Democralic Senators Weakening Under
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— Xo. 25
WILSON SEES DEFEA
PURCHASE BILL
CONCESSIONS T
President, During Confer
ence, Asks Progressive
Republicans to Take the
Places of Nine Democrats
Who Revolted Against the
Administration Yesterday
MEASURE WILL BE
AMENDED, IS BELIEF
Declaration of Principle
Might Be Incorporated,
Saying Government Would
Buy No Ships Which
Would Involve Controver
sies With Belligerents
By Associated Press
Washing-ton. Feb. 2.—While the ad
ministration Senate Democrats cau
cused to-day to reorganize their shat
tered lines and renew the fight for the
ship bill. President Wilson conferred
with Progressive Republican Senators
at the White House seeking: a basis
to make the bill agreeable to enough
of that wing and fill the gap caused
by the sudden deflection of nine
Democratic votes in yesterday's sen
sation coup, when the antiadministra
tion Senators threw the measure into
the shadow of defeat.
One of the strong: possibilities of a
basis of compromise was that a decla
ration of principle might be incor
porated in the bill, saying the govern
ment intended to buy n<> ships
which would involve controver
sies with the European belligerents,
but that it would be so framed as not
t any of the rights of the
States.
Hr Scarcely had the caucus begun when J
LaFollette, Progressive Re
publican. upon whom the Democrats
are counting for support, appeared
outside the conference room and dis
cussed the situation with administra
tion leaders. That the bill would be
amended most of the Democrats
seemed ready to concede, but to what
extent did not become apparent in the
early hours of the conference.
Remain Out of Caucus
Seven of the Democrats who voted
with Republicans yesterday did not
attend the Caucus. They were Bank
liead. Camden. Clark, Hardwick,
Hitchcock. O'Gorman and Vardaman.
Senators Hoke, Smith and Brvan. how
ever, who rotes to table Vice-Presi
dent Marshall's ruling declaring out
of order Senator Clark's motion to re
commit the bill did not ignore the
caucus.
Amendments which the caucus con
sidered included those urged by Sen
ators Norris and Kenyon. One. by-
Senator Norris, would provide that no
vessel should be purchased by the gov
ernment which sails under the flag
of any nation at war with any other
nation which is at peace with the
United States, unless prior to such
purchase an understanding or agree
ment shall have been reached that
will avoid any international difficulty
or dispute regarding such ship pur
chase.
Senator Kenyon proposes that cab
inet officials should not serve on the
shipping board.
ith a view to seeking terms upon
■which progressive Republicans would
support the ship bill and to confer
with Democrats who bolted yesterday,
the Democratic caucus appointed a
committee of three to conduct nego
tiations and report at another caucus
to-night.
Wilson Still Confident
The President told the correspond
ents at the White House he was confi
dent the bill would pass. When ask
ed if there would be amendments he
replied the changes contemplated
would not alter the spirit of the meas
ure. He hoped, and was Inclined to
think, that such changes as were made
would satisfy the Progressive Republi
cans. who were not asking anything
inconsistent with the principle "of the
bill, but wanted chiefly, he said, to de
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THE WEATHER
For lliirri»l>uric and vicinity's llnln
or Nlwt to-night nml \\edne«dayi
not much clinnxr in temperature;
loweat temperature to-night,
about freer Ing.
For l-lantern I'ennaylvanla: linln or
"leet to-nlghj an<i Wednendavt
eaat gale*.
River
The SuMqunehannn river and nil Ita
tributaries* will continue to rlae
to-night anil \\ ednewday, eicept
the upper portion* of the princi
pal brant-he* will probably l»e K in
to full Wednesday. The lilghe*t
*«' age* prtnnl*e to he well helot*
•he flood point In all Mtreamn of
the n.YNtem. \ Ntase of about K.,%
feet IN Indicated for llurrialnirg
Wedneadav morning.
fieneral Conditions
The Ntorm liu* continued to move
N low IT ea*t wa;rd during the la*t
•twenty-four hour* with deorean-
Ing *treifgth und la now central
over the Ohio Valley. If haa
canned precipitation over nearly
all the country eaat of the *ll*'-
aiaalppl river.
