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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— *Xo. 33
U.S. SENDS THREATENING
NOTES TO GERMANY AND
ENGLAND ON COMMERCE
American Government Says
Destruction of Yankee
Merchantmen by Germans
in Newly Announced War
Zone May Lead to Serious
Complications
BRITAIN WARNED NOT TO
USE STARS AND STRIPES
Statement Says United States
Looks With Disfavor on
British Custom of Using
Neutral Flags While Cross
ing Mined Areas
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11.
The United States has warned
Great Britain and Germany that
general use of the American flag
by British vessels would be
viewed with grave concern here,
and that the destruction by Ger
many of any American vessel in
the newly prescribed war zone
would lead to serious complica
tions.
It became known to-day that
the text of the two notes sent last
night to Great Britain and Ger
many expressed much more em
phatically than -bad been gener
ally known the displeasure of the
United States at the use of neu
tral flags by British merchant
men and its solicitude over the
implication that neutral vessels
.vere liable to destruction by Ger
man submarines in the waters
around Great Britain and Ireland.
Muy Strain Relation-.
In tlio document which has been
transmitted to Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin for presentation to the German !
foreign office there is a friendly but j
pointed statement that American ves- |
sels should have free and unrestricted I
passage through the high seas and
unblockaded waters and the destruc- !
tion of an American vessel might lead I
to a chanco in the hitherto friendly I
relations which have existed between I
the United States and Germany.
While in the note to Great Britain
the representations made are not |
based on the Lusitania incident, but;
on the statement of the British foreign I
office justifying the use of neutral i
Mags by its vessels, the United States j
lias «tated unequivocally, it is under- I
stood, that a continuance of the prac- 1
ti< e would be highly dangerous to j
neutral vessels and would be viewed '
with the deepest anxiety here.
The texts of the two documents are |
expected to be published by the State ;
Department to-morrow. Among diplo- |
matlsts here the fact that the United !
States has taken a pronounced stand >
created a profound impression.
Xo joint representations with the
I.ntted States on the same subjects;
have been made by any of the neu- I
Hals. though the various foreign I
offices, through their ministers here, j
have consulted tlie American govern- j
ment as to its attitude.
TEACHER-MOTHER RESTORED
New York, Feb. !1 .- Th- board of
education revoked last night the sus
pension of Mrs. T! the
teacher in the Tottenvilie High School,
whose application for a leave of ab
sence, prior to the birth of her child,
was refused.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlshurg »d vicinity: Fair
im>l nirmrr to-night and Friday)
loiiMt trmiwritorr to-nlfcbt
about -10 (ifgrfp*.
For Kaafern I'ennsylvanla: Fair
and ""irmrr to-nixbt and Frldari
fresh Month winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and all Ita
tributaries will rontlaur to fall
alowly to-nljcbt anil probably Fri
day, except the tributaries may
Heitln to rise Friday, due to melt
ingr snow as a result of the de
elded rlae In temperature Indicat
ed for the Susquehanna mater
shed In the next thlrt.i-slx hours.
V since of about S.O feet Is Indi
cated for Ilarrlsburg Friday
mornlnir.
General Conditions
Fatr weather has prevailed la the
I tilted Slates In all dlstrlcta east
of the Hock tnountnlns during
the last twenty-four hour*.
A ffenernl and quite decided rlae In
temperature has occurred over
nearly all the country eaat of the
Rocky mountains except In a few
localities where It Is slightly
colder. The most derided rise re
ported. 3S degrees, occurred at
Huffalo, K, Y.
Temperature) 8 a. m.. 22.
Suns Rises. fliß9 a. M.i aeta, 0:30
p. m.
Moon. New moon, February ij,
tls.ll p. m.
River stnite: 5.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Hi*heat 'temperature. 32.
I.ow est temperature. 14.
Mean temperature, 3,1.
Aurmal temperature, 211.
RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE |
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London. Feb. 11. —The Grant! Duke Michael of Russia figures in the
divorce case instituted by Leopold Al bit, of South Africa, against Adelaide
V. E. Albu. Captain George Larsky is named as corespondent. He is in
the Grand Duke's service and the divorce ncti&n is based on occurrences
said to have taken place in the Grand Duke's country home in England.
WAR COSTS RUSSIANS
57.000.000 PER DAY
Daily Expense Estimated During
Debate Preceding Adop
tion of Budget
Petrograd, via I-ondon, Feb. 11,
1.54 a. m.—Russia's daily war bill was
estimated at 14,000,000 rubles (57,-
000.000 in the discussion which pre
ceded the adoption of the budget.
