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S B eT A 8 VOL. 77—NO. 138,
PRESIDENT'S
OF THE
Germany Notified
Again That She Will
be Held to Strict Ac
countability For the
Loss of American
Lives and the Inter
ference With the
Commerce of the
United States by the
Impe ria 1 Govern
ment's Warfare
DOCUMENT ENDS
WITH A W ARNING
Meanwhile White
House Officials
Adopt a Policy of Si
lence With Regard to
the Demands and
Will Await the An
swer of the Berlin
Authorities Before
Giving out Any
Statement
By Associated Press,
Washington, May 14.—The govern
ment ami people*of the United States
1 0-day turned expectantly toward Ber
lin, where Ambassadoi Gerard had been
instructed to present to the Gorman
Foreign Ofhce a note calling thj atten
tion of the imperial government to the
"unlawful ami inhumane" destruction
of the Lusitania. and other violations
of American rights on the high seas.
Germany is asked in the note to dis
avow the acts of her submarine com
manders in the torpedoing without
warning of the Lnsitania, a British
ship, with a loss of more than 100
American lives, and the American
steamer Gulflight, "as a result of which
two or more American -itizens met
their death." Reparation "so far as
reparation is possible' is asked and tue
United Slates declares it "confidently
expects that the imperial government
will take immediate steps to prevent
Ihc recurrence" of such acts and prac
tices.
No time is specified for a reply, but
the communication says: "The govern
ment and people of the United States
look to the imperial German govern
ment for .just, prompt and enlightened
ai-tion iu this vital nfatter."
Following is the full text of the note
is forwarded to Germany:
Series of Outrages Cited
"In view of recent acts of the Ger
man authorities in violation of Amer
ican rights on the high seas which cul
minated in the torpedoing and sinking
of the British steamship Lusitauia on
May 7, 1915, by which over 100 Amer
ican citizens lost their lives, it is clear
ly wise and desirable that the govern-
Condnued un Fourth rage
WHITE HOUSE IS SILENT.
AWAITINCCERIHAN REPLY
Washington, May 14.—White House'
oftiiials have adopted the policy of si- 1
lence with regard to the American de-,
mands made upon Germany in the note
published this morning. They feel that!
anv discussion of the situation at this '
time would be useless and inopportune
inasmuch as the question is now before
the Berlin government.
The Cabinet met to-day in a regu
lar session but no further action was
contemplated pending the receipt of!
Germany's reply. The President took'
i short automibile ride before the Ca.bi
net meeting and will leave late to- 1
night on the yacht Mayflower for New I
York to review the Atlantic fleet there'
next week.
During the trip, which will last near
ly a week, the President will be kept
in touch with every development in the
situation but only important matters
will be placed before him. lie has de
clined many invitations to events in
New York not connected with the re
view of the fleet.
®l)c Stm- Snkpctikni
NOTE DEMANDS FOLL REPARATION AND AN END
SUBMARINE ATTACKS ON SHIPS BEARING NEUTRALS
THE PRESIDENT AND THE KAISER
Photo by American Press Association.
THE TRAREMVIIA IS DUE
IN WAS ZONE 18-MORROW
Now York, May 14.—Tf the Anchor
line steamship, Transylvania cqu.'N ,
her record time 011 her present trip j
across the ocean, she should enter tji'*
German war zone some time late to
morrow, and it' she passes through it
safely, should dock in Liverpool early
Sunday morning, according to the cal
culations of Anchor line officials given
out to-day because of the many in- j
(juiries regarding the vessel. The ves !
' sel lias STO passengers aboarit.
Inquirers at the American line were
told that the steamship Philadelphia, ;
which sailed under the Amerieau tlag '
on May 8, probably would arrive in i
Liverpool to-morrow afternoon. The
Arabic which sailed from Liverpool
May 5 was due here to-day, but had
| not reported up to noon.
The French.line announced to-day a |
j postponement until next Tuesday (it't
; ernoon ot the sailing of the steamer j
j Kochambeau which was to have sailed !
. to-morrow for Bordeaux. Delay in re- |
! ceiving cargo was assigned as the I
| cause.
i< YMIiU , 11(15 AHOAHI) BUT NO
AMEuH AXS, OFF TO WAU ZONK
1
New Vork, May 14.-—Without an
American on board the White Star
: liner Cymric sailed to-day for Liver
pool under the British Hag. She had'
aboard 965 persons, including the crew
of 400. !
