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Germany Issues Warning Against U. S. Shipping Traversing Naval War Zone

HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH

LXXXIV— No. 125

411) AGAIN WARNS

U.S. SNIPPING UGAIUST

TRAVERSING WIR ZONE

Urges That Neutral Ships Ap

proach Waters Surrounding

Great Britain Cautiously

MARKINGS MUST BE DISTINCT

Statement Says Ships Should Be

Illuminated at Night to

Avoid Attack

By Associated Press

Washington, May 29.—An urgent

warning to American snipping against

traversing the naval war zone incau

tiously and to have all neutral mark

ings displayed as conspicuously as pos

sible, including illumination at night,

was communicated to the State de

partment to-day by the German gov*

ernment through the American em

bassy at Berlin.

The German warning announced in

the following statement made public

by the State department:

"The American ambassador at

Berlin has been informed by the

German foreign office, that in view

of the fact that during the past

few weeks, it has repeatedly oc

curred that neutral ships ha,ve

been sunk in the water desig

nated as an area of maritime war

by the German admiralty on Feb

ruary 4, 1915, and especially in

one case where it was established

that the sinking was traceable to

an attack by a German subma

rine. which took the neutral ship

for an English vessel, in the dark

ness. on account of the inade

quate illumination of its' neutral

distinctive markings, it recom

mended that American shipping

circles again be warned against

traversing the area of maritime

war incautiously and, also, be

urged to make the neutral mark

ings as plain as possible and es

pecially to have them illuminated

promptly and sufficiently at

night."

Steamer Champagne Is

Reported to Have Broken

in Two at St. Nazaire

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By Associated Press

Tx»n«lon, May 29, 10.23 A. M.—A re

port received by Ijloyds states that the

steamer Champagne of the French

Trans-Atlantic line, which ran ashore

near St. Na/.a:rr, lias broken in two.

The #OO passengers aboard the

< hanipagne were removed in safety.

Jitney Owners to Form

Organization Tomorrow

For mutual protection and for the

beneflt of their patrons, owners and

drivers of jitneys will meet to-morrow

afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Allison

Hook and ladder Company, .121 South

Fourteenth street, to form a perma

nent organization.

Invitations to the 180 drivers ana

owners of machines in the city have

been sent out by Kd. F. Klsley, who

operates two machines. Rules and

regulations will be drafted to-morrow

and officers elected.

Amalgamation of Two

Church Papers Ordered

By Associated Press

Akron, Ohio, May 29. Delegates to

the forty-seventh biennial convention

of the General Synod of the I.utheran

Church vesterday adopted a resolution

asking the Federal Government to pro

hibit the shipment of arms and ammu

nition from the United States to war

ring nations of Europe. A motion to

send the resolution to President Wilson

and Secretary Bryan was defeated.

It was resolved to amalgamate the

two official periodicals of the Lutheran

Church known as the Lutheran Church

AVork. published in Harrisburg. and the

Observer, published in Philadelphia.

GREAT PREPARATION'S MADE

FOR WOUNDED ITALIANS

By Associated Press

Rome, May 28, via Paris, May 29,

11.15 P. M.—Great preparations are

being made alt over Rome for the re

ception of wounded soldiers from the

front. Both Queen Helena and the

Dowager Queen Margherita have risen

nobly to the occasion. Queen Helena

has offered the Immense first floor of

the qulrinal palace, where the mon

archs live when in Rome, for a hos

pital and also will install hospitals in

the Royal Palaces at Verona, Caserta

and other places. The Queen will per

sonally supervise these hospital*.

THE WEATHER

For HarrlmhnrK and vicinity: Shim.

rrm to-night and proltalily Silurian

not unrh change In trraperuture.

For Raatern Pennsylvania! .Show

er* to-night and probably Sunday)

gentle to moderate eairt nliiria.

River

The Snnqaehannu river and all Its

tributaries will full slowly or re

main nearly stationary to-nlsht

•<* and Sunday. A stage of ahont

4.7 feel Is Indicated for JinrrlN

burg Sunday morning.

