RUSSIANS FINALLY ADMIT EXTENT OF THEIR RETREAT FROM DUNAJECTOTHE SEA London, May -7, 12.22 P. M. —Not- withstanding the superb westher, con tenderis in the western arena of hos tilities, realizing the terrible losses even an insignificant advance entails, have reverted, generally speaking, to the trench warfare of the winter and it is Galicia in the east, the Dardan elles and perhaps the Italian Austrian frontier where it is most likely to furnish spectacular developments dur ing the next fortnight. The Russians at last have admitted the extent of their retreat from the Dunajec to the San, and while they profess that the Austro-German rush has been held up and that Permvsl is in no danger, they pay tribute to the impetus and spirit of the advance of their antagonist at the same time they laud the smoothness of the Russian re tirement, which they are calling as masterly as that of the allies from Mons. Out of'breath after their eastward spurt, the Germans and Austrian* are now bringing up reinforcements and fresh ammunition and another great battle will be fought to determine whether the new line to which the Rus sians have fallen back are tenable. According to the Germans the en circling of Permvsl is progressing in that territory, forcing another cross ing of the river San only 11 > miles north of the fortress and extending their liue east of this river. Italy anil Austria are now engaged in the familiar roles of issuing con tradictory official communications re lative to the border fighting, but it is claimed that there hive been as yet r.o important engagements. Of the 250 miles of common frontier betwoon Italy and Austria, it in estimated that only une fifth is of a character for critical military operations and Italy's forces no« in the field are following the course dictated by geographical neces sity, one armv driving toward the river Ison.o aiid Triest, and the other into the Tyrol, where the rough eeun trv precludes any decisive engagements at mi early a date. K Bodies of Lusitania Victims Shipped R:i Assnciatrd Prc.is. New York. May 27.—The American line announced to-day that it had re ceived a cablegram saying that eight bodies of person* who perished when the Lusitania sank were aboard the >tea:n«hip Philailelphia, which sailed last nijlit from Liverpool and is due here next Thursday. LATE Wi NEWS SUMMARY '*****flii»• •»»! I'r«n»i Pirn' Pagr. ports from Berlin and Paris to-day re veal tio signs of renewed operations on a large scale. Several engagements occurred last night near Lorette, Souchez and Neuville with material advantage to either side. The great Galician battle is subsid ing with the Austro-German forces holding the advantage. They have not succeeded, however, in forcing back the Kuisians from the river San. except in certain places. The Berlin war of fice announcement to-day says the Teu tonic forces are progressing quietly northeast of Permysl and in the Stry district. German submarines attacked two vessels yesterday. The British steamer Morwenna of Montreal, was torpedoed and shelled off the coast of Wales. One member of the crew was killed and three were wounded. The war has again been carried to the shores of England. German aero nauts attacked South End, forty miles from London, last night and after rain ing bombs on the town escaped, pur sued by British aviators. The British Admiralty announced two women had been killed by bombs, although dis patches direct from South End assert only one woman was killed. One or more Zeppelins took part in the raid. The property damage was not large. ENGINEERS MAY ORGANIZE Officers of American Order Address Lo cal Men at Court, House Visiting officers of the American Or der of Steam Engineers urged that a Una! branch of the organization be formed in this city during addresses delivered last night at a meeting in the Court House. The meeting- was opened by A L. Burns, chief engineer at the city w :er plant, who introduced J. William Pair ent, supreme chief engineer of the American Order of Steam Engineers. Mr. Pairent said that the American or der was no labor organization, but con ducted on a scientific and fraternal b;tsi>. He said that the organization is very strong throughout the State and told of the objects of the order. Woman Walks From York; Collapses Mrs. Lillie Gallagher, who, with her husband, walked from York to Harris 'bnrg, arrived in the city at noon to day and was barely able to rea,>h the Harrisburg hospital, where she collapsed with an attack of nervous exhaustion. She was admitted for treatment. Foot Fractured by Iron Bar John B. Lilley, of West Fairview, an employe of the Harrisburg Pipe and ripe Pending Company, suffered a frac ture of the left foot wnen a bar of iron fell on him while at work early this afternoon. The fracture was reduced at the Harrisburg hospital. Belgian Advance Posts Shelled Havre, May 2 7, Via Paris, 4.25 P. M. —The Belgian official report given out nn ler date of May 26 reads: "The artillery of the enemy has bombarded our advance posts and the village of Costkerd. Our batteries re plied successfully, notably in the direc tion of S.