The star-independent. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, May 13, 1915, Image 1
THE WEATHER ; FAIR TO-NIGHT AMD TOMORROW DiMIM HtMrL I'Uf • J 5" a " 1, .h"J ed VOL. 77—NO. 137 British Ship Goliath Torpedoed; 1 Feared 500 Lives Lost in Disaster English Navy Suffers Another Disastrous Blow When Huge Battleship Is Destroyed in theDardanelles—Loss of Ves sel Announced in House of Commons This Afternoon by First Lord of the Admir alty—While Definite Infor mation Is Lacking, the Offi cial Says Loss of Life Will Reach Half Thousand—Two Turkish Gunboats and a Turkish Transport Sunk by Great Britain's Submarine E-14 Also Reported Bti Auociatnl Prrss. London, May 13, 3 P. M.—The British battleship Goliath has been torpedoed in the Dardanelles. It is feared 500 lives have been lost. Announcement of the loss of the Goliath was made in the House of Commons this afternoon by Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty. While no definite information apparently has been re ceived as to the number of lives lost, Mr. Churchill said he feared it would reach 500. Mr. Churchill also announced that the British sub-' marine E-14 had penetrated through the Dardanelles and into the Sea of Marmora, sinking two Turkish gunboats and a Turkish transport. Mr. Churchill, on announcing the loss of the Goliath., said: "The Goliath was torpedoed last night in a torpedo attack by destroyers while protecting the French flank just inside the straits. "Twenty officers and 160 men were saved, which I fear means that over 500 were lost. "The Admiral commanding at the Dardanelles also telegraphs that the submarine E-14, which, with so much daring, penetrated to the Sea of Marmora, has reported they sunk two Turkish gunboats and a large Turkish transport.'' London, May 13, 3.07 P. M.—Twenty officers and 160 men of the Goliath's crew were saved. The Goliath was one of the oldest British battleships of the pre-dreaclnought type. She was built in 1898. Her! complement was ToU men. The Goliath was 400 feet long on the water line and : 74 feet beam. Her displacement was 12,950 tons. She was armed with four 12-inch, twelve 6-inch and other guns. The Goliath is the third British battleship whose loss: in the attack on the Dardanelles has been announced by. the British government. ALLIED FLEET RE-ENTERED DARDANELLES LAST NIGHT. BOIIARDINCJHE FDRIS Pari?, May 13.—A Haras dispat h from Athens says: ".Vn allied fleet re-entered the Dar- j danelles last night and bombarded the ! forts at Kilid Bahr, Chanak Kalevsi ! and Xagara. The bombardment wa' in- ! terrupted at 5 o'clock but was resum ed three hours later and is beireg con tinued. "Although the Turks have been I Strongly reinforced, the bombardment from allied warships is causing them heavy losses and they are sttadily los ing ground. Turkish trenches are filled with bodies. ( Towns Now Smoking Ruins London, May 13.—Assertions that , | the towns of Chanak Kalessi, Maitos . and Kilid Bahr now are nothing but smoking ruins are contained in a se ries of belated dispatches dated May 5, S a.nd 9. received by the "Times" from Moudres on the Island of Lem nos. Their destruction is said to have been unavoidable since they lay in the direct line of the fleet's fire. The dispatch state that forts in the straits gradually are being overcome and it is believed a general assault is in progress against the heights of Achi Baba, the capture of which is a necessary preliminary to a complete clearance of the straits. There are per sistent reports at Moudros that these heights have been taken and that the entire stretch of peninsula from C3pe Hellee to Kilid Bahr now is in the allies' hands. Turkish Cruiser Reported Damaged London. May 13.—Dispatches from Odessa assert that the Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim (formerly the Goben) was bady damaged Monday in an engage ment with the Russian Black Sea fleet which was bombarding, tike forts of the Bosphorus. HARRISBURG. PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1915—12 PAGES. DUII cors OUT IF CIVIL SERVICE BILL IS SPED So Declares Represen tative Walton, Spon sor For Measure Now In Governor's Hands MUST HAVE BEEN 2 YEARS ON JOB Bill Which Law-maker Believes Brum baugh Will Approve Would Compel Recent Harrisburg Appointees to Go Unless They Can Pass Examination About a dozen Harrisburg policemen who hav k > not seen two years' consecu tive service on the force will lose their jobs if Governor Brumbaugh signs the Walton Civil Service bill which was sent to him from the Senate yesterday, according to an interpretation of