In the debate upon the best means
of estimating industries and business
generally. At. Markoff. one of the de
puties of the Right, proposed the ex
pulsion from the country of all Teutons
and the donation of their property to
relieve the families of war victims. If
the government had not tolerated Ger
man colonization on the Vistula, he
arguod, thousands of Russian lives
would have been saved.
A similar recommendation was
made by the council of empire which
suggested that all Austrians and Ger
mans except those of Slav origin be
deprived of their lands and that all
war prisoners be compelled to work
on farms and estates with special con
sideration for Slavs.
Warrant Charging Mors
With Murder Is Ready to
Be Served if He Is Sane
New York, Feb. 11.—A warrant
charging him with the murder of
"Henry Horn and others,'' inmates of
the German Odd Fellows' Home in
Yonkers, was held in readiness to-day
to serve on Frederick Mors if the re
port of Pr. M. S. Gregory, alienist of
Bellevue Hospital, declares Mors to be
sane. On February 2 Mors voluntarily
told an assistant district attorney that
he methodically killed eight aged men
and women residents of the home
where he was employed. Mors was
sent to the psychopathic ward of Bel
levue hospital for observation and an
Investigation of his story was begun
in this city, in Bronx county, where
the home was formerly located and in
West Chester county, the present lo
cation.
Opinion in the district attorney's of
fice in West Chester and the Bronx
was that Mors' story thht he "has
tened the deaths" of eiglit home in
mates might be true. It was said posi
tively, however, that investigation has
shown Mors could have had no ac
complices.
KING EATS NEW BREAI)
Rome. Feb. 11, 5.55 a. mi—Two dif
ferent types of bread are being ex
perimented with here. One c-mtains
12 per cent, of rice and the other
same proportion of bran. King Victor
Kinmanuel and Premier Snlandra test
ed both kinds of bread and found it
excellent they said.
HARRISBURG, PA.,
Arrest 2 Steelton Youths In
Ohio For Holdup of Man at
Highspire on Night of Jan. 19
On a warrant charging highway rob
bery and felonious assault and bat
tery, Alfred Heagy and John Glbbs,
of Steelton. were arrested at Youngs
town, Ohio, this morning. The war
rant was (sworn out before Alderman
C. E. Murray, of the Third ward, by
Constable Jatues Haines, of Steelton.
Heagy, and Gibbs are charged with
holding up J. F. Higgins, of Austin.
Potter county, on the night of Jan
uary 19. robbing him of a diamond
ring and stick i>in. a gold watch and
SSO in cash, and beating their victim
until he was unconscious. Constable
Haines is now on route to Youngs
town for the fugitives.
Considerable mystery surrounded
the filing of the complaint by J. F.
Higgins at the police station because
of the alleged efforts on the part of
friends of Gibbs and Heagy to have
the affair hushed up. Not until forty-
SCHfIEF'STOWN BANK
FATE IS IN BALANCE
Opening of Institution Depends
on Stockholders' Agreeing to
$164 Per Share Assessment
Special to The Telegraph
Scheaffersuown, Pa., Feb. 11.—At
jnoon to-day the fate of the First Na
tional Bank of this place still hangs
iin the balance as a result of the en
tanglements growing out of the sul
jcide of the cashier, Alvin Binner.
[ liquidation proceedings depend
[upon whether or not the holders of
I the 250 shares of stock will put up
$41,000 in actual cash so that the in
stitution can lie opened. Each share
holder at meetings yesterday afternoon
and last night was assessed 5164 per
share for the cashier's defalcations.
Up until noon there was no re
sponse to indicate that the needed
sum will be forthcoming. Another
meeting will be held to-night to see
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RUSSIA BUIS STKKI, STEAMER
By Associated Press
St. Johns, N. F„ Feb. 11.—The
atcel steamer I>introse, built for the
Beld New Foundland Company in
1913, has been purchased by the Rut?
stan government for service as an lea
breaker in the White sea.
THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1915.
RAILROAD 'COMBINE'
TO FIGHT FULL CREW
RAPPED BYTRAINMEN
Legislative Committee Declares
Law Is Necessary to "Guar
antee Safety"
TO FIGHT EFFORT TO FINISH
Does Not "Impair Prosperity,"
Men Declare; Life Better
Than Dividends
Xecesslty for the full crew law as a
safety first measure is urged in a state
ment issued to-day by the joint legis
lative committee of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen and Order of
Railway Conductors.