-hoore, where bursting shells caused a fire and violent explosions." Usaw Elected Delegate to I. T. U. At a meeting of Harrisburg Typo graphical Union, No. 14. held last night hi Fairlamb's cigar store, 331 Market street, Melancthon Usaw was elected delegate to the I. T. U. con vention to be held at Los Angeles, Cal„ August 8. There was no opposition to the election. DIED. MT'ELJjE'R— On May 27, 1915, Charles Frederick Mueller, in his 91st year, at his late home, 619 Boas street. Funeral services xvill be held at t)ie above address Monday afternoon at .1 o'clock. Relatives and friends are in vited to attend without further no tier. Interment private, at the East Harrisburg cemetery. FRENCH AERIAL SQUADRON MAKES AHACK ON FACTORY Continued From First Pacer: The first was driven back by a counter attack, and the second was stopped by artillery fire. '•One of our aerial squadrons, com posed of eighteen aeroplanes, each one carrying fifty kilos (110 pounds) of projectiles this morning bombarded at Ludwigshafen, on the Rhine, the fac tory of the Bailen Chemical Products establishment, one of the most impor tant manufacturers of explosives in all Germany. The results reported are proof o ftho efficacy of the bombard ment. Several of the factory buildirigs were struck by the projectiles of our men and a number of fires broke out. The aviators were in the air for almost six hours, and they covered more than 400 kilometres (240 miles). '•This expedition against an impor tant establishment is the French an swer to the attempts of German avi ators on Paris." FACTORY CM DE AIDED Trained Nurse Will Be Employed to Care for Six Hundred local Cigar Makers During the visit to the Harrisburg Cigar factory to-dav of General Super intendent E. Wile, of New York City, announcement was made that a trained nurse will be employed to act as a "big sister" to the girls employed in the lo cal factory. The duty of the nurse will be to do welfare work among the girls, caring for them if they become ill while at work and visiting them at their homes. Advice in moral and social matters is to be given the girls by the "big sister," as well as assistance during sickness. The plan is to increase the efficiency of the employes whiie bene fitting them individually. There are six hundred girls and women in the local factory to be looked after. The nurse will also spend time at the Middletown factory, with four hundred female employes and at the Steelton factory with a hundred. A nurse has not vet been selected, but a choice will be made shortly so that the "big sister" plan may be put into operation without delay. LUTHERANS ELECT PRESIDENT Dr. Singmaster. of Gettysburg, Is Now Head of General Synod Akron, 0., May 27.—At the opening of the forty-seventh conference of the General Synod oi the Lutheran Church the Rev. Dr. J. A. Singmaster, presi dent of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, was chosen president of the body. Secretary Manhart. of Selins grove, and Treasurer Knollenberg. of Richmond, Ind., were re-elected. Get tysburg and Harrisburg are among the places suggested for next year's con ference. when the four hundredth an niversary of the reformation will be observed. Foreign missions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church were reviewed at to day 's session of the conference. The forenoon was featured by reports of various missionary bodies and a discus sion of the new problems that have aris en in the obi world as a result of the war. A review of the general conditions in the missionary field of the Lutheran Church was to be continued throughout the day and the evening. The Rev. C. B. Burger, of India, and the Rev. C. H. Brosius, of Africa, were to be among the speakers this evening. Dr. Luther Kuhlman. of Gettysburg, president of the Board of Foreign Missions, is also to speak. PHONES ALL WAV TO FRISCO Dunkle Saves Time In Negotiating For Tractor Company Business S. F. 'Dunkle, of the Harrisburg and Boiler Company, and W. S. Morton, of the Morton Truck and Tractor Company, arc conducting negotiations looking to the placing of further large war orders for trucks and tractors which the Harrisburg Manufacturing and Boiler Company is producing for the Morton Company. They had occasion last evening to take up with E. L. Bravton, president of the Pelton Water Wheel Company, San Francisco, Cal., certain matters con templating a large increase in the ca pacity of the local plant, its facilities and the force of men to be employed, and an immediate decision had to be reached. Mr. Dunkle stated to-day that this decision had to be made within 4 8 hours, and required an interview with Mr. Brayton and consequently he used the telephone all the way to Frisco. The call was passed at 9.1-5 eastern time, or 6.1.i San Francisco time, and he talked till 9.