General Conditions

The disturbance from the South

west that was eentral over Mis

souri, Friday morning:, ha* mov

ed northeastward with diminish

ing strength and Is now eentral

over lowa., t'nder Its Influence

rain has continued over a con

siderable part of the Plains States

and In the Central valleys and

the rain area has advanced Into

the I.alee Region and the Middle

nnd Soirth Atlnntle States.

Temperature! S a. m.. DA,

Mint Rises, 4:40 a. m.t sets, 7i35

p. m.

Moon I Rises, 81M p. m.

Hlver Stagei Five feet above low

water mark.

Yesterday's Weather

Highest temperature, 7.1.

l.owest temperature, 50.

Mean temperature, ft!.

Normal temperature, UO.

THE PRE-DREADNAUGHT "MAJESTIC," FIFTH BATTLESHIP SUNK IN THE DARDANELLES

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TURKEY HAS BQ.OOO

MEN 01 PENINSULA

I

Victor Emmanuel's Forces Near

Large Towns in Territory Which j

Caused Entrance Into War

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TURKS SHORT OF MUNITIONS

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Maneuvers Designed to Isolate :

Przemysl Are Proceeding

Unchecked

Annlfs of Italy are drawins nearer

Trent and Trlest, the principal cities

of the territory over which Italy went

to war. l.ittle news of the campaign !

Is received from Italy, on account of ;

a rigid censorship, hut dispatches Ironi ,

Geneva state that the Italians are still |

advancing. Near Gorltz the Austrians

offered determineid resistance, leading

to fierce bayonet fighting. In Triest

anti-Italian disorders nr< i reported and

the municipal authorities are said to

have fled.

Turkey now has about 80.000 sol

dlers on Galllpoli peninsula, it is esti

mated at Athens, and is bringing in

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I. G. VHffiERBILT'S

WILL IS PROBATED

$50,000,000 Estate Is Disposed

of; Relatives and Employes

Remembered

By Associated Press

Xew York, May 29.—The will of

Alfred G. Yanderbilt, who perished

when the Lusitania went down was

filed for probate to-day in the office

of the surrogate of New York county.

Mr. Yanderbilt was reputed to be one

of the richest men in America.

The will disposed of an estate esti

mated at more than $50,000,000, the

nucleus of which was left to the de

ceased by his father, Cornelius Van

derbilt. Margaret Emerson Yander

bilt, the widow, is left $2,000,000, In

accordance with an ante-nuptiai

agreement made in London an addi

tional sum of $1,000,000 and Income

of trust fund of $5,000,000.

Mrs. Yanderbilt also received real

estate here and abroad including Saga

more Lodge. Camp Killkare in New

York, and Gloucester House, in Lon

don.

The trust fund which was be

t Continued on Pane 7.j

Telegraph to Provide

Concert at Reservoir;

Subscription List Grows

The Telegraph Is going to give an

evening band concert this summer at

Reservoir Park.

Announcement of this contribution

was made to-day by Ross R. Seaman,

assistant city clerk and chairman of

the committee on subscriptions of the

Municipal Band Association.

Each concert costs about SBO and

the Telegraph is the second establish

ment in addition to the Harrisburg

Railways Company to follow the plan

of the Harrisburg Light and Power

Company by providing for one of the

concerts. The subscription list is

growing steadily and the committee

said to-day that it fully expects to

have the required $1,500 to insure eon

certs at least once a week throughout

the summer season. The date for the

Telegraph concert will be announced

within a few days.

Spy System on Frontier

Discovered by Italians

B.v Associated Press

Italian Frontier, May 28, via Chlasso

to Paris. May 29, 6 A. M.—The spy

mania which has developed along the

Italian-Austrian frontier apparently is

justified by the reputed discovery of a

carefully planned espionage system de

veloped by Austrians and Germans, es

pecially all through the Garda region

and along the Adriatic coast.

