
partisan election of judges. ' I
GOVERNOR TO HELP TRE
BABIES OF HARRISBURG
Dr. Brumbaugh Will Take Time From
Affairs of State to Introduce Albert
Kelsey Who Will Lecture Friday
Night for the Pure Milk Fund
Governor Brumbaugh is going to
help raise money to buy milk for poor
babies of Harrisburg. He is a very
busy Governor, with the Legislature
on hi 9 hands, but nevertheless, for the
babies' sake, he has consented to tako
enough time away from affairs of State
to introduce Albert Kelsey who will
speak in Kahnestock Hall at the Y. M.
C. A. on Friday evening for the bene
fit of the Pure Milk Society fund. Mr.
Kelsey will deliver an interesting pic
ture-talk on "Tropical Merico.''
Governor Brumbaugh, while in
Philadelphia, helped organize and de
velop the pure milk fund work in con
nection with the schools and he has
kept in close touch with the various
phases of the movement. The Gover
nor may tell of some of his experi
ences in that line in introducing Mr.
Kelsey.
Tickets for the picture-talk are now
Continued on 3lnth
SIOUGH OFFERING $5,000
Evangelistic Party Leaves Lancaster
for Beading, Where More Fund*
Are Being Raised
Lancaster, April 28. —The free-will
offering to Dr. Henry W. Stough, evan
gelist, who labored in Lancaster for
seven weeks, will amount to $5,000.
The total amount that has been re
ceived in pledges and money up to
date, has been officially announced as
$4,800. An effort will be made by
members of the finance committee and
those directly interested in the cam
paign to bring the total amount up to
the $5,000 mark.
All members of the party have left
for their respective homes and will be
ready for the campaign which opens in
Reading on Sunday of next week.
Great opposition is expected to be
raised on all sides against the cam
paign there, but the evangelist is
ready to pour his broadsides of an
athemas in general, as he recently did
in Lancaster.
Reading, April 28.—At a meeting
of the Stough finance committee the
final report on the underwriting of the
campaign showed that twenty-six of
[the thirty churches that are co-operat
ing have reported. The total under
written is sll ,000. Four other churches
to be heard from, it is believed, will
easily make up the SI,OOO balance.
The finance committee agreed to
make up any shortage that jnay occur
after these churches are heard from.
2 ARRESTS FORDUfKIPING
PAPER, PLAN OF RAUNICK
City Health Officer Says He Would
Bring More Prosecutions If com
plaining Persons Would Give Him
the Names of the Offenders
i
Alleged indiscriminate dumping of
paper on private property —vacant lots
which are not public dumps—without
first obtaining permission from tie City
Bureau of Health, will, it was an
nounced to-day by Dr. John M. J.
Raunick, City health officer, be the
basis of arrests of two offenders who
will be taken before Alderman George
Hoverter. The papers were made out
late this afternoon and the arrest of the
defendants, whose names have been
withheld, are expected this evening or
early to-morrow.
The Health Officer said this morning
that in the last several weeks he has
received numerous complaints regard
ing the indiscriminate dumping of pa
per, ashes and decaying vegetable mat
ter on vacant lots. He said, however,
the complainants gave the names of
but two offenders and in those cases
proceedings are to be begua to-day.
The remaining complaints, the Health
Officer said, have been and now are be
ing investigated, but, he added, the of
fenders apparently are on the guard and
dump the refuse at night. Dumping of
any filling material on private property,
no matter where, is allowed only under
a special permit to 'be obtained from
the health authorities. In some few
cases the necessary permit has been ap
plied for and issued.
There are four public dumps in the
city, Dr. Raunick said, and these all are
guarded by watchmen employed by the
Pennsylvania Reduction Company, con
tractor for collection of garbage and
ashes.
In regard to reports that many com
plaints have been made regarding "pa
per being carried by the wind from up
town dumping grounds," Dr. Raunick
said:
'' We have received no such com
plaints recently. If the people would
only learn to get the names of the of
fenders or give us some means of ascer
taining the identity of these lawbreak
ers we would immediately adjust mat
ters. ''
GREATEFFORTSIO
ENFORCEDHY LAW
Furniture Car Loaded
With Intoxicants
Seized by West Vir
ginia Authorities
'A CLEVER RUSE
FAILED TO WORK
Underneath Bed Clothing Sent From
Cincinnati Were Discovered Bottles
of Liquor—-Man and Two Women
Subsequently Arrested
iiy Associated Press.
Charleston, W. Va., April 2S.—State
authorities to-day renewed their vigil
ance in enforcing the West Virginia
prohibition laws, following the discov-,
ery and confiscation of the contents of
a oar supposed to have been loaded with
furniture, but in reality containing in
toxicating liquors here to-day. A piano
box. trunks, boxes and barrels from
which protruded bits of bed clothing
were found by the authorities to be
filled with bottles of liquor.
