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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
AUSTRIANS RAZE TRACKS
AND DYNAMITE BRIDGES

Paris, May "a, 4.05 A. M.-Austri.
an troops have torn up section of the
track of the railroad running between
Vosino and Malborghetto dynamiting
one bridge and destroying another by
smell hre according to a special dis
patch from Verona.
The Austrians have retired behind
their fortiications on the frontier of
Trent. Forty thousand Tyrolian. Ruthe-
man and Bohemian troops have arrived
at Trent. The police of that city are
said to have arrested forty persons of
prO-Italian sympathies Twenty 9th.
ers, including two priests. have been
taken into custody at Roverto. Signor
De Biasi, an italian, who formerly was
a member of the Austrian parliament
and his brother were arrested at Ala
and sent to Bohemia as hostages. The
bishop of Trent has declared he will
remain in the city as long as a single
building remains standing.
The mountains along the frontier
from Val Adige to Val Sugana are
swarmlng with Austrian soldiers. The
frontier line has been outlined with an
elaborate system of barbed wire en-
tanglements through which electric eur
rents can be passed.
The City Hall at Avio has been de-
stroyed. The family of the Mayor es-
capped across the Italian frontier.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
TRAINMEN'S BILL VANISHED
Measure Limiting Length of Trains
Lost in Picking VAT

Rainroad trainmen who fought so
vigorously against the repeal of the full
crew law and were defeated in the Leg
islature are asking what became of the
bill introduced in the Senate by Sena-
tor Burke, Of Allegheny, himself rail
road conductor and a fighter against
the repeater, limiting the length of rail
road trains.
On the day the repeater was reported
from committee Senator Burke intro.
duced mis- bill which provided that no
freight trains should be more than one
half mile long, and no passenger trains
should consist of more than ten cars
1t was expected that this bill would,
in a manner, mollify the trainmen for
the loss of the full crew bill, but, if
that was the intention, the plans went
astray, as tie bill never saw the light
of day after it was sent to the Judi.
ciary Special Committee, of which Sen
ator Snyder. of Schuylkill was chair
man. In fact, it died in the Snyder
"pickling vat" and was never heard
of.
The full crew repeater is yet in the
hands of the Governor for him to sign
or reject.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
Late WAR news summary

Hostilities between Italy and Aus
tria opened early this morning with an
Austrian sea raid on the Adraitic coast
of Italy. An official statement from
Rome says Austrian destroyers and
torpedo boats fired on several points
along the coast simultaneously with
an attack by aeroplanes. It is assert
ed the attackers were driven off after
brief cannonade.
Attacks were made at Venice. Porto
Corsini, Darletta and Gesi, showing
that the raid extended over the great
er part of the eastern shore. The only
damage inflicted so far as the italian
communication shows was at Ancona,
where an attempt of aviators to blow
up the railroad caused small injury,
An unofficial report from Berlin
says the Russian Panteleimon has been
sunk in the Black Sea, with the loss
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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
COUNTY Gets SS,557 IN
fees FROM 3 OFFICIALS
Auditor Gives High Praise to Prothon-
otary Holler, Register Danner and
Recorder Wickersham for Efficient
Work in the Last Year

William b. Boyd, auditor appointed
by the Dauphin county court to
examine the financial statements of
Dauphin county g Prothonotary, Re.
eorder of Deeds and Register of Wills,
this morning filed his report. showing
from these offices on business transact
ed during t9l4 is approximately
$S,557.31.
The auditor has this to say regarding
the officials whose accounts he exam.
ined:
Your auditor desires to commend
Prothonotary Henry f, Holler, Record,
er of Deeds Oscar G. Wickersham and
Register of Wills Roy G. Danner, their
several clerks and deputies, for the high
state of efficiency existing in each of
the several Offices; for the manner in
which the work of the Offices is expe.
dited; for the careful and accurate sys-
tens of accounting existing in each of
the offices, and to thank each of the
said officers for the valued assistance
rendered your auditor by them.
According to the report of the au.
ditor, the total of receipts in the Office
of the Prothonotary during 1914 was
$13,164.S1. From that is to he de.
Quoted the $4,000 salary of the Pro
thonotary, $1,S9S.4S for office expenses,
$500 for solicitors salary and
s22S.90 for advertising, making to.
tai of S4,227.S0. The excess fees,
therefore, total $S,936.93, fifty per
cent. of which is to be paid to the
county and the rest to the Prothono.
Continued ON Fourth Page
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
mother sues FOR Child
Mrs. Leroy Colgate Asks Court to Com.
pei Mother-in-law to Turn Over
Baby to Her

