> THE WEATHEB FAIR TO-NIOHT AND TOMORROW Detailed tteport* Fat* • VOL. 77—NO. 140. FIND 522.000 IS DOE TOJITEIM Arbitrators in Sewer Dispute Said Unoffi cially to Have Agreed On That Sum BAR HOPES OF CLOSING "GAP" City Will Not Have Balance in Sewer Loan Fund Sufficient to Pay Full Award to Contractor, Not to Men tion the Market Street Project Joseph L. Shearer, Jr., Farley Gan nett and Roy G. Cox, arbitrators se lected by the City and W. H. Over man, contractor, who built the river front intercepting sewer, to decide what Oppernian shall be paid for extra work he claims to have done in connec tion with the contract, filed their deci sion at noon to-day with City Solicitor ]). S. Seitz and C. 11. Bcrgncr, attorneys representing the principals. City offi cials said official publication of the finding is to be withheld until the reg ular meeting of the City Commissioners to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. It was said unofficially, yet upon good authority, this afternoon that the arbitrators have awarded to Oppernian moM than two thirds of his claims to taling $30,000. >r something; like $22.- 000. City officials refused either to «• onlimi or deny that report. They did udmit, however, that there can be no appeal from the arbitrators' decision. The board of arbitration was created more than two years ago and many hearings were held, at which the City «• intended that Oppernian was paid the full amount due him. Prior to these: hearings, it is said, however, that an offer was tendered to Oppernian of something like $13,000 as a settlement ]>rnj.r«!tion and that such offer was re-, jectcd by him. On this decision of the arbitrators hinges the question of whether the City will have sufficient money, for closing; llic Market street wharf gap in the; ri'-ci front steps. It has been esti ivated that between $4,500 and $3,000 will be required to finance closing the , gap. The fact that the official an- j iiounci nient of the irbitrators' decision] will not be made public before to-mor row was given bv City officials as a reason tor their refusing to say posi- i tively whether sufficient money will be available for the extra work on the wall. The arbitrators' award as weW as the co<ts incurred by them will be paid out of the $.116,000 intercepting sewer j loan approved by the voters in 1910.1 All of the installments paid to Opper nian. milder his contract, came out of that fund as did also tile cost of con-1 structing the protective wall or steps along the river front built by the' Mucker Brothers Construction Com pany. The balance in the loan fund at' present, books in the office of former' City Controller Gougli show, is $30,-1 N56.70. After the Stuekcr firm is paid! w hat still is due it, it was said at tho i office of the Board of Public Works, j the balance in the original sewer loan ' fund will be only about $12,000. On! that basis there would not be monev j sufficient even to pay the Oppernian ' award, not to mention the cost of clos ing the wall gap. There would, in fact, be a shortage of SIO,OOO in the amount j needtvl to pay Oppernian and no money j at all to meet the cost of closing the; gap at Market street. The arbitrators, when asked this afternoon concerning their decision, suggested the impropriety of their dis cussing the matter and, lik e the con tractor, preferred, they said, to have the City make the official announce ment. THE TRANSYLVANIA PASSES SAFELY THROUGH WAR ZONE New York, May 17.—The Anchor Line steamer Transylvania passed safe ly through the war zone about the Brit ish Isles and arrived at Greenock, Scot land, at 3 o'clock this morning, London j time, it was announced by officials of i the Canard Line, to which the Tran sylvania was under charter. Fea.-s had been felt for the safety of the Transylvania, as she had a large cargo of contraband on board and her usual course to Liverpool, for which port she cleared, would take her near the point at which the Lusitania was struck and sunk by a German torpedo on May 6. It was assumed in many quarters, however, that because of the danger of submarine attack the Transylvania would change her course and proceed over a more northerly route, probably to a Scotch port. This surmise proved correct, as this morning's advices of her safe arrival at Greenock, Scotland, tshowed. The Transylvania carried nearly 1,000 passengers, of whom 28, accord ing to the passenger lists, were Amer ican citizens. » «* Star- IwkfJoikitt WILSOR REVIEWS Hill Most Powerful Array of Fighting Ships Ever Assembledln an American Port 64 VESSELS TARE PART IN DISPLAY Fleet Stretches Four Miles in Double Line of Solemn Gray—Land Pa rade Precedes Review—Hundreds of Thousands Witness Events I By Associated Press. i New York, May 17.