Lock Haven Express (Newspaper) - May 29, 1915, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania LOCK PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT 34TH LOCK MAY PRICE TWO What the Answer of Germany Will be is Not Even THE DELAY CAUSES CONCERN Insistence of Claims That Ne Was Torpedoed Add to Delicate I MADE PUBLIC 1 J By Telegraph to the May following statement was today given out at the German officer manys reply to President sons note protesting against the submarine warfare and the loss of American lives will be handed to Ambassador James Gerard some time Publication May passing of two weeks with no reply from the German government to the note from the United States concerning viola tions of American rights in the war zone has caused widespread specula tion in official and diplomatic quart Two circumstances contributed to the development yesterday of further tension in an already delicate situa insistence of reports from London that the American steamer Nebraskan was torpedoed instead of IN 1ST lie Floods and High Winds Through and Other THE DAMAGE IS IMMENSE Levees Along the Arkansas River Causing Worst Flood In By Telegraph to tho May lightning floods and high winds which swept through Western Mis Arkansas and sec tions of Illinois and the Central states caused tlie loss of at least IS lives and the destruction of an immense amount of Flood conditions are serious and a large area is Travel west of Kansas City is seriously handicapped and in many cases trains have been The levees along the Arkansas river continue to break with alarming The worst flood in the history of the Arkansas river is now sweeping down the BUTTLES OF THE Teutonic Allies Press the Russian State ment SLOW PROGRESS IN WEST Italy Claims to be Gaining on Its March Into AUSTRIAN ARMY FAILS TO HOLD BACK ITALIANS Germany would send a series of in answer to the American communi delaying a discussion of the merits of the question until there was an agreement on Bernstorff 5 Count Von the German confirmed the London ports that he had sent wireless mes sages to the foreign office de claring the American press was he coming impatient over the delay in sending the German and the Nebraskan incident had aggravat ed the It was explained at the embassy that the ambassador was not expressing his own opinion in these but merely keeping his government informed as usual on the state of public opinion in the United I Berlin press despatches saying that Ambassador Gerard had been in daily By Telegraph to the May efforts on the part of the Austrians to check the Ital ian invasion of Trent and Trieste have failed and the advance continues suc at every point It is that the Austrian troops s and that the city is in ids of Italian forces have crossed the river and are pushing south ward toward Infantry fighting on a large scale Is developing southeast of The Italians In Trent have occupied Storo and have stormed the Austrian defenses on Mount The and the Rus sians continue to wage warfare in with the Teutons seemingly pressing more closely to ward the fortress ot de spite the strenuous efforts of the Mus to them The Teutons are declared to have driven their lines so far in this tion that their forces are now only a short distance from miles east of the San and fourteen miles northeast of the fortress Elsewhere in the stubborn combats are in progress with both sides claiming successes at vari ous and with the Russians ad near and milling losses Progress for the British troops to ward and gains for the French near Ecurie and irt are reported by Along the remain der of the western the Ger mans are either delivering furious counter which it is declared are being or engaging in artil lery duels with the The Italians continue to report gain of Austrian territory at various points near the but no battle of any great importance his yet been Both infantry and artillery engage ments and Turkish positions by allied warships are in progress in the region of tho Darda but according to Constanti tlie lire by the land forces is Italy announces that Italian torpedo WANT AMERICAN VESSELS TO BE PLAINLY MARKED By Telegraph to the May warning to American to plainly mark their neutral character and brilliantly inate marking at night while ill the war lias Leon suggested by German war office to Ambassador smis r I Went Down in English Channel and Portion of the Crew Was President is Tired of Seeing the Military Factions Eating Food For TO ISSUE A STATEMENT Intervention Talk Circulates After Executives Determination is Made For Heroic By Telegraph to the By Telegraph to the Slay steam ship of was sunk by a German The Ethiops was sunk in the Eng lish channel off the coast of She sailed from Liverpool with a cargo of coal nad mixed goods owned by the Elder crew number ed The admiralty states that one of the Ethiops boats containing the first officer and 16 members of was landed at but May sharp and another containing the remainder of unequivocal warning will be served on tne crew is believed to have been both Mexican factions by President Members of the crew identified the Wilson next The note will submarine as a be a clear demand for immediate it is from a high The warning deals largely with the food MUSIC WAS BAND IS IMPROVING May Wilson has decided to serve notice on all the warring factions in Mexico that conditions in that country have become intolerable and that unless they compose the situation some other means may have to be employed to accomplish the result The first intimation of the presi The Mechanics baud of Mill Hail arrived in this city unheralded on a special street car Friday evening and gave a concert at Main and Grove