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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-11
Germany and AUSTRIA TO
WAR ON italy, is REPORT

Paris, May II, 1915 A. Mt is
being persistently rumored in Paris that
Germany and Austria Hungary have al
ready declared or are about to declare
war on Italy in anticipation of such
action on her part directed against
themselves. This report, however, has
received no confirmation of any kind.
Another rumor current on the Bourse
to-day was that the Italian government
has signed an agreement with the allies,
Great Britain, France and Russia, to
take part in the war before May 16. 1t
is without confirmation.
Consequently the Italian parties
would be united in support of war
policy, in the judgment of French OBJ
servers, based upon two Fundamental
considerations, namely that wrongs have
been done to Serbia and Belgium and
that the racial aspiration of the Italians
on the eastern shore of the Adriatic
and in the Mediterranean now can be
satisfied.
Military writers are presenting the
argument that war for Germany and
Austria on third frontier undoubtedly
will make the resistance of the central
empires on their other fronts more
feeble, so much so that with the advent
of Italy, victory over Germany is set
for the middle of the summer
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100 made HOMELESS when
Flames ruin FRAME ROW
Seven Houses Destroyed and Two
Damaged In Swatara-Theory
That Blaze Was Started to Cover
Murder Is Discredited

Especial to the Star r-Independent)
Swatara, Pa, May IA fire
which destroyed seven frame dwellings
and damaged two others, resulting in
an approximate loss of $4,000, oc-
Cured here yesterday afternoon short
ly after o clock in what is known as
the Italian colony, near the Bradley
quarries. The fire started near the mid
die of row of double frame dwellings
and is said to have been caused by an
overhead fue from stove.
An uncon6rmed rumor, however, was
afoat that a murder had been commit
ed, following which the row was set
afre. When Constable j.. A. Snavely,
was asked concerning this rumor, he
said:
"There are several stories as to the
Continued or Seventh Page
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Indignation in Australia

Sydney, N. S. w, May 10, Via Lon
don, May 1.-THE deep indignation
felt throughout Australia at the sink.
ing of the Lusitania should find immedi.
ate expression in increased participa
tion in the war, was statement con
tanned in resolution adopted yesterday
at the conference Of Australian Pre-.
miers.
The conference also agreed to the
suggestion of Premier Holman, of New
South Wales, that recommendation be
made to the imperial government that
Great Britain shall not agree to any
peace terms which do not guarantee
that officers of the German Admiralty
responsible for the orders given subma.
rines be handed over for trial by iuries
charged with murder on the high seas.
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RIDDER SAYS HE'S WITH U. 8
Declares He Believes That to Be the
Attitude of Most German

Especial to the Star independent
New York, May 11.-Herman Rid.
der makes the following statement this
morning in the "Staats-Zeitung:
What attitude do German Amer.
leans take toward the German subma.
rine policy as evidenced by the fate of
their fellow citizens on the Lusitania
g Are they with the President of the
United States or the Emperor of Ger
many7'-the Evening Mail.
81 speak fo- myself and, I believe,
for the great majority of German,
Americans, when l say that we are
with the President of the United States
to the finish IN all matters affecting
national honor or national prestige.
81 subscribe unqualifedly to the
statement of Carl Schurz: My coun,
try, right OF wrong; if right, to be kept
right; if wrong, to be set right.
Does this satisfy the Evening
Mail2 "Herman Ridder.' -
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Central iron & Steel CO.
LOST S116,439 IN Year
Receivers Report Shows That It's AS
sets Deprecated $2OS,940-Re-
duction in Business Is Attributed
by Them to the War in Europe

Attributing its reduced business to
the depression due to the European war
and declaring that the plant was oper-
ated on forty per cent. basis and at a
net loss of $116,439.10, while the as
sets decreased by $20s,949.4O during
the year ended February 2S, last,
Charles L. Bailey, Jr., j. v. w. Reyn.
ders and James Cameron, receivers of
the Central Iron Steel Company. of
this city, last evening submitted their
third annual report to the Dauphin
county court.
The receivers say that improvements
made to the plant during the year were
confined to such as were absolutely es-
sential and necessary for operation, and
that the cost thereof amounted to $31.-
STAB. The difference between the
$20S,949.40 decrease in assets and the
Continued ON Ninth Page.
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WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO
Wife of Prominent Lehighton Citizen
Run Down by Hotel Man
By Associated Pres

