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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
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VOLUME XXXXV
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MAY 14, I'M.")
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FORMAL OPENING OF
LOCK 17 DRAWS VAST
THRONG OF CITIZENS
Prominent Citizens From Every bqrt
of the State Take Part In
Big Celebration
MISS BLAIR CHRISTENS
LOCK WITH PURE WATER
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Senator Bankhead Is Hero of Day And Is Greeted
With Tremendous Ovation—Governor For
mally Receives Lock From Representa
tives of Federal Government
By HUGH W. ROBERTS
Tuscaloosa, May 13.—(Special.)—On behalf of the state of
Alabama Governor Henderson received from representatives of
the federal government the completed Lock 17, that- makes nav
igable the year around the Black Warrior river, and to all prac
ticable pna^astlS gives Birmingham, the Magic City of the coal
and steel bplt-of the south, an outlet to the sea.
in m* celebration ,>«wi true epocnai
event the industrial history of the
state, many thousands of people par
^ ticipated. The Black Warrior fleet, in
command of Commodore A. H. Wood
ward In the flagship Rickwood, dropped
anchors tonight in Tuscaloosa and the
hundreds of citizens of Birmingham.
Mobile, Cordova and other cities who
had followed the stream from its Walk
«r county source, were greeted by the
entire population of the community. In
the public square Congressman W. B.
Oliver gave the visitors welcome, and
*W. B. Bankhead, son of Senator Bank
head, responded. Later a gigantic bar
becue was enjoyed and after hours of
* rejoicing everyone agreed that the
event had been fittingly celebrated.
Senator Bankhead. Senator Under
wood, Governor Henderson. Lieutenant
Governor Kilby, Congressmen Gray and
Oliver, State Treasurer Lancaster, many
members of the legislature and several
of the industrial captains of the Bir
mingham district were among the prom
inent citizens of the state who testified
by their presence to the importance of
the occasion.
Greeted at Cordova
Birmingham’s official ..-delegation,
several hundred strong, was greeted
at Cordova by hundreds of enthusiastic
citizc.is. Words of welcome were spoken
by K'pe M. Long and responded to by
Colonel Beach of the federal govern
ment and Senator Bankhead. Later on
the Nugent, M .Carney, Swan and Rick
nvoood, the celebrants began the jour
ney to tlie lock. Jin route they were
Joined by the Birmingham Chamber p(’
Commerce delegation, 500 strong, and
together, at 3 o'clock, they reached the
lock. The Mobile and Tuscaloosa dele
gations awaited them in the John Quill.
McCalla, Myrtle, Goldbug and other
launches and barges, ft was estimated
that the crowd numbered nearly 5000
people.
At this point Governor Henderson as
sumed charge of the ceremonies. After
, he was presented by Judge W. W. Bran
^ don he introduced Senator Underwood and
v later Senator Bankhead; then followed the
christening ceremonies. The sponsor, Mies
► Madeline Blair of Tuscaloosa, and her
maids, Miss Mabel Hartwell of Mobile,
Miss Mabel Maxwell of Cordova and Miss
Marie Ars of Demopolis, were escorted to
the platform. Miss Blair, smashing a bot
tle containing water drawn from the well
in Moscow, Lamar county, out- of which
when a barefoot boy Senator Bankhead
was wont, to quench his thirst, exclaimed:
**I dedicate to public use this Lock No.
J7." Then she Smashed the bottle of wine
with those words, "And christen the pool
k above Lake Bankhead."
(ft Wings Swing Open
By the time of completion of the cere
monies ot chrlsteneing the giant wings of
the lock had swung wide, and the fleet
driven through. Then began the second
leg of the journey, the boats with the
flagship of Com unodore^Wood ward to the
\ fore, plying their course in battle forma
tion.
P It waa night when Tuscaloosa was
reaohed at the Lock 12 landing, the re
ception committee, accompanied by a
large delegation of enthusiastic citizens
welcomed the visitors. In automobiles
and street cars the journey to the heart
of the city was made. There a blaze of
light greeted the comers In public
square, In the center ot which was ex
tended the table of the feast.
Practically all the residents of Tusca
loosa were on the ground in holiday mood
and holiday attire. Beauty and Chivalry
with the spirit of the yesterday had
Joined with modern industry to celebrat*1
a new event m which the skill or man
had eliminated an Impediment of nature.
