Posse, Led by United Slates Marshal, in All Niaht Bailie With Indians
HARRISBURG SfiSSsb TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 42
TAFT DECLARES U. S.
IS lAIG CRISIS
AND URGES LOYALTY
Tells Morristown Association
When President Acts "We Must j
Stand by Him to the End"
GRAVE ISSUE NEAR, HE SAYS:
"We Must Allow No Jingo Spirit j 1
to Prevail," Is Statement of
Former President
By Associated Press
Morristown, X. .1., Kel). 22. The
United States is threatened with a
M-rious invasion of its rights as h neu
tral by the warring nations of Europe
ami Is face to face with a crisis, in the
opinion of ex-President William 11.
Tai't. In the solution of that crisis,
should it arise, no jingo spirit must be i
allowed to prevail, Mr. Tai't advised;
neither pride nor momentary passion
should influence our judgment.
"And when the President shall act,"
Mr. Tai't declared, "we must stand by |
hint to the end. In this determination |
we may lie sure that all will join, no i
matter what their previous views, no |
matter what their European origin.;
All will forget their differences in self- ;
sacrificing loyalty to our common Hag j
and our common country."
Mr. Taft's reference to the situation
confronting the United States was)
made at the conclusion of an address
delivered here to-day before the Wash
ington Association of New Jersey.
Quoting from a reservation in the
Treaty of Algeciras, proclaimed in
1907 and entered into by the United
States and eleven European nations,
most of those now at war, Mr. Taft
said:
"Our interest in the present war,
therefore, under the conditions that
exist should be limited as set forth in
this reservation, to wit:
" 'Preserving and increasing the
commerce of the United States with
belligerents; to the protection as to
life, liberty and prosperity of our citi
zens residing or traveling in their
countries, and to the aiding by our
friendly offices and efforts in bringing
those countries to peace.'
Efforts For Peace
efforts for peace," he con
tinued, "have been made as complete
as possible for the President has al
ready tendered his good offices by way
of mediation between the powers, and
they have not been accepted.
"In preserving the commerce of the
United States with the billigerents,
however, we are face to face with a
crisis. We are threatened with a se
rious invasion of our rights as neu
trals in trading with the belligerent
countries. What certainly is an inno
vation upon previous rules in respect
to neutral commerce and contraband
of war has been initiated by belliger
ents of both sides. The planting of
mines in the open sea and the use of
submarines to send neutral vessels to
the bottom without inquiry as to their
neutrality when found in a so-called
war zone of the open sea, are all of
them a variation from the rules of in
ternational law governing the action of
the belligerents Towards neutral trade.
"When their violation results in the
destruction of the lives of American
citizens or of American property, a
grave issue will arise as to what the
duty of this government is. The re
sponsibility of the President and Con-1
gress in meeting the critical issue thus!
presented in maintaining our national I
rights and our national honor on the j
one hand, with due regard to the aw
ful consequences to our 90,000,000 of
people of engaging in this horrible
world war on the other, will be very
great. It involves on their part a
judgment EO momentous in its conse
quences that we should earnestly pray
that Ihe necessity for it may be avert
ed.
No .lingo Spirit
"If, however, the occasion arises, we
can be confident that those in autho
rity will be actuated by the highest
patriotic motives and by the deepest
concern for our national welfare. We
must not allow our pride or momen- i
tary passion to influence our judgment, j
We must exercise the deliberation that
the fateful consequences in the loss of
our best blood and enormous waste of
treasure would necessarily impose up
on us. We must allow no jingo spirit
to prevail. We must abide by the
judgment of those in whom we have
entrusted the authority, and when the!
President shall act. we must stand |
by him to the end. In this determina- '
lion we may be sure that all will join. ]
no matter what their previous views,!
no matter what their European origin.:
All will forget their differences in j
snlf-sacrificing loyalty to our common-j
flag and our common country.
"This one hundred and eighty-third!
anniversary of Washington's birth, in
view of the present critical condition i
in our international relations, should
bring to our minds the third great'
achievement of his presidential term,!
the maintenance of a policy of neu- :
trality through a general European
■war."