Allentown, Pa, May 11.-Mrs. John
Obert, wife of the senior member of
the Obert Meat Packing Company, LIE,
highton, was run down and instantly
killed at 10 o CLOCK last night by an
automobile driven by Charles Christ
man, proprietor of the Central Hotel.
Lehighton. The wheels of the ear
passed over her head, causing a frac.
ture of the skull and broken neck.
Mrs Obert was returning from a
missionary meeting in company with
Mrs. James Kistler, Mrs. Grossman and
Mrs. |. S. Koch, all of whom escaped
injury. Christman purchased the car
last week and was learning to operate
it when the accident happened. Mrs.
Obert leaves family of six children.
one of whom, Miss Kate, is a nurse in
the Medico-Chi Hospital, Philadelphia.
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(By Bowwow to the Independent. }
New Cumberland, Pa, May IL
Ny name is Tessie. / arrived from Sc.
bring, Florida, on Friday, where
spent the winter with my mistress,
Miss Sara Eisenberger She came home
a few weeks ago and | stayed with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Bobb. AS they
were returning to New Cumberland
they shipped me. When L arrived |
could scarcely wait to get out of the
crate, and went trotting home, where
greeted the neighbors with bark
and made my owner very happy.
Sebring is pretty place. L was
the only Northern dog there and re-
ceived much attention, yet I love New
Cumberland and the old. Susquehanna
river much better than the Sunny
South.
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AMERICANS GAVE THEIR LIFE BELTST0
WOMEN AND PER|SHED WHEN SHIP SANK

Queenstown. Relatives Of survivors
who had planned to leave to-day are
going to remain over in the hope of the
possibility of making further identifi-
cations. 1t Is reported here that one of
the bodies at Baltimore had on it pa
pers bearing the name Harrison, Main
street, Bridgeport, Conn, and that on
another there was found the circular of
firm called Florence & Company, tooth
brush manufacturers in Connecticut.
The tug dispatched yesterday evening
by the Cunard company to the scene of
the disaster to look for bodies had not
returned to Queenstown up to noon to-
day.
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Robes of Bishops Give
Process sion to St.
Stephens an impress
sive Appearance
HOLYCOMMUNION
is CELEBRATED
Delegates to Convention of Harrisburg
Diocese and Anniversary Guests Go
on Pilgrimage in Special Cars This
Afternoon to Coxestown Shrine

At an impressive anniversary serv-
ice held at IL o o'clock this morning at
st. Stephen Protestant Episcopal
church, the Holy Communion was dele
brated by Bishop James Henry Darling
ton. following sermon by the Rt. Rev.
Frederick Burgess, Bishop of Long
Island. Assisting Bishop Darlington
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Paris Press on Tragedy

Paris, May 11.-While the press
continues to display intense interest in
the sinking of the Lusitania, the discus
sion in its editorial columns is now turn
ing more towards the political side of
the tragedy and the PROBABLE attitude
of President Wilson. Much curiosity
is displayed regarding the decision of
the Washington government. The
" Matin' believes the least the United
States could do would be TO expel the
German Ambassador.
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What the President Meant
Second Trolley Victim Dies

Mrs. W. S. Pipes, AIS South Thir-
teenth street, injured by the trolley
car under which her husband was killed
at Fourteenth and Derry streets Sunday
night died late this afternoon at the
Harrisburg hospital from a fractured
skull. Husband and wife will be buried
Thursday afternoon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-11
PARTISAN ACT Stands
Beidleman the Only Senator Who Votes
For Plan to Substitute Political
Method Electing

The Clark bill making numerous
amendments to the law governing third
class cities, of which Harrisburg is one,
and cutting out the non-partisan cleo
tion of city commissioners, was defeat
ed by vote of 1 yea to 81 nays, in
the Senate this morning.
Senator Bedleman, of this city. who
in committee eliminated the non-parti-
san clause, was its only supporter.
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FOUND DEAD BY HUSBAND
Aged Matamoras Woman Stricken
While at the Washtub