—A mighty j armada of battleships, destroyers, sub ! marines and auxiliary craft, the na- I tiou's bulkwark in case of war, swung I at anchor in the Hudson river this i morning, groomed for review this aft ernoon by the President of the United ! States. The most powerful array of fighting shi|m ever assembled in an American port, sixty-four in all, the fleet stretched for four miles in a double line of solemn gray, but touched with gayer colors where pennants and en signs streamed from fighting top and masthead in liouor of the occasion. Each battleship thundered the Presi dential salute of 21 guns when the navy yacht Mayflower, with the Presi dent on the bridge passed them during ; this afternoon. Land Parade Precedes Review Convoyed by the cruiser Baltimore, l he Mayflower, bringing the President from Washington, reached the harbor lust night and steamed up the river to anchorage off West Forty-First street. It was after midnight when she arriv ed there and the President and his party, expecting a long day of cere monies, had retired for the night. The naval review was preceded this forenoon by a land parade. To-morrow the demonstration will end with the departure of the fleet for a naval war game along the Atlantic coast. Three times since the ships of Ad miral Dewey returned from the vic tory from Manila bay, seventeen vears ago, has New York been the host of a states fleet, but never since Dewey's return has the presence of the warships here aroused greater patriotic interest than on this occa sion. Metropolis in Holiday - Attire Hundreds of thousands thronged the ! streets at an early hour to witness the land parade, later to seek advantage 1 points on the Hudson water front. The | city was in holiday attire and decked with flags. This morning the President set out for shore aboard a navy launch, to per form the first duty of the day, a review ot the land parade of sailors, marines and New York State naval militia, nearly 6,000 utrong. From each ship 250 bluejackets and 60 marines were landed to form four regiments of bluejackets and one of marines—under the command of Ad miral Dewitt C'offman, brigade com mander Not a few officers and men have distinguished themselves at a less peaceful landing party at Vera Cruz more than a year ago. Line of the Land Parade The line of march, densely packed with spectators, was along Twenty-fifth j street, Fifth avenue. Fifty-seventh street and up Broadway to the embark ing point at the foot of Seventy-ninth street. The program called for Mr. Wilson's return to the Mayflower after the luncheop. Then the raising of the Continued on Second rase. MORE AUTOISTS ACCUSED OF BREAKINGJRAFFIC LAWS Two Summoned to Appear Before the Mayor This Afternoon—Police Cap tain Thompson Is Considering the Preparation of a "Jitney Code" The traffic ordinance has not been written on the statute books of the City of Harrisburg for nothing, as au toists will soon discover if they do not get acquainted with its provisions and obey them, for the Police Department has inaugurated a clean-up campaign t 0 punish drivers who violate the ordi nance. The arrest of a jitney driver, who admitted in police court that he did not know of the existence of a traffic, law, determined Mayor Koyal on a course of action. Fearing that the increase of such drivers in the city would endanger the liver of pedestrians, he caused Po lice Captain Joseph I'. Thompson to is sue to-day a general order to the police force to report immediately all viola tions of the traffic law. The jitney drivers are not the only persons who come under the traffic reg ulations. They apply also to other au toists. Two autoists were summoned to appear before Mayor Roval this aft ernoon. C. E. Webb 234 "South Thir teenth street is charged with passing a trolley car at Tenth and Market streets while it was taking on passen gers. D. W. Fellows, 1240 Market street, is charged with speeding on South Cameron street. Three autoists were fined last week, the most severe fine of $lO being im posed or. a South Cameron street speed er. Two others were fined $5 each, re spectively, for running past a trolley Coatlaued on Fourth Pas* HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1915—10 PAGES. SCENE ON THE WYOMING, FLA FLEET REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT WILSON TO. DAY ' u ~ -" ~ ———— —— ——-——-——— REAR ADMIRAL frank F FLETCHER SAtLOfcS BOARDING THE WYOMING The jyeat American fleet assembled in the Hudson River at New York is in command of Rear Admiral Fletcher. President Wilson to-day reviewed the land parade of sailors and marines and also the fleet. From the deck of the Mayflower, stationed near the Statue of Liberty, he saw the mighty battleships pass out to sea. There were about sixty vessels in the parade. Although in point of number the fleet was not quite so large as that, which was reviewed in the Hudson in the autumn of 1912 by President Taft, it was an equally impressive sight, for the reason that every one of the craft was in actual fighting trim. The Wyoming is the flagship of the fleet. 