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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
1916 ASSEMBLY OF PRESBYTERIANS AT
 ATLANTIC CITY

Rochester. N. Y., May N.-General as- sembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States today approved the recom- lnendation of the executive commission that the work of the board of freedmen be extended to include evangelzation among northern negroes.
 The resolution adopted Tuesday, in which Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst of New York was eensured for alleged encourage ment given opponents of the prohibition bill in California was reconsidered to- day Dr. Parkhursts name was stricken from the resolution because of the ques- ton of the legality and propriety of nam ing a person not before the court.
 Greetings from the Southern Presbyte- rian church, the World Alliance of Churches holding the Presbyterian sys- tenn, the Evangelical Reformed Church of France and the Waldensian church of Italy were presented by representatives of those bodies
 The 1916 assembly will be held at At Ia ntic City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28

Many officials are inclined to believe the ship struck floating mine. Naval of ficers say the upward explosion as de- scribed by Captain Greene is of char acter more likely to have been caused by a mine than torpedo.
 Ambassador Page reported that he had begun an inquiry. The vessel was due at Liverpool late tonight.
 Any diplomatic action as result of the Incident will be deferred until there is definite proof of the cause of the explosion. Should 1t develop that the vessel was torpedoed. the fact that her flag had been lowered few minutes be- fore. at sundown. would have no bear ing on the action of the American gov- ernment which always has insisted upon the exercise of the right of visit and search before an attack upon any nor chantman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
Operations in Detail

London. May H.-(5:45 D. m.)-Official narratives of the military operations on the Gallipoi meninsua from May 6 to May 19 were given out in London today
 They set forth that on May G. afte- ar rival of fresh troops. which included part of the territorial division. general ad- vance took place. A heavy covering fire was maintained by the allied fleets.
 During the preceding night a portion of the Australian and New Zealand army corps had been transferred from Kaleh Tepe to take part in the attack Very se- were fighting continued all day aud by nightfall the allied line had ben ad- vanced from 1000 to 1500 yards The left of the advance. however, was checked by strong Turkish redoubt manned with machine guns. Just at dusk French troops obtained possession of an impor- tant tactical point which then was thor oughy fortified to serve as pivot for further operations.
 On May [ the attack continued, the French troops again improving Aaeir po- sition while on the left the Twenty-ninth division succeeded just before sunset in
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
BIG SHIPBUILDING PLANT TO BE CONSTRUCTED MOBILE EXPLOSION BRITISH VESSEL
ZEPPELINS AGAIN
 ATTACK ENGLAND

South End, England, May 27. (10:35 a. m.)-Another Zeppelin raid was made on this town last night. It is reported three persons were killed by bombs.
 The entire town was Illuminated by the bursting of shells dropped by the aircraft at 1:43 a. h., but the material damage appears to have been less than on the oc- casion of the last raid.
 South End, municipal borough and popular seaside resort at the mouth of the Thames, 40 miles east of London, has been the target of Zeppelin raiders several times in the past six months. On no prev ious occasion have the results been serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28

If it is proved that the Nebraskan hit a mine. the case would be similar to the mshaps to the American cotton ships Evelyn and CarIb, which struck mines. the responsibility for which has never been fixed.
 There is no international convention in force relative to the laying of mines. The United States ratified The Hague convention on this subject, but It 10 in- operative because most of the Digna, tories did not ratify It. The principles laid down in that convention. however, were that the laying of unanchored c0n- tact mines should be forbidden and that al. mines should be of character as to become harmless simmediately on being de- tached from their anchorages.
 Count von Bernstorff the German am- bassador. today presented a memorandun to the state department stating that mines laid by Germany become harmless when ,unlcosed Previously the Britlsh govern~
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
AUSTR|ANS FALLING BACK BEFORE THE
 ITALIAN ADVANCE
Heavy Fighting Not Ex- pected Until Real Opposi- tion Is Offered-Bird-
 man Brought Down