If la 2 to -H degree* colder over
nearly all the country, except
I 'lah, Idaho and Montana, w here
It la aomewhat warmer.
Temperature: ft n . m.. 3H.
*un: Rlae«, 7:1« a. m.: net a. 5:23
p. m.
Moon: fllnea, 8:23 p. m.
River Stage: feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'a Weather
lllgheat temperature, IP.
I.oweat temperature. 30.
Meetn tempera*!ure, 3T».
.Normal temperature, -S.
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PLAN OF THE RO YAL FIREHOUSE
Plan of the Royal Fire Company house drawn by C. Howard Lloyd,
architect, which Is to be erected on the north side of Derry street about 125
feet west of the western line of Twenty-first street. The building will be
two story, red brick, with stone trimming*, outside dimensions, about 25
by 75.
The tirst floor will contain two stalls and space to accommodate two
fire apparatuses: the second floor, a parlor 23 by 25 feet and dormitory 18
by 2+ feet, with bath. The building will contain 'he usual open horse
stalls, sliding poles and all appliances of a modern firehouse. I
ENGLAND OBJECTS TO
y. S. SENDING FOOD
SUPPLY TO GERMANY
Great Britain Gives Notice Ships
Will Be Seized and That There
Will Be No Compensation
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 2.—Great Britain
notified the United States to-day al
j though not in official form, that food-
I stuffs of any kind destined for Ger
• many, Austria and Turkey would be
i regarded as contraband of war.
] The action of the British Govern
ment is based upon the recent German
; decree whereby that government will
take over all grain in Germany for
common use.
| Because the steamer Wilhelmina
'sailed from New York for Bremen be
fore the issuance of the decree it is
i understood that her cargo of food for
i German vivilians will be paid for and
| appropriated by the British Govern
j ment and the ship allowed to go free.
But, hereafter, t'ood-laden ships
i sailing from the United States directly
; for German ports or for neutral ports
in Kurope where it appears that the
: cargo may ultimately reach Germany,
! will be subject to seizure outright, ship
and cargo, without compensaMon.
i The State Department now is con
| sidering this latest announcement of
i the British Government but so far has
j not committed itself to its approval.
Attorney General
Breaks Records on
Employes' Pay Opinion
i Attorney General Francis Shunk
| Brown established a record for quick
j legal advice to-day. He was asked
about 11 o'clock by Auditor General A.
| W Powell whether he could pay legis-
I latlve employes from the first day of
!th session. It has been customary to
j pay th"se appointed for that period and
I also pay the holdovers until they are
| superseded. At noon Mr. Brown made
decision. Mr. Brown holds that they
I shall be paid from the tirst day of the
| session. He cites opinions given by
| M. Hampton Todd wlien Attornev Gen
eral on April 7. 1909, to T. A. Cricliton,
I then Deputy Auditor General, to that
; effect, and says that he concurs in the
| findings of his predecessor.
'GERMAN' OFFENSIVE RESUMED
SAYS PETROGRAD DISPATCH
I Petrograd, Feb. 2.—Renewal of a
j fierce offensive by the Germans in
; the region of Sochaczew and Bolo
j movo on the road to Warsaw Is ad
j mitted in an official statement here
' to-day. The violence of the German
! attack, the statement says, compelled
j some of the Russian units to retire to
' the second line of trenches.
MAY DISCONTINUE RELIEF
i Berlin, via London, Feb. 2. 12:55
|p. m. —Herbert C. Hoover, chairman
of the American-Belgian relief com
mittee, has arrived In Berlin for an
important conference with the Ger
• man Government. So important are
these negotiations that it may be said
| that upon them depends whether
j American relief measures In Belgium
can be continued or not.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1915.