There was music and song and cheers
and oratory of which wit and eloquence
and prophecy were the characterizing fea
ture. After th<* welcome of the city had
been expressed and responded to, the
F.uesls surged about the barbecue and
there until the hour of midnight were
steadfastly engaged.
The hero of the day was Senator Bank
head. Wherever he appeared, he was
greeted with wild acclaim. At Cordova.
Mr. Bong sung his praises. At the lock
Judge Brandon and Senator Underwood
attributed to him the chief credit for the.
splendid industrial accomplishment ami
crowned his brow with laurel wreath;-?
denoting merit-. In Tuscaloosa Congress- \
man Oliver declared that if in the fu- j
ture one would see the monument of tie j
senator he would simply have to look j
about him that his stature was a con- :
quered warrior that his tame like th-1
monument of Horace would be more last
ing than brass would endure forever.
In his addresses, the senator very mod- I
estly disclaimed the credit. He declared!
that but for the assistance of former '
Congressman Taylor of the First Ala-j
bama, and the constant aid of other
patriotic Alabamians, together with the
willingness of the federal government
and the skill of its engineers he could
have done hut little.
lender wood Speaks
The theme of Senator Underwood’s ad
dress dealt with the navigable Warrior,
not so much as a blessing, but as an op
portunity. He urged the people to take
advantage of this opportunity if they
would achieve, to bare their arms In other
wor-is, and go ce work in development.
Hundreds of i»eople from the Cordova
landing to Tuscaloosa, participated in Unj
general celebration who neither rode upon
the river, sat beneath the eloquence »f
the orators or seated with the rejoicing
throngs of the Druid City. At every land
ing on the river big crowds greeted the
passing steamers with loud acclaim and
the waving of flags. There was evidently
« general realizing on the part of every
one living on the hanks of the Warrior
that a new day had been born in the
industrial world and that a magnificent
opportunity was, offered for the pros
perity' if not affluence of the people. To
the same effect, heads of corporations in
the Birmingham district, along with of
ficials and representatives of the peo
ple testified. George B. McCormack.
Erskine Ramsey. A. H. Woodward.
George Gordon Crawford, and other lead
ers in industrial life expressed the opinion
that the opening of the Warrior would
cause further extensive development in the
coal and steel industry, and by affording
a great reduction in rates, cause the
Birmingham district to blossom like the
rose, and take the ascendancy' in sup
plying the markets of the world.
And that fri this matter the silent but
everlasting monument to Senator Bank
head would he rendered more glorious
and significant was the gist of their
opinion.
t MARSHALL IN JACKSON TODAY \
i Jackson, Miss . May 13.—(Special.) 1
* Vice President Marshall will arrive *
* in Jackson Friday afternoon and $
* he and Mrs. Marshall will be the $
* guests of Governor and Mrs. *
* Brewer at the mansion. Mr. Mar-. *
t shall speaks at the Century that ?
* night and at the conclusion leaves i
i for Washington, so that his stay in i
$ Jackson will be short. He \Yili be i
$ introduced by Senator John Sharp $
* Williams. |
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BRITISH WARSHIP
GOLIATH TORPEDOED
L IN THE DARDANELLES
Over 500 Lose Lives When Big Battleship Is Sent
to Bottom—Only 20 Officers and 110 of Crew
Are Saved—Is Third Big Sea Fighter
to Be Lost In Straits
London, May 13.—(3 p. m.)—The British battleship Goliath has been tor
pedoed in the Dardanelles. It Is feared 500 lives have been lost.
Twenty officers and 160 men of the Goliath’s crew were saved.
• The announcements were made in the House of Commons today by Winston
Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty.
While no definite information had been received as to the number of lives
> lost on the Goliath, Mr. Churchill said he feared it would reach 500.
Mr. Churchill said: I the Sea of Marmora, sinking two Turkish
"The Goliath was torpedoed last night
and a torpedo attack by destroyers while
protecting the French flank just Inside
' the straits.
■ "Twenty officers and 160 men were
JpP saved, which I fear means that over 500
ware loat.
"The admiral commanding at the Dar
danelles also telegraphs that the sub
ainrlne K-14, Which, with an milch daring
penetrated to the Sea qf Jdarmora. has re
ported that she hang t*o togs of Turkey
and a large Turkish transport."
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Kuuuoais ana a Turkish transport.
The Goliath was one of the older British
battleships of the pre-dr (Old naught typo.
She was built In 1808. Her complement
was 760 men. She was 400 feet long on the
water line, displaced 12,950 tons, and was
armed with four 12-Inch and 12 «-lnch
guns; 12 12-pounders, six three-pounders,
two machine guns and four torpedo tubea.
