The Syracuse Journal, Volume 8, Number 3, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 May 1915 — Page 1

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ITALICS TURN TO PARLIAMENT Important Announcement Is Expected at Opening. AMBASSADORS STILL AT POST Mobilization Practically Begins—Revolts Fostered by Socialists Are Put Down—More Big War Demonstrations Made—Flag of Allies and provinces Displayed in Streets. Rome, May 19.-The Giornale O’ltalia, the leading newspaper of Italy, announces that Prince Von BueIcw, the German ambassador, and Baron Von Macchio, the special ambassador of Austria, have demanded their passports. The newspaper adds that the staffs of the German and Austrian consulates will leave Rome Tuesday evening. Rome, May 19.—Parliament will be opened Thursday. beyond doubt, and it is considered likely that Premier Salandra will then make important announcements, possibly proclaiming mobilization. Italy’s green book, explaining the failure of the Austrian and Italian negotiations, will be issued at that time and distributed to members of parliament so that no explanations are likely from Baron Sonnino, the foreign minister. Ambassadors Still at Posts. Although special trains are held in constant readiness to remove the Austrian and German ambassadors, no move toward their departure has been announced yet. The Italian government will not recall its ambassador at Vienna and Berlin and it is therefore considered likely that Ambassador Von Buelow and Ambassador Macchio are merely awaiting the opening of parliament. At any event the numerous senators who are friendly with Ambassador Von Buelow are still intriguing in his behalf and it is not unlikely that some surprise will be sprung at the eleventh hour, though anything of this nature is doomed to failure Thig is especially so now as the "’“caWaet is practically supported ■without dtesenvisy parliament The secretary of the Austrian embassy to the holy see called at the foreign office and arranged for the departure of the Austrian and German diplomats accredited at the Vatican. They will be provided with special trains. Giolltti Leaves House. Ex-Premier Giolitti, who has been In hiding at his residence for three days under police guard, surreptitiously left the house Monday evening with his son-in-law, who had been smuggled in. The announcement that he had departed for Turin was greeted with cheers. There remains no doubt but that his followers have been utterly defeated and must needs now support the government. More Demonstrations for Allies. There was another pro-war demonstration at the capital, where 50,000 citizens gathered bearing the flags of Italy, the Trentino, Trieste, Dalmatia and of the allies. The colors were repeatedly cheered and the shout for war was almost constant. There were also more shouts of down with Austria and Germany and death to Giolltti. The mayor and Prince Colona, surrounded by aidermen, wearing officers’ uniforms, appeared on a balcony of the senatorial palace, where the Italian flag and the banner of Rome were hoisted. The mayor kissed the Italian flag and then delivered a speech in which that empty words are now useless.. War preparations are going forward with such rapidity that all the automobiles of the ministers excepting Premier Salandra, have been commandeered. Meanwhile dispatches from Trieste confirm the revolutionary character of the uprisings there and say that the presence of the military has even failed to quell the rioters. The new Russian Ambassador, M. De Giers, was received by King Victor Emmanuel and presented his credentials. He bore a letter from Emperor Nicholas congratulating the king on the stand taken by Italy. Dutch Legation at Vatican. It is now declared that Monsignor Wilhelm Nolons, the Netherlands’ prelate now in this city, is here to reestablish the Dutch legation at the Vatican, a mission which was suppressed when diplomatic relations between Holland and the Vatican were Interrupted by the failure of the Netherlands minister to invite Pope Leo to the first peace conference at The Hague. A general strike was proclaimed by the Socialists at Turin and war demonstrations are in progress. No Americans on Liner Orduna. Nehr York, May 19.—Only thirteen first cabin passengers sailed on the Cunard liner Orduna for Liverpool, and not one was an American. The Orduna carried a heavy cargo, reported to consist largely of arms and MUMHUkItiOU.