Later they went to the Penn sylvania on and tendered n serenade to Thomas the new proprietor of that dents determination to take this step The is comparatively a Success of U Boats in Darda nelles Only Preface to Extended THREE SHIPS ARE SUNK Big Liner Was Chased But Es capes by Reaching a Friendly came yesterday in his appeal issued as head of American Red setting forth that due to several years of internal the un fortunate people of many parts of Mexico have been reduced to tne verge of and urging con to relief Later tho White House gave out the following When the presidents appeal for aid for the Mexicans was it was also stated at the executive offices that a statement from the President on the present situation in Mexico might be expected within the next few May success of the German submarines in their at tackson the British fleet supporting the army on the Gallipoli which has resulted in the sinking of the battleships Triumph and and the ever increasing activity oC these boats in the waters around the British and the threat to carry this underwater war far to the Suez canal and the trade which passes that while they have not caused any great uneasiness in naval circles have brought the officials to a realization of the great danger that will exist it Germany is to increase her fleet of U Yesterday came reports of the sink ing of the British steamers Cadeby new appears to in proved Spennymoor and the with age as it evident at these barlt and a statement certs that the men have taken a keen j that fte was interest nud will eventually rank with fie best bauds in this Harry a well known is in charge as director and lie has the band under excellent it being parti noticeable that tho a observe the various t e selections they VANDERBILT WILL By Telegraph to tJie New May The of Al fred Vanderbilt was filed for pro bate The dead millionaire This statement has been prepared leaves the majority of his property to and will be issued after the Cabinet his second wife and The meeting next then com to the leaders of all the Mexican first wife is not mentioned in the FRENCH LINER BROKEN IN TWO No Recognition Officials at the White House and sent in advance the main points to be contained in the German were shown to Secretary Bryan last j He said that while the ambassador iad sent his own nothing that could be called an outline had i been received and that he was not aware that any official information had been given as to the contents of the j NONE SAW InK tla 1S announced by the state This is the first official admission to to United States that the torpedoed by 11 German ITALIAN SHIPS ATTACKED BY AEROPLANE May While none of crew of the American steamer disabled Tuesday night Telegraph to the May Italian war the of a naval were attacked by an Austrian aeroplane which sailed boats have sent an Austrian rine to the bottom during an engage German submarines have state Department declined to say ert to their score of sunken vessels what the presidents statement con the Swedish bark Roosval and the bnt denied that recognition of British steamer Two j men on the bark and the captain friends of Carranza here had and five men of the steamer were lost j been pressing for the In the disaster i Washington government had not been reports unofficial that manys note to the United States gov present wag said eminent in answer to the American i was not intended to assist one faction protest against her submarine warat tne expense of another but to lie fare will be delivered to the American i in effect tnat the ar Ba rive at an early settlement of their ambassador Saturday and published troubles or at least provide for the by the Berlin newspapers sustenance of the starving High officials referred to the presi i dents forthcoming pronouncement as NAVAL TUG COLLIDES WITH immediate intervention and they emphasized the word im BATTLESHIP IN HARBOR T Intervention Talk of intervention which has been DJ to the Express dormant ever since the European war May attention from the situation naval tug collided iu tlie nearer revived harbor off the which the White House Many ed in the tug iu tho drv diplomatists who interpreted the days 0 By Telegraph to the May French liner Champagne which went aground near Nazaire is broken in two and will be a total All of the persons on fired upon by an undersea but succeeded in escaping and reach ing Italian The Turks and their German cers probably will have another in vasion to meet before Unofficial reports reaching here yesterday that the Italians have landed on the Island of off the coast of Asia while a cruiser has been bombarding is on Gulf of on the main land of Asiatic not far from This is believed to be the first step in an attempt to land on the Asia Minor There has little or no in the situation ou the eastern or western battle The Austrians and Germans claim to have made a further advance in their the aim of which is tlie encircling of although they are meeting board were safely taken off and part with very stubborn resistance on the of the cargo was I part of the War in Please Send All persons having flowers to Sp in the the French offensive north of Arras is still in progress but nate to the for Memorial will please send them as early as by the allied troops sible Monday morning to the post seemingly is not so fast as it was in the Odd Fellows j when the attack was first launched where the Relief corps will If KB British also are engaged north arrange them for the La Bassee and are almost PERSONAL occupied in resisting German at tacks around the attempt to capture which place is said to have cost the Teutons an enormous number gineer believes he saw the wake of A number