Tbe Goliath is the third British battle
ship whose loss in the Dardanelles attack
has been announced by the British gov
ernment. Loss of the Irresistible and
Ocean was announced March 19. On April
5 a Wireless dispatch from Berlin said
the British battleship Lord Nelson also
had been destroyed. That retort was
not confirmed.
VAST CROWD THAT CHEERED WILSON AT PHILADELPHIA |
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* CROWO U5TENIN<a TO PRE^lDENfTS SPEECH.
The photographs above were taken by our special photographer in Phlladelpnia. Pa.. Monday night, when President Wilson said: “The special example -.r
America must be an example not merely of peace because it will fight, but of peace because it is the healing and elevating influence of the world and strife is not
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it docs not need to convince others by force that
it is right."
10 BE REPATRIATED;
RIOTINGJUBSIDES
English Government Yields
to Agitators and Will Take
Drastic _ Action —1 Many
Participants in Riots Are
Punished
lA>nclon, May 13.—(10:30 p. m.)
Premier Asquith's statement in the
House of Commons today that all
aliens of enemy countries of military
age would be interned and that this
applied to the naturalized, against
whom there was suspicion, and that
others would be repatriated has satis
fied those agitating for drastic action.
As a result riots in J>ondon ami provin
cial towns have largely subsided. Suel
rioting as did take place today and to
night was carried on by mobs of boy
girls and women, who were out lor fut
or bent on looting; German shops, while
men stood by laughing or encouraging
their youthful Imitators.
The police, strongly reinforced by spe
cial constables, were better able to bandit
tho situation today.
Severe Penalties Imposed
Following the wild scenes of yesterday
end last night some 5Hi or more active
participants in attacks on German .-'hop*
appeared in London’s police court today
and the magistrates read them severe
lectures and imposed heavy penalties, ir
most eases. Some of the most culpable
were sentenced to jail at hard labor, sen
tences ranging from a month to four
months. Others, mostly women, weir
fined. When men of military age ap
peered before the magistrates they wen
told sharply that the best way to ge
revenge on the Germans was to enlist.
In this connection the Westminster Ga
zette said today:
"People who hunt aliens and assail 11
their persons and loot their shops an
not the people ,who are going to hel|
us right our wrongs. They are loafer*
and shirkers who are not going to wai
and whose violence has no patriotic mo
tive."
It is notable that no complaints hav<
been received of aliens suffering frorr
personal injjury. Of the many hundred
who appeared at the American embassy
and consulate today seeking protectior
none showed signs of having been en
gaged in an encounter, but they deslrei
compensation for the damage done theii
property and assurance that they would
be no repetition of the acts.
Must Pay Compensation
Under English law taxpayers of local
ities where the shops were wrecked and
goods destroyed must pay compensatlor
for the damage done In the riots, so thal
In many cases the very people who tool*
part In the dernonstratidps will have tc
pay their share.
At Southend the authorities took amort
serious view of the case, as many ol
the men arrested were prominent citi
zens who were angered by the Zeppellr
raid. They were remanded for a Wee>*
and a heavy ball was demanded.
Naturalized Germans, Austrians and
Turks were busy today In signing declara
tions representing their allegiance to Greal
Britain. One memorial from men of till!
class In the city of lamdon haa been sem
direct to King George, ©ther memorial*
hav« been handed to the mayors of va
rious cities. In all the memorials »ht
men reaffirm their oath of allegiance and
express abhorrence of the German meth
ode of warfare.
Vice Consul Arrested
Vancouver, B. yC., May 18.—T. Von Ul*
rich, vice consul Ifor Austria Hungary In
Vancouver at the time .of the outbreak
of war, has beeA arrested. It was an
nounced today mdU sent to the intem
ment enmp at Napalm* to. be detained
until tha end of-thk*Ungfle.
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Germany Told United States Will
Spare No Act to See Rights of Its
Citizens Protected In Every Way
Note to German Government On Lusitania Incident And Recent Attacks
On American Vessels Is Couched In Firm But Friendly Tone Kaiser
Must Not Only Atone In Every Way Possible But Must Give Guar
antee That Such Acts Will Not Be Repeated In Future
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Washing iob, May 13.—The United States government today cabled Ambassador Gevaul lor
presentation to the German government a note calling attention “to the grave situation which
has resulted’’ from violation of American rights on the high seas, culminating in the sinking of
the Lusitania with a loss of more than 100 American lives.