6,000 ARMENIANS PERISH IN BIG MASSACRE AT VAN: SLAIN BYTURKS AND KURDS R)l Associated Press, London, May 17, 2.14 P. M.—Six thousand armenians have been mas sacred at Van, in Armenia, Asiatic Turkey, according to a dispatch re ceived in official quarters in London to- ALL ITALY IN STATE OF FE VE TEMPER OF THE PEOPLE IS ■fite--^ ;■ Ms ♦ Bpt* Sm 3IGKIOR GIOVANNI GIOLITTI Italy's Long-Awaited Decision For or Against Entering Eu ropean Conflict May be Reached To-day—j Clashes Between ■ Austrian and Italian i Frontier Guards—j 47 Women Reported Killed By Associated Press, Rome, Via Paris, May f 7.—Develop ments of the utmost importance are ex pected to-day in the affairs of Italy. Premier Salandra has called the first formal meeting of his cabinet to be held since the passing of the ministerial crisis which resulted in his remaining in power with a virtual vindication ui his foreign policy. It is considered highly probable a definite decision for peace or war may be reached. The tension has been intensified by reported clashes between Austrian and Italian frontier guards. The temper of the Italian people lias •been more highly inflammed by dis patches telling of a "women's revolu tion" at Triest. Party-seven women are said to have been killed and 300 wound ed\ there by gendarmes when they charged a crowd which was threaten ing the Governor's palace. 300,000 Cries for War Official confirmation of the report that the Balandra cabinet would remain In power was greeted by one of the most remarkaible demonstrations of ap proval ever witnessed in Rome. A crowd estimated at 300,000 gathered in the Popolo Square at the foot of the Pinician Hill, the slope and summit 0 f day from the Russian Consul at Uru miah, Persia. This message is dated May 15. I adds that the Armenians are defending themselves to the utmost against the Turks ami Kurds arrayed against them, but that help is urgently needed. Yan is about 150 miles from Tabriz where the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Ixibaree, —the latter a daughter of Samuel W. Fleming, assistant postmaster of Har risburg,—were last reported to be lo cated. IMHL ' f SIGNQg ANTONIO SALANDQA XtAROiN JOTsTNTMO. These are pictures of the principal officials figuring in the Italian con troversy which has resulted in a decision to retain the cabinet without change. Signor Giolitti, it is believed, will sup port the war party once it is shown war is inevitable. Signor Salandra will again head the cabinet. Baron Sonnino is the Foreign Minister, who will bo retained in the cabinet. which were throngod with representa tives of the most aristocratic families in the capital. i Society women wearing the tri-color of Italy waved flags and handkerchiefs as they joined in the cheers for Salandra and 'Foreign (Minister Sennine, while bands played patriotic airs. To the Garibaldian veterans in the crush it seemed that stirring days of the war of independence had returned. Even horses and cabs were decked with flags. Besidfi t'he obelisk in the square wan an immense caricature of Emperor i Francis Joseph of Austria at which all | kinds of missiles were hurled. French, I (British, Belgian and Russian flags were j borne aloft with the Italian colors. Garibaldi Greets Crowd There was a great patriotic demon stration before th« 'homo of- Riecietti Garibaldi. The veteran "red shirt"! U.S. NOTE TO GERMANY ON LAHER'S TACTICS OF WAR DELIVERED, SAYS GERARD Washington, May 17. —Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to-day notified the State Department of the delivery of the American note to the German for eign office. It was the first official notification that the note had arrived at its destination, although its delivery had been reported in news dispatches. F, ■ /f/A & YJCTQf? ffUJfl/tri or ITjotv. ' leader responded to insistent demands for a speech by declaring "to-day the Italian people are writing the last page of their national liberation to which our red shirts contributed." A young priest who declared all po litical parties had been merged into a united Italy was hailed as a uew Ugo Bassi, the priest who followed Gari- Coutinueil on Fourth Page GRECIAN KING SERIOUSLY ILL FROM PLEURISYAIIACK lxindon. May 17, 12.36 p. m.—The Greek legation here has received a bul letin from Athens reading as follows: "Yesterday evening the feverish condition of King Onnntantine incras ed. His temperature registered 102 de gree Fahrenheit, his pulse was 112 and his respiration 22." The King of Greese has been ill for over a week, and a recent dispatch said his cold had turned into pleurisy. It is not expected that he will be able to at tend to State business for some time to come. Paris, May 17, £ I'. M.