-54 eastern time, or 6.54 San Francisco time. He stated that the transmission was just as clear as if Mr. Brayton had been talking to him over another telephone in this city. By personal interview the transaction would have taken "ten days. "VILLA OWENS" CHRISTENED Guests Hospitably Entertained at New Bungalow In Hainton The bungalow recently built in Haiif" ton by Mr. and Mrs. \tieorge Owens, Penbrook, last evening was christened the "Villa Owens" at an impressive ceremony conducted by R. Sherman Care and attended by many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Owens. Music made up a part of the entertainment. Dinner was served to the following: Detrand and Margaret Owens, Mrs. David Steece, Mrs. Blair Gilbert. Mrs. Charles Kmerick, Mrs. A. L. Shope, Mrs. David Bender, Mrs. Samuel Snod dy, Mrs. E. M. Walborn, Mrs. Sue Weaver, Mrs. William Balthaser, Mrs. Samuel Atticks, Mrs. Alma Witmer, Mrs. Charles Christ, Miss Ella Bockus, Miss Marie Weaver, Miss Anna Wan baugh, Mr. and Mrs. John Fortenbaugh and Mr. and Mrs. George Owens. 242 Men Worked In 7 Townships Reports from seven townships in Dauphin county, received at the State Highway Department late this after noon, showed that work was done on 18 miles of road, on Good Roads Day, and that 242 men volunteered their services. Fifty-one teams were used and four roai drags. Washington town ship made the best showing with 138 men and 21 teams. Three townships from Perry county have reported, show ing that 9 1-2 miles were operated, 120 men being employed and 15 teams. HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 27. 1915. FROBE OF N. Y. PRESBYTERY ISABANDONEDBY ASSEMBLY Presbyterian Chaplains of United States Will Be Appointed Hereafter by General Body After a Committee Passes Upon Candidacy ' By Associated Press. Rochester, X. Y., May 27. —So far as the 127 th assembly of the Presby terian Church of the United States is concerned no further action will -be taUep on the Union Theological Semi nary. The movement to offer resolutions disclaiming any intention of implying moral turpitude on the part of the sem inary 's directors and providing for a committee to investigate New York presbytery has definitely been aban doned. To-day the assembly proceeded to dispose of routine buisness, receive de cisions in judicial cases and reports of standing committees, preparatory to the closing services to-morrow. Atlantic City probably will be chosen for the 128 th assembly. One ibig question will be taken up at to-night's session, that of extending the work of the Board of Freedmen to the negroes of the North and placing the responsibility of leadership upon negroes themselves. Presbyterian chaplains of the United States will hereafter be appointed aft er a committee of the assembly has passed upon the candidacy. This ac tion was approved by the assembly to day. The eligibility committee is: The Rev. Wallace Radcliffe and General J. C. Breckcnridge, of Washington, D. C.; the Rev. George L. Robinson, Chicago. The committee on temperance was given an additional SIO,OOO for its work in the next year. An overture > Recommending that the assembly meet biennially instead of annually was re jected. Ohio Synod presented an overture i which gives power to excommunicato j pastors or elders who by any secret or overt act give aid to the liquor inter ests. The assembly approved the over ture. The action not being retroactive, I does not affect the case of Dr. Charles ! H. Parkhurst.' The question of the right of evan j gclists to perform marriage ceremonies | came up on an overture from a western j synod. They objected to such "poach ing" in the prerogatives of regular pas ; tors. The assembly decided that a synod ' has no power to refuse this privilege to ; evangelists when such marriages are I within the law of the civil code. GETS TWO 810 CONTRACTS Lccal Concern Will Construct Under ground Electric Systems t < Announcement was made from the offices of the Simplex Surface Contact ' Company. Market square, this morning \ that it has received contracts for the 1 construction of two underground elec tric transmission systems that will keep ! the company's force of engineers at work for several months. One contract was placed by the Bethlehem Steel Company and the oth er was awarded by the Lehigh Coal & [•'Navigation Company. This electrical ! equipment is to be used in the steel | company's plant and in the mines of the Lehigh concern. This system of electrification is intended to do awav : with overhead wires, third rail and ' storage batteries. 20 RICH SCHOOL ATHLETES NAMED AS AJIRE PATROL , Continued From Flmt Pane. j sary confusion throughout the drill, he said, and he expressed the opinion that there would be considerable danger in case of actual fire in the crowded I building if the order was not improved. In making up the fire patrol Pro- I fessor Dibble selected twenty of Cen tral'e sturdiest young men, members | of the football team and of other j athletic organizations. To each has | been assigned his definite position, i where he will direct the lines of stu ! dents during drills, and in case of fire. Among the duties of members of the | patrol in the event that the building I should actually be in flamee, include I some not unpleasant ones. The boys aro to give their support to any of the girls who become weak or faint among the fleeing students and to protect any j who rush panic-stricken through the I halls. The 'gallant boys of the fire patrol are not exactly < More Than Sixty Persons Injured in Gale That Swept Western Ar kansas and Eastern Oklahoma Bp Associated Pros. Fort Smith, Ark., May 27.