The communication expresses the confident expectation of the United States "that the imperial German govern
ment will disavow the acts of which the government of the United States complains; that they will make reparation
so fare as reparation is possible for Injuries which are without measure, and that they will take immediate steps to
prevent the recurrence of anything so obviously subversive of the principles of warfare for which the imperial Ger
| man government in the past so wisely and so formly contended."
In its conclusion, the note states that “the imperial German government will not expect the government of the
j United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights
of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding fheir free exercise and enjoyment."
I . j. .i. .. (tier fit nut Uvi rihinv nl f frntn nil emit- struid. t lt#> liiitu>rln I Uoi'inuti mivni i,ni„nt
' public tonight by the stRte department as
| follows:
• rtepHi trttent of State,
"’Washington, May 13, 1913.
! "Tile Secretary ot State to the American
; Ambassador at Berlin:
I "Please cull on the minister of foreign
affairs and after reading to him this
j roirnimiicntion, leave with him a copy.
I ‘"In view of rer-ent acts of the German
1 authorities In violation of American
! rights on the high seas which culminated
In the torpedoing and sinking of the Rrlt
‘ isii steamship Lusitania on May 7, 1916,
by which over luo American citizens lost
I their lives, ll is clearly wise and de
Isirable that the government of the United
.States and the imperial German govern
ment should come to a clear and full un
derstanding as to the grave situation
which has resulted.
Incidents Cited
"The sinking of the British passenger
steamer Falaba by a German submarine
on March in. through which Leon' C.
Thrasher, mi American citizen, was
drowned: the attack on April 28 oil the
American \esscl Pushing by a German
atvoplane: the torpedoing on Mgy 1 of
the American vessel Golfllght by a Ger
man submarine, as a result of which two
or more American citizens met their
death: and finally the torpedoing and
sinking of the steamship Lusitania, con
stitute a series of events which the gov
ernment of the United States has observed
witli growing concern, distress and
amazement.
"Recalling the humane and enlightened
attitude hitherto assumed by the Imperial
German government in matters of inter
national right, and particularly with re
gard to the freedom of the seas; having
learned to recognize the German views
and the German Influence In the field of
International obligation as always engaged
upon the side of Justice and humanity,
and having understood the instructions of
the imperial German government to Its
naval commanders to be upon the same,
plane of humane action prescribed by Hie;
naval codes of other nations, the govern
ment of the United States was loathe to
believe—It cannot now bring Itself to be
lieve—that these acts, ao absolutely con
trary to the rules, the practises and the
spirit of modern warfare, could have the
I countenance or sanction of that great
! government. It feels it to be Its duty,
therefore, to address the imperial Ger
man government concerning them with
tiie utmost frankness and in tbe earnest
hope that it la not mistaken in expecting
action on the part of the Imperial German
government which will correct the un
fortunate Impresslofls which have been
created and vindicate once more the po
sition of that government with regard
to the sacred freedom of the seas.
Mast Take Precaution
"The government of the United States
baa been-apprised that the Imperial Ger
man government considered themselves to
he obliged by the extraordinary circum
stanced Of the present war and the meas
ures adopted by their adversaries la setk
merce .to adopt methods of retaliation
which go min h beyond the ordinary meth
ods of warfare at sea. in the proclama
tion of a wai zone from which they have
warned neutral shipa to keep away. This
government has already taken occasion
to Inform the imperlul Herman govern
ment that It cannot admit the adoption of
such measures or such a warning of
danger to operate as .In any degree an
abbreviation of the eighth of American
shipmasters or of American citizens bound
on lawful errands as passengers on mer
chant ships of belligerent nationality, and
that It must hold the imperial Herman
government to a strict accountability for
any infringement of those rights. Inten
tional or Incidental. It does not under
stand the Imperial German government to
question those rights. It assumes, on the
contrary, that the Imperial government
accept, as, of course, the rule that the
lives of noncomhatants. whether they tie
of neutral Itlzenship or citizens of one
of the nations at war, cannot lawfully or
rightfully he pul In jeopardy by the cap
ture or destruction of an unarmed mer
ehan Snan. and recognize hTSo, as all other
nations do. the obligation to Ink.- the
usual precaution of visit and search to
ascertain whether a suspected merchant
man is in fart Of belligerent nationality
or Is In fact carrying contraband of war
under a neutral flag.