Her commander, Captain Beadnell, a
lieutenant commander in the Hovnl Na
val Reserve, said that on the way across
j the Atlantic the passengers would have l
a daily boat drill and instruction in the
1 adjustment of life preservers,
i Four hundred of the passeugers
were in the steerage. A large per- :
centage of them were children and
; nearly all were Canadians.
WILSON LEAVES 10-NICM
j 10 REVIEW ATLANTIC FLEET
I Washington, May 14.—President
| Wilson will leave at about 10 to-night
j on board the yacht Mayflower for New
! Vork where next week he will review j
| the Atlantic fleet. The President's yacht '
j will pass out the Virginia Capes some
j tim# between noon to-morrow, and as j
j the trip will be a slow one, the May- |
: flower pronablv will not arrive there |
| before early Monday morning. The '
j President will leave New Vork late i
j Tuesday afternoon arriving here next
j Thursday morning.
The Mayflower will not be accom
\ panied by a convoy but Secretary Dau
j iels will he in constant wireless com
munication with the President's party, i
Mr. Daniels will go to New York to
morrow- by train anil make his head
quarters on the yacht Bolphig which •
is already there.
; On the MayfloWer with the President '
will be Secretary Tumulty, Dr. Cray- j
| son, the White House physician; Mrs. j
George Howe, the President's sister;
. Mrs. Anna Cothran, his niece; Anna
Cothran, his little grandniece, and
.Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, his cousin,
j Miss Margaret Wilson, his daughter, is
1 already in New York and will join the
party tljere.
Skull Fractured at Steel Plant
Alex Tote, 428 Mohn street, Hteel
ton, suffered a fractured skull when he
WHS knocked from a crane hook in the
plant of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany, early this afternoon. He was
admitted to the Harrisburg hospital
for treatment, I
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1915—16 PAGES
BLUEJACKET COMES HERE
TO WED. WAR OR NO WAR
Seaman "Jake"' McPherson, On 15
Days leave From the U. S. De
stroyer "Ammeii," This Afternoon
Gets License to Marry Miss Capp
"Here just to get married, Going
back in a few days," said youthful
".lake" McPherson. a former Koynl
ton lad, who now is on duty on the
"Amnion," one of Unijle Sams tor
pedoboat .cstro/ers that is doing
"neutrality duty" in Long Island
Sound. He applied at the Court House
this afternoon for a license to wed Ks
telle K. < app, years old, of Mechan
icsburg.
McPherson is 1!> years old. He gave
West Fail-view as his home and his oc
cupation as that of "seaman, I'. S. N."
Tiie prospective bridegroom, with his
! navy blue uniform, attracted the atten
tion of lawyers and <'ourth House at
taches when he entered the Court 'House
and applied for the license.
He is here, he said, on a fifteen-day
furlough and proposes to return to his
lost immediately after the wedding.
W nen the United States became tem
porarily involved in the Mexican trou
ble. McPherson said, he was among
those detailed to Vera Cruz.
"O'a 1 don't care if wo do get mixed
up with the Kaiser," the youth said
rather nonchalantly." We need some
thing exciting, anyway. It won't make
any difference in my wedding plans
whether we go to war or not.
Since the " Ammen'' has been off the
coast of Ijong Island, M Pherson said,
the ship several times has found It
necessary to stop vessels belonging to
•belligerent nations that were not pro
vided with the necessary "clearance
papers." The lad has served two years
or his enlistment.
NEW PRINCIPAL COMING
Prof. Howard G. Dibble to Take Charge
of Central on Monday
Prof. Howard <l. Dibble, of Lambert
ville, N. J., new principal of the Central
High school, will arrive in Harrisburg
this evening at 7 o'clock for a two
weeks' stay, a leave of absence for that
length of time being grunted by the
Ijajnibertville School Board. City Super
intendent Downes will meet him and
talk about the work here.
To-mdrrow evening Prof. Dibble will
be given a reception by the Central
High school faculty, to which the mem
bers of the School Board bave been
invited. He will confer to-morrow morn
ing with Miss Anna M. Saul, who has
been acting assistant principal of the
school and LMondav assume his new du
ties. Tuesday night he will meet the
Principals' Club at a meeting in the
Willard building. During his two weeks'
stay he will sign the diplomas of the
graduating class.