Gene Orennen, a local restaurant
i keeper, at whose home a wagon load
iof liquor was alleged to have been
found, and Mrs*. 'Maude Hull and Mrs.
Mackie Duncan, relatives of Drennan,
were arretted and held under bond. The
ear, it was said, was sent here from
Cincinnati, \
The prohibition officers also confis
cated a consignment of '"hardware"
which was found to be whiskey.
PLAN'S BIGAPPLE PLANT
United Ice & Coal Company Considers
Erecting a Large Storage Build
ing in Carlisle
A plan to facilitate the handling of
the enormous annual apple crops of
Adams, Cumberland and other nearby
counties, is being worked out by the
United Ice & Coal Company, of this
city, which, it was learned to-day, is
considering the erection of a large cold
storage plant for apples, in Carlisle.
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors recently a committee was appoint
ed to report on a favorable site where
a large plant, to cost several thousand
dollars, could be erected. So far the
committee has made no report but it
is believed that at the next meeting,
to be held shortly, details will be ar
ranged for the erection of a plant ca
pable of holding thousands of bushels
of apples. Carlisle is regarded by the
company as being very well located, by
reason of its railroad facilities, as a
distribution center for the apple crop
of the district referred to.
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FOR FEATHER BEDS ON AUTOS
Mllliron Tries to Amend Fender BUI—
Measure Goes Down, Id to 108
The measure requiring fenders on au
tomobiles was amended to death in the
House this morning, having on final
passage but 16 afiirmative votes, while
108 members voted against it.
Mr. (Fruit, of Mercer county, first at
tempted to amend the (bill to provide
that fenders be made of cornstalks
grown in Pennsylvania "to aid the
thriving farming industry of Uie
State.''
The Speaker heard no second to this
| amendment and it fell. Mr. Milliron, of
Armstrong, then attempted an amend
ment. He suggested that autos be
equipped with feather beds of the best
eiderdown and have two bottles of A
No. 1 certifie-d milk for use of small
children. This was laugOied down and
the bill was defeated toy an overwhelm
ing vote.
Mr. Stern, of Philadelphia, sponsor
of the bill, rising to a question of per
sonal privilege, asked that copies of the
amendments be properly embossed and
sent to the families of the would-be
amenders "as a monument to their in
tellect." Mr. Stern was declared out of
order.
Would Create 21 New 92.000 Jobs
Senator Beidleman introduced a bill
in the Senate to-day creating twenty
one assistant mine inspectors in the
anthracite coal regions, who shall be
elected by the voters of the mining in
spection districts at the general elec
tion, as follows: district, six;
second district, five; third district,
one; fourth district, four; fifth district,
two; sixth district, one; seventh dis
trict, one; eighth district, one. The sal
ary is to be $2,000 a year and* 'ex-'
penses.
LANDING ALLIES REPULSED
BY TURKS AT CALLIPOLI
Berlin, April 28, by Wireless to
Swyvi'lle—lncluded in the news given
out to-day by the Overseas News
Agency is the following " Turkish
troops have repulsed fgur landing de
tachments of the allies on the Galli
poli peninsula. Mohammedan French
troops landing with the French divi
sion deserted, to the Turks."
THE CARPATHIAN BATTLE
HAS NO SIGNS OF ABATING
Petrograd, April 28, Via London,
1.4S P. 'M.—The battle of the Russian
and Auatro-German armies in the 'vicin
ity of Stry, in the Carpathian moun
tains, has entered its fifth day with no
signs of diminishing and with tlie out
come still undecided.
Fighting is progressing in the nnr-
I row mountain defiles ami there is little
opportunity for the carrying out of
maneuvers.
The exceedingly strong Austro-Ger
man force, according to the meagre re
ports received here, is daiily receiving
| reinforcements.
A GREAT GERMAN-ITALIAN
ALLIANCE, HIS PREDICTION
Turin, Italy, April 28.—Count Ap
ponvi, leader of the Opposition in Hun
wary, is quoted in an interview in the
"Stamps'' as declaring that the war
I must lead to the reconstruction of a
powerful German-Italian alliance,
capable of enforcing peace by force
and also the freedom of the seas.
To attain this object the count is
reported to have declared it is neces
sary to avoid resentment between the
countries which would be involved. He
therefore urges Italy not to be tempted
by what seems to be a favorably op
portunity to pusli her pretensions un
reasonably. Count Apponvi expresses
the hope that there would be no break
in the relations between Austria and
Italy, for "if Austria is crushed a
Russian victory would constitute a
Muscovite danger to-day and to-mor
row.
