, THE WEATHER CLOTH)? TO KIOHT RAIN TO-MORROW f.fetatletf Krport. Pagt « E£ A TVs?o D VOL. 77—NO. 141. OP«H AWARD AND COSTS EXCEED SUM HEjIAB Added to $22,767 For Contractor is $4,500 in Fees For the Arbi trators WITNESSES, TOO MUST BE PAID City Officials Say Some of Those Who Gave Expert Testimony Charged S.">« a Day—Stenographer's Serv ices Also Help Swell the Expense k WiiiU* tho arbitrator*' award to \V. II Oppermau tor oxtri work ia con i' tiou with hi* contract to build the ) e: : rout iutervepting ■ : 11.MI ! w:ii\ed, the right to appeal mm the arbitrators' decision | f tw .-in , therefore, con !d not now] : i >ii a'. . it d-sire to do so. Phe arbitrators were Joseph L. thearer, J:.. tiauuett aud Kov < o\. \ nipa y*iag ' i ■ decision lu.f bills for -e vi,-,- ■ e arbitra te »-<* h one if who: resented a i i ■ $!.-"> ' ;i tot.-i. .it S4.SUU. Those fee- an : the amount of the *>. a >! livnp the tola! (lability up to ; »>ut 'Kit - not include the u •of the sic:i ographer who took tie not'-*- iif testimony nor doe> U car,-} ti c l.ii - ot ttie witnesses who t -t 'i.- t tor the city and the coutrac t . • , (li-ials *.i ; .i| that a few of the witnesses «kti|ed fees at the rate 0 s."•<» .• nay. _• ve "expert testi i. ony."' I ' o:n; iling the approximate bill e i' .in rou, i n-'unates. it wa ' - i_\ utti als. that the sten ographer's bill will run close to fly . 'O. l'hat would bring the total up t i ss.. OT.Oy, lea\ .rig a margin of $ '1 beiv. ihit total :s:i the I- in. When an otti a! was asked it the S 1._U2.1* 1 would j«ay the witnesses the • > to the reporter's inquiry v. a "Vou can say that the total coots a i the amount of the award will equal 1 : •' exceed $30,000." Engineers in the olb ■ of the Board 0 Public Works have estimated that 1 >a an. > in the s3l (>.<>oo interce it i se.vor loan, after the protective vail is paid for. not including extras. v run in the neighborhood of $12,- »•" Thar $12,000. itv ofii ia - de ■ :« e. is all that now is available for pay ,niit-e. tire, electrical an I oiisii nenring departments in third class cit ies. applying to salaried officers in those lepartments only, will pass both branches of the tlonoral A?scml>!y a* amended in the House early this morn ing and go to Governor Brumbaugh for approval, according to an agreement reached between legislative leaders. The bill previously, after having • pa*>cd both branches. wont to the Gov ernor and then was recalled by its sponsor. Mr. Walton, of Lawrence coun ty. according to an agreement with Lieutenant Governor Mct'lain and other Lan aster member* who desired that it should be made not to apply to Lan caster which is operating under a sep arate charter. The amendments which were pro posed earlv this morning ould not be inserted in the bill an \ printed for the use of the members in time for action n the House to-day and the bill there fore postponed until the printer can ' have time to repriut it. I jam-aster's objection was a just one. a -ording to Mr. Walton, as Lancaster is a third .'lass city in point of popu lation and not in point of legislation for it has never accepted the third class city classification proposed in ('■mtinuril on Miuli I'asr. WILL FILL THE PUBLIC SERVICE JDBSTO-iORRQW Governor Still in Doubt as to One Com missioner—Most of the Other Officeholders Whose Names Were Withdrawn Will Be Beappointed Senators who conferred with Gover nor Brumbaugh t. lay said that they were gh en to understand that there »ill be three changes in the personnel of the Vnl'lic t>erv ic,> t >nimis*ion when announce.i to-morrow—the retiring numbers icing K. M. Wallace. Erie; Kmorv L Johnson. Philadelphia, and Waiter H. Gaitlier, Pittsburgh. No names are certain a* to who will their successors, but John S. Killing, if Erie, may .i. ceed Wallace, and hmerson Collins, of Willianirport. is spoken "t a* Mr. ( suci umpt. I ' e successor to Professor Johnson i? not nainei *in the rumors. It was stated at the Executive De partment tins morning that no appoint ments nf members of the Public Service Commission will be *ent to the Senate by Governor Brumbaugh until to-mor row and au intimation was given that the Governor is still in doubt on at least one of the appointments and is waiting to hear from the person to whom lies heen ten'-lered om* of the SIO,OOO jobs. Along with the more important ap pointments to be sent in to-morrow will be those to succeed tiiose persons re ••ailed last midnight, and it i* said there will be few changes and those iiief.v ti till vacancies that have oc urred * nc'e the names were sent in by tiovernor Tener These include the var ious commissions, hospital boards, trus tees f State institutions and associa • ontinurd on Fourth