—The condi tion of Kiug Constantine tif Greece has ibecomc more serious, says a dis patch from Athens to the Ha'vas News agency. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Further gains are reported by the allies to-day in the first great effort of the spring to roll back the German line, \ now under way on the same ground | where thousands of lives were lost last ; fall in the German attempt to break | through to the English channel. Ac cording to Berlin, the Germans are holding their ground. The French War Office announces I Continued on Fourth Pave SUFFRAGISTS TO PROVIDE FOOD ON GOOD ROADS DAY Branches of Women's Organization In Every Part of State Instructed From Headquarters to Carry Lunch es to Volunteer Highway Workers Pennsvlvania's women suffragists announced here to-day they will par ticipate in the activities of the State wide "Good Roads Day" on May 26. They promijc to provide refreshments to all the hungry and blistered male citizens who wield shovels and picks that day in the interests of better pub lic roads. In every township where the masculine population turns out for "road duty," a band of the local suf fragists will be on hand with baskets of sandwiches and buckets of cooling draughts. Whether "pro" or "anti" in his beliefs on "votes for women," each individual worker will find a smiling suffragist ready to cater to the inner man when the noon whistle blows. A letter has just been sent to the various suffragist county and city chairmen by Miss Hannah J. Patter son, State chairman of the Pennsylva nia Woman Suffrage Party. In this let ter Miss Patterson says: "The Governor has fixed May 26 Continued on Fourth I'nge GOVERNOR APPROVES NEW MOVIE CENSORSHIP PLAN Signs Bill Which Increases the Number of Censors and Reduces the Foe From s2.s<> to sl—Vetoes the Cold Storage Measure Governor Brumbaugh to-day an nounced that he had approved the Daix moving pieture censorship bill, provid ing a new system of examination,*: ap proval and regulation of all Alms and of the advertising matter in connection therewith. The bill provides for a board of three censors, two males and one female, with offices in Harrisburg and such other places as may be con sidered necessary. The fee for exami nation of films is $1 for each film of 1,200 feet or less. A violation of the law means a fine of from $25 to SSO for the first offense, SSO to SIOO for the second offense and in default of payment imprisonment from 10 tt> 30 days. The act of 1911, which provided Continued on Fourth I'nge LIBERTY BELL TO BE IN HARRISBURG HALt AN HOUR ON JULY STH (Special to the Star-Independent.) Philadelphia, May 17. —Philadel- phia, home of the Liberty Bell, to-day recognized the claim of Hnrrisburg for a chance to view the famous old relic on its way to the Pacific coast, by including that city in the itinerary. Twelve days will be consumed in the trip to San Francisco wher the bell will be placed on exhibition at the Panama- Pacific. show. The special train carrying the Liberty Bell and the Philadelphia councilmen who will accompany it, will pass through Harrisburg on Monday, .lulv 5, at 6.30 p. m., and a stop of half an hour will be made. By special arrange ment with the Pennsylvania railroad the car carrying the relic will be side tracked to a point easily accessible to those who wish to inspect the symbol of liberty. lu view of the countless pleas from cities in all parts of the country that stops be made so their citizens may see the bell, the cities ou the itinerary may be considered favored. Councilmen this afternoon finally made up the list of towns, including Harrisburg, where stops are to 'be made. (JETS ANOTHER WAR UNDER Morton Company Must Deliver Armored Motor Cars in 43 Days Contracts let to-day with local hard ware firms for miscellaneous supplies for auto trucks led to the announce ment by the Morton Truck & Tractor Company that it has received another large order for auto trucks —some to be armored —to be used in the European war. The order is to be fillet I within forty-five days. Contracts received by the hardware companies here specify that the materiail must be furnished to the Morton firm within a fortnight. The Morton company has moved its offices and plant to the Harrisburg Boiler & Manufacturing Company plant and now is employing t.wo hundred men. The force will be doubled' within the next week or two, so it was said to-day. TWO CARNIVALS IN TOWN Veteran Firemen's and Moose Organi zation Are Conducting Them Harrisburg will have two carnivals this week. Promptly at 