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KING VICTOR EMMANUEL Italian Ruler Whose Country Is About to Enter the Conflict. \ a* 7 - - Cr -J GERMANS ARE DRIVEN FROM BANKS OF YSER Berlin Admits Gains Made by British and French. LONDON, ENG. — The Germans have been driven from the west bank of the Yser canal in Belgium and are making a stand in their main positions on the east bank north of Ypres. This development is not only claimed in the French official communique, but was admitted by Berlin before the French announced the victory. Paris says the Germans were menaced with complete envelopment by the successful French and Belgian attacks of the last few days, while the German official statement says the retirement was effected to avoid losses under the heavy artillery fire of the French. Berlin also admits that the British have won a victory at the southern end of the northwestern battle line, south of Neuve Chapelle, and are holding the advanced trenches taken from the Germans, while the French communique as well as Sir John French’s official report declare the British are following up their advantage by taking all the German trenches on a front of two miles between La Bassee and Neuve Chapelle. The Germans surrendered in large groups and one party of 700, seeking to surrender, was caught between the cross fire of the British machine guns and their own artillery and every man was killed. The British, says Paris, took 1,000 prisoners and several machine guns. PLOT TO KILL SULTAN FOILED Conspirators Said to Have Aimed Also at Marshal Von der Goltz. PARIS. — Reports from Constantinople confirm the discovery of a plot organized by Armenians Sand Turks, opposed to the new regime to assassinate the sultan, Enver Pasha, Feld Marshal von der Goltz and General Liman von Sanders, telegraphs the Journal’s Athens correspondent. Two Armenians were to have blown up the Kara-Keui bridge connecting Stamboul and Galata, on the sultan’s birthday, while the ruler, accompanied by his commanders, was crossing to attend a ceremony at the Mosque of St. Sophia. The plot is said to have been revealed by a son of Zograph Effendi, an Armenian deputy. GREEK KING SERIOUSLY ILL Athens Dispatch Says Constantine’s Fever Mounts Rapidly. PARIS — The condition of King Constantine of Greece has become more serious, says a dispatch from Athens to the Havas News Agency. Since noon the fever of his majesty has become higher and it has been accompanied by restlessness. The King of Greece has been ill for over a week and a recent dispatch said his cold has turned into pleurisy. TRANSYLVANIA WAS SHOT AT Passengers Declare Submarine Fired Torpedo Which Passed Astern. LONDON — The Anchor liner Transylvania, carrying 879 passengers, narrowly escaped the same fate as the Lusitania, according to passengers who arrived here from Glasgow. A German submarine shot a torpedo at the Transylvania Sunday afternoon, they asserted, but the death missile I passed forty yaxis astern.

YOUNG Bn. J . < OJI MAN j Leave Victim Dying After Drunken * Raia on Town. i DELPHI, IND. — August Scanlon, fifty-live years old, night watchman here, is believed to be dying as a result of a raid on this city early | in the morning by a party of youth- | ful bandits from Lafayette. He was j shot by one of the young men, who i came to this city on a Wabash train while drunk, it is charged. After the officer had expostulated with them for causing a disturbance and ordered them to leave the streets he was shot over the left temple with a revolver, which was held virtually against his head. He has been unconscious since. Jack Friend, twenty-one years old. and Oscar Lawson, twenty-one, were captured here a short tihie after the shooting. Louis Wendling, twentytwo, was taken at Battle Ground, Tippecanoe county, after a chase of several hours. Wendling’s brother Roy, a hunchback, is believed to hav fired the shot at Scanlon. $500,000 DAMAGE IN STORM d- — - Northern Indiana Suffers Heavy Losses by Hail and Wind. INDIANAPOLIS. — Reports from northern Indiana counties indicate that immense damage to growing crops and buildings was done by the storm of rain, hail and wind which swept over the upper half of the state. In many places it was impossible to estimate the loss closely, but it is believed that the total easily reaches $500,000. Allen county alone is said to have suffered $200,000 damage in the storm. In .he extreme northern part of the state fences and buildings were blown down in many places. Young fruit trees suffered severely and corn and wheat were damaged by the hail. Telephone and telegraph poles were Is l eled for long stretches. The storm was of brief duration, although in places hail of large size fell for fully fifteen minutes. KOKOMO. IND.. MAYOR FREED Official Seventy-six Years Old in Tears Over Escape. KOKOMO, IND. — Mayor George W. Stidger, who was indicted last December, charged with