At the Italian Front, Eastern Fruiii. Wednesday. May 28-tvin Paris. May 27.)-Itaiian gunners today brouaht down mn Austrian aeropIane in the first contest of the Italian campaign be- tween flying machines and anti-nir- crnft guns. An neropIane. rising from o'clock this morning, darted over the rocky ground In front of the Italian posltIons. A field battery fired. The Arst shot missed. The second struck fairly, causing flames to burst from the motor. The aerOpIane plunged downward and was spIintered on the rocks.
 This was one of the incidents attend ing the opening of the Austro-Italian campaign, as witnessed by a correspond ent of the Associated Press. Along this part of the front, where the Italians are advancing in the direction of Trieste there were stirring scenes. although as vet there has been little heavy fight ing.
 At Palmanova, town near the Dor der, it was possible to obtain bird g. eye view of the surrounding country. which falls away from that point The people of the village were watching the spectacle of cavalry charges and ar tillery action over the nearby front It is a picturesque region of green hills and quaint villages, among which wind dusty, white roads.
 Were Ready to Move
 When the order was given earlier in the week for the advance across the border the Italian troops were ready for the move. The command came at 2:30 o'clock in the morning and half an hour later the soldiers were on the march. The infantry proceeded in long files, headed by sharpshooters. From converging roads came artillery car riages, motor trucks and detaeliments of cavalry.
 The first shot of the war was fired by a frontier'gnard at Bellaqua, who hay ing seen in the semi i-darkness a shadowy fiugre approaching. she dead an Austrian soldier attempting to fire a mine With the sunrise artillery fire opened and Italian troops everywhere sprang to the attack. fording the Idria swarming across bridges and climbing the hills beyond.
 From time to time tremendous explo- slons were heard above the roar of artil- lery They marked the firing of mines as Austrians blew up their bridges. The Aus |trians made little attempt to halt the Italians advance. although elaborate preparations had been made along the border. Railway lines were obstructed by heavy beams. laid across the track land fastened down with chains. The |roads were blocked with trenolles. trees land wire entanglements.
 Brazzano is the first village on Aus trian soil in which the Italian flag was flown. It was run up on the belfry oi the village church.
 At San Giavanni Mazano the core spondent saw the first of the Italian wounded and also the first Austrian
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28


 Last night for the first time since the beginning of the tournament of tho Womans Southern Golf association masculine experts who have studied the situation since it's inception, ad- mitted that it was possible for Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta to lose tho championship.
 The slight variance in the forecast is the result of Miss Strings play in her match yesterday with Mrs. Henry F. liowzc, whom she defeated. The Atlanta star by the consistently excellent work of her opponent. fat tered in thes.terrifie. grind and hsd Mrs nowze displayed prdater physical strength after the turn she would very probably have won. Mrs. K. c. Duff Held of Memphis. who meets Miss stirl- ing today, Is in physical sense great ly superior to Mrs Howze and should the Atlanta entrant fail to show true form in the pinches AS she did yester- day the title may after all. go to Meir- phis
 The Stirling Howze match was the feature of yesterdays sport. As re- suit of the day the tournament has reached the semi-final state and In ad- dition to Miss stirling. those who re- main In the championship class are Mrs Duffieid Mrs Thomas B. Paine of Atlanta. who played magnificently against Mrs F. q. Jones of Memphis, present champion. and Mrs. ]. D. Var nell of Knoxville
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
KINGS CONDITION
 MUCH IMPROVED

Athens, May 27.-(Via London. 11:47 n. m. liking Constantine passed a rcstful night and the doctors decided today that another operation would be They regard the pa- tient's condition as improved.
 The people attribute the turn Tor the better in the Kings condition to the presence in the palace of the ikon Of the Holy Virgin %
 The Kings temperature at noon to- day was 9S5 and his pulse S2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Mammoth shipbuilding plant for
 Mobile.
 Battleship Majestic sunk.
 Tennessee and Georgia fight in
 semi finals
 300 killed in explosion. 2-Patton wounded In battle with ne-
 groes. 3-Has U s. reached point of nnanc-
 Ing, war? \ z si,. 1,. s>. Y 1s'l 4-FldttoriAl comm ant sE.' <. 5-Arrests for ar6on xollDW fire. Funeral services for Mrs Mccoy
 today ss.s .s's a.; 1 +. sr s..- Another commission probe in pros
 pect re r ! Hst' 6---Society. .' 4 4 < 7--Sports. 7. s..'. s5 ss--Markets 10--American interest behind bie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28

London, May 27.-d0:47 p. m)-The Brit ships supporting the allied army on the Gallipoli peninsula, was sunk by Ger man submarine today. Nearly all the of- ficers and crew were saved.
 At about the same time the steamer Princess Irene, built last year for the Canadian Pacfic-British Columbia coast survey and which was taken ovaS by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28