7.30 o'clock this evening they will bo opened. The Joseph G. Ferari Carnival out fit, which will be run for the benefit of the Harrisburg Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association, arrived in Har risburg at 6.30 o'clock last evening and immediately the erection of the booths was begun at Third and Reily streets. The Ijoon Washburn Mighty Mi'V shows, which are here for the benefit of the Loyail Order of Moose Charity fund, arrived shortly before midnigh: and at once unloaded at Sixth and M&hantongio street*. POSTSCRIPT PRICE O*TE CENT ZEPPELINS HURL BOMBS ON 2 TOWNS The German Airships Pay Visits to Calais, France, and 'Rams gate. England TWO CHILDREN RILLED IN RAID British Admiralty Announces That the Dirigible Which Raided Ramsgate Was Attacked by Aircraft and Is Believed to Be Seriously Damaged Calais, France, May 17, Via Paris, 12.40 P. M.—A Zeppelin airship coin ing from the channel, flew over Calais last night. It dropped bombs on vari ous quarters of the city, killing two children and wounding one woman. The property damage was slight. Attn? its raid the Zeppelin sailed away in the direction of the sea. Three Injured by 4(> Bombs Ramsgate, Kng., May 17.—An air raid occurred here early this morning. Abo'ut forty bombs were dropped, bo far as has ben ascertained three per sons were injured. The aircraft was a Zeppelin and in addition to dropping bom'bs here, it also flew over (Margate. No news of the extent of the damage done there, if any, has been received. The Zeppelin was first seen seaward at midnight, but it did not venture over, the town until 1.30 o'clock this morn ing, wtoen it dropped a large num'ber of incendiary bombs all over the town. serious damage was done, except to Bull hotel, which was almost wrecked. The bontb went through the roof aud pierced its way to the cellar. Three guests asleep in the hotel were injured, but it is not believed their hurts are serious. Several fishing smacks in the harbor were damaged by bombs. Zeppelin Chased by Allies' Craft London, May 17, 1.45 P. M.—An nouncement was made at the Admiralty to-day that the German dirigible which raided early this morning dropping forty bombs and injuring three .persons, had been pursued and appar ently damaged seriously. The state ment follows: "The Zeppelin that attacked Rams gate early this morning was chased ofl' by Kast Church and Westgate ma chines as fnr as the West Hinder lightship. W'hen off Nieuport, Belgium, s'he was attacked hv eight iiaval ma chines from Dunkirk. Three machines were aible to attack her at close range fire. Plight Commander Bigsworth dropped four bombs when 200 feet above the airship. A large column of smoke was seen to come out of one of her compartments. '"The Zeppelin then rose to a great heif*ht, 11,000 feet, with her tail down, and is believed to be severely damaged. All our machines were exposed to a heavy fire from the Zeppelin. There were no casualties." ALLIES ADVANCf NEARLY A MILE INTO GERMAN LINE Ijondon, May 17, 1.58 P. M.—Pield Marshal Sir John French has broken his silence in regard to the movements of the British, army northwest of Ija Bassee with the announcement of an advance of nearly a mile into the Ger man line. This, together with the con tinuance of the Prench thrusts both north of Yvres and southwest of Ua Bassee, constitutes the outstanding fea ture of the military situation to-day. Military commentators here regarvil the British advance as a genuine break of the German line which, if main tained, must mean a retreat for a con siderable section of the invaders' forces. Recapture of the bridge over t'h>o Yser canal at Steenstraete by tt)o Prench deprives the Germans of their last connection with the west side of the waterway. German assaults on the British position at Ypres seem to have spent themselves, at least for the moment, as Pi eld Marsha) Prench re ports all has been quiet there for bhie last 4 8 hours. Germany's Raid on the Seas London,' May IT, 3.40 P. M.—Thomas J. MacNamara, Pnrliamentary Secre tary of the Admiralty, announced in re ply to a question in the House of Com mons to-day that 4 60,628 tons of Brit ish shipping, other than warships, had been sunk or captured by the German navy since the outbreak of the war. Dog In Pit Bites Mistress Mrs. Penrose Weaver, of Port Hun ter, was treated this morning at the Harrisburg hospital for a severe dog bite in the right hand. She said her dog went into a fit and had to be shot after the animal bit her. WALL STREET CLOSING New York, May 17.—Short cover ing checked a further decline In the final hour. The closing was firm. Ex treme dullness prevailed throughout to day's stock market session. Early gains were partly reduced later.
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