Every summer many Austrians and

Hungarians have visited the towns,

villages and fishing liamlets, finding

lodgings in hotels and the homes of

peasants. Most of them amused them

selves, It is said, by drawing, painting

and taking photographs, while the

women cultivated friendly relations

with the residents who were their tem

porary neighbors. It is now believed

that many of these vllstors were play

ing a part in the great espionage or

ganization.

HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1915.

CONVENTION HULL i

OPEN IT HERSHEY

I

Everything Ready For Thousands

of Delegates of Church of

Brethren

LODGING PROBLEM BIG ONE

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Prominent Churchmen Will Attend

Conference; Bible Term

Big Feature

Hershey, Pa., May 29.—Final ar

rangements are being completed to

house and feed the thousands of dele

gates who will attend the conference

of the Church of the Brethren, which

Will open in the recently completed

Convention Hall, next week.

The conference post office and cen

tral bureau just north of the Y. W.

C. A. is ready. Here will be the offices

of the lodging, registration, commit

parcel post and other services,

tees, checkroom, conference daily,

Hundreds of men prominent in tlie

activities of the Church of the Breth

ren will be present. Among these will

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ISIISS WORLD 15

AGIST SALOON

"Flying Squadron" Speaker Says

Last Fort of Liquor Interests

Has Fallen

EX-GOVERNOR J. FRANK HANLY,

OF INDIANA

Pleading: for concerted action to

blot the saloon from the nation, Oli

ver W. Stewart, of Chicago, a former

member of the Illinois legislature, ad

! dressed a large audience in Grace

! Methodist Kpiscopal this aft

ernoon on "The Case Against the Sa

loon."

He Is In company with the last

troop of. the "Flying Squadron of

America," which to-night will close a

three days' series of meetings held in

the Interests of a national prohibi

tion amendment.

Ex-Governor J. Frank Hanly, of In

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Father Penn Has Fat

Balance in Banks

Pennsylvania's State Treasury bal

ance stood at $6,255,735.06 at the

close of May business as compared

with $6,157,560.21 at the close of April.

During May the receipts were

$1,693,723.06, divided as follows: Gen

eral fund, $1,538,650.54: sinking fund,

$1,820.84; school fund, $860.61; motor

licenses,s 13 3,2 70: Westmoreland county

refund on account of route main

tenance, $19,121.07.

The payments during May were:

General fund. $1,276,427.1 4; motor

The balances at the end of the

month stood as follows: General fund

$4,697,922.78; sinking fund, $816,-

478.43; school fund (uninvested).

$9,991.85; motor fund, $731,342.

F-4 IX -18 FEET OF WATER

fl.v Associated Press

Washington, May 29.—Acting Sec

retary Roosevelt to-dav directed Rear

Admiral Moore at Honolulu not to at

tempt to recover the bodies of the

men who went down In the subma

rine F-4 on March 25 until the vessel

now In 4 8 feet of water, had been

brought to the surface. The Navy

Department wants to examine the

boat for evidence of the cause of the

, d isaster.

JtSe/OiTO AAi9- tr>X,

fFIVEMIUTES FOR

I MEMORY" AT NOON

City's Thousands to Stand With J

Uncovered Heads From 12 to

12.05 Tomorrow

BELLS WILL SLOWLY TOLL

Spanish-American Veterans to j

Hold Ritual in the Afternoon;

G. A. R. Celebration Monday

With uncovered heads, hundreds of

1 people here and throughout the State

will stand in solemn silence from noon

> until 12.05 to-morrow while the church

I and courthouse hells toll in deep rever

ence and gratitude to those who have

marched to the defense of their coun

try and to undying fame.

The sight of hundreds of persons in

i the streets, just from memorial serv

ices In most Instances, standing in

bowed silence for five minutes, is ex

, pected to provide one of the most im

i pressive patriotic demonstrations ever

seen. The observance was suggested

by Governor Brumbaugh in his Me

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(FAMOUS STOIIEHENGE

i TO BE mora OFF

5 Massive English Ruins as Old as

the Pyramids Are Offered

For Sale

London, May 29.—Stonehenge, the

famous estate of the late Sir Edmond

Antrobus, is for sale and will be auc

tioned off in September aa part of the

Antrobus estate.