Auto Chauffeurs Fined By Mayor
Oliver Acv, a chauffeur, was fined
$lO before Mayor Royal this after
noon. He was charged with running
forty-five miles an hour on Cameron
street, running without a tail lamp and
rear license tag. He was arrested by
Policeman Schelhas. .1. S. Shannaman,
charged with running around a trolley
car iinl a wagon in the Markot street
subway, was lined $5.
LABOR 1« ALL
| ANTI-PROHIBITION
Delegates to State Fed
eration Convention
Unite Against Local
Option
MINERS CHARGE
PARTIALITY
After Accusing Resolutions Committee
of Mistreating Their Measures, They
Are Assured by Chairmen That They
i Are As Much Loved As Carpenters
One of the few resolutions presented
at the sessions of the Pennsylvania
Federation of Labor on which no de
flate was had. was a resolution adopted
at this morning's meeting at the Board
of Trade building putting the organiza
tion on record as opposing prohibition
anil local option. The action taken was
unanimous. A similar resolution was
adopted at the convention last year,
and by this morning's vote was re
affirmed.
The morning session was taken up
with the disposition of various resolu
tions. The committee on resolutions
reported non-concurrence with most of
the measures, and the convention tnon
voted to concur with the committee.
Some confusion was caused at times,
siiice affirmative votes on the commit
tee's recommendations were actually
negative votes on the questions under
consideration.
When President Maurer endeavored
to call for a vote on a resolution favor
ing referendum of important matters
Continued on Hlcvrnth I'IKF.
$300,000 FIRE AT NEWARK
Six Firemen Crushed Under a Falling
Brick Wall
Newark, N. J., May 14.—Six firemen
were crushed under a falling brick wall
early to-day while lighting a J300,000
fire whidh burned three four-story
buildings of the leather manufacturing
plant of George Sengel, Inc., here.
Some of the firemen were so severely
injured that they may not recover.
fr
Boys and Girls!
Uncle Harry. Talks
To-day On
"A NEW WATER
CAME"
Read What He Has to Say
On Page 2
i COMPENSATION MEASURE
IS INJISFINAI FORM
Intention to Report It This Morning
Is Abandoned But It Is Practical
ly Certain to Be Adopted In Early
of Next Week
The intention to report the work
men 's compensation bill to the ISeiiHte
this morning WHS abandoned for the
reason that Chairman Crow, of the
Corporation Committee, desires to have
the committee look over the amend
ments on Monday before final action is
taken. The amendments, none of which
I is regarded by the legislative leaders
iof a material character or such as
' would change the tenor of the bill or
| its purpose in any material manner,
! have all been agreed upon and are said
to be satisfactory to the administra
' lion, which is backed of the bill. It
i has |«assed second reading in the Sen
| ate and will ibe passed finally on Mon
day night and go to the House for con
currence in the amendments,'and then
to the Governor.
The Siproul resolution providing that
the question of the issue of $50,000,-
: 000 bonds for State highway improve
| ment, he submitted again to the voters
Continued on Fifteenth Pace.
' CIVIL SERVICE BILL RECALLED
Measure That Would Oust a Dozen Har
risburg Policemen May Be Killed
The Walton bill proposing civil serv
| ice in police, fire, electrical and en
| ginenring departments in third class
' cities, after having passed both
j branches of the Legislature, was re
called from the Governor late yester
! day for the purpose of amendments. Ef
| forts will be made to kill the measure
| in the House, it is said.
The bill when introduced, was not
believed to have a chance of passage.
When approved in the House to please
its sponsor, Mr. 'Walton, of Lawrence
county, it was believed that it would
be "pickled" in the Judiciary Special
Committee of the Senate. Tremendous
pressure was brought to bear and the
bill was reported out of the Senate
Committee. Its passage surprised its
I enemies in the House and they will
strive to defeat it, now that it has 'been
recalled from the Governor.
If the bill 'becomes a law it would re
sult in a dozen Harrisburg policemen
retiring from the force unless they
could pass t'he «ivil service examina
tions.