LATE WAR MS SUMMARY
Unofficial announcement is made at
Berlin that the French armored cruiser
Leon Gambetta, of 12.4(H) tons dis
placement, has been torpedoed by an
Austrian submarine. The Berlin News
Agency which made the announcement
says that part of the crew of between
700 and Hoo men were saved. No ad
ditional details are given, but it is
| probable that an attack, if made, oc
' curred in the Adriatic, within striking
distance of the Austrian naval basis.
A new German attack on a large
scale has been inaugurated in Russian
Poland, marking the resumption of ac
tive war after a long lull. The official
Berlin statement of to-day says the Ger-
Continued on Ninth Page.
T. J. EDGE JiFT $30,000
Will Filed Here To-day Bequeaths Es
tate to Members of Former
State Official's Family
Under the will of Thomas J. Edge,
late of this city, and formerly State
Secretary of Agriculture, which was
probated this afternoon by Register
of "\Vills Roy C. Danner, practically all
of the $30,000 estate goes to rela
tives. To the widow is given $5,000
outright.
The remainder of the estate, with
the exception of some clothing, jewelry
and 'household furniture, is to be de
posited with the Provident Life and
Trust Company, the executor, and the
interest lis to be paid in equal shares
to the witlow and the daughters, Miss
Edith Edge and Mrs. «a<He M. Edire
Haviland.
The wife and daughters are privi
leged also to obtain yearly amounts, the
money to be taken from tho principal
sum and the allowances not to exceed
SSOO at a time. The total amounts of
these allowances must not exceed
$2,000. The deposits are to be made
to the separate accounts of the wife and
daughters, as soon as possible.
To a nephew, W*alter 8. Edge, a
"grandfather'B clock" which is stand
ing at the liead of the stairs in the
houso at 707 North Sixth street; a
nieee, Miss Jeannette, is to receive a
Hewes-Gilpin sofa; a nephew, Thomas
J. Edge, gets a and chain; Fred
Edge, also a nephew, is to receive all
"my clothing," and "my true friend,"
Oliver D. Shock, is to get Mr. Edge 'a
book case, books and typewriter and
such pictures as are not desired by the
widow.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
BELGIANS IN
NEW ATTACK
ON GERMANS
French. Aided by For
mer's Artillery, Have
Taken Lizerne and
Several Trenches
COUNT 100 DEAD
ON BATTLEFIELD
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The Booty Comprises Six Quick-firing
Guns and Two Hundred Prisoners
—The Attack of the Allied Forces
Still Continues
London, April 28, 12.20 P. M.—A®
official announcement has (been given
out from the Belgian army headquar
ters on the continent which reads:
"The situation on April 27 at 6 p.
m. showed that the German artillery
was evidencing little activity on the
front held by the Belgian army.
"The French aided by the Belgian
aptillery and infantry have taken Liz
erne and several German trenches in
the direction of Het Sas. More than
100 dead were counted on the battle
field. The booty comprises six quick
firing guns and 200 prisoners. The at
tack continues."
GERMAN DESTGNTS TO TURN
LEFT OF BRITISH AT YPRES
London, April 28.—The German de
sign is to turn the left of the British
position at Vpres and drive tho allies
out of Belgium, according to the
"Times" correspondent in the north
of France. He says that while the bat
| tie still is raging furiously the German
i advance has been definitely checked, a
| deep laid plan to force a passage of the
I Vser canal has failed, and the allies
again are firmly established on the east
j ern side of the canal.
Large reinforcements have been
brought up and the new line has been
I strengthened and consolidated. The
correspondent declares there are signs
that the German offensive already is
weakening.
BRITISH FAHJ ATTEMPTS
TO RECONQUER FLANDERS
Berlin, April 28, by Wireless to Sav
!. ville.—German military headquarters
to-day gave out an official report on the
progress of hostilities, which reads:
"The British attempts to reconquer
lost ground in Flanders all failed. In
the Champagne, north of Le Mosnil,
German troo|>s stormed t'he extended
i French entrenchments. French attacks
in the forest of LePretre have boon re
pulsed.
"Against Hartmas-Wqilerkopf, which
the Germans hold, there have been new
French attacks. To the northeast and
east of Suwalki, in Russian Poland, Ger
man forces have conquered Russian |»o
--sitions along a front of twenty kilo
metres (12 miles)."
Big German Fleet In North Sea
London, April 28, 2.20 P. IM.—Cap
tain Scott, commanding a Norwegian
steamer chartered by the Belgian relief
commission, reports the presence in th»
Nortih sea of a German fleet numbering
no less than 68 vessels all told.
WALL ST BEET CLOSING
By Associated Press.
New York, April 28.—Heavy
In the last hour made only a temporary
impression, prices rebounding sharply.
The closing was strong. War special
ties and local utilities comprised the
bulk of to-day's operations, with gains
of 3 to 10 points.