the bill made this morning by Reprt\senta tive Walton, of l*awrence county, spon sor for the measure. j Such policemen, Mr. Walton holds, 1 will have to take their ehances with other aspirants for police jobs in tak ing the civil service examination, if they are to remain on the force. This, ho ."out* lino applies salaried em ployes of the fire department who have not had two years consecutive experi ence. The bill applies to all third class cities, of which Harrisburg is one. , Two years' consecutive experience is necessary, under the bill, to exempt the classes of employes referred to, and also engineers and electricians, from civil service examination, according to 'Mr. j Waiton. He said this morning that he I feels sure that the measure will have .executive approval and that it will'be 'written on the statute books of the j Commonwealth. One of the Senate amendments makes the bill a law ••from and after the passage of the j act." The two-year provision also is a Senate amendment. As Applied to Harrisburg In the language of the bill all per ' sons who have a total service of two 1 years and who hold appointments at the time this act goes into effect shall re : main in office without being required to pass examinations. Mr. Walton holis ithat this provision means two years' consecutive service at any time. The Harrisburg situation, in which a dozen or more new men have been ; made j>olicemen since March 1, 1913. when the Lynch ripper bill was passed bv the City Commissioners, was ex plained to Mr. Walton. He said these men, in his opinion, would be exempt from examination onlv if at any time previous to this appointment thev had served two years. About a dozen of the recent appointees to the force will have to undergo examinations under 'this provision for they never had ex perience before their present appoint | ment, whereas other recent appointees have served two years under other ad , ministrations and need not take ex- Continued on \inth l*nce. .TIT.N'EV NOT DAMAGED Emerges Whole From CoUision With Larger Car—David Fisher Hurt Once more a Ford jitney came out of i a collision on top. David Fisher, a | plumber. 1304 North Third street, while i driving his Stanley steamer up Green i street, collided with a jitney coming I lown Calder street at that intersection lat 1.33 o'clock this afternoon. Fisher ; was cut when the windshield of the jit ! noy struck him and the front axle was ; so badly bent that the car had to be j sent to the shop for repairs. The jitney carried license No. ; 66.222. This license was taken out bv t Kdward F. Eiselv. Fifteenth and Berry liill streets. The car was in charge of | a chauffeur. It sustained no damage and the driver proceeded on his way. TWO "STRIKE" IX THOKLEY'S Young Women Quit Tea Rooms Rather Than Work An Extra Hour Daily Patrons of the Tliorley tea rooms, : 231 North Second street, learned to- I day that Miss May Strohm, of River j sideband Miss Mavme Coyle'have re | signal their positions there. Yesterday the manager of the estab lishment outlined a new schedule of -working hours, telling Miss Strohm and Miss Coyle that their day would be one hour longer. The two young women re fused to work under those conditions handed in their resignations which took effect last night. It was said at Thorley's this morning that there was no general "strike" and that the places of the two youug women , have been filled. PREPARING FOR A STATE OF SIEGE IN ALL TERRITORY DF AUSTRIA BORDERING ITALY Udine, Italy, May 12, Via Paris, May 13.—Bvery preparation has been made for the proclaiming of a state of siege in all the Austrian territory which borders on Italy. The govern ment already is iu the hands of the po lice and military. Italians whoso homes »re iu Austria already have fled for safety across the I frontier in great numbers. It is esti mate! that 40,000 have left Triest ; alone, while the total will aggregate j 120,000. Uirge contingents of Austri an troops are constantly arriving at Triest and points in Gorz anil (Iradisca. It is assorted in military circles here I that Austria has been quietly gathering i this new army for possible operations ! against Italy. At some points on the frontier Au- I strian and Italian troops are in such 1 close contact that they can see each j other. The Austrian® have occupied strongly fortified entrenchments. Mjniv Oerman officers are with the Austrian ; troops camped near tior?. and Triest. j Rome. May 12. Via Paris, Mav 13. I Former Premier Giolitti, regarded as j the leader of the party opposed to the I intervention of Italy 'in the war, has | had