TO APPOINT VIEWERS
FOR IRDSCRABBLE'
Solicitor Seitz Suggests Plan to
Settle Benefits and Damage
Problem
Solution of the "Hardscrabble"
problem without working hardship on
the owners of properties on the west
i side of Front street between Herr and
'"alder —the stretch which will bo
taken over by the city—was suggested
to council this afternoon by City So
licitor D. S. Seitz in a comprehensive
I letter on the subject.
Solicitor Seitz suggested that he
be authorized to ask the court to ap
point viewers to assess the benefits
and damages that may result from
the taking over of the properties but
that the affected propertyhoiders be
not required to relinquish possession
until the amount of damages has been
determined and a judgment entered
in the owners' favor against the city.
By this method instead of waiting a
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FLOUR INCREASES $2
BOL. IN TWO MONTHS
Price Has Steadily Been Soaring;
Wheat Is Touching Only the
High Spots
' At ihe local warehouse of the Pax
ton Flour and Feed Company wheat
was quoted to-day at $1.40 a bushel.
This is the highest price in this sec
tion since 1898 when it was at $1.50 a
j bushel. During Jlay, 1909, wheat sold
in Harrisburg for $1.40, to-day's
price.
In Chicago to-day the price of wheat
was quoted at $1.60'/4 a bushel. The
price was for wheat in bulk, sold di
rect to millers and other heavy buyers.
Local warehouses, it is understood,
are well llllert at present. Local deal
ers anticipate a further increase, but
how much, they are unable to say.
Local baking companies announced
that bread would not go higher im
mediately.
According to Harrisburg grocery
men, the high cost of living has been
increased only in the retail price of
flour, due to high wheat prices. At
the Kreidler Brothers store it was
stated that consumers buy in bags
containing twenty-four arid a half
pounds. The price is $1.15. Three
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LABOR MEN HELD FOR MURDER
By Associated Press
Denver. Col.. Feb. 2.—William 'T. ;
Hickey and Eli M. Grose, secretary
treasurer and vice-president, respect
ively. of the Colorado Federation of
were arrested last night,
charged with murder, according to in
formation from the sheriff's office to
day.
GERMANS CAPTURE
RUSSIAN TRENCHES
Petrograd, However, Says Gains
Were of Small Importance as
Compared With Losses
6,000 GERMANS LOST IN WEEK
Churchill Says Germany Is Now
Like "a Man Throttled With
Heavy Gag"
Tlio new (.erman attack on the
Warsaw front lias led to soiuc of tlie
heaviest fighting of the war in the
ICast thus. far. An official statement
from Petrograd to-day admits that
the Germans succeeded in carrying
Bwrtm tranche* in the region off
SoHiiew and Bollnow, near the Vis
tula and about 30 miles west of War
saw. but states that the German suc
cesses were of small importance com
pared with the losses they sustained
which are described as enormous. On
the front les* than a mile long, more
than ft.OOO Germans arc said to have
l>ecn killed in a week. The Russians
charg<>d the captured trenches and
Petrograd reports that they succeeded
in winning back a large part of tltciii.
Tile battle for possession of Carpa
thian passes continue** without defi
nite success for either tlie Russians
or the Austrians.
Winston Spencer Churchill, first
lord of the Admiralty. Is quoted a*
having said that on account of Eng
land's control of the seas. Germany
was like a man throttled with a heavy
gag, and that "the effort wears out
the heart and Germany knows It."
GERMANS RESENT EXECUTIONS
fly Associated Press
Rerlin, via London, Feb. 2, 10:38
a. m.—lndignation is expressed by the
newspapers generally over the execu
tion of Karl Ficke and Herr Grundler
in Morocco on charges of treason pre
ferred by the French.
VON KLUCK'S SON DEAD
fly Associated, Press
Berlin, via Amsterdam and London.
Feb. 2, 10:10 a. in. —The eldest son of
General Von Kluck, naval lieutenant,
is reported to have fallen near Middel
kerke on January 26. All former non
! commissioned officers under fifty years
are called to drill recruits.