Page SENfITDR S WIFE IS IN PERIL AS PART OF BRACKET FALLS Five Pound Bronze Acorn Crashes Into Senate Chamber During Session and Misses Mrs. Charles E. Mills Only By a Few Inches One of the heavy bronze acorns forming the bottom of a massive side bracket in the Senate chamber became detached during the session of the Sen ate last night and fell with a era*h, striking the marble wains. oatin'i which projects a few inches from the wjll and 'breaking off a large fragment of marble. Mrs. Charles E. Mills, wife of Sen ator Mills, of Athens, Bradford county, was sitting at the end of a lounge be neath the bracket when the acorn fell and narrowly escaped being struck, fhe five-pound acorn missed he*r head | by only a few inches. The ornament had become detached ; by constant use of it 'bv page* in get j ting a hand-hold in moving from wia j dow to window in opening the blinds. The fall made a loud report that startled the lawmakers and spectators. Mrs. Mills however, seemed little eon i cerned about the incident. HAKRISBURCi. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18. 1915—10 PA ("IKS. ■WAT CI IS. FOUND SYTEACBER Sixteen-Y ear-Old Mary Louden, Who Disap peared Last Septem ber, Is Brought Home SHE HOARDED SSO DURING ABSENCE Justice of the Peace A. L. Brubaker, Schoolmaster of the Fugitive. Learns She Is On Farm in Ohio and Bet urns Her to Her Parents After an absence from her home of eight months, during which her fam ily knew nothing of her whereabouts, 16-year-oid Mary Louden, daughter of Alfred ,1. Louden, who lives on a farm lie-.ir Mechanicsburg, was yesterday morning returned to her parents by her former school teacher, A. L. Bru baker. Through some means which lie has not revealed. Mr. Brubaker, who is a justic of the peace, and a neighbor and intimate friend of the girl V par ents. learned of the runaway's where abouts and then went and persuaded her to return home. He found her em ployed on a farm near O >erlin. Ohio, twentv-five miles from Cleveland. During the eight months from the time she ran away from her home un til she returned yesterday. M,ary*w"ork e.i industriously and practiced strict , onomy, for out of sauries of $2 and $2.50 i week she saved a total of fifty dollars. She returned home with this amount of money and the same clothes -he had when she ran away, having bought no new garments throughout the period. It was on September It? last, that Mary suddenly disappeared from her home on a farm ill Silver Spring town ship. several miles from Mechanics burg. She took with her a pink a green dress with black trimmings and a light crowned hat. These were still the principal articles in her ward robe on her return yesterday. According to her account, > Marv went into Ohio, as far as her funds would permit, and got employment on farms in the vicinity of Oberiiu, where she was found a few days ago. Her wages were two dollars to two and a half a week, with board and lodging, nnd «he hoarded practically all the money she received. IHinny her absence, the girl seems to have had no desire to return home, for she kept her whereabouts from her parents. They, however, had not given up hopes of finding her and were con stantly looking for -ome wori concern ing her. When Justice of the Peace Brubaker learned where the girl was living, by means of investigations which he carried on his own account, he promptly went there and confronted her. Tne iiir 1 evidenced surprise at seeing her school teacher, but after some persuasion agreed to accompany him to her home. i>n her return, she expressed neither delight nor regret, and would give no account of her motives in attempting to shitt for herself. Her parents were overjoye - i to see her again, as were her sister and two brothers. BIG ADDED EXPENSE TO THIS COUNTY IF STATEjWNS UNITE It is figured out that the consolida tion of the Eastern and Western pen tentiaries at the Centre county insti tution which is now being constructed, the bill for which passed the Senate last night, will mean a good deal more in the way of expenditures for Dau phin county for the maintenance of her prisoners than is paid now. The per capita wage per day for maintenance in the Eastern peniten tiary, where the Dauphin countv con victs are sent, was 19 cents in'l9l4. while it wis 39 cents in the Western penitentiary. In 1914 Dauphin county committed 42 prisoners to the Eastern penitentiary and the«se 42 cost the county at the rate of 19 cents per day. The county i«aid for a year $2,91:2.70. These same prisoners for a year, under the Western penitentiary charge of 39 cents a day, would huve cost $5,978.