published in the "Tribune" a let j ter in which he declares he came to ; Home because he was summoned hero ;to express his views. He says his eon jvictions have not changed since he ex j pressed them in a speech before Par liament. Discussing the demonstrations i against him he professes not to under stand how persons who claim to be in spired by principles of complete lib erty have so little respect for other people's opinions. Palace for Wcunded if War Comes Rome. May 12, Via Paris, May 13. —Dowager Queen Margherita, mother of King Victor Emmanuel, has given I orders thaf the second floor of her pal ace be transformed into a hospital for ! wounded in case of war. - Obregon Loses Sioo in Killed El Paso, Tex., May 13.—Fighting j has begun between the Villa and Obre gon forces east and west of State of Guanajuato, according to a message to-day from \ ilia s headquarters at Ijeon. It was stated Obregon was re pulsed to the east, losing 200 killed. UIIUS HITI GILL 1,200 or 1,500 in Har risburg and Steelton Daily ExpectingSum i mons to the Colors BIG MEETING NEXT SUNDAY j Societies of the Sons of Italy to Dis cuss War Prospects Here—Many ■ Are Putting Their Affairs in Shape for Them to Go A majority of the able-bodied, un naturalized Italian men, numbering be tween 1,200 and 1,500, living in Har risburg, Steelton and vicinity, daily are expecting a call to their colors as a re sult of the threatened war between ltalv and Austria and some have ar- j ranged their affairs so as to be able! to leave for war duty on a moment's notice, so it was said by prominent Italians here to-day. Letters and telegrams received from relatives in the fatherland; along with the news dispatches, confirm the belief among the local Italians, they say, that nothing now will prevent Italy from joining the belligerent allies. Nightly conferences, informal, however, are be ing held here by the followers of the Italian King, all with a view to being prepared when the "call to arms" actu ally is received. The war question is to be one of several topics that will be discussed at a joint meeting of the Steelton and Harrisburg societies of Sons of Italy which will be held in the Odd Fellows' hall, 321 Market street, this city, next Sunday afternoon. The primary pur pose of this meeting is to decide wheth er an effort shall be made to have the 1916 convention 0 f the Sons of Italy organizations, held in Harrisburg, so V. Continued un .Ninth Page. VOTE TO SUPPORT SUFFRAGE CAUSE Federation of Labor Delegates Adopt Res olution After Pleas Are Made For W omen STRIKES CALL MINERS HOME Executive Committee After Requesting Governor to Veto Full Crew Repeal Reports That Is Is Hopeful 'of Favorable Action by Him The delegate# to the convention of the Pennsylvania Federation of Ijabor at this morning's session in the Board of Trade building passed a resolution endorsing woman suffrage by a vote of 15 4 to 48, after prolonged discussion of the question. The resolution was of fered by David Williams, of Allentown. After its adoption, a motion was of fered to make the favorable vote unani mous. The motion was lost. 4 Mrs. O. D. Oliphant, an anti-suffra gist from Trenton, N. J., who was dis satisfied with the audience given her on the opening day of the convention, last Tuesday, tried again this morning to get the antis' case before the delegates. Half a dozen representatives fought in her behalf, but the chair ruled that only reeogrlr.ed delegates should be granted the privilege of the floor to discuss the suffrage resolution. In rendering this decision, President Maurer explained that both the antis and the suffragists had been given the opportunity to present their respective cases before the convention ou Tuesday and that further presentations from either Mrs. Oliphant or Mrs. Gertrude Breslau Fuller, who had represented the suffragists, were unnecessary. He was supported in this stand by a ma jority of the delegates but it was not until after a heated discussion led by delegates from Philadelphia that the matter was dismissed and this vote was taken on the resolution calling for the Pennsylvania Federation of L-ibor's support of the suffrage amendment at the polls this year. Men Argue for Suffragists Prior to the appearance of Mrs. Oli phant, vigorous arguments in favor of tne convention supporting the woman suffrage resolution, were presented by "Steve" McDonald, president of the Scranton Central Latior Union, and "Dave" Williams, of Allentown. Both Continued on Fifth I'atr. ONE GRAVE FOR GOUPLE KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR Same