It is an answer to a letter issued two
days ago and endorsed by thirteen
railroad companies. The legislative
representatives of the railroad men In
their statement claim that the thirteen
railroads have "combined" for the
purpose of financing a powerful lobby
against railroad wage-earners.
The Brotherhood statement declares
the full crew law does not require the
employment of men whoso services
are unnecessary. The trainmen's legis
lative board does not claim all the
credit for the full crew law in the big
decrease in loss of life on the rail
roads during 1913 and 1914, but be
lieves the safety first measure was a
big factor in this decrease.
The statement issued to-day in full
is as follows:
Thirteen railroad companies op
erating in Pennsylvania have
formed a combination to urge the
repeal of the full crew law. This
makes a formidable force financially
and an imposing body. According
to the official announcement,
"after consideration, and acting to
promote the larger interests and
the greater good of the public, the
corporations, their employes and
their security holders," these rail
road companies "have determined
to submit an important matter to
the public."
The thirteen railroads combined
in this enterprise are: The Penn
sylvania Railroad, the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, the Philadel
phia and Reading Railway, the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Erie
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Russians Reported to Have
Lost 10,000 Soldiers
Since End of January
By Associated Press
Berlin. Feb. 11, via London 12.15
p. m.—The correspondent in the Car
pathians of the Berlin Tageblatt tele
graphs his paper that the offensive
spirit of the Russian forces in this
arena of the war appears to have
jiieen brol'.cn. They are contenting
themselves with a defense by artillery
against the German attack. They
I have lost in round numbers 10,000
[men in dead, wounded and prisoners
isince the end of January.
eight hours after the robbery occurred
was any positive information forth
coming from the police authorities.
On Tuesday night. January 19, fol
lowing the Inauguration of Governor
Brumbaugh. Higgins strolled into the
Hotel Dauphin, in Market street
Through the passing of Elks cards he
became acquainted with Glbbs and
Heagy. The stranger was Invited to
accompany the two men to an Elks
home in the country. With Glbbs and
Heagy. Biggins boarded a Middletown
car. The trio got off at White House
lane, near Middletov.n.
Float and Robbed Companion
Higgins. according to his story, was
told to hold up his hands. Thinking
it a joke, he made no reply. The two
men then beat and robbed him. Hig
gins said he was regaining eonscious
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MEIMI'SIIGO
SEIZED BY BRITISH
Ordered to Prize Court in Accord
ance With Decision of
Foreign Office
Falmouth, Fe®. 11. rta l/ondon, 1:58
P. M.—The cargo of the American
steamer Wilhelmliia was seized by the
British authorities here to-day in ac
cordance with tile decision of the For
eign Office. The cargo is to go to n
prize court.
Washington, D. C.. Feb. 11.—The
State Department has concluded that
the Wllhelmina case must be allowed
to take a .normal course, which in
volves going to a prize court, because
of the issue raised by the British con
tention that Germany has justified the
selsure of the Wllheltnlna's cargo by
its decree appropriating the home
grain supply.
The St. Louts commission house
owning the cargo, and perhaps the
Wilhelmlna's owners, will be repre
sented by counsel before the court, but
the State Department, though deeply
interested in the outcome, will content
Itself at present by Instructing the
American ambassador a London to
observe the progress of the case care
fully.
The decision of the prise court Is
not necessarily binding upon the
United States and it may be made the
subject of a protest and diplomatic ne
gotiations. at the discretion of the l
State Department.
WILSON'S DEFEATED
FORCES NOW IN LINE
FOR GORE SUBSTITUTE
Under New Plan, Present Bill
Would Be Allowed to Be
Buried in Committee
MAY BE TAKEN UP IN HOUSE
Presence of Kitchen at Conference
Gives Indication That New
Bill May Be Held Up
Washington. Feb. 11. —Administra-
tion forces were reformed, to continue
the tight over the ship bill at an early
conference to-day between President
Wilson, Senators Fletcher and Sim
mons and Kepresentative Kitchen. It
was decided to stand behind Senator
Gore's substitute for the bill now
pending in the Senate.
The Gore substitute contains provi
sions safeguarding neutrality in pur
chase of foreign ships and other pro
posals which, it is understood, com
mand the support of some of the Pro
gressive Republicans and probably
some of the Democratic Insurgents.
Under the new plan, the present bill,
which has drawn a historic tilibuster,
would be allowed to be burled In com
mittee and the Gore substitute would
be forced out for immediate considera
tion.
Xo llnal decision was reached
whether the bill would also be taken
up In the House immediately, but indi
cations were that it would be done.