It has been said of Stonehenge that

it Is to England what the Pyramids are

to Egypt, and In point of relative age

| this statement is literally true, as

scientists have declared that the old

< castle belongs to an epoch nearly 2,000

; years before the birth of Christ.

| The same wonderment as to how

the Pyramids were built comes to the

; visitor who looks upon Stonehenge,

built by the Druids long before Eng

land had become civilized. Blocks of

j stone weighing 200 tons were used in

'f Its construction, although no scientist,

j has ever figured out how they were

| lifted when the caslle was built.

The castle is in the middle of a roll

ing plain far from other habitations

and a thousand years ago, when Hen

-3 ry of Huntington wrote about it, he

. referred to the mystery of Its origin.

r So did Caxton, the pioneer of printing.

_ Sir Philip Sidney sang of it during the

B reign of Queen Elizabeth. King

. Charles spent an Idle day trying to

. count the rocks while he was hiding

after the disastrous battle of Worces

t ter and Daniel Defoe likewise has de

f scribed his pilgrimage to the spot.

t Ten years ago Sir Edmond Antrobus

i put a barbed wire fence around the

_ huge pile of rocks and tried to charge

admission so he could pay attendants

. to guard against vandals. England

rose in arms against the scheme. Then

he offered to sell Stonehenge to the

government for $750,000. finally drop

ping the pripe to $600,000, hut the of

fer was refused..

Then he announced that he would

» sell to any buyer, but he died before

he could find a purchaser.

[ England Believes Germany

; Will Endeavor to Gain

Time by Discussions

By Associated Press

London, May 29. 11.52 A. M.—The

reply of the imperial German govern

• ment to the note of the United States

' concerning the sinking of the Lusi

tania is awaited with keen interest in

. England. The belief is general that

Berlin will endeavor to gain time by

the discussion of debatable points in

the questions at issue.

Shooting at Night on

the River Must Stop

Promiscuous shooting on the river

between 8 and 10 o'clock at night must

i stop, said Captain of Police Joseph P.

Thompson to-day.

Owners of canoes and other river

craft complained to Captain Thomp

son that almost every night shots are

fired from the shadows and bushes

along the islands to frighten people

in boats and canoes.

ECONOMICS SCHOOL

WIS BIG SUCCESS

Housewives Extremely Grateful to

Mrs. Vaughn For Knowledge

They Have Gained

TALKS ON SCHOOL LUNCHES

Prepares Salmon Croquettes and

Demonstrates Best Methods of

Frying; Some Receipts

BMany women who have

attended the Telegraph

Home Economics School

every afternoon during

this week declared that

to-day's was the best ses

sion of the entire series.

The cookery demonstra

tion was interesting and

went off most smoothly.

One of the attractive features of Mrs.

Vaughn's work is that everything she

attempts to do turns out just right.

Cooking is an easy and interesting

matter with Mrs. Vaughn and she

makes it easy and interesting for all

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STATE CM.

OPEN ON SUNDAYS

Superintendent Rambo Gives Or

ders That Guides Shall Be on

Duty on Holidays, Too

The State Capitol will be open to

visitors hereafter on Sundays and

holidays and guides will be in attend

ance to escort visitors and explain

the paintings. Orders to this effect

were issued to-day by Samuel B.

Rarnbo, superintendent of the. building,

and it is understood that this action

has the approval of Governor Brum

baugh. The legislative halls, execu

tive department and other depart

ments have been closed on Sundays

and holidays, only the corridors and

rotunda being open. So many schools

and visitors have been coming to the

city lately that requests that the build

ing be open were made, numerous

automobile parties joining in the effort

to have the building open on Sunday.

It will also apply to Saturday after

noons.

In the next few days several schools

from the northern part of the State

are scheduled to come here and on

Memorial Day there has alwavs been

a crowd of visitors.