—Six per sons are reported dead, two at Talihina, Okla., and four at Checotah, Okla., as a result of the storm which swept Western Arkansas and Eastern Okla homa last night and early to-dav. Re ports reaching here also assert that more than sixty persons were injured at Talihina. Communication in the stricken dis trict is almost impossible and some es timates place the loss of life at a large figure. Property damage is heavy and it is said will reach more than a mil lion dollars. Fears of serious floods also are increasing. NO PLEAWILTSAVE BECKER District Attorney Perkins Determined That Rosenthal's Murderer Must Die in Electric Chair Si; Associated Press, New York. May 2 7.—No possible disclosures oi police corruption or rev r elations of uie identity of the man or men higher up in the division of money paid for police protection—no plea Charles ißecker can make will save him from tiie electric chair if District At torney Perkins can prevent it, accord ing to announcement made by Mr. Per kius to-day. In making this announcement, Mr. iPerkins took official cognizance of a current rumor that Becker, facing death for causing the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was willing to confess all he knows if his life should 'be spared. Becker's second conviction was affirm ed by t'he Court of Appeals and his ex ecution set for the week of July 12, or, if custom is followed, July 16, the •third anniversary of the Rosenthal mur i der. | PI*AN TO ERECT BOAT HOUSE Pennsylvania Engineers' Society to i Consider Designs at Next Meeting When the Pennsylvania Engineers' j Society hold its next meeting plans for the floating boat house which have ' been prepared by a special committee j and sanctioned by the park authorities | will be presented to the members for 1 approval. If the design and estimated 'cost are satisfactory to the majority jof members, work will be started at ! once. According to the plans, the building will be a combination boat and bath house and can be stored in the winter time ou the island. The boat house will be located as near the club house as possible and the river will be dredged in the vicinity of its mooring place. It will be provided with diving boards and rings and everything in the way of providing for cuiiiforiaoie swimming and diving. Training School Teachers to Graduate Eighteen students of the Teachers' Training School will be graduated to morrow evening at commencement exer cises in the Technical High school au ditorium. The address of the evening will be delivered by Dr. William S M. Davidson, superintendent of the Pitts burgh schools. The Rev v> Dr. C. A. Smucker, pastor of the Stevens M. E. church, will deliver the prayer and ben ediction. Albion Members to Meet The Albion Athletic Association will attend its second Biole study lecture to-mqrrow evening at the association rooms, 'Fifteenth and Walnut streets. J. lEarly, of theOtterbein United Brethren church, will be the speaker. Special mu sic will be rendered by .Vlarguerite IBrownewell and Ruth Brownewell. (Miss Ruth IBrownewell will sing one of IBilly Sunday's favorite songs, "Is the World Any Better?" Taxi cab Driver Had to Explain Arcade Building, *2lO Walnut Street New York, May 27. Open. Close, j Alaska Gold 'Mines ... 35 35 Amal Copper 65 65% j Amer Beet Sugar .... 46 45% I American Can 361/4 37 jAm Car and Foundry Co 51 •/» 51 % Amer Loco ! American Sugar 107% 108 | Anaconda 31 3l'/J Atchison 99% 99% I Baltimore and Ohio .. 71 % 71% Bethlehem Steel 138 138- Brooklyn R T 87% 87% ! California Petroleum .. 15 15 i Canadian Pacific 158% 158 j Chesapeake and Ohio . . 40% 40% j Chi, Mil and St Paul . 89% 89% Chino Con Copper .... 44% 45 i Col Fuel and Iron .... 29% 30Va j Consol Gas .. 123% 124 j'Distilling Securities .. 16 lfi'/i I .Erie 25% 25 General Electric Co ... 150% 153 Goodrich B»F 43% 43% I Great Nor pfd 116% 116'/j ! Great Nor Ore subs .. . 31% 31 % I Interboro Met 22'/.', 22% Interboro Met pfd .... 73% 73% Louis and .Nash 116 116 Mox Petroleum 6 "'/» 168% Missouri Pac 12% 11 % National 'Lead 60% 60% NY, N H and H 62% 62% Northern 'Pac ........ 104 - 104% 'Pacific Mail 24% 24% Pennsylvania R. R. . . . 107 106 Pittsburgh Coal 22 22 ' Press Steel Car 45 44%, j Ray Con. Copper 24 23% Reading 142 14 2%' Repub. Iron anil Steel . 2S 28 . Southern By'. 16% 16%S> Tennessee Copper 33% 32% Union Pacific 126% 126% U. S. Steel 54 54% do pf.l 106%. 106%, I'tah Copper 65% 66% |W. t". Telegraph @6% 66 Westinghouse Mfg. .. . 92% 94 Chicago Board of Trade Closing Hy Associated Press. Chicago, May 27.—Close: Wheat—May, 145; July, 127%. Corn, July, 77; September, 77%. Oats—July, 50%; September, 45. , Pork—Julv, 18.22; September, 1 8.60. Lard—July, 9.8 7; September, 10.10. Ribs July,' 10.455 ; v September, 10.9!.