THE WEATHER]
'For llnrrlxlinrK anil vicinity: Fair
nml Marnier to-day; rain* prob
ably to-night.
For KaHtern l'cnn*yl vim In t Fair
10-nlght, with prolialily rain to
morrow, followed bv collier
ivfutkfr.
River
The su*qiiclinnna river and all It*
trlbiitnrie* will continue to fall
to-night and Sunday. A atage of
about 7.0 feet In Indlrateil for
llarrlNbtirtc Sunday morning.
Genera! Condition*
The weather continue* clear In
eautern territory. Illicit nremurr
prevail* over the larger part of
(he Knutern State*. Temperature
change* continue Irregular.
Temperature: « a. tn„ 40.
Snni Rlae*, <1:43 a. m.; *eta, 5:45
•** m.
JliKini Full moon, March 1, 1:33
p. m.
Illver Stage: 7.8 feet above low
water mark.
Ye*terda>'* Weather
lliglieirt temperature, 84.
l.oweat temperature, 30.
\lcnn temperature, 4a.
.Normal temperature, 31, ,
SECRET® DUELS
ORDERS FULL INQUIRY
OF EVELYN DISASTER
Naval Attache at Berlin Will In
| vestigate and Forward Report
to Washington
: MAY HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL
' Chairman Stone, of Foreign Rela
tions Committee, Can See No
Complications
By Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 22.—Secretary
Daniels to-day ordered commander
Walter R. Gherardi, American naval
attache at Berlin, to investigate and
make a full report on the destruction
of the American steamer Evelyn. So
far official advices merely have re
ported the sinking of the vessel and
her cargo but gave no details.
Secretary Daniels explained that his
purpose in directing an inquiry after
the State Department had called upon
the ambassadors at London and Ber
lin for a report was to secure techni
cal information which, perhaps might
not be included in the ambassador's J
replies. It was, of course, understood j
that Commander Gherardi, as Amer-1
ican attache at the American embassy!
at Berlin, would be guided entirely by!
Ambassador Gerard in making his in-1
vestigatlon.
It was said at the Navy Department
that from present indications it will
[ be difficult for the naval officer to se
cure exact information of what actual
ly destroyed the Evelyn. Unless Cap
tain Smith or some of the members
of the crew of the steamer actually
saw the conning tower or periscope of
a submarine, officials say It would not
;be possible to deny that the Evelyn
was sunk by a mine.
May Show Mine Map
The fact that the Evelyn lies at the
bottom of the North Sea would make
it difficult to examine her hull. It was
pointed out, however, that German of
ficials might disclose to the American
naval officer in confidence the map
of their mine fields in the vicinity
where the Evelyn* was sunk.
The minister from the Netherlands
called at the State Department to in
quire what reports this government
had received about the Evelyn. He
said he had no official report of the
distructlon of the vessel. After con
ferring with Counsellor Lansing he ex
pressed the opinion that the sinking
must have been entirely accidental.
Chairman Stone, of the Senate for
eign relations committee, said he could
see no complications arising from the
destruction of the Evelyn.
'An American vessel,' said the sen
ator, "ventured into an area known to
be mined and unfortunately struck
one. So far it is not known what na
tion laid the mine. It is probable that
a national claim for damages might be
made when the facts are established,
But I cannot see how serious compli
cations could come from the incident."
Dangers Pointed Out
Sinking of the American steamer
Evelyn off the German coast presum
ably by a mine, although the crew was
saved, brought vividly before official
Washington to-day the , dangers to
which American vessels are exposed in
the waters adjacent to the belligerent
coast of Europe.
The American note to Germanv
warning that country against attack's
on Amerocan vessels in the sea zones
of war applied only to submarines.
Since the outbreak of the war, the
North Sea has been mined by both
Germany and Great Britain and an
added warning was given to neutral
commerce by the German reply to the
American note last week in announc
ing that mines would be strewn in
the waters surrounding Great Britain
and Ireland and in the English chan
nel.