WIRES DAMAGED IN WEST
Chicago, 111., Feb. 2.—Weather con
; ditions to-day continued to hamper
I telegraph and telephone companies
and communication with many point*
waa difficult and In ■"T'a iUr«nlf"\i
I cut oil
WAITS FOR KNIGHT
FROM OUT O'SOUTH
Lady Mawson Wirelesses Explorer
That She Just Can't Give
Him Up
If you had become engaged to "the
only man" just before he sailed away
! for a weary year's stay in the wastes
of the South Polar Seas, and after a
weary heartaching wait you had re
ceived a wireless from out the black
ness of the Antarctic Circle to the
effect that the one man in the world
was a physical wreck because of the
awful hardships he had undergone and
that therefore he released you from
your promise—what would YOU have
done?
Ten to one you'd have flashed back
by return wave the very same message
that so thoroughly convinced Sir Doug
las Mawson that the South Pole, after
all, isn't so cold. Here's the message:
If you ever needed me you need
me now Refuse release Love you.
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FLOOD DANGER HALTED
By COLDER WEATHER
Storm Is Decreasing; Spring's
i Coming; Groundhog Didn't See
His Shadow
i Tiie rain of the past thirty-six hours
! will not cause a flood, according to
[forecasts issued at noon. A stage of
| about eight and one-half feet is indi
i cated for Harrisburg to-morrow morn
ing.
A cold wave in the northeastern
part of the United States has lowered
temperatures, preventing the rain
which fell from draining into the
streams and removing immediate dan
ger of floods. The forecast for Har
risburg and Eastern Pennsylvania to
night and Wednesday is rain and sleet
with the lowest temperature about
freezing.
The storm is now over the Ohio Val
ley and is decreasing in strength. Al
most two inches of rain fell in Har
risburg during the past twenty-four
hours.
Other Rivers Rising
Flood stages were expected at Pitts
burgh at noon. In the eastern part of
| the State rain has caused high stages
on the l/ehigh, Schuylkill and Dela
ware rivers. The mills at Manayunk
closed this mornins owing to the rise
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CANADIAN'S IX READINESS
flv Associated Press
Victoria. B. C., Feb. 2.—The Cana- I
dian Department of Militia and de
fense has ordered the Thirtieth over i
seas battalion, which has been in ;
training outside Victoria, to lie held!
in readiness for departure for Eng-1
land.
SENATOR BEIDLEMAN
PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
More Than Majority of Senators
Pledge Themselves to His Sap
port For That Honor
SI-NAT' >i; i: I 111 H.I M \.\
Senator Edward E. Beidleman, of
this city, will be the next President
pro tem. of the State Senate.
The senator has been endorsed for
election by thirty of the Republican
senators, who have signed a paper for
him which is to be presented to the
Republican senatorial caucus at the
close of the session and more are ex
pected to sign to-day.
As the membership of the Senate is
fifty, the selection of the Dauphin sen
ator is assured. Hi was heartily con
gratulated to-day by his colleagues and
by friends on this recognition of his
work as a senator.
The last Dauphin countian to hold
ithe office of President pro tem. was
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell. who was
! President pro tem. in 1895 and 1897.
[ Judge McCarrell was Senator Beidle
j man's preceptor in the law.
Grandson of Paul Kruger
Held on Treason Charge
flv Associated Press
Pretoria, via Feb. 2, 10.19
A. M.—Pletre Orobler, a. member of
the parliament of the Union of South
'Africa and a grandson of Paul Kruger,
jiir- f"-" j* (H for trial on a
charge of treason.
SUBWAY SAFER FOR
TRAVELING AFOOT
Lynch Ordinance Insures Conveni
ence For Pedestrians on Second
Street Approach
Pedestrian travel through the Sec
ond street subway and approaches will
be made safer and more convenient if
an ordinance offered this afternoon in
City Council by Commissioner Williarp
H. Lynch becomes a law. Its final
passage is expected next week.