malfeasance and misconduct in office, was acquitted by a jury in the circuit court here. The jury had the case Just forty-five minutes. Three ballots were taken, one man voting “guilty” on two ballots. Mayor Stidger, who is seventy-six years old, broke down when the verdict was announced. For a minute he stood in a daze and finally, when ho realized that he was vindicated, tears sprang to his eyes. For several minutes he received the congratulations of his loyal friends and his official family, who have been in the court room at almost every session of the case. SLAYER ESCAPES PENALTY Absence of State’s Witnesses Causes Sentence to Be Suspended. SULLIVAN, IND. — Claude Purcell, a baseball players here, who shot and killed Fred Curtis, trainmaster for the Haag circus, while the show was loading here two years ago, plead, ed guilty to a charge of manslaughter. A sentence of two to twenty- ' one years In the state reformatory was suspended. It gas said the plea of guilty was accepted because circus men, who I were the state’s witnesses, could not ibe found. Purcell had declared he ■ shot in self defense. i INDIANA PRISONERS TO FISH Trustees of State Penal Farm Plan Recreation for Inmates. GREENCASTLE, IND. — A fish pend probably will soon be built on the state penal farm, according to the trustees. Deer creek passes through the farm and the trustees say they will stock the stream with game fish. ' The trustees say they want the prisoners on the farm to have some recreation. They are of the opinion that fishing will be as good as any. WOMAN “PAUPER” HAS SB,OOO Emily Smith, 68, of Indianajolls, Hides Fortune in Old Newspapers. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Emily Smith, sixty-eight years old, who for twenty-five years had been known as a pauper, has a fortune of $8,900. When sanitary in sectors called at i her home to clean it they found under : newspapers, which covered the floors ! to a depth of eighteen inches. $847 in j currency, a certified check for S2OO, ' mortgages valued at $5,000 and bank ' books showing deposits of SI,BOO. I LEFT SAFE BEHIND, ANYHOW i Strongbox Rolled Into Alley; Yeggs Get Haul of S7OO. ! | MONTICELLO, IND. — Burglars Yolled a safe from the postoffice at Wolcott, ten miles west of this city, and in the alley blew open the door with notrcglycerine. The thieves ob'tained about S7OO in stamps and ■money. I ■ The robbery was not discovered ' until the next morning.

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iINMANASTAIESsI Former Well Known Teacher Dies. BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Friends in this city have received word of the death of Mrs. J. W. Magaw in j Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Magaw was for-1 merly Miss Pearl Jones, English ! teacher in the Bloomington High i school. She was married five years ago to a wealthy commission mer- ' chant of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Magaw died after a ceasarian operation. She was graduated from Indiana Univer- ' sity in 1907 and was a member of the : Tri Kappa and Kappa Alpha Theta ! sororities. She is survived by her i husband and mother. Her former home was aft Monticello. i School Is Jail to Him. MARION, IND. — Reading a letter written by his father, a resident of Des Moines, la., directed to his grandmother, Mrs. William Lenzen of this city, which was to the effect that the parent intended to send his son t> a training school, Robert Lenzen Guine, fourteen years old, disappeared and all efforts of the police to locate him have failed. The boy sold his carrier route on a local newspaper, watch and overcoat for S4O to get away. Three weeks ago he rebelled at an order and quit the local high school. Estate Seems to Be Fatal. COLUMBUS, IND. — Herman Leesman was appointed administrator of the estate of the late Mrs. Sarah Wildman to succeed Mrs. Mary Russell, deceased. When Mrs. Wildman died a few months ago Aaron Wildman was appointed administrator, but later he died suddenly and Mrs. Russell was appointed to succeed him. A short time ago she and her bondsman, George I. Winans, died on the same day. It Won’t Get His Wife Back. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Mr. Frank Loeffler, whose wife last Monday shot herself to death when he refused to receive her on her return from an alleged elopement with Henry Cole, a neighbor, has asked police to assist him in finding Cole. He says he will prefer charges against his former neighbor under the Mann act. Plan New Town. EVANSVILLE. IND. — The plans of residents off West if eights, a suburb, to incorporate a strip of land northwest of the city into a new town to be called Crescent Heights, have been made known to city officials, who fear it will be a permanent barrier to the growth of Evansville in that drection. Think Woman Safe Cracker’s Aid. SULLIVAN, IND. — Burglars obtained $25, a check for $lO and some valuable notes when they hammered the lock off the safe in the hardware store of Turman & Riggs. Footprints of a man and a woman were seen on the ground around a rear door, which was broken in. Plays Near Wagon, Skull Crushed. . COVINGTON, IND.