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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.
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«* 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.