President Insistent
It was said at the White House that
no linal decision had been reached to
call an extra session on March 5, but
it was stated definitely that the Presi
dent will insist on the passage of the
shipping bill even if an extra session is
necessary. The parliamentary situa
tion was gone into at length and it
was practically agreed that no fur
ther overtures would be made to the
seven Democrats who have been voting
with the Republicans.
In administration circles it was said
that hope had not been given up of
passing the Gore substitute during the
present session, but it was considered
significant, however, that Mr. Kitchen,
who is to be the majority leader in
the next Congress was present at the
conference rather than Mr. Under
wood. who will be in the Senate after
March 4.
Forecasts Kxtra Session
As the situation developed at the
Capitol, the plan appeared to be to
relax the light in the Senate while the
Gore substitute was betng attached as
an amendment to the Weeks bill in the
House, and meanwhile some appro
priation bills would be disposed of in
the Senate.. The plan seemed to sure
ly forecast an extra session.
The Weeks bill already has passed
| the Senate. It proposes use of naval
'vessels for mail and freight in times
'of emergency. By attaching the Gore
bill the parliamentary situation would
simply call for a motion in the Senate
to concur with the House amendmen*.
A tight and filibuster may be expected
on that also, it was pointed out, but
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MAYOR TRIFLE BITTER
OVER COUNCIL ACTION
Inclined to Be Wee Bit Peevish
About Commissioner Lynch's
Counter-proposition
The members of city council yester
day adopted a resohition characteriz
ing the Mayor's latest gallery play as
"political buncombe."
And this, too, after the Mayor had
declared the presentation of the meas
ure out of order.
The Mayor was just a wee bit bitter,
almost peevish, about it after the ses
sion. lie said it was the "worst bit of
legislation of its kind that has been
adopted by council In twenty-five
years."
The introduction of the measure by
Commissioner Lynch quite evidently
startled both Mayor Royal and Com
missioner Gorgas. At the previous
session Mayor Royal had offered a
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ACTIVE IN UPPER ALSACE
By Associated Press
Berne via Paris, Feb. 11, 1.05 a. m.
—Great military activity is apparent
in Upper Alsace, especially in the
I-arg valley and in the districts of
Pfetterhausrn and Rechesy, close to
the Swiss frontier, where fierce ar
tillery duels take place every day.
SOCIALISTS PLAN MEETING
Tiy Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 11, 0.20 a. m.—The In
ternational Socialist Bureau has sum
moned delegates both from belliger
ent and neutral nations to meet at The
Hague. They will confer separately
and later hold a general assembly if
one can be arranged.
FIRE AT CHOCOLATE PLANT
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Feb. 11.—Three build
ings of the American Chocolate Com
pany at Hatboro. near here, were de
stroyed by fire early to-day. The loss
is estimated at $55,000. The fire Is
supposed to have started from an
overheated stove.
MAY INVESTIGATE FINANCES
By Associated Press
Albany, N. Y.. Feb. 11.—Discussion
Of the possibility of a legislative in
vestigation of New York City's finan
cial affairs Is current among legisla
tors of all parties but no definite steps
has been planned by any one. Gov
ernor Whitman declined to discuss the
subject.
14 PAGES
GERMANS, HARD PRESSED
BY RUSSIAN ADVANCE,
GIVE UP CITY OF LODZ
Czars Forces on Offensive, Drive Germans From Terri
tory Which They Captured December 6 During Their
March on Warsaw; Heavy Fighting Still in Progress
in Carpathians; Allies in Possession of Hill of Notre
Dame in West
Evacuation by tha Germans of
Lodz, next to Warsaw the most im
portant city of Russian Poland, is re
ported unofficially to-day from
French sources. Recent official state
ments show that the Russians opened
an attack along the Warsaw front sev
eral days ago but the heaviest lighting
apparently was being carried on some
distance north of Lods, which lies
southwest of Warsaw, about half way
between that city and the German
border. To-day's report says that the
Germans are removing their supplies
to Kalisz, near the border and that
they are resuming construction of
lines of fortifications. Lodz was cap
tured by the Germans on December
C, during their drive at Warsaw which
was halted 3 0 miles west of that city.
Reports of the campaign in the I
Carpathians are conflicting although
it is agreed that heavy fighting is in
progress. Petrograd's claims of vic
tories are not admitted in Berlin,
where it is stated that the Austro-
Germjln forces are making progress
steadily. The correspondent of a Ber
lin newspaper asserts that the spirit
of the Russians appeared to be
broken; that they have lost 10,000 this
month and are now content to remain
on the defensive.