Especial to the Star independently
Halifax, May 11.-Mrs. Fulton
Knouff, of Matamoras, was found dead
by her husband when he returned
home from work last evening. She was
no doubt stricken while at the wash
tub and it is thought she died about 8
a. m.
Mrs. Knouff was aged 6S years and
is survived by her husband, one son,
Charles F. Knouff, of this place, ana
two daughters, Mrs. Millard Poffenber-
ger and Mrs. Ray Beattie, Of Ports.
mouth, Ohio. The funeral arrange
ments have not yet been announced.
Coroner Eckinger was summoned and
pronounced death due to heart trouble.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-11
late WAR news SUMMARY

The newly inaugurated offensive
movement Of the allies over a long Sec
tion Of the front In Belgium and North
western France has developed a gen.
eral engagement of considerable inten-
sity. The official statement from Ber-
lin to-day comedies that the allies have
won ground between Carency and Meue-
vile, but attacks elsewhere are said to
have been repulsed The Germans an
nounce the capture of Trench trenches
over width of nearly one fourth of a
mile in the vicinity of Berry-Au-Bac.
The Paris War Office states that the
allies made gains yesterday In Belgium
Continued on Ninth Page.
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WALL STREET CLOSING

New York, May 1.-THE market
again became animated in the later
dealings, some stocks making best
prices of the day. The closing was
strong. Stocks rose buoyantly at to-
days opening, receded moderately dur
ing the dull mid-session, but turned
strong again in the final trading.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-11
H a rris b urg Party
Leaves There After
Noon on the Way to
Wilmington. Del.
BRACING AIR
ALONG THE SEA
Trip Through South Jersey Constitutes
Second Days Program in the Pub
hcity Run in Which 67 Cars From
This City Are Participating
Especial to the independent

Especial to the Star independent
Stone Harbor, N. j., May 1.-THE
sixty cars participating in the
publicity run of the Harrisburg Motor
Club began arriving here before noon
to-day. The 270 persons composing the
party took luncheon at the Stone
Harbor Inn.
The tourists left Atlantic City early
this morning on the second day S leg
of the run and before arriving in this
resort passed successively through
Pleasantville, Sommer S Point, Ocean
City, Sea Isle City, Avalon and other
smaller seaside communities. The
weather was fine and the sea air brac-
ing
The noon checking took place here
After luncheon the motorists started
for the afternoon spin which will land
them in Wilmington, Del, where they
will pass the night.
Atlantic City, May 1.-THE activi.
ties in the second day of the three-day
publicity tour of the Harrisburg Mo.
tor Club, started early this morning
when the tourists left the Rudolph Ho-
tel where they had spent the night
here. The scheduled route was through
Sommer's s Point, Ocean City, Sea Isle
City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, Penn s
Grove and thence to Wilmington, Del,
where the second day of the big tour
will end. 1t was arranged that the
motorists would be met AT number of
these places by prominent public men.
Dr. Harrison w. Howell, Mayor of Will.
mington, will welcome them to that
city.
On arriving in Wilmington tonight
a big reception will be rendered the
tourists after which they will be the
guests of the Chamber of Commerce
Continued on Seventh Page
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Ants and Suffragists
Have Speakers Be-
fore Labor Conven-
tion Here To-day
j. P. JACKSON ON
ORGANIZATION
Rowan Wants Resolutions Passed Ask
ing Governor to Veto the Full Crew
Repealer-Says Steam Roller Ac-
complished Its Work Last Night

The campaign for and against the
passage of tre constitutional amend.
ment providing for votes for women in
Pennsylvania has opened. Two speak
ers before the delegates to the annual
convention of the Pennsylvania Fedora
tion of Labor in the Board of Trade
hall debated the question almost be
fore the convention vas organized
More than 800 interested delegates
from most all local labor organizations
in the State beard the debate.
Mrs. o. D. Oliphant, of New jersey
was imported by the antis to speak
while the side of suffragists was pre-,
sented by Mrs. Gertrude Breslow Fuller
of Pittsburgh, who will mount the
stump il the interests of votes for
women from this on during the cam.
paign.
Unable to Use Vote Wisely
Mrs. Oliphant pleaded that the men
burden already borne by the women
while Mrs. Fuller asked for equal suf
frage and organization so that the help
lessness of the women could not be
played against the men to the detri.
ment of the latter, whose positions, she
said, will be taken by women at less
wages.
Mrs. Oliphant said the women have
demonstrated that they have been un.
able to use the vcte wisely where they
have it, citing the case of Chicago
where the yelected a Mayor and did not
carry out his municipal government
Continued on Eleventh Page.
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AuStro-German Army
Advancing and Press
ing Cars Forces at
Sanok and LiSko
200 GUNS TAKEN
AMONG BOOTY
Russian Third Army, Composed of Five
Corps, Has Thus Far Lost 1OO,-
600 Men in Prisoners and Probably
$4,000 in Dead and Wounded