The battleshp Majestic, sunk by the Turks yesterday, was a vessel of H,9O0 tons and of 50000- horse power. Her of fcors and crew on a peace footing aggre- gated 357
 The Majestic. which was built in 1895, carried four 12-inch. 12 six-inch and li three-inch guns and F three-pounder guns In addition. she was armed with five lS-inch torpedo tubes.
 The sinking of the Majestic makes tho fifth British hattleship lost in the Darda- nelles campaign, and the second by hos tile submarine. the Triumph having been sent to the bottom in the government of Saros last Wednesday. The French also have lost one battleship in the Turkish campaign-the Bouvet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
BRILLIANT WORK IN
 THE FOUR MATCHES
 STAGED YESTERDAY
Championship Match to Be Played TomorroW-Two- Ball Foursomes Yesterday Had 40 Entrants
RESULT or FouRsoMEs.

The result of the two-hall s,ds- somes yesterday afternoon follows: LOW net score-M.ss Cobbs If Montgomery and W. I, Dunne, S. reduced by handicap of six t, ,5. Second-Miss Earle of Birming- ham and Hamp smith. Jr., 70.
 Low gross score-Miss Stirling f Atlanta and F. C. Byrd
 There were 1i0 entrants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
British Steamer Accidental ly Destroyed by Explosion in Sheerness Harbor-One of Crew Saved
78 LOCKERS AT WORK ON BOARD ARE KILLED; 'BYSTANDERS INJURED
Explosion Comes Without Warning While 320 Men Are on Board-No Cause for Accident Known

London, May 27.-(10.36 D. m. All the crew of 250 men of the British steamer Princess Irene, except one man, and in addition 7S lockers who were at work on board the steamer, lost their lives today when the vessel was blown up by an ex- plosion on board in Sheerness harbor. The steamer was in the government service.
 London. May 27.-t9,3: n. m.o Lleyds announces that the { British steamer Princess Irene was suddenly blown up today in sheerness harbor. The Princess Irene was in the govern ment service. Sheerness Is n naval ar. senal of Great Britain on the Thames
 The admiralty, in confirming the ex- plosion on board the Princess Irene. says that 7S workmen must have perlshed iu the disaster
 ''1he Princess Irene was accidental, blown up in Sheerness harbor this morn. ing. So far as is yet known only ons survivor was picked up. Three men be- longing to the ship were not on board at the time of the disaster
 Several men belonging to vessels ly. Ing close to the Princess Irene were wounded by falling splinters."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
MRS. HOWZE WAS
 BIRMINGHAM'S HOPE

When the day dawned Birminehari awolSe to the realization that it's single hope was reposed In Mrs. Howze, Thac single hope was not very roseate. for. despite the fact that Mrs. Howze had been playing very strong game, r. was admitted by her supporters that sine was hardly match for Miss Stirl- ing. When the play started a large gall lcry followed the two and the occa- sional cheering of this gallery may in some manner have affected the play ing of Miss Stirling
 The Atlanta girl. playing in appar- ont confidence, won handily the first and second holes. At the third Mrs 1lowze achieved her first victory and gained. apparently. confidence in her own strength. The next six consecs. uive holes we're divided and the turn
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28

admiralty at the commencement of the war, was destroyed by an accidental ex- plosion while at anchor at Sheerness, where she was undergoing repairs. All her crew, numbering about 250. except one seaman. and IS dock yard workmen aboard at the time, lost their lives
 The Majestic, which was the oldest bat tleship on the active list of the British
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
f7ls .fs1' fsAs f. 4oc OF TRiuMPfIsS
 CREW RESCUED

London. May 2s.-t2:5S a. m.) A dispatch to the Times from it's Mudros correspondent says that 460 men of the crew of the British battleship Triumph. sunk Wednesday by submarine in the Gulf of Saros, were saved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
THE BATTLEsHIP MAJESTIC
British Admiralty Announces the Sinking of the Majestic By Turkish Submarines While Sup porting the Army On the Gallipoli Peninsula. Nearly All Officers and Men Saved.