—Ralph Smith, eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith, was killed near his home Thursday, being run over by a wagon loaded with earth, with which tl e Smith lot was being terraced. The ; wheels crushed his skull, death resulting almost instantly. Hospital Board Organised. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Members of the board of trustees of the Southern Hospital for the Insane elected the following officers: B. H. Davis, ; Newport, president; J. P. Alin, Sulli- ! van, vice president; A. C. Richardt, Evansville, treasurer; Estes Duncan, Cloverdale, secretary. For “Blind Tiger” Operators. COLUMBUS, IND. — The town board of Martinsville, has offered a reward of SSO for the arrest and con- I viction of any one operating a “blind I tiger” or “bootlegging” ip the town. The residents have long complained I of illegal traffic in liquor in the town. i I Brakeman Badly Hurt. BLUFFTON, IND. — Henry Siberry, thirty-two y .-g old, a Lake Erie and Western re ad brakeman, ; suffered fractures c . bth legs when he fell from a moving train at Key- ' stone and was caught between the ■ cars and the station platform. Woman Donates Play Ground. HARTFORD CITY, IND. — The I movement to raise $2,000 for the es- , tablishment of a public play ground in this city received a* boost when Mrs. H. B. Smth, a wealthy widow, donated several acres of ground and a grove for the play ground. Compete in Yard Improvements. ELWOOD, IND. — The entry list in the yard improvement contest to be conducted here during the summer by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ club and Woman’s council, in which S3OO in prizes is offered, has closed with 348 yards entered. j These Things Getting Too Frequent. NEW ALBANY, IND. — C. F. Peters -of the high school suffered severe burns abou| the head and face, caused by an explosion in the chemistry department. Miss Lydia Tether, a student, also was badly bumed . about tho hands and arms.

ALL ITALY READY FORCALLTOARMS Austrs-Serman Envoys Preparing to Quit Rome. SITUATiO IS TENSE AT GAPITAI : Parliament Expected to Take Action on Thursday—Alarmist Rumors Current—ltalian Populace Is Clamoring For War—German Newspapers Admit Latins Will Intervene. ROME — Prince von Buelow, the German ambassador, and Baron von Macchio, the Austrian ambassador are preparing to leave Rome, according to tiie newspapers. Special trains with steam up are in readiness to take Prince von Buelow to Chiasso, Switzerland, and Baron von Macchio to Ala, in the Austrian Tyrol. The Italian parliament will be asked Thursday to vote on a bill containing • a single clause conferring plenary powers on the government, according to the Giornale d’ltalia. Final action regarding war is not expected .until after that time unless Austria makes the first move, which is considered unlikely in view of the pacific speeches made in the Hungarian diet. Alarmist rumors of all kinds are being circulated in Rome, and the situation is so tense there are many who believe them all. One report ivas to the effect that Prince von Buelow already had left the city secretly. It was unfounded. Foreign Minister Sonnino conferred at length with the British ambassador and the Roumanian minister. Populace Clamoring For War. ROME — The news that the Salandra ministry is to be retained has swept over Italy and united all factions in a great cry for war. Reservists of the age of fifty-five have been called out. A demonstration, such as Rome has not seen since the days of the revolution, began in the evening and lasted throughout the night. Contrary to former practices there was no effort by the police or military to stop the popular enthusiasm and the crowds surged through city, acting very much as if' war had been declared already and victory were being celebrated. The same thing has occurred throughout the country. The one call is for Salandra, the war advocate, and for his ministers. Germans Admit Latins Will Intervene. LONDON — The North German Gazette, commenting on Premier Salandra’s continuance in office says: "This bowing before the popular fashion is of the greatest significance. We must be prepared for a fateful and perhaps a premature decision. To be ready is everything. We are ready. We have not had to fear a united Italy and an Italy disrupted by revolution will only be dangerous to herself.” The Berlin Tageblatt says that Italian intervention can no longer be prevented. MANY DIE IN TRIESTE RIOT Powder Magazines Blown Up and Attempt Made to Destroy Palace. VENICE — Hundreds of persons have been killed aau wouaueu .a a new insurrection in Trieste, according to fugitives arriving here. i Two powder magazines were blown up and the insurrectionists attempted to burn the palace and government buildings. The commandant is reported to have threatened to have the Austrian fleet bombard Trieste. DROP COPPER STRIKE CASES ' Indictments Against Moyer and Others Nolle Pressed. CALUMET, MICH. — The eigh. ■ teen conspiracy indictments found ! against President C. H. Moyer and other officials of the Western Federation of Miners by the Houghton county grand jury a year ago as a result i of alleged acts of violence said to ' have been committed at the direction ; of the defendants during the copper j strike were nolle prossed. 