The ordinance amends the present
subway measure to provide for the
construction of a six-foot sidewalk at
the low grade along the base of the
wall that divides the freight station
entrance and the approach to the
street level south of Mulberry street.
Six-Foot Walk Along Base or Wall
The sidewalk as planned by Mr.
Lynch will begin at the northern limit
of the subway approach wall east of
the street about 160 feet south of the
Cumberland Valley tracks. It will ex
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ISIiHPM
SWEEPING MEASURE
I
Would Require Everybody Spend
ing Money For Political Pur
poses to Report to Courts
A bill to compel reports from every
person who may expend money for
political candidates was nresented in
the Senate to-day by Senator Sensenich,
of Westmoreland county The measure
provides an amendment to the corrupt
practices act interpreting the term
"political committee" to include "every
person, copartnership, association, fed
eration, league, society or corporation
who or which raises or collects or uses
or disburses or permits or controls or
assists in the raisins; or collecting,
using or disbursing of money to elect
or defeat any candidate or candidates."
Under the present law only political
committees are required to report the
expenditure of money in campaigns.
Under the Sensenich bill all money ex
pended, no matter by whom, would
have to be certified to the clerk of the
courts. Senator Sensenich says the
bill is aimed to reach individuals or
associations who expend monev for
candidates outside of the regular po
litical committees.
Senator Sensenich also introduced j
in the Senate to-day a bill mukinn it
mandatory for all courts of record to
render decisions within nine months
of the trial of a case unless all parties
pgree to an extension of time. A similar
bill was defeated in the last Legisla
ture.
Other bills introduced Included
these:
Mr. Sproul. Delaware Kxempting
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I,Ht;iSI.ATI\ K It \>l
The Honor will meet nt s o'clock |
<o-ululit null at 10 o'clock to-ntor- i
row mornlnir.
The Srnnir ha* adjourned to meet
But Monday night at »i3O.
14 PAGES
GERM AN OFFICER CHARGED
WITH DYNAMITING BRIDGE
OVER ST. CROIX RIVER
Police Make Arrest in Hotel at Vanceboro, Maine; Struc
ture Joined United States and New Brunswick; Span
Blown Out by Heavy Charge; Authorities Say They
Have Secured Confession
By Associated Press
Vanceboro. Maine, Feb. 2.—An at
tempt to destroy the railroad bridge
spanning the St. Croix river, which
forms the international boundary line
between Eastern Maine and New
Brunswick, was made early to-day.
One of the three spans of the structure
was blown up by dynamite.
The attack on the bridge caused
great excitement on the New Bruns
wick side, where rumors of a German
plot spread rapidly, and resulted in an
immediate investigation by the provin
cial authorities.
Inquiry was begun on this side and
led to the arrest at a local hotel of a
man who gave his name as Werener
Van Horn. According to the police,thc
prisoner said he was an officer in the
service of Germany, but refused to
divulge his rank. The police assert
that he admitted he exploded the dy
namite under a section of the bridge
and that a dynamite cap and a plan of
the brldtre were found in his nockets.
Van Horn, according to the police,
described himself as 37 years old. He
is o feet 11 inches in height and weighs
about 200 pounds. He is smooth
shaven.
The arrest was made by Deputy
Sheriff Ross, who was accompanied by
a Maine Central Railroad detective and
two Canadian officers from McAdam
Junction. N. B. He was removed to
the United States immigration rooms,
where he was closely guarded.
Made No Resistance
When taken into custody at his
room In the hotel Van Horn made no
resistance, but is alleged to have told
the officers the circumstances of the
dynamiting. He seemed unable to
speak very good English. Xo papers
were found to Identify him. In a coal
pocket he carried a German flag.