- 70, or $3,026 more than in the East ern penitentiary. These figures apply only to those prisoners committed ' from' Dauphin county in 1914, but there are also a number of prisoners ther» committed from Dauphin county prior to 1914. and the ratio of increase of cost for them would be the same. A number of Senators who voted for the consolidation bill last night ob tained reports of the two institutions for 1914 this morning and did some figuring, much to their astonishment. It is said that an effort will be made to have Governor Brumbaugh veto the bill. PAHT OF I. S. ARMY HEItE About Six Hundred Members Arrive lu Wormleysburg This Afternoon I'pward of live or six hundred mem bers of the First division of the United States army, comprising the Second bat talion" of the Third Field Artillery So. 6. field hospital corps and Xo. 6 am bulance corps from the Walter Reed hos pital, arrived in Wormleysburg this afternoon where they will camp for the night. The detachment is in charge of Lieu tenant Colonel Menocher,- and is en route to Tobyhanna, near Hcranton, where they will instruct the State militia in target practice. CERIANY'SREFLY STIMULI No Indication From Ambassador Gerard When Answer Will be Formulated FOREIGN RUMOR CONCERNING IT Amsterdam Correspondent Says Ger many's Note Will Be Sent Thurs day, in Which It Is Said England Will Be Blamed for the Disaster Washington, May 18.—Ambassador Gerard has transmitted no indication from the German Foreign Office as to when a reply to the American note may be expected. Secretary Bryan said to day nothing ''of any importance" had been received from the Ambassador and that the State Department was without advices as to when the reply would lie sent. As to the United -States seeking a safe conduct tor Or. Hernhard Dern'burg when he leaves the country, Secretary Bryan said: "We have no official knowledge of Dr. Dernburg," and re fused to discuss t e question further. Mr. Bryan also refused to discuss whether the administration was con sidering making further representations to (?reat Britain over delays to Ameri can commerce. Only One Torpedo Hit Lusitania? Paris. May i>:.—Germany's reply to the American note on the sinking of the Lusitania will be sent .Thursday, ac cording to the "Matin's" Amsterdam correspondent, who says he is informed it will justify the attack on the steamer on the ground that the submarine com mander has affirmed in Tiis report that only one torpedo was fired which con vinces him that the second explosion was due to the fact that the ship car ried munitions of war. The report is said to state that the torpedo was fired in such a way the Lusitania would not have sunk if she had not had ex plosives aboard. rhe '' .uatin s ' correspondent savs it is reported in Amsterdam that Ger many will throw the responsibility for the disaster on Kngland and on the American authorities who permitted passengers to embark on a ship carrying Continued on Ninth rase. MOTHER SAVES BABY AS FLAIWES WRECK HER HOME Hope Company's Engine Sees Actual Service for First Time Since It Has Been Equipped With Tractor at Lively Blase in the East End Fire starting at noon to day destroy ed the frame dwelling of George Stark, lwenty-first anil i'axton streets, result ing in a loss of about $2,000. Most of the furniture was lost. The loss rs covered by insurance. -Mr. Stark, a carpenter, was going bom* t'or dinner when he noticed smoke and flames bursting from the north side of his house. He rushed in and saw the interior was already in flames. His wife, who was in the cellar at the time, knew nothing of tho fire, but on being told rushed up tht> stairs and res cued her tj-nionth-olil baby which was sleeping in the parlor. The origin of the tire is not known positively, but it is believed the flames started from au overheated flue. The house was built four years ago by Mr. Stark and is located' about 130 feet from any of the nearby houses. While removing some of the furni ture from the house Mr. Stark laid his coat on a chair for a few minutes. When he put it on his back again he reached for his pocketbook and, he says, found Continued on Fourth I'aice FIND SMALL PROFITS IN RUNNING JITNEY BUSES Drivers Admit There Is Little If Any Gain in Present Btate of Keen Com petition. When Cost of Fuel and Wear and Tear Are Considered According to estimates based on data obtained from a large number of the owners of the 135 "jitney" autos that are licensed to 'operate on Har riaburg's streets, the combined daily receipts from that kind of travel run anywhere from S7OO to SI,OOO. The ie\enue s only slightly overbalance the expenses of fuel and so forth, but, as many automobiles literally are being racked to pieces, there is little if any profit in the operation of the cars at a 5-cent fare when deductions are made for wear