Pallbearers Serve for Mr. and Mrs. William S. Pipes. Who Are Buried This Afternoon From Mar ket Street Baptist Church Mr. and .Mrs. William S. Pipes, who died from injuries received when struck by a trolley car at Perry and Fourteenth streets last Sunday, were buried in one grave this afternoon in the Harrisburg cemetery. The funeral was held from the Market Street Bap tist church. Additional chairs had to be placed in the church to seat the large crowd that attended the services. Many of the members of the congre gation, as well as a large number of persons from the fraternal orders of which Mr. Pipes was a member, were 1 in attendance. The services were held at 2.30 I o'clock, in charge of the Rev. Walter H. Pullman, pastor of the church, as sisted by the Rev'. J. W. Miller, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church; Continued on Fifth I'aice. To Hold Inquest on Couple A Coroner's inquest over the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Pipes, who died at the Harrisburg hospital from injuries recei\ed when struck by a trol ley car at Perry and Fourteenth streets Sunday, will be held at the office of the Pistrict Attorney at 7.15 o'clock this evening. KM st Jitney License Issued Harrisburg now has more than one hundred jitney busses licensed to op erate in the city. The license for 'bus No. 101 was taken out just before noon to-day. The rush for the $5 tin tags has caused the City Treasurer to send a hurrjr up order for 100 more. But forty-nine of the original order of 150 license tags remain unlifted. DAMAGE IN JOHANNESBURG IN ANTI-GERMAN UPRISINGS IS PLACED AT $1,000,000 Johannesburg, Union of South Afri ca, May 13.—There have been a sc ries of violent anti-licrtiian demonstra tions in Johannesburg, wlurh culminated yesterday in tne wrecking of a number of (icrman and Austrian establishments. The police intervened to quell the dis turbance, but they were powerless. All together over 50 buildings have been wholly or partly wrecked and their contents either burned or reduced to matchwood. The establishments cleaned out include ten large ware houses, ten saloons, three hotels and over twenty shops. The mob destroyed the German Lie derkranz ('ltd) and pillaged the oftires of the General Mining Corporation. This concern has an international board of directors, including some Ger mans. The crowd burned all, the books, records and visible papers of the company. The offices of Sir George Alms, near the Stock Exchange, were raided and a bontire made of the furniture. The crowd also tired the premises of a well known German tirtn, Gundelfinger & Company, general merchants. The damage here alone was not less than $250,000. and the total- losses from the rioting, which continued far into the night, are placed 'veil over $1,000,000 The wreckers worked methodically to the sound of whistles and in accord ance with a list prepared in advance. There was not looting, the crowds sim ply carrying,oat a policy of retaliation. With cries of " the murders of the Lusi tania's babies are avenged" and "the murders of our prisoners of war are avenged," the German Club in Jo htuinesburg was set on tire. Portraits of Emperor William. Bismarck and the Emperor of Austria were torn from the walls and the building and thrown into the flames. Breaking up into smaller bands, the wreckers set (ire to German property in all diriH.tions. The entire renter nf Johannesburg soon was brilliantly il luminated, and further out in the sub urbs blazing beacons could be seen at points of the compass. RUSSIAN ARMIES ARE IN DANGER OF ANNIHILATION BY THE TEUTONIC ALLIES Tartiow, Galicia, May 11.— (By Courier to Oacow anil Via ljoudon. May 13. 2 P. M). —The struggle in the region north of the Vistula river and on the borders of Galicia, which well informed persons here expect and hope will bring a final decision in the battle against the Russian armies, ap pears to be approaching a conclusive phase. Terrific engagements were fought to-day at positions 22 miles to the east of Tarnow, in the vicinity of Dcbica and Mielec, where the Austrian army under Archduke Francis Joseph came into fierce conflict with Russian font's which were retreating eastward from the Dunajec river and Tarnow. Airmen who flew over the battlefield to-day re ported that the entire front was marked bv burning villages, most of which had been bombarded. They say it looks exactly like a gigantic j»rairio fire. To the north of the Vistula river the Austrian corps, commanded by Count Kirchbach, has forced by Nida Line, according to information reaching here. To-day