Asked why he had dynamited the
bridge, the prisoner, the police say,
made the simple explanation that his
country was at war with Great Britain
and that Canada was a nart of Ihe
enemy's country. He said, according
to the officers, that he came from New
York, having left that city on Friday
night and arrived here Saturday. Im
mediately after discharging the explo
MAN KILLED BY EARTHSHOCK 1
lon, Feb. 2, 2.20 P. M.
night in a number of districts ire. One C
and many kad narrow e ig to the sh \
down :oal in the pita. £
1 dered unworkable by the fall Wh
I M. WARD, C r
<es-Barre, Pa., Feb. 2. »hn M. Ward, pioneer
!rrc tsnt and prominent in and banking circle:"., ' J
died to-day of ganeral debility. lie was 80 years old. j
APPOINT* POSTMASTER FOR SCRANTON 1 J
Washington, Feb. 2.—President' Wilson to-day selected J
John J. Durkin, as postmaster i cranton. Pa. The not ' 4
Sination was prepared for tke Senate. V
WHEAT AT $1.65 IN LAST HOUR \
"Chicago, Feb. 2.—On a second, string swell, the wheat ji
market swept upward in the last hour to $1.65 for May, a jS
gain of 9}4c a bushel compared with last night. Trans- * I
i in the May' option b 1 .
>f trading shifted to the July delivery. < "
BISHOP DUBS GROWS WEAKER '
iarrisburg. —Reports from the bedside of Bishop Dubs, j '
K who is ill at his home from >art trouble, this after- M
K noon were simply—"He is gradually growing weaker."
C Late this afternoon City Council directed City Solicitor h
S Seitz to ask the court to appoint viewers who will assist in M
# the solution of the "Hardscrabble" problem. F
Washington, Feb. 2.— Senator Clapp told his colleagues ft
' before going to the White House to-day he intended telling M
President Wilson the ship bill situation was not a subject for I
executive interference," and that he resented being called »
for a conference on it. After his visit to th'e White House K
he mused to talk. .M
Berlin, Feb. 2, via London, 2.58 P. M. —Emperor Wil- M
liam will leave Berlin to-morrow for Wilhclmshaven on the C
, North Sea, to inspect the German naval base there. I
Paris, Feb. 2, 2P. M. —"A German submarine yester- C
I day made an unsuccessful attempt to torpedo the British
hospital ship Asturia3," according to a communication given Ci
I out to lay by the ministry of marine. %
I MARRIAGE LICENSES 5
J«Hpph <»|illn»k? and ■•■ aline brrnnrr, <-lt.T. M
* POSTSCRIPT
sive he returned to the hotel. As evi
dence of his experience he displayed a
frostbitten thumb. His clothing had
been encrusted with ice and waa
soaked throughout.
The bridge is the connecting link
between the Maine Central and the,
Canadian Pacific track, the Canadian
Pacific having traffic, rights over the
former rond from Mattawamkeage trw
the boundary. This is the through:
route from Upper and Western Canada
to the maritime provinces, directly,.
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Washington Bureau Says
Groundhog Has No Chance
to See Shadow in East
fl.v Associated Press
Washington. D. C„ Feb. 2.--The
ground hog has no chance to see his
shadow anywhere in the East when
he comes out to-day and according to
I tradition that means six weeks of
bright days to follow. The Weather
Bureau's official prediction to-day was:
"The indications are that there will
be snow and sleet in the North Atlantic.
States and the south portion of th">
region of the Great Lakes, rain and
snow in t«e Ohio Valley and rain in
the Middle Atlnntic States during the
next thirty-six hours.
"Storm warnings are displayed on
the Atlantic coast from Portland,
Maine, to the Virginia Capes."
Zeppelin Raid on Cities
of England Proves Myth
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 2. 3.0 A. M. —Nothing
further has been heard up to this hour
of a Zeppelin raid nor is thero any
confirmatrow or reports that German
submarines were seen yesterday in the
Irish Sea between Holy Head and Dub
lin. Cross-channel service is still run
ning and It Is considered there is no
great danger for swift vessels.
There seemingly was no occasion for
alarm in London over a Zeppelin mid.