and tear A few of the licensed "jitnev" op erators haev become discouraged as a result of the keen competition and have quit the business either because other work was found to'bc more profitable or because'they have found the "hack ing" is both nerve-racking and disas trous to the machines. Yet others are confident that the business is going to be a permanent paying proposition and, even at this late day, many are enter ing the field of competition' for nickels. The total number of jitney licenses issued at the City Treasury at the close of business yesterday was 135, but C«atlaae4 on Milt Pace. ENGAGED COUPLE AT THE RACES MISS MAfcY L.DUKE AND HERt FIANCE MIB. A J DEEXtL BIDDLE cJfc, . -n, Here fs a snapshot of Miss Mary L. Duke and her f'.aiv.*. Mr. Anthony J l'rexel Biddle. Jr., taken at the I'nited Hunts racing meet at Beluiout I'ark, Lnug Island. The couple will be married next month. FINAL ACTION E! WJpIRED Parliament Will be Asked Thursday to Confer Plenary Pow ers on Government DECISION ON WAR THEN EXPECTED Alarmist Rumors of All Kinds Being Circulated In Some—Report That Prince Von Buelow, German Am bassador, Left City Secretly K.y Assoi iatrd Press. Rome, May 17, via Paris, May 18. — The Italian Parliament will be asked Thursday to vote on a bill containing a single clause conferring plenary powers on the government, according to the "Giornale D"ltalia." Final ac tion regarding war is not expected un til after that time unless Austria makes the first move which in consid ered unlikely in view of the pacific speeches made in the Hungarian Diet. Situation in Rome Tense Alarmist rumors of all kinds are being circulated in Rome and the situ ation is so tense there are many who believe them all. One report to-day was to the effect that Prince Von Buelow, the German ambassador, already had left the city secretly, it was unfounded although a special train is kept in readiness to carry him to Switzerland if .a break comes. Another special stands ready to s|>eed for the Austrian frontier with Baron Von N'acchio, the Austrian ambassador and his staff. Th Cabinet council to-day was one of the longest on record. At its dose brief communication was issued stat ing that the ministers discussed the statement to be made before Parlia ment. King Victor Emmanuel spent the day in granting audiences to govern ment officials and in the consideration of military and political quarters. Preparing For Eventualities The general staff continued with feverish activity its preparations for. eventualities. There were further demonstration* of rejoicing throughout Italy at the solution of the ministerial crisis. In Rome a great crowd climbed the Cap ito line Hill to listen to a fiery address Continued on Ninth Page. Commandeer Italian Cabinet Autos Rome, .May 18, 11.10 P. M., Via Paris, 4 P. M.—The automobiles of ev ery member of the cabinet, with the exception of Premier Salandra, were commandeered to-day by the army au thorities. TRIEST IN STATE OF SIEGE; 59 KILLED IN SUNDAY RIOT Rome. May Is', Via Pari#—Dis patches from Triest confirm previous; reports that a revolutionary movement ! is in progress there. The town is in 1 a »tate of siege. The presence of the military, however, has failed to pre- ; vent attempts at popular uprisings and I demonstrations of hostility to Kinperor 'Francis Joseph. Rome, May 17. Via Paris, May IS. Dispatches from Triest telegraphed j from the frontier to the "Idea Na zionale" state that the number killed) in the rioting ol yesterday (Sunday) j was about fifty. The Austrian authori ties has) three cannon trained on the town from the height of Opicina and j also threaten to have the city bom barded by warships. A renewal of the > revolutionary outbreak has heen im possible because of strong forces of ! troops occupy the city. ENGLAND WANTS 300.000 WORE RECRUITS FOR ARIHY London, May IS, 5.06 P. M.—ln the House of Lords this afternoon Sec retary of War Kitchener said he want ' ed 300,000 more recruits to form new! armies. He expressed his confidence that in' the very future the country would be in a satisfactory position with re-I Hard to the supply of ammunition. The news from the Gallipoli penin 1 sula, in other words the Dardanelles. , was thoroughly satisfactory, Karl Kitchener declared. PREMIERCHAGASIMPROVES AFTER BEINC SHOT ON TRAIN Lisbon. Via Paris. May IS.—lm- j provenient is shown in the condition of Joao t hagas, new Premier of the Cabi net. who was shot and dangerously wounded while on board a train. Kx amination showed that a liullet entereil the forehead and eame out near the right |>arietal bone. It is feared Sen hor C'hagas may lose the sight of his right eve. Lisbon has resumed its normal appearance,. except that no street cars are running. Business is being con ducted as usual. Madrid, May 18. Via Paris.