Vienna, May TO- Via London, MAY
11.-The following communication was
issued to-day:
The Russian Third army has been
repulsed with heavy losses from West
Galicia and the Carpathians and is now
being pressed in the region of Sanok
and Lisko. The allied army is advanc.
ing successfully and has taken by fight.
ing from the west the passage of the
Wistoka and has reached from the
South Line Vernik, Haligrad and
Bukowsko.
"On the northern wing Of the West
Galician front yesterday troops from
upper Austria, Salzburg and the Tyrol
stormed several places east and north.
est of Debiea.
"The number of prisoners captured
in West Galicia has risen to $4,000
and to these are to be added over 2O.-
600 captured during the pursuit in the
Carpathians.
The Russian Third army, COM
posed of hve corps, has thus lost 100,-
900 prisoners.
Reckoning the number of dead and
wounded, the total loss of the Russians
is at least 1000.
"The booty has not yet been COM
pletely estimated, but sixty guns and
two hundred machine guns have been
counted.
Battles in Southeast Galieia con.
tinue. By a counter attack on the
heights northeast of Ottinya, strong
hostile party was repulsed.
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Crisis NEAR IN italy?

On the Italian Frontier, May IL,
Via Paris, 11.40 A. M.-The opinion
prevails in Rome that Italy s partici-
patton in war is only question of
days. Along the Austrian frontier,
where the correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press has been from one of the
line to the other, it is universally felt
that war is a question of only hours.
War between Italy and the central
empires is now regarded in Rome as al
most unavoidable. There is said to be
only slender chance that an agree
ment will be reached Military prep
arations are being pushed vigorously
and political opposition to war appar-
emily has largely died away.
In Paris it is rumored Germany and
Austria have declared war on Italy, but
so far as is known there is no basis for
such reports. A Milan dispatch gives
what purports to be an offer of terri
torial concessions from Austria de-
scribed as unacceptable to Italy, mas
much as it excludes Triest and Istria
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-11
OSTRICH COMPANY In COURT
Creditors Allege Insolvency and Ask
Appointment of Receiver

: Especial to the ar-Independent)
Sunbury, Pa, May 1.-THE ap.
pointment Of a receiver to wind up the
company's affairs and make distribu.
tion of the assets among the creditors
is sought through a bill in equity filed
in the Federal court here yesterday
against the African Ostrich Farm &
Feather Company, which maintained Of
fees in Bloomsbury and farms at Pax
tang, near Harrisburg, and in Espey,
Pa.
w. H. Hile, president of the com
pany, is directed under the court 's or
der to show cause why the stockholders
who brought the proceedings are not
warranted in closing in on the company
1t is charged that the company S af-
fairs have been mismanaged and that
the concern is insolvent
Tha - L. n
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We're The BISHOPS of Bethlehem, Central
New York, Long Island, Maryland, To-
ronto and Cuba.
All the clergy, including sixty dele
gates to the convention of the Harris
burg Diocese and the visitors from other
dioceses marched in their vestments to
the church from the parish house head
ed by the ST Stephen S choir boys. The
long procession halted on the steps of
the church for the benefit of the pho
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-11
Jitney Bill Passes Finallv

The Whitaker House bill permitting
street passenger railway companies to
operate jitney lines in connection with
their system passed finally, by 35 to 5,
in the Senate to-day.
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Britain's Toll in Lost Vessels

London, May II, 4.20 P. M.-The
cost of the war in British ships, not
including warships, thus far has been
2O1 vessels. The loss of life has been
1,455.
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Russians Continue to Fall Back