Habeas corpus proceedings to OBJ.
tain the custody of her infant son,
Richard o. Colgate, were begun this
morning by MIS-. Esther Colgate, 1922
Penn street, against her motherin-law,
Mrs. Catherine Colgate, of 1889 North
Fifth street
The mother-in-aw is directed to show
cause on June Z, at 10 O'Clock, why
she should not deliver the baby over to
his mother. The proceeding is an out
growth of suit for maintenance fled
by young Mrs. Colgate against her hus-
band, Leroy Colgate.
Young Mrs. Colgate alleges that aft
er she and her husband separated she
left the baby at the home of her hus-
bands parents, her idea being to leave
the child there until she could obtain
money to support the youngster. Since
then she has asked for the child and
declares the mother-in-law refused to
give him up. The court week ago
ordered the young woman s husband to
pay her 81 week maintenance
money.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
BODY Is FOUND In GRAVE
Inquiry, Invited by Cemetery Officials,
Shows It Wasn't Tampered With

The grave of Middletown man who
was buried in the Hillsdale cemetery.
near Middletown, in December. last.
was opened on Saturday evening and,
as predicted by the directors of the
cemetery ASSOCIATION, who had publicly
invited investigation of rumors that
graves had been tampered with, it was
found that the body had not been dis
turbed.
Several graves in which burials were
made number of years ago were to
have been opened this morning, accord
ing to the relatives of the dead per-
sons, but up until a late hour this aft
ernoon nothing had been done in those
cases. Weather conditions made it in
advisable to 90 on with the work to-
day, il was said.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
KILLED In 32-F0OT FALL
Charles Dearborn Crashes Through Sky
light in Shimmell Building

Charles Dearborn, 11-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Deardorf, 1909
Naudain street, died at o clock last
evening from injuries received in a fall
in the new Shimmell school building at
Seventeenth and Catherine streets. The
boy fell through the skylight over the
auditorium to concrete floor thirty two
feet below.
To get to the roof of the auditorium
young Deardorf and his companions had
to mount from the second floor through
door about eight feet high by means
of a carpenters ladder. The lad fell
through the first glass on the inside of
the door. His companions ran for aid
as soon as the accident happened but
the boy died while being taken to the
hospital. The building was broken
into according to the scnool authorities
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
N e S on Snavely. of
Royalton. Is Deliri-
Gus and in Great Dam
ger of Death
LEG is BLACK
UP TO THE KNEE
Amputation May Be Performed in Hope
Of Saving Life of Youth Who Was
Bitten on Ankle During Fishing
Trip in Lancaster County

Especial to the Star-Independent)
Royalton, May 24.-Nelson Snave-
ly, II years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Snavely, of Allen street, is suf-
fering from blood poisoning and fears
are entertained by the family that the
lad may die or that his right foot NAV
have to be amputated, because of in
feetion that is thought to have been
caused by an insects bite.
The youngster' Is condition is now
alarming, he having been delirious for
the last three days frequently he has
been emi-consciousness. The limb is
black as far up as the knee.
Snavely is bright, energetic boy
Continued on Fourth Page
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
WOMAN is SERIOUSLY BURNED
Kerosene Can Exploded as Engineers s
Wife Kindles Fire

Hagerstown, Nd, May 24.-Mrs. G..
H. Friend, wife of G. H. Friend, divis-
ion engineer of the Western MARYLAND
railroad, this city, was seriously and
perhaps fatally burned at her home
here to-day when can of kerosene ex-
ploied in her hands.
Flames shooting out of the kitchen
stove into which she had poured a
quantity of the oil while kindIing the
fire caused the explosion. Mr.. Friend
ran to his wife's assistance and beat
out the fire that ignited her clothing
but not before she had been badly
burned about the arms and legs.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
WARSHIPS OF AUSTRIA
ATTACK ITALY'S COAST

Paris, May "a, 2.3O P. M.-An at.
tack by Austrian warships on the east.
ern coast of Italy along the Adriatie
IS announced in an official communica
tion from the Italian war Office. trans.
mltted to Paris by the correspondent
of the Havas agency.
1t is said the Austrian warships
were forced to Withdraw after short
cannOnade.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
WORK RUSHED ON CAR PLANT
Extra Gangs Employed to Hurry Ex-
tensions in Middletown
Especial to the tar-Independent.