6,000 ARMENIANS MASSACRED Appeal For Help as They Rise to Fight Turks and Kurds. ; LONDON — Six thousand Armenians have been massacred at Van, in Armenia, Asiatic Turkey, according to- a dispatch received in official quarters in London from the Russian consul at Urumiah, Persia. Tbe Armenians are defending them, selve to the utmost against the Turks and Kurds arrayed against them, but help is urgently needed. Russ Say Drive on Permysl Is Halted, j PETROGRAD — The Austro-Ger. mans have again been halted in their advance on Permysl, according to dispatches received here. The enemy’s losse in infantry engagements twenty mils north of the fortress were described in semi-official dispatches as “exceptionally heavy."

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A GENERAL SURVEY OF , THE WAR. Thursday, May 13.—Gains for the allies in Belgium and France, including the capture of the town of Carency and parts of Ablain St. Nazaire and Neuville St. Vaast, and the driving of the last band of Germans from the forest of Le Pretre, in which violent fighting had been in progress for weks, are chronicled by Paris. Berlin admits these’ losses in part, declaring that Carency and the western part of Attain St. Nazaire and the foremost trenches between Neuville and Carency have been taken, and that “on this occasion a number of our brave men and much material again were lost.” Admission, also, is made that the French penetrated the foremost trenches of the Germans at Qrcyp des Cannes, over a width of 450 t 5 600 feetrbtft Bdrttti adffs'thar after bitter hand to hand fighting these German positions were again cleared of all Frenchmen. Friday, May 14.—The note sent by the United States to Germany and the crisis in Italy, where the country is waiting the decision of the government as to whether it shall participate in the war, are the dominant features of the latest war news. Desperate fighting is going on in both the eastern and western theaters of war. The French report considerable gains for the allies along the western line at various points, while the Austro-Germans are said by Berlin and Vienna to be continuing their successes in the Carpathians and Galicia. Farther south the Russians aver they have captured a strongly fortified position ninety-four miles long from the Biztritza river to the Roumanian frontier. Saturday, May 15. —U. S. Ambassaror Gerard has presented the American note to the German foreign minister at Berlin, and a reply is expected within a few days. The fighting in Belgium and France continues without let up. The French war office claims to have checked the Germans north of Ypres,to have taken several trenches near Het Sas and to have occupied part of Steenstraete, with additional progress north of Arras and to the northeast of Notre Dame de Lorette. The Germah statement asserts that the allied attack near Steenstraete has been repulsed. In the eastern war zone the most interesting struggle is going on near Permysl. The tenth army corps of the Austro-Hungarian army is now in front of this fortress and all efforts are put forth to retrieve the defeat of its former defenders. Sunday May 16.—The southern end of the British line, which extends from above Ypres in Flanders to below La Bassee, joining the French front north of Arras, has been engaged in heavy fighting, and the British troops, according tq official statement from both British and French war offices, have gained marked successes against the Germans, whose line has been broken over the greater part of a two-mile front. On the other hand the German war office declares that the atta'ks north of Ypres and around Steenstraete and Het Sas, which were carried out without regard to losses, have been repulsed. Likewise the British infantry attacks, following ■Strong artillery preparation, Berlin asserts, have been driven back. The Germans have made an important advance in the Lorette hills, where they have taken possession of a French strategical point for a distance of nearly half a mile. In the East, the Russians are preparing for their stand on the River San. Heavy reinforcements are beb'eved to have reached that section, and the retreat of the Russian army, which was characterized by severe res’* guard actions, is thought to be ended, temporarily at least.