London, May II, 2.56 P. M.-The
Russians continue to fall back in
Western Galicia before the Austro-
German thrust and the Germanic allies
now have crossed the upper reaches Of
the Wisloka river and are within fifty
miles of the fortress of Permysl.
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This Caused the Heavy
Death Toll Among
Residents of United
States in the First
Cabin--NoneofT Them
Took to the Boats
Until Thrown Into
the Water When the
L u S i t a MIA Went
Down
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President Says Phila-
delphia Speech Was
Not a Declaration of
His Intentions
NOTHING TO SAY
FOR THE PRESENT
Considering Very Earnestly and Calmly
Right Course of Action to Pursue
and Says Country Expects Him to
Act With Deliberation
BV Associdted Press.

Washington, May \11.-President
Wilson said to-day that his speech in
Philadelphia last night was not decla-
ration of policy in reference to the
Lusitania disaster; that he was not
thinking of any such matter but of the
newly naturalized Americans in his au-
dience
The President used the expression
that he was thinking of the "Cain -
some people were trying to raise.
The President said he would make
a decision on the policy to be followed
IN the Lusitania case as soon as he had
all the elements in mind. For the pres.
ent he had nothing to add he said, to
his statement of last Saturday night
which was that he was considering
livery earnestly but very calmly the
right course of action to pursue and
that he knew the country expected him
to act with deliberation as we'll as with
frmness.'
What the President Meant
The President made it clear that he
was expressing personal attitude and
not referring to any specific case. That
led to the belief in many quarters that
the President had not reached decis-
ion in the Lusitania case and was
speaking his personal feelings as to the
ideal the United States should have in
Continued on Seventh PAGE.
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% MORE BODIES
ARE RECOVERED

Alfred C. Vanderbilt S
Secretary Not Yet
Able to Arrange For
tn e Chartering Of
Tugs to Search For
theMillionaire' sBody
Coolest Group on
Board Doomed Vessel
Is Described
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The overseer at the company's Pax
tang farms to-day declared that he is
not familiar with the concern Is affairs.
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tographers, and then passed into the
building where all the seats but those
reserved for the choir and the clergy
were already occupied.
The gowns of black and white worn
by the clerical delegates and the robes
of their office worn by the bishops gave
Continued on Eleventh Page.
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Continued ON Ninth Page.
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By Associated Press.

Queenstown, May 11.-Sixteen
bodies were brought into Queenstown
this afternoon by tug chartered by
the Cunard line. None of the bodies has
as yet been identified.
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COVERT

The w. c. 7. u. will meet next
Wednesday, October Is, with Mrs. ].
Jones in the Kenney district.
The Friendship club will hold their
first meeting this season next Frids y
with Mrs. E. w. DeLano.
John Vorce, who has been working
for the Freestone Pickle Co. in north
ern Michigan, returned home last
week. He reports a very poor pickle
year.
Mrs. WiIsey and daughters of Chi
cago are visiting friends and looking
after their property here.
Mrs. Jane Beattie of Chicago is
spending some time here looking af-
ter her property.
Mrs. Minnie Burnett left last Satur-
day for Lawton to work in grapes.
During the thunder storm last Mon
day morning lightning struck the
house of John Johnson two miles
southeast of town, tearing the end of
the house out and severely injuring
Mrs. Johnson and her daughter. The
former soon recovered, but the daugh-
ter remained unconscious for some
time and it was thought she would
not recover, but was still alive al
this writing
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BERLAMO ONT

Martha 1uttle of Benton HarbOr
visited her brother, Rawson Tuttle,
last week.
Mr.. Stone and family returned to
their Chicago home last Monday.
A. L. Anderson of Moundville, AL.
alb lma, and daughter Ethlyn of De-
tro;t visited Mrs. A. +. Carrier last
week.
Glenn Burnett and family of Kali
am 400 spent Saturday and Sunday
wit Mr.. and Mrs. Burkholder.
Homer Cooley and Ruth Hutchin-
son were married at The home of the
brides parents September 80.
A. d. Robinson and wife and Mrs.
Nichols attended the fair at Hartford
last Thursday.