French Aviator Tells

of Battle in Sky With

Relative of Von Buelow

By Associated Press

Paris, May 29.—Aviator Lieutenant

Von Buelow, believed to be a relative

of Prince Von Buelow, the former Ger

man imperial chancellor, was killed

near Fismes, according to the Matin In

an air duel with a French aeroplane

belonging to the newly formed rapid

squadron M. S. 21. The French pilot

describing the battle, said:

"Wednesday morning T saw an Alba

tross machine coming from the German

lines headed for Paris and I gave chase.

J^nn W i 15 ' 8,000 feet up. I went up to

9,000 feet, rapidly overhauling him and

the nght began. We were less than

thirty feet from the Albatross but we

were under such headway that we over

shot him and I got a bullet In the

shoulder but it didn't prevent me from

continuing the chase.

"The Germans tried to esrap« bv

dropping but I flew over them again.

Apparently one of them was wounded.

Suddenly my lieutenant got in a volley

and the Albatross tipped forward

shooting nose downward. 6.000 feet to

the earth. We followed them with our

eyc f: ,r hen the machine struck the

earth it seemed to crumple into a ball

and bound along the hillside like a

wounded rabbit. We followed them

down, descending in spirals. The pilot

lay some yards away where he had

been thrown out while the observer

«f a v,i2 n ,i £ . under , the en elne. In one

of his pockets we found a paper bear

ing the name 'Lieut. Von. Buelow. Im

perial Guards. Rorlin.' Wo found In

li* 7"" e , ckpd aeroplane ten large bombs

and forty grenades."

The pnot given his choice of the

legion of honor, or the military medal,

chose the latter.

ITALIANS BOMBARD RIVA

By Associated Press

Geneva, Switzerland, May 29. via

Paris, 2.15 P. M.—The Italians after

a severe fight along the frontier north

of Lake Idro have captured the town

of storo and are now bombarding

GERMANY MUST GIVE UP

SUBMARINE WARFARE IF

DISCUSSIONS ARE LENGTHY

Reply to American Note May Be Delivered to Ambassador

Gerard at Any Hour; Tension Is Undiminished in

High Official Quarters; Contents of Message Not

Likely to Be Made Public Before Monday

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, MAY 29.

EVIDENCE FORWARDED BY

AMBASSADOR PAGE TO THE

STATE DEPARTMENT TO-DAY

TOGETHER WITH THAT BY

LIEUTENANT JOHN H. TOW

ERS. NAVAL ATTACHE AT THE

AMERICAN EMBASSY AT LON

DON, INDICATES THAT THE

AMERICAN STEAMER NE

BRASKAN WAS TORPEDOED

BY A SUBMARINE.

By Associated Press

Washington, D. C.. May 29.—0n the

eve of Germany's reply to the Ameri

can note on the sinking of the L,usl

tania there are indications that Presi

dent Wilson will take the position that

If Germany wishes to conduct a long

diplomatic negotiation she first shall

suspend submarine warfare on Ameri

can ships or those carrying American

lives.

It was expected here that the Ger

man note might be delivered any hour

to-day to Ambassador Gerard. The

first o%cial dispatch in from Europe

gave no intimation of the situation

and officials were of the opinion that,

should the document be delivered to

the American embassy to-day, it might

not reach Washington much before

Monday. They had no official inti

mation of its contents.

The passing of weeks, how

ever. since the Lusitania was tor

pedoed has not diminished the tension

I in high official quarters, where the

conviction prevails that President Wil

son feels Germany should make an

early disavowal of any intention that

American lives should be lost.