MORE FOR LOCAL HOSPITALS
Senate To-day Boosts the Harrisburg's
Appropriation by S2,<H)O
The Senate Appropriations Commit
tee gavo the Polyclinic Hospital, of
Harrisburg, a raise of SI,OOO as its
bill was on the way through commit
tee# The bill as it came from the
House appropriated $4,000, but this
was increased to $5,000 and it passed
the Senate finally to-day.
The Harrisburg hospital was also
fortunato, as its $38,500 from the
House was raised in the Senate to
$40,500. The items are as follows: For
motor ambulance, labaratory and main
tenance of a department of anasthes'ia,
to be approved by the Bureau of Medi
cal Education and Licensure, $37,000;
fire doors and other safety devices, sl,-
500; laundry, $2,000. " The Senate
passed the bill in this form.
1 KILLED,?
INJURED IN
AUTO WRECK
Steelton Men Victims
j of Crash With Fence
at Curve in the River
Road
CAR TURNS
OVER TWICE
Recovery of Two Survivors of Midnight
Accident One Mile North of Rock
ville Is Doubtful—Driver Tells
Coroner He Forgot About the Curve
One Steelton man was killed ind two
others were so badly hurt that their
recovery is doubtful when their auto
mobile last midnight crashed through a
fence on the east . end of the "s''
curve at Heckton Mills, about a mile
north of the Rockville bridge. The car
turned over twice and the three ofcu
pnnts were thrown out.
Harry Krbe, 27 years old. 350 Bes
semer street, Steelton, was killed. His
liver was punctured and he died at.
2.45 o'clock in the Harrisburg hospital,
j two hours after he was admitted,
i Lawrence L. Chambers, 319 North
! Front street, Steelton, who was driving
• the car, was injured internally.
William F. Carlson, 319 North Front
I street, Steelton, suffered three frac-
Itured ribs and a fracture of the left
j thigh and may have been otherwise hurt
i internally.
After treatment in the Harrisburg
i hospital. Carlson insisted on being ta
| ken to his home. He was sent there,
j but physicians who examined him there
j this morning advised him to return to
j the hospital. He was readmitted there
I this afternoon.
Following a post mortem examination
I of the injuries of Krbe. in the urvlcr
| taking establishment of Frank Knoder
j er, in Steelton, this morning, Coroner
I Eckinger took a statement from Cliam
i bers in his bed at the hospital. Cham
j bers said, according to Coroner Eck
| ing":
; "I was running at a high rate of
I speed and forgot the curve at Heckton
j Mills until 1 was on it. Then I jammed
! on all of the brakes in an effort to stay
: on the road, but the machine skidded
I and we struck a fence. The car turned
) over twice and wc were all thrown
! out.' 1
Rushed to the Hospital
This is an exceedingly dangerous
j curve and has been the scene of many
] auto accidents * Carlson said this
! morning that he does not remember
j much about the accident,
j He recalled, he said, that the car
j Continued on Fifteenth l'Hite.
GALLIPOLICOAST LINE NOW
INPOSSESSION OFTHE ALLIES
London, May 14, 3.38 A. M. —A
dispatch to the "Times" from Moud-
I ros island of Lemnos, say« the eoast
I line of the Gallipoli peninsula now is
| in the allies' possession and that troop
j ships from Egypt and France are land-
I ing reinforcements and guns.
!THOUSANDS OF DEAD BURIEI)
IN LULL ON ASCENSION DAY
London, May 14.—The week of bat
j tie now drawing to a close left, both
I sides exhausted and breathless says the
I "Daily News" correspondent on the
! north of France.
"To-day, .Ascension Day," he tele
graphs, " we are burying our tliou
j sands and the Germans perhaps their
j tens of thousands. The fury of the
I fighting has 'been unbelievable and the
j death roll is a; palling but our line is
established firmly.'
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
The furious attack of the French
along the section of the front just
south of the Belgian border is said to
1 have resulted in a further advance.
: The official statement from Paris an
! nounces the capture of several German
i trenches near Souchez.
I Rain interfered with the fighting
yesterday and apparently the move-
I ments were less Important than on the
| preceding day, when both the Paris
! and Berlin communications chronicled
i successes of the allies. To-day's French
announcement states that the aerman
I ground recently won north of Arras
has been maintained. '
At Petrograd it is said the German
movement In Galicia has been checked
permanently. The Russians have fallen
back on strong positions along the river
San which runs through Central Oali
cia. Fresh troop 9 have been brought up
Continued on Eleventh Page.