—A dis patch from Lisbon, tiled, late last night, says order has been re-established there. Senhor Chagas, although seriously wounded, ha* improved somewhat and was able to talk with political asso ciates. Heavy Snow in Wisconsin Appleton, Wis., May IX. —One of the heaviest snow storms of the season pie vaiied last night. POSTSCRIPT PRICE (WE CENT. AUSTRIANS ARE ROUTED IMBOKOWINA Reported toliave Aban doned 20,000 Pris oners in Their Flight From Russians LATTER OCCUPY CZERNOWITZ Remnants of the Austrian Array Now Retreating iu the Diroction ol' Pruth Are Said to Be ii^. Grave Danger of Disaster Uuiilnti, May IS.—The Austrir.n de tVat in Uukowina was of su.-li vast pro port ions as to niiiri' than ofTset the vie torv gained b\ the Teutonic allie, in West Gal'da. according to a Russian oili ■ :ii statement contained in a dis patch from Petrograd to the Router Telegram < 'ontpany. rhi' Austrian* arc reported to have abandoned 20.000 risnners in their flight ami important positions organized on a front of 14 n versts t !K! miles). The Rn.-siaus ciaim t.i have occupied O.ernowit/ and that the remnants of the \ list rin n army ret rent ins; in the direction of the I'ruth are in danger of disaster. The Renter dispatch says: Abandoned Important Positions ''The Russian official statement de scribe* the Austrian debacle in Uukii wina as of siteii vast importance as to render nugatory their ephemeral success in West Oalicia. The latest particular* represent that the entire region between the Dniester ami the I'ruth is in Rus sian hands as the result of the brilliant victory, while the Austrian*, utterly i!e feated. are in disorderly flight. They have abandoned 20,000 prisoners and important, powerfully organized posi tions on a front of 140 versts for tho defense of which they made tremendous sacrifices in money and lives. " Kvervthing tends to prove that a* a consequence of this victory t'zemo wit/ already is in the possession of the Russians, while the remnants of the Austrian army fly ins in the direction of the Pruth are in danfjef of disaster which seems inevitable Because of %he fierce action of our cavalry which fell upon the retreating enemy in full di visions. destroying him and incessantly augmenting the number of our trophies. Continued on Fourth r«(i< CERMANS LEAVE 2.000 DEAD OH FIELD NEAR YSER CANAL Paris,' May 18, 2.35 P. M.—The French war office this afternoon issued the following statement on the pro gress of hostilities: "On the terrain to the west of the Yser canal conquered by us yesterday and the day before yesterday, the Ger mans left about 2,000 dead and a great number of rifles. During the course of the engagements of yester day wo made some further prisoners. To tlie east of the canal we have con solicited the positions recently taken by us. During the the (Germans undertook a particularly violent coun ter attack, preceding this action by a bombardment with artillery and bomb throwers. They were repulsed. >. "hi the region to the north of No tre Dame De Lorette, on the road from A ixNoulette to Souclies, we checked completely by our fire two other tier man counter attacks. As for ourselves we captured as a result of a night ad vance a group of houses near the ceme tery of Ahlain. Along all the front to the north of Arras the artillery fight ing is continuing by day ami by night. The Germans have bombarded Arras with particular ferocity. "111 the region of Villr-Au-Bois,. near Berry-Au-Buo, the enemy yester day undertook a fresh attack, but lie was easily repulsed." LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY A far-reaching victory in Bukowina, the Austrian crown land on the eastern extremity of the Russian front, is claimed in an official announcement from Petrograd. According to this statement, the Russians have swept through Bukowina, taking back much of the territory which they held earlier iu the war until they were driven out l>y the Außtrians. Their successes are described as of such importance that they mote than offset the Austrian-Ger man victory in Western Galicia, in the drive from Cracow. It is reported the Russians have taken Czernowltz, capi tal of Bukowina, having broken down Austrian resistance over a 00-mile front and captured 2»,000 prisoners. The Russian War Office concedes a Continued on Fourth I'nse WALL SI MEET CLOSINQ By Associated Press, New York, May IK (Wall Street Closing).—Further selling forced prices down again in the later dealings. The closing was heavy. To-day's stock market was altogether the dullest and most unimoprtant in over two months. A drooping tendency prevailed through out.