and yesterday the wind brought with it as far as Tarnow the incessant roar of gun fire indicating that Count Kirchbach's forces are trying to ad vance hand in hand with the troops of Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and Gen eral Von Mackensen. Along the Carpathian front also the Austrian armies have made a forward movement, bringing the Third Russian army and the remainder of the Eighth Russian army in imminent danger of being surrounded and destroyed. The first train since Tarnow was retaken by the Teutonic allies arrived here to-day. Baptists Approve Wilson's Course Houston, Tex., May 13. —The South orn Baptist convention to-day unani mously adopted resolutions approving the stand taken by President Wilson in the international relations of the Unit ed States since the European war. Prayer was offered for divine guidance for the President. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY The British battleship Goliath was torpedoed and sunk at the Dardanelles last night by a Turkish destroyer with the loss of about 5<M» lives. Official announcement to this effect was made to-day in London, together with the statement that two Turkish gunboats and a Turkish transport had been sunk. A British submarine made its way entirely through the Dardanelles straits into the sea of Marmera, where it attacked the Turkish vessels. The French War Office announced that successes had been won in the new offensive movement of the aUies just south of the French border. It is said the French yesterday captured the fort at Notre Dane De Lorette with many trenches; the village of Carency and I'oiUint on Math !>•««. POSTSCRIPT PRICE ONE CENT. NOTE OF U. S. TO GERMANY OUT TO DAY ! President's Document On Lusitania Sinking to be Made Public This Evening BETWEEN 1,200 AND 1,500 WORDS Text of t\e Note Eagerly Sought by Officials at Washington and Exact Phrasoology of Document Is Await ed With Increased Anxiety . /<i/ Associated Prc.ni, Washington, May 13.—President Wilson's note to Germany on the sink ing of the Lnsitnnia will bo given out in Washington this evening for publi ' cntion in morning papers to-morrow. •Secretary Bryan announced to-day that it is between 1,200 and 1,500 words long. In announcing the deeifio* to publish the note to-morrow morning Secretary Brvan said he expected it could b« ! transmitted to Germany in time for de livery to the Gorman Foreign Office early to-morrow. Actual transmission bv cable anil through Rome and Vienna, he said, would occur lato to-day. Nu merous communications, the Secretary said, have reached the State Depart ment from citizens on the attitude the government should take. "The advice offered in these com munications," said the Secretary, "dif fers, but all conclude with expressions of support of the President of the United States." Finishing Touches on Note President Wilson during the fiHre i noon to-day put the finishing touched on the note to be dispatched during to-day to Germany demanding guaran l Continued on Klrventh I'ntfe. Note on Way to Germany At 1 o'clock this afternoon the note had been cleared over the telegraph wired from Washington and was start ed on its way over the undersea*cables. It must go by way of Gibraltar and Malta, and then to Rome and overland lines to Vienna and Berlin. As a cour tesy ;i copy is to ibe delivered to Count Bernstorff, the German ambassador. Some time this evening the State De partment will I,'ive out copies for pub lication in to-'niorrow morning's news papers in the United States. Guarding the German Embassy Washington, .May 13.—A special guard of plainclothes policemen was placed to-day about the German em bassy. Uniformed police have hereto fore been there and detectives have been looking after all the embassies generally but it was not until to-dav that a special guard was provided. Of ficials said it was merely a precaution. MINE SINKS DANISH SHIP; CREW. SAVED, NOW IN PORT London, May 13.—A Reuter dis patch from Vnjuiden says a Lugger has arrived there with eighteen men, the entire crew of tfie Danish steamer Lil lian Drost, whicjh was sunk by a mine Saturday while on its way from Blyth to Copenhagen with a cargo of coal. The Lillian Drost was a vessel of 1,256 tons. It was reported to have sailed from Blyth on April 15. WALL STREET CLOSING By Associated Press, New York, May 11.—Trading be came more apathetic later, the list drifting idle halfway between high and low. The closing was firm. The stock market halted for the greater part of to-day's session uncertainty over inter national conditions besetting extreme caution,