Especial to the star independently
Middletovn, Pa, May 24.-The
Middletown Car Company to-day put
several gangs of men on double turn
so as to rush the work on the new
buildings that now are being erected
in accordance with the plant extension
plan. These gangs will be employed
chiefly with the concrete construction
work.
One force vert on the job at $50
o CLOCK this morning and the second
went on duty at 2.30 o clock this aft
ernoon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
WALL STREET CLOSING
BIZ Associated Press.

New York, May "a (Wall Street,. -
Crucible Steel recovered some of its
early prominence in the later dealings
and obscure specialties, notably Colo
rado Fuel, became suddenly active at
substantial advances. The closing was
firm. The war and Its latest develop
ments engrossed speculative attention
to-day, trading being largely limited to
specialties.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
A. R. Kip Victim of Epidemic

A. R. Kip, since 1893 a railway
postal clerk running between New
York and Pittsburgh, with headquarters
in Harrisburg, died yesterday at his
home in Newport, Perry county, vie
tim of the typhoid epidemic that has
swept that town. Mr.. Kip was stricken
on April 20 ard left the office here to 90
to his home. He was married and is
survived by his family.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
Turkish Gun .oat Sunk

Constantinople, by Wireless to Berlin,
May "a, 724 A. M.-An official state
ment issued last no by the Turkish
general staff said:
1.-The twenty gunboat
Pelenki.I1Deria was sunk this afternoon
by a hostile submarine. Two members
of the crew were killed but all the
others escaped without injury"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
KILLED BY PITCHED BALL
Guy w. ommert Succumbs to Injuries
Received in Game at Palmyra

ICSOkNc0 III Gduuc dt TdlmyTd
Guy w. Ommert, II years old, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ommert, 1114
Green street, died in the Harrisburg
Hospital Saturday night from brain
hemorrhage, the injury resulting from
being struck by thrown ball in a
game Saturday afternoon at Palmyra.
Ommert, catcher ON the Harris Park
nine, was struck on the head by
pitched ball in the third inning of the
game.
He was not believed to be seriously
hurt but after resting a while on the
players bench lapsed into unconscious
ness and was brought to the Harris
burg Hospital. Autopsy at the Harris
burg Hospital showed that his skull
was about one-third as thick as ordi-
nary skull.
Funeral services will be held at his
home this evening at Z o'clock. The
Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, pastor of
the Second Reformed church, will of.
feiate.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
PENITENTlARY FOR BANKER
Amos Hassler Sentenced to Serve Term
of Two to Three Years
Especial to the star-Independent.

Especial to the Star independently
Lebanon, Pa, May 24.-Amos Hass-
Ter, for some time the treasurer of the
Farmers Trust Company, of Myers.
town, this county, who pleaded guilty
to having embezzled funds amounting
to between $4,000 and $4,000 and
also to falsifying the records of the
bank, was sentenced to-day to term
of not less than two years and not more
than three years in the Eastern peni-
tentiary, Philadelphia, by Judge c. v.
Henry. He will be taken to 3Phila.
delphia this week.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
No Local Italians Called to Arms

No excitement was occasioned by
the news of the declaration of war on
Austria by King Victor Emmanuel of
Italy last evening by local Italians.
Those who are liable to be called to
arms are anxiously reading the news
dispatches of the war, but so far none
of them have received the call.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
Italy's Declaration of War