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FOhTUGAL’S new RULER_I£KILLED Joao Ghagras, Revolution Head, Fatally Shot by Senator. BYSTANDER SLAYS ASSASSIN Four Shots Fired at President In Railway Station—2oo Killed and 500' Wounded in Battle for Capital—Admiral Who Remained Loyal Is Imprisoned. MADRID — Warships are bombarding the Portuguese capital and more than 100 persons have been killed, including several Spaniards. Because of this situation the Spanish ships Espana and Rio de la Plata and a Spanish torpedo boat have arrived at Lisbon. LONDON, ENG. — Joao Chagrae bead of the Portuguese revolutionists and president of the newly formed cabinet was shot, and died of his wounds, according to reports reaching here from Lisbon. Senor Chagras was en route from Oporto to Lisbon to take up his new duties. At the Entrocamento railway station Senator Freitas suddenly pulled a revolver and fired four shots into the body of Chagras. 6 According to advices, received here Freitas was shot and killed by a bystander. Significance Problematical. The significance of the elimination of Chagras from Portuguese politics at this time is problematical. The casualties in the fighting in, and around Lisbon during the past few days are estimated at 200 killed ana 500 wounded. The Spanish warship Espana has arrived at Lisbon to protect Spaniards and other foreigners. Admiral Xavier Brito has been imprisoned because he ordered the commander of the submarine Espardarte to sink the vessels in possession of the revolutionists which were shelling Lisbon. General Pimenta also has been imprisoned. Many other ©rift; cnefs have been placed aboard the warships in the River Tagus. Rioting Resumed. Rioting such as marked the fall of the capital again has broken out in Lisbon, according to dispatches. Lisbon is under the rule of a military governor, and the new government has issued a proclamation congratulating the people on the rebel victory and inviting citizens to resume their normal occupations. Rioters are warned of punishmeSt. One dispatch says Senor Arriaga, overthrown president of the republic, will be continued in office until the expiration of his term, October 5, because of his sympathy with the revolutionary movement. YOUTH ADMITS SLAYING TWO Two Days’ Third Degree Methods Cause Weak Boys’ Confession. CHICAGO — Russel Pethrick, twenty-two years old, 7017 Parnel ave. nue, a spectacled grocery delivery boy of below normal mentality, held as a suspect by the police since Saturday night, after two days of police grilling and third degree methods, confessed that he killed Mrs. Ella Coppersmith and her two year old son, John, 7100 Lowe avenue, in their home May 6, Captain James Madden of the Englewood police announced. The boy said he had a quarrel with Mrs. Coppersmith about the change for a $lO bill which she gave him in payment for a purchase of meat. Pethrick, the police say, had been regarded with suspicion almost since the day of the murder. The police claim a strong finger print clew in the case. AMERICAN NOTE SUBMITTED Wlson Protest to German Government Goes to High Council. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Ambassador Gerard in his cablegram regarding the delivery of the American note to Berlin made no comment on whether It wa s well received, reporting merely that Von Jagow, the German foreign minister had said the question would have to be submitted to a council of higher officials before an answer would be returned. As the note had not been published iu Germany the ambassador was unable to report on the state of public opinion. War Costing Britain $l5O a Second. LONDON — F. D. Askland, financial. secretary of the treasury, speaking at a meeting, estimated that the cost of war to England was $l5O a second. This means $12,060,000 a day, which exceeds David Lloyd-George’s recent average of $10,500,000. 257 Hurt In British Riots. LONDON. — In the Yecent an-ti-German riots 257 persons were hurt and 866 arrests were made, it was announced by Premier Asquith in the house of commons.