London, May 27-q0:10 p. m)-The torpedong and sink ing of the British bateshp Majestic is by the ad miralty in the following statement:
 'An enemy submarine torpedoed sank M S. Majestic Captain H. F. G. Talbot this morning while supporting the army the Galpoi peninsula.
 Nearly all the officers and men saved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
BELIEVE NEBRASKAN
 HIT FLOATING MINE
Information Thus Far Available Makes It Impos- sible to Determine Definitely What Caused Explosion On American Steamer
 Tuesday

May tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
OVER 300 ARE
 BELIEVED KILLED

Sheerness. England. May 27.-It ia believed that more than 3do persons los, their lives here today when an ex- rlosion on board the steamer Princess Irene, a mine laying vessel which was lying in the Medway off Port Victoria undergoing repairs, shattered the steamer
 In addition to her crew. said to have numbered 250 there were 7S ship wrights on the steamer when at II :l5 o'clock this morning terrific explo- sion. which shook the whole town of Sneerness, was heard from the ship followed by high burst of flame and q column of dense smoke.
 When the smoke cleared away the steamer had disappeared Only floating wrecSage marked the spot where she had been lying.
 Many men on the ships in the vicin- ity of the Princess Irene were injured bs' the debris and fragments of the wreckage were picked up as far away as Maidstone, 1b miles from the scene of the explosion.
 The noise of the explosion of the Princess Irene is described as having been far louder than that which &C., companied the blowing up of the bat tleship Bulwark last November
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
WHY MOBILE
 WAS SELECTED

The reason the organizers select this time for their project is that shipbuild- ing in this country, in comparison with foreign countries. has been handicapped by the different costs of labor, materials being on an almost equal basis. At the conclusion of the war, MT. Hyde figures. foreign labor, having been depleteal by reduction of the male population, will be al a premium and the wages of for eign skilled labor will have to go up. thereby removing this handicap from American shipbuilding. As soon as the cost of labor is capitalized ship construc- tion here will start
 There are not many large shipyards in this country compared with those in England. For instance, MT. Hyde said: ''The main ones here are the Bath Iron- works, in Maine; the Fore River yards at Quincy, Mass; some smaller yards in Boston; the New York Shipbuilding company's plant at Camden, N. J. the Cramps in Philadelphia. and the Union Iionworks of San Francisco, and Moran
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28

May 2s-By London 12:4s m bateshp GaIpoIi peninsula
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
New York Capitalist An nounces Plan to Develop Trade With South Ameri- can Countries
RETURNS HOME FROM EXTENDED
 TOUR OF SOUTH
New Plant Will Prove a Wonderful Industrial De- velopment for Port and
 Whole State

New York, May 27.-(Spe- cial. )-Edward w. Hyde, for mer president of the Bath, Me-, Ironworks, returning today from a trip through the south, gave to a reporter for the World the first public infor- nation regarding plans, now completed, for one of the larg- est shipbuilding plants in the United States to be construct ed at Mobile.
 At present Norfolk and Newport News, Va, represent the farthest south points for shipyards and the new project will not only be a boom for Alabama and the south, but the an nouncement should stir the citizens of Mobile who, as yet, know nothing of the proposition.
 The idea of the new plant, according sts 4r.. Hydas-wiil. be to watch and care for the development of south American trade and that passing through the Pan anna canal.
 The yard capacity of the plant will have a drydock with capacity of 500 feet and a marine railroad with a capa- city of 300 feet, the fine repairing busi- ness at Mobile prompting the railroad. The new organization will involve an 4nitial employment of 4500 to 5000 men. 50 per cent of whom will be skilled workmen. The capitalization will be probably $4.000,000. MT. Hyde will be general manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-28
Estimate Fatalities

London, May 2s.--(3:55 a. m)---Esti- mates of the fatalities on board the Princess Irene as made by the morn ing papers vary from 100 to more than 100 The Daily Mail says that in ad- eition to the 7s shipwrights there also were on board 100 workmen from Chat ham as well as 240 members of the crew which would give a total of HIS persons on the steamer.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
LONG, LONG WAY TO coNsTANT1NoPLE