Rome, via Paris, May 24.-Details
concerning Italy s declaration of war
against Austria Hungary were given
by Foreign Minister Sonnino this aft
ernoon at a cabinet council which last
ed three hours. He told also of com.
munrations sent to the allies and to
neutral nations. Diplomatic relations
between the Vatican and the belliger.
ents also were discussed.
Baron Sonnino referred particularly
to the relations between Italy and Ger.
many expressing the belief that the
latter would declare war as soon as
official information was received re-
garding Italy's action against her ally.
The council did not discuss military
questions as they have been entrusted
entirely to the general staff which will
wrok in harmony with the commanders
of the allies forces.
A royal decree has been published
providing for a rigid censorship.
Authority is given to censor letters.
Continued on Fourth Page
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
AUSTRIA STRIKES WITH MR0PLANES, FOLLOWING ITALYS
DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE DUAL MONARCHY

Governmental Arsenal
at Venice Is Attack
ed in First Blow
Struck in the War
Between Italy and
A u S t ro-Hungary-
Aircraft Make Vio-
lent Raids on Many
Other Places
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24

The foregoing evidently refers to
the Russian battleship Panteleimon.
This warship, whose destruction is said
to have caused the loss of 1,40O lives,
is put down in naval reference books
as having complement of about 740
men. In times of war, however, this
number might be increased consider.
ably.
The Panteleimon was built In 1897.
She was 37S feet long. Her displace-
ment was 1852 tons. She carried
four 12-inch guns, sixteen 6inch, four
S-inch, six 3-pounders and FIVE torpedo
tubes.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
Armored Man-of- w ar
Panteleimon Meets
With Disaster in the
Black Sea
FATALITIES MAY
BE INCREASED
Cars War Vessel of More Than H.
600 Tons Displacement is Reported
to Have Gone Down in the Black
Sea--Was Built in 1897

Berlin, May "a, by Wireless to Say
ville-The Overseas News Agency to-
day gave-out the following: Accord
ing to Bucharest dispatch the Rus.
sian armored man of war Winteleimon
has been sunk, with 400 men in the
Black Sea. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-24
Unofficially Reported
In London. by Way
of Paris. That Ger
many Has Declared
War on Italy and Has
Recalled Prince Won
Buelow, Her AmbaS.
sador at Rome

Rome, May "a. Via Paris.-Official
announcement was made here to-day
that Austrian aeroplGnes have attacked
the governmental arsenal at Venice
The aeroplane was driven off. Porto
Corsini, Aneona, Barletta and Gesi also
were attacked.
1t is apparent from the foregoing
dispatch that Austrian aeroplanes have
swept virtually the entire eastern coast
of Italy. From Venice, at the head
of the Adriatie, they have made their
way as far south as Barfetta, distance
of $50 miles, committing acts of nos.
tility during their progress. Barletta
is 125 miles north of the Strait of
Otranto, at the entrance to the Adri.
attic.
Granted that the aeroplanes started
from Triest or Pols, they did not have
more than so or 80 miles to travel to
reach Venice. Driven away here, they
would appear to have turned south.
Porto Corsini is the seaport of Ravenna
and about 6S miles south of Venice.
Anaeons is another seaport on the Adri.
attic, 1S5 miles northeast of Rome and
about 40 miles south of Venice in an
airline.
Rome, May %, Via Paris, May "a.
Lieutenant General Cadorn. chief of
the italian general staff, left for the
front at s.15 O'Clock tonight.
Rome, May 24.-The value of
Austrian and German ships now in
Italian ports, which have been com,
prizes of warts estimated at more than
s2O,OOO,OOO.
Paris, May "a. 2.SO P. M.-An at.
tack by Austrian warships on the east.
ern coast of Italy along the Adriatic
Is announced in an official communica.
tion from the Italian War Office. trans.
mitted to Paris by the correspondent
of the Havas agency. 1t is said the
Austrian warships were forced to with.
draw after short cannonade.
London, May "a, 1912 A. MA
dispatch from Paris to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says a telegram
from Base. stated that the Wolff aeen.
ey announces Germany has declared
war against Italy and recalled Prince
Won Buelow. her Ambassador at Rome
Italy's Declaration of War
Rome, via Paris, May 24.-Details
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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
FRANCE HAS ARMY IN AIR
squadrons OF New Asroplanes Now
Ready for Fighting Germans.
Huge Battle Planes.