Allies Capture Hill
One of the most stubborn lights on
French battlefields is said to have been
won by the allies. For six weeks the
hill of Notre de Lorette has been in
dispute. In winning possession of this
hill the allies have gained an impor
tant advantage, since the position
dominates the surrounding region.
The United States lias taken a firm
stand concerning the rights of Ameri
can shipping in blockaded waters. In
its note to Great Britain yesterday it
pointed out that general use of the
American flag by British vessels would
be highly dangerous to neutral vessels
and would be viewed by this govern
| SCHAEFFERSTOWN BANK SAVEiV J
/ Lebanon, Feb. 11.—At a meeting of ' ;kholders held ■
Sat Sihaefferstown, holders of 210 shares the capital stock %
#of the First National Bank, whose cas in Binnei a
» committed suicide, publicly expressed th willingness to a
9 make up the $164 assessment which is ny to cover ■
ir the $41,000 shortage of the bank. With onlj 40 shares to b »
C heard from, prospects for the immediate -.ng of the in- f
C stitution are bright. I
t DES MOINES ON DRY 1 j 1
% Des Moines, lowa, Feb. 11.—The Cit icil here to 1
% day refused to grant the saloonkeepers a enewal of their '
m licenses. This means that the eighty s Des Moines | '
\ will close their doors Saturday night. #
1 MORS IS "MENTALLY UNWELL" J
J New York, Feb. 11.—Frederick Mors, who said he 1
J caused the deaths of eight aged inmates of the German Odd m
a Fellows' Home at Yonkers, where he was employed as nurse F
\ was declared to be "mentally unwell" by . lists who ex- ■
j amined him to-day at Bellevue Hospital. a
m Philadelphia, Feb. 11.—The United States District %
j Court to-day appointed a receiver for the b lding construe- m
I tion firm of J. E. and A. L. Pennock, of i e!phia. ■
I This firm has the contract for the erection of the addi« ■
tion to the Harrisburg Post Office. %
I Norfolk, Va., Feb. 11.—The American steamer Dacia 9
1 I sailed to-day with her cargo of cotton for Germany, which M
I . goes via Rotterdam. Great Britairi has threatened to seize w
1 | the ship. £
i London, Feb. 11, 3.58 p. m.—Premier Asquith, in an P
I announcement made to the House of Commons this after- 9
noon, said that the British government was ?bout to take ■
more stringent measures against the trade of Germany. w
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11. Commander Woodruff, #
Governor of the American islands of Samoa, reported to- a
day that the Manua islands had been wept by a heavy #
storm and asked for SIO,OOO for reiie! e no details r
of loss of life or destruction of property. S etary Daniels |
cabled at once for details onwl aergency re-
I quest to Congress. I
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MARRIAGE
I Charlea Snbo aud Mary Xaixy, cl(j. I
David William Attic ■•>«! Hel«a Mlarrva Plaak, city.
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* POSTSCRIPT.
ment with anxiety. It informed Ger
many that the destruction of aa
American vessel might lead to a
change in the hitherto friendly rela
tions between the two countries.
Great Britain meanwhile is prepar
ing to take still more stringent meas
ures to cut orr German overseas trade.
In the house ol' commons Premier
Asquith was asked whether the gov
ernment would place all foodstuffs anrl
raw materials used in German Indus
tries on the list of absolute contra
band. He rrpilod that the government
was considering taking measures
against German trade "In view of the
violation by the enemy of the rules of
war."
The British foreign secretary, Sir
Edward Grey, said that It would b»
useless for the allies to outline terms
on which they would discuss peace on
account of reent public statements In
Germany.
Lodz Evacuated According
to Report From Petrograd
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 11, 6.50 a. m.—The eva
cuation of Lodz by the Germans has
been confirmed, according to a Petro
grad dispatch to the Havas Agency,
which states that stores, offices and
transports are being removed hast
ily to Kalisz.
Lodz, the second city of Poland, was
captured by the Germans on December
6, when Field Marshal Von Hinden
burg began his dash for Warsaw, 75
miles to the northeast. The Russians
were driven out of the city only after
a desperate resistance according to
German reports, although Petrograil
contended it was evacuated for stra-,
tegic reasons. The Russians were re-4
ported yesterday to have assumed tha
offensive on the Warsaw front In aa
effort to push back the Germans who
are said to have transferred many
troops from that region to East Prus
sia.