"The government of the United States,
therefore, desires to call the attention of
the imperial Herman government with the
utmost earnestness to the fact that the
objection to their -present method or at-|
tack against the trade of their enemies j
lies in the practical Impossibility of em
ploying submarines in tile destruction of
commerce without disregarding those rule*
of fairness, reason, justice and humanity
which all modern opinion regards ns Im
perative. It Is practically Impossible for
Hie officers of a submarine to visit a
merchantman at sen and examine her
papers and cargo. 11 Is practically Im
possible for them to make a prize of her;
nnd, If they cannot put a prtj-.c crew
on hoard of her, they cannot sink her
without leaving her crew and all on hoard
of her to the mercy of the sea in her
small boats. These facts, It ts under
....MOM..
frankly admit. We are Informed that in
the instances of which we have spoken
time enough for even that poor measure
of safety was not given, and in at least
two of the cases cited not so much as
a warning was received. Manifestly sub
marines cannot he used against merchant
men, as the Inst few weeks have shown,
without an Inevitable violation of many
sacred principles of justice and humanity.
Can Act Within Nights
•American citizens act within their in
ilfsputable rights in taking their ships and
in traveling wherever their legitimate
business calls them upon the high seas,
and exercise those rights in what should
bo tiie well-justified confidence that their
lives will not be endangered hv acts done
n clear violation of universally acknowl
edged Internationa] oUlgiatlons, and cer
tainly in the confidence that their own
government will sustain them In their ex
ercise of their rights.
"There was recently published In the
newspapers of the United States, I regret
to inform the imperial German govern
ment. a formal warning, purporting to
some from the imperial Gerpian embassy
it Washington, addressed to the people of
lhe United States, and stating, in effect,
that any citizen of the United States who
Bxerclsod his right of free travel upon
the seas would do so at. his peril If his
lourney should take him within the zone
nf waters within which the imperial Ger
man navy was using submarines against
the commerce of Great Britain and
France, notwithstanding the respectful
but very earnest protest of his govern
ment, the government of the United
States. 1 do not refer to this for the pur
pose of calling the attention of tho Im
perial German government at this time
to the surprising Irregularity of « com
munication from the imperial German
embassy at (Washington Uddressed to the
people of the United States through the
newspapers, hut only for the purpose of
pointing out that no warning that an un
lawful and inhumane act will he com
mitted can possibly lie accepted as an
excuse or palliation for that act or as an
(Continued on FS|« Two)
INDIANS ATTACK
AMERICAN COLONY
Three Killed and Several Wounded Near Espetanza, Mexico,
as Result of Yaqui Uprising—Conditions in Sonora Re
• ported Little Less Than Appalling
.\ogalea, Sonora* Max.* May I*1.—\ aqul
Indiana attacking a colony of HS Amer
icana Including women and children
near Knperansa, aouth of Gaaymaa,
hare killed three and wounded aeveral
other*. according to Information re
ceived today by Frederick Simple!',
American ronaul here. The battle eon.
tlauea.
The Americana reported killed are
John .William*, W. X Fay and William
Stocker. J. J. Donovan Is missing and
In believed to have been killed.
Jose Maytorena, governor of Sonora,
has ordered a detachment of 500 troops
to entrain at Guay man and proceed t*»
the aid of the Americana. The railroad,
however. Is only partially repaired.
Itofngeee fr/im the Interior report
conditions in Sonora to be little short
of appalling The Yminis and lawless
elements of all sorts are pillaging and
committing murder, they nay. The In
diana are reported to ba butchering man*
Women and children indiacrlminately.
Official Note on Action Is
sued in Rome—King Re
serves Decision as to Ac
ceptance of Resignations
GERM A NS CONTINUE
TO HAMMER AWAY
AT THE ALLIES’LINES
French Claim Progress in
Counter Attack—Russians
Check Teutons’ 1 >ash After
Losing Much Ground
London, May 11.—(2:02 a. m.)
The Knlian cabinet hns rcsigiv’d.
“The counril of ministers," says
Reuter’s Rome correspondent, “con
sidering that it did not posse's the
unanimous assent of the con-tltutional
parties regarding its international
policy, nhich the gravity of the situ
ation demands, has decided to hand
its resignation to the tvir.g. \n of
ficial note to this effect vtas issued
tonight.
‘Tin* Kin#; ha* reserved ids decision .<;s
t»’ wbethci' th© resignation wilt h© ac
« opted."