Paris.-An aerial army no longer ID
dream of romance. Such an army
formed in divisions and squadronsr
with battle aeroplanes, cruiser aero
planes, scouts and torpedo planes, all
armored heavily and carrying three
inch cannon and rapid fire guns, is a
reality. It has been made possible
through the development of military
aviation In France.
The French government has permit
ted the first inspection Of its new fleet
Of aeroplanes. Opportunity was giveII
to inspect the large and small types
of the new battle planes and watch
them as they were maneuvering high
in the air, firing round after round
from their three.inch rifles. while they
scared, looped and darted about.
The huge battle plane is the chief
center Of attention. The officers said
that this was the first actual realiza-
ton of the battle plane, other aerial
dreadnoughts having proved to be I'M
practical. This monster actually flies.
carrying crew of u men, with two
cannon on the wings throwing three
inch steel projectiles. Three trial
flights have been made, demonstrating
that 1t has the steadiness of an ordi-
nary biplane.
The huge craft is now ready for the
battle line. The regular crew for fight
Ing will consist of four men and an
officer. The battle planes and cruisers
are soon to begin movements in larger
squadrons, both defensive and often
sive. They are to attack the German
lines Of communication, particularly
the railway functions, to cut off sup
plies and spread decentralization in the
rear of the Germans.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
SUIT BROUGHT ON
ALLIES BIG LOAN
rNm
PoLlcYHoLDER or MUTUAL LIFE
OPPOSES PARTICIPATION BY
THAT COMPANY.
MIGHT DISRUPT COMPANY
Bill In Chicago Court Alleges That In
suranee Company Seeks to invest
sto,o0o,o oo.-lnIunetion Sought
Against Officers.

Chicago.-Alleging that the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York
contemplstes investing s10,00O,O00 Of
It's trust funds in the Anglo-French loan
Of $50O,OO0,O0O Olga H. s. Walsh, Chi
cago, holder of a $4,000 insurance pol
icy in the Mutual, has filed suit for In
junction In the federal court here.
The insurance company, Chas. Pea.
body, president; the directors, mem
beers of the Anglo-Freneh loan commits,
sion, ]. P. Morgan individually and J.
P. Morgan & Co. were named as de.
PENDANTS.
The complaint to the court sets forth
that among the thousands of policyhold.
ers In the Mutual Life Insurance Com.
pany are many persons Of various ma.
tionalities, and that the investment of
the trust fund of these policyholders
which lead to disrupting the company
and thereby depreciate the value Of her
interests in the company.
The bill asks that the company Off
GERS be restrained from investing its
trust funds in the loan or suffering
any OF its assets to be used for the
purpose of aiding the manufacturing
Of munitions of war, aeroplanes, sub
marines, any naval outfit or appliances
10 be used by the English or French
nations for belligerent purposes.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15
GET $5OO,OOO IN ROBBERY
Bandits Loot Mail on 3. & Q. Train In
West vIrglnla-Posses Are In
Pursuit Of Robbers.

Wheeling, w. Va.-Posses ar,
searching for two masked bandits who
robbed Baltimore & Ohio express
train en- route from New York to st.
Louis, two miles west of Central Sta
ton, West Virginia, on Oct. 8. One
automobile party reported that clothes
supposed to have been worn by the
men and two reviewers were found
near TolIgate, where the robbers left
the locomotive and mail car.
Reports regarding the amount Of the
loot obtained by the bandits varied 1t
was said the mail clerks declared that
more than 100 packages of registered
mail had been taken, but that It was
impossible at present to estimate its
value. It is said that the value of the
currency in the packages is estimated
at 100000.
Local government officials who have
been in touch with the situation are
of the opinion that the bandits were
aware that the currency being sent
from Washington was on this train.
Engineer Grant Helms OF Parkers-
burg, who was at the throttle. said he
believed the robbers boarded the train
at Central Station. Shortly after the
train started again two men climbed
over the tender and down into the cab
and ordered that the train be stopped.
The command was not obeyed until
after Engineer Helms struck at one of
the men. thinking II was joke. See
Ing that the bandits meant business
he stopped the train.
The locomotive and mail and express
cars we're cut loose and the robbers
commanded Helms to run his engine
short distance ahead. Helms was Their
ordered to leave the cab.