In the light of the most stubborn resistance that
is being offered to the Allies in their efforts to force
a way through the straits of the Dardanelles, as
nstanced by the news of the sinking on Thursday of
/ two British and French battleshp and the
damaging of several Others it must be concluded
that those persons who few weeks ago We're in
clined to picture Constantinople as in imminent
danger Oh falling into the hands of the enemy were
to say the least somewhat too rapid in their calcu-
lations
1t may have been, represented by the men
who draw the funny cartoons for the newspapers,
that COnstantnople was in panic and that the popu-
lahon was precipitately making its way into Egypt,
but if that were true it was premature panic
based ON the overwrought state of the people s
nerves rather than any real danger of a very
early attack the city by the battleships Of the
Allies
1t will be recalled that while much of the wild
talk about the imminent danger of the Turkish
capital was going the rounds, confident statements
were being given out from Berlin that there need
be no alarm felt for the safety of Constantinope;
that the Notifications all along the more than one
hundred miles OF waterways from the western end
OF the Dardanelles straits through the Sea of Mar
mora, to the city, are very strong and that there
are plenty Of armed forces and inland intrench-
ments to make land operations by the Allies most
hazardous. In fact they said the position of Con-
stantinople is impregnable.
This statement was discounted in the public mind.
perhaps as coming from an ally of the Turks. A
good many people regarded it as mere bluff to
reassure the friends of Germany and its allies Yet
it is absurd to think that Germany, which has dis
played such wonderful preparedness for war in all
other directions, could have overlooked the neces
sity of effectively closing to it's enemies the tre-
mendously important waterway between the Medit-
erranean and the Black Sea-
1t can be taken as absolutely certain that the Ger
mans have rendered such assistance to Turkey by
snoring up her defenses, differing her fighting
Forces and perhaps, even sending German soldiers
and machines of war for the protection of the water
route that the Allies will be met all the way with
the most effective possible sort of resistance haste
PIT which they got on Thursday.
With the strong hand of the Kaiser holding up
hose Turkish defenses all along and under the
more than a hundred miles of that water route the
Allies are likely to find it long, long way to Con-
stantinople.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

Prince and his bodyguard, who thousands OF years
ago attacked an opposing army unaided and were
able to put it to rOnt. In their camp they were
the only brave in six hundred, and while their
comrades were trembling in fear Of the foe they
slipped away unnoticed and started toward the
dreaded enemy's lines They were hailed by senti-
nels when they in sight of the outposJs of the
opposing army, but were not given serious consid-
Grafton because they advancing openly and
to all appearances harmlessy
Once within striking distance of the foes, how
ever, the two invaders began to kill the then thor
oughly startled hostile soldiers right and left,
frightened the whole of the opposing army and
were the means of winning the day for their people
who subsequently came to their aid. Their bold
front won the battle and delivered their country
from it's oppressors Where the story is to be
found? | Samuel xiv.
The thrilling wartime adventures of individuals in
the days of ancient Israel, Greece and Rome are
not duplicated to any extent in this twentieth
tury it seems. They were performed under differ
ent conditions than the ones at present existing in
Europe. Yet repetitions Of some of the bold deeds
of former days in the present war, providing, of
course they successful in results and also in
passing the censors, would make good reading mat
ter in the news. 1t is always interesting to
hear about men who accomplish their purposes by
disregarding discretion
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
MELVILLE
Zion Lutheran G. E. Society to Observe
25th Anniversary Tomorrow

<zOeh <AiiLAFOtodly Lo-AoihoW
Special Correspondence.
Newville, March 2O.-The twenty
fifth anniversary of the organization
of the Christian Endeavor Society of
the Zion Lutheran church, will be ap-
propriately observed by service to
0e held at the church tomorrow even
ing at 5.45 clock.
The funeral of II. j. Fry was held
from his late home on Big Spring ave-
nue., on Wednesday afternoon. The
service was in charge of the Rev. F
N. Parson, who offered prayer and
read the Scripture. The Rev. A. p,
Slower, of Carlisle, made remarks. The
four sons of Mr.. Fry were the pail
bearers.
Mrs. j. E. Lands, of Riddlesburg,
visited at the home of her mo ther-in-
law, Mrs. NJ. E. Lands, on Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Slaugenhaupt,
and Miss Halle Jones have returned
to Oakmont.
Mrs. Lizzie Smoke and daughter,
Mary, have moved from the South
Ward to West Parsonage street, in the
house vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Lands.
The Rev. +. N. Parson and family,
who have been in Harrisburg, on ac-
count of the illness of Mrs Parson s
father, G. G. Shirey, of that city, ar
rived home this week.