of bombs were torpedo on the starboard ac but the Austrians were chas cording to Captain of the ed by aeroplanes before the which u Austrian invader could do any seri TORPEDO DID THE TRICK ous The Austrian fled toward pallors of It tlint the propellers of the battleship badly bunt or She now lies iu the tabor and will scut down to of damage Inevitable outcome of the situation and that the United States was paving tlie tor sucl action by notifying May torpedoing of the steamship Is now esta as due to a German the report of the commander of the In question having been re by the The com mander stated that when he first saw the she was being convoyed by two patrol and he concluded that she must be a British vessel or was carrying The main points of the German re ply to the American note on the sink ing of the probably are known to the administration In Wash ington now go the note which it is expected will be delivered will not come as an absolute The American ambassador has had daily conferences at the foreign where terms of the German answer Officials still were noncommittal yesterday about tne explosion aboard the American steamer Ambassador Page cabled that he ex affidavits from the captain and crew of the As yet the Washington government does not know positively whether a mine or torpedo caused the Smale On Sick Catherine Smale is quite seri ili at her 307 Bast NORTH CAROLINA By to tho May United States cruiser which went aground near on was yesterday and is now ou the way Captain Oman reported to the navy department that the vessel had suffered no dam UNITED IN MARRIAGE POPE WILL Telegraph to the May that Pope Benedict would leave Italy because of the war are John and Miss May both of this were unit ed in marriage this morning at 11 at the parsonage of the East Main Street E by the pas William of Port and Miss Nellie of Beech were married this morning by Homer pastor of the of at the parsonage on East Church this and Lytle will reside at Port The belief was widespread in cial and diplomatic circles last night that an Immediate effect of the forth statement will be to give warning that relief supplies must not the military fac tions and that they must assist in feeding the starving Ready For Tie special train of steel care con the Johnny Jones shows will arrive in this city on Sunday evening and all next week will exhibit on the commons on East Walnut Ac cording to present plans the main en trance will be at Vesper The carnival shows exhibited this which is nearly 300 miles distant from Lock I About 35 of the show people have en I gaged quarters at the Eagle Hotel tor the entire The Johnny Jones band win yate la the Memorial day LONDON STRIKE By Telegraph to the May tram way strike has been Burial at Zion Private funeral over the remains of the late Sarah Hinds were conducted at her 3 East Bald Eagle on Friday This morning the ac companied by about 25 was taken to over the Central ol ot Interment was Cracker Jack King William of the cracker jack has opened a stand at Grove and Main streets and this evening will to his patrons this toothsome Next week Walker will be on the midway at the Johnny Jones carnival and those who like jack will have no difficulty to locate the Ice Cream and Cake The Sunday school class of Harry El Hockman In Trimly Methodist Episcopal Sunday will serve ice cream and Monday afternoon at the residence of Fairview The pro urn for the benefit of the im provement A liberal patronage is solicited fur tlie young On Auto and Winters and and and ot arrived in this city on Friday ln Winters touring car will spend several visiting relatives and friends in Lock John of was Lock Haven visitor Editor of a Lock Haven visitor I The Italians claim to have made Fred Faulkner and of are visitors in this city advances Austrian ter of m the business visitor here j bnt no important battle has yet of been fought in the southeastern thea was a visitor in this city on f George of State Colj tne was a visitor in the city Thurs LOCAL AUTO PARTIES John editor ot the ON PLEASURE JAUNTS Record at was a business visitor in this city on Cashier Reese of the First William McKinney and Charles National accompanied by Mrs two well known Avis uj were visitors in this city on and their and and of McCormick and Miss were among the visitors from Carrie left this morn tor Pittsburgh in Mr of New York They will visit Tench rived in Lock Haven this and take in the sights ot the ing and is a guest at the city Lambert and will remain Attorney McCormick and until after Memorial of tllis County Commissioners Merand started thit and of Lock afternoon for an overland trip to visited Renovo Thursday to inspect the Gettysburg in their autos two bridges in South with a and of view to making repairs to West Main and Miss Madelina this city Miss Edward of and Dean rived home Friday from Philadelphia of North Fairview left Friday to spend his summer vacation in Hippies touring car for Miller is a student at the School of via Industrial and judging by his Wilson with Mary is making a success of of and Miss chosen I Elizabeth of this left in A of the Lock Haven the Kistler touring car this morn who was accompanied by his tng tor Watkins where arrived home on Thursday after they will enjoy the beauties of nature a visit in the Lehigh Atlantic until Monday or Tuesday of next City and In the latter city they witnessed the parade inci dent to the Knights Templar of Notice Miss Fern Yufer has returned home All members of the Patriotic Order after a pleasant two weeks visit with America are requested to meet her of Ty ln the camn room nf Croll who expects to spend some time day parade Honor themen who in this the