London, May id. p mu--Viscount
Haldane, lord high cham-Tor in tin
Won ft- of Lords* tuduy int ma 11 d (hat the
government was ©ohHid< ring ttm .»■
*My or departing from th© voluntary .•»
lent of ndlUary enlistment and \ < sorting
to universal service throughout the utnii
dom. For th. present, h© said, the hand*
of th© war <i! litv were fillrci with »h j
iin*n thf*.\ possessed, hut t ml#;hi h© neces
sary in rreonMldn- th© situation hi th©
light of th© tremendous necessities wHu
which th© nation was i©mft onted.
This appears in ©nnflrm th© Idea pr©
Milent her© that, wh 1© rerulthr? has ^
br©n #at !sfa©t ory th© heavy fUbumt will
Flanders t Ijuwf that mit’i\ nm© men will
h© required if victory 1 ato It© attained.
Withstand Attacks
Thus fiii', British troops, neeuydlfV- t *
Field Marshal Mir .John l*»»*u©h iqi'e
wit i©.loud all th> Ct»*rrno.n onslaughts,
a ml while at times they has© h©>*n com
pelled to'give some ground their counter
attacks have brought th©in back lo rh©
position from which they startl’d. How
ever. this has been eo*dy. for th© Gci -
nian artillery homhardment uas h©©n se
vpi'c and counter attacks always ar© fol
low ©U by heavy casually llata.
in tli©ir attempt last fab to reach
Calais .tin Germans cm 1 Untied th©ir at
tacks for sl\ weeks, but the allied fore
was mu©b weaker then, and th© German*
did not meet the counter offensive they
now meet in the west.
Of these th© most important Is that in
which the French'are carrying out fro*n
Arras to th© point where their line Joins
the British, and In which they continue
to meet with unvarying success. They
report again today the capture—which
th© Germans admit of strongly fortified
positions, and one road at least which
th© Germans have been using to bring
up reinforcement* to their positions near
' I«u Basse©. Therefor© It is believed hero
the French surceases will lighten th©
pressure th© Germans ar© bringing to
bear on th© British around Tores.
The A ust i <> • L i man offensive von?*nues
in wetsorn Galicia, where th© Russian*
hav© been driv©u 4<> miles hack from their
old positions and to within jr> mites of
I I'nseniyl. Tin* fighting, however, hns bo
• corn© less intense. Thi Germanic hIUhh
I estimate their captures at mom© IbO.OOu
men. tJ9 guns and 2ou machine guns.
To Prevent Advance
The Russians claim that they are In a
position to prevent a further advance oy
th© Germans and Austrians, but as it i*
they have lost much ground.
In eastern Galicia the Russians assert
that as a result of their new offensive
the Austrians have ©ctunieueed a dlsov
derl> retreat. Fighting continues in Com*
land and in the neighborhood of the Nie
men river.
Another battleship, the Goliath, ti-i
third the British hav© lost since the at
tack'on the Dardanelles began, has been
torpedoed by th© Turks and of th© crew
, of 700 or more, only 180, Including JO of
ficer* were na\ed. While the Goliath wh*»
an old vessel, she was useful for the work
to which alie had been assigned and th©
loss in men Is serious.
There Is some consolation to the British
in other news from the Dardanelles that
a British submarine, in a dash Into the
sea of Marmora, torpedoed two Turkish
gun boats and a large transport. Thl3
probably Is the submarine th© Turk*
thought they had sunk, hut which ap
parently got back through the mine
strewn passage.
BRUMBAUGH SIGNS
CHILD LABOR BILL
Harrisburg, May IT -Governor Brum
baugh today signed th© Cox child labor
bill, under which children under 14 years
of age, except newsboys, will be barred
from- working at any occupation. Mes
sengers employed between 8 p. m. and
ft a. ni. must he J1 years old and children
1 under lft will he prohibited from working
| unless they attend school eight hours a
! week.
I Domestic servants and farm laborer*
will he exempt from the act.
TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1 —Lock IT formally opened.
Italian cabinet resigns.
Wilson sends note to Germany
England’s enemies to h© repatriated.
‘J Roosevelt charges denied by Barnes.
©— Estimate* made of Vanderbilt estate.
4— Editorial comment.
&—Vardanian predicts shoals will be
dammed.
Outlook for Chautauqua bright.
Local products to be exhibited.
Memorial exercises Monday. v''
ft—8ociet.\.
7 -Attitude <>f Japan totally unexpaetad.
* Sports.
14— Baptist* go to Ashvdie next
11—Markets.
JS-sBirmirigham people have fine time on
excursion.