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PRICE, ONE CENT.
DEMANDIN
ITALY FOR
WAR GROWS
Manifestationsatßome
For Intervention in
Conflict Are Particu
larly Impressive
GRAVE EVENTS
EXPECTED SOON
Cabinet Ministers Meet to Discuss the
Situation Created by Popular Agi
tation for War and Outline Course
for Their Next Session
I
/t,y Asaociatcil Pre**,
Runic, Via Paris, May 14.—The war
I fever continues to spread throughout
! Italy and the manifestations in the cap
j ital are particularly impressive. A
| crowd which favored Italy's interven
tion wont last night to the hotel at
j which Gabriele D'Annunzio is stopping
and cheered until the poet appeared on
a balcony anil spoke fervidly in favor
jof war. From D'Annunzio's hotel the
i crowd went to the palace of Dowagor
(jtueen Margherita and acclaimed her
| wildly.
Pro-war enthusiasts engaged iu a
brief struggle with neutralists who were
holding a meeting iu the Place San Syl
vestre. In tiie clash the windows of
! a German cafe and auother establish
| meut were broken.
Rome. Via Paris, May I..—The nieet
i ing of Ministers yesterday afternocu
! was not strictly speaking a Cabinet
! council, according to the '' Giornalo
j D'ltalia.'' The Ministers met merely
| to discuss the situation created by pop
j ular agitation for war and to consider
| questions which will be discussed at the
] next formal meeting ol' the Cabinet.
Paris, May 14. -A'Havas dispatch
I from Home says that :it the dose of tlie
; meeting of Ministers Premier Salandra
, conferred with King Victor Emmanuel
j and that grave events are expected in
; the very near future.
Resignation of Italian Cabinet
Koine, May 14, Via Paris, 2.33 I'.
M.—King Victor Kmniaiuie! to-day re
' ceived in the order named the following
ColltlllllOfl Oil Fifteenth I*ll KC.
Serious Bioting in Milan
Rome, May 14, 11.2(1 A. M., Via
i Paris, 5.45 P. M.—(Dispatches from
| Milan say that serious rioting lias
broken out in that city over the present.
; political situation. The adherents of the
opposing political factions have resorted
, to the use of firearms, and the situation
is described as most grave. The disor
ders were precipitated bv the resigna
tion of the Italian Cabinet last night.
GERMAN SUBMARINE SUI
IN NORTH SEA, IS REPORT
Blyth, Eng., May 14, 12.53 P. M.—
i A German submarine is reported to
1 have been sunk in t|jo North Sea. The
captain of the steamer Collainne on
; reaching port to-day stated that his
! vessel apparently had destroyod the
submarine by running it down off the
j Northumberland coast,
i No submarine was seen, but the cap-
I tain said his ship struck a submerged
| obstacle. A large quantity of oil ap
| peared on the surface and tho conc'u
| sion wns drawn that a submarine hal
j been run down.
GERMAN TRENCHES LEVELLED;
BLOCKHOUSES DESTROYED
Paris, May 14, 2.31 P. M. —The
French War Office this afternoon issued
the following statement of the progress
| of hostilities:
"It has been, raining without stop
i since yesterday morning. Last night in
I spite of the handicap of a difficult and
i slippery terrain, we occupied several
'German trenches to the southwest oT
I Souchese and wp have maintained nn
| the rest of the front from to Ar
j ins all the gains recently made by us.
| "In the valley of the Aisne we yes
j terdav destroyed four German block
houses ami levelled several trenches."
Fishing Boat Target for Bombs
London, May 14, 11.02 A. M.— A
i Ucuter dispatch from Ymulden gays tho
| Dutch trawler Sgravenhage reports that
: a Tail-be aeroplane, coming fro»i thA
! west, dropped three bombs at the fish
ing boat on Wednesday in spite of the
fact that she was flying the Dutch flu..;.
The bombs fell into the sea, where
they exploded.
WALL STREET CLOSING
New York, May 14.—Lowest prices
and greatest activity were recorded in
the last hour, when stocks showed
losses of :! to 10 points. The closing
was weak. A succession of decline's,
for which liquidation was partly re
sponsible, marked the course of to
day's market. The international sit
uation was the outstanding factor.