Germany Makes Admission

The admission by the German ad

miralty that a German submarine tor

pedoed the American steamer Gulfliglit

without warning is taken to confirm

the conclusion of the Washington gov

ernment reported before the Lusi

tania note was sent. Reports from

Berlin that the German submarine

commander had said close investi

gation of the neutral or belligerent

character of the. Gulflight was dan

gerous because she was In the com

pany of two British patrol boats was

San Francicca, May 29. Aid was reported to have f

reached the burning freight'steamer Mackinaw early to-day I

>f kere. h

crew of thirty-ene were picked up to-day frona two of th 1

ship's boats by tke pilot tender California. I

Washington, May 29. —The armored cruiaed North Car- '»

olina, which grounded in the outer harbor of Alexandria, Jl

Egypt, has been floated without damage. 1 *

Liverpool, May 29, 1.04 P. M. The Elder Dempstt

Line steamer Ethiepe has been torpedoed and sunk. The ' >

chief officer and sixteen men of the Ethiope haa been picked !

up. Tha roat of the crew ia supposed to be in boats. *»

Berlin, May 29, via London 6.25 P. M. Germany's V

answer to the American nota was delivered to Ami

Gerard this morning. The German reply avoids decisive §

statements in rogard to the question raiaed by the Unite 1

States, pending a further exchange of views. I

Constantinople, May 2< ndon, 3.55 P. M.~ ■ (

rr.sn Pasha, an American citizen, who was formerly rear

11

weeks' of illness. He leaves a'widow who is now in the L

Turkish capital. ' ■

Washington, May 29. The American station ship -

Scorpion narrowly escaped damage by a submarine on May ' '

24 at Constantinople. Ambassador Morgenthau reported to |

the State Department to-day that the ship has been re- • I

quested to shift her anchorage on account of possible '

danger also from fire of shore batteries. I ►

Berlin, May 29, via London, 5.40 p. m.—The Austro I

German advance on the Galician fortress of Pre I ►

continuing unckecked. The official statement issued to- I

day at tke War Office says that further ground has beer g L

gained. ' 1 ,

Harrisburg.—Hugh P. Cox, a young Pennsylvania rail

road brakeman, residing at Susquehanna and Delawan ' *

sueets, who lost a leg near MUtlin, Tuesday, when he fel

unaer a moving train, will be wedded to Miss Florenc \t ,

Osborne, 275 Hamilton street, on June 10. The marriag y

ceremony will be performed at the York hospital l f

place the young man was removed on Wednesday. ; *

MARRIAGE LIC <!

Jnmm D. Knrncnt, dt.v. nnrt Marie W. Cirnii«l|>innu, Rorhfitert If. ▼.

( hnrlcM W. I,re, l-ock Haven, and Florence >lny A'Jklna, Fen brook.

Miarlen W. DennUon, New York, and Charlotte Kmlly Irwin, city. | *

16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.

pointed out by officials as proof of

their contention that German sub

marine commanders, without visit and

Search, or at least warning, may sub

ject all American vessesl to the same

risks as belligerent craft.

Germany Has Plan to

Drag Out Negotiations

By Associated Press

Berlin, May 28, via London, May 29,

4.28 A. M.—On the eve of the delivery

to United States Ambassador Gerard

of the German reply to the American

note on the destruction of the Uusi

tania the exact form and phraseology

the document would take seemed un

settled and a few changes In details

still were under consideration. The

answer, in substance, however, will

embody a proposal to the United States

to defer dctlnite consideration of Ger

many's submarine policy and Presi

dent Wilson's demands until the two

governments have had an opportunity

to establish just what sort of vessel

was sunk—to determine whether tlio

Lusitania was a peaceful merchant

man. assumed in the American note,

or an auxiliary cruiser on the British

navy list, mounting concealed cannon,

carrying Canadian soldiers bound for

the front, as well as a cargo of ammu

nition and war supplies, as indicated

by information the German govern

ment claims to have.

it will be in effect an invitation "to

define the terms" to be used in tiia

argument before proceeding with the

. discussion. Germany believes it un

necessary to take ui> the questions of

disavowing the sinking of the Uusi

tania or discontinuing submarine war

fare, the essential facts in the case.

Impossible to Decide

Germany holds that it is impossible

to decide, for instance, the question

. whether sufficient opportunity was

, given passengers and crew to escape

i until It is determined whether the

. Lmsltanla was provided with bulkheads

: and boats as ordered for correspond

. ing emergencies in peace times by tlio

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