Hitherto, in the notification of areas
mined, pilots have been offered for
neutral vessels. Whether or not the
Evelyn had an opportunity to obtain
a pilot or whether she struck a mine
with a pilot aboard were questions on
| which officials expected to receive
definite information to-day or to-mor
row from Ambassadors Page at Lon
don and Gerard at Berlin, to both of
whom the State Department had di
rected Inquiries.
The only message before the de
partment early to-day was from Amer
ican Counsul Fee, at Bremen who re
i ported that the Evelyn had been
I "blown up" but did not give the cause.
! The Evelyn is the first ship insured
with the t'nited States Bureau of War
! liisk Insurance to be lost since it began
operations several months ago. In
surance on ships and cargoes amount
ling to more than $55,000,000 has been
I written.
Scandinavian Neutrals
Alarmed Over Situation
Created by Germans
By Associated Press
I.ondon. Feb. 22, 12.05 p. m.—Ger
many's submarine blockade continues
to be the chief topic of interest in the
United Kingdom although shipping ap
parently is moving with its usual free
dom. The Scandinavian neutrals,
however, are showing much alarm
over the situation, a great sensation
having been caused in those countries
by the torpedoing of the Norwegian
steamship Belridge off Folkstone last
week.
Representatives of the Scandinavian
government are holding another con
ference to-day, the outcome of which
is awaited with much interest by neu
tral shippers.
The question of a naval convoy, it is
understood, is being seriously consid
ered at the conference, but the guard
ed comments of the newspapers show
that it is clearly recognized that such
a step might lead to war.
ROOSKVELT MAKES ADDRESS
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 20.—Patriotic ex
ercises in fifty parks and playgrounds
in many charges and armories and In
Washington's headquarters, on Wash
ington Heights, marked the arrange
ments for the commemoration in New
York to-day of Washington's birthday.
At the principal celebrution in Brook
lyn. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was
,to deliver the addrese .
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1915.
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COURT CUNT HEED
LETTERS QN CASES
President Judge Kunkel Serves
Notice of Refusal to Receive
Communications in Future
!IS NOT PROPER METHOD
Matters May Be Taken Up
Through County's Prosecuting
Officers, Pointed Out
We don't want to hear any
thing about any case outside of
court.
No one has a right to com
municate with the court in any
case of pending litigation except
through the proper channels. No
one has any more right to write
to the court than to the jury.
There are the proper prosecuting
officers of the county with whom
these matters may be taken up.
However, since these matters have
been brought to our attention at
this time we cannot ignore them
and we will give them due con
sideration.
But we do not want to receive
any more. President Judge
Kunkel. ,
The Dauphin County Court Saturday
afternoon thus announced its deter
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PAVING TO STOP BIG 1
PARI OF OUST EVIL
To Asphalt Stretch From Twenty
third Street to Poorhouse
Lane
Announcement was made by officials
of the Harrisburg Railways Company,
that just as soon as the weather opens
up. it will begin operations on the
paving of Derry street from Twenty
third street to the Poorhouse Lane, or
twenty-eighth street.
The paving of this stretch is on the
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Ralph Blum, Well-known
Merchant and Member of
Charities Board, Dies!
Philadelphia, Feb. 22.—Ralph
Blum, a widely-known merchant and
a member of the State board of chari
ties, died in a hospital at Atlantic City,
last night from an attack of heart
trouble. Mr. Blum was the founder
of the firm of Blum Brothers, which
conducted a large department store.
After the firm liquidated he opened a
btore of his own. He was 53 years old '
and was widely known in cliarituble'
,aud political circles
OUR WASHINGTON
'TIs the old world's way to forget
the day
Illumined with pomp anil power.
Hut the one who suffered lo serve
mankind
Is the hero of (lie hour.
iPerhaps we may torture and crucify
i While the living heart beats red.
But years unfold the love untold
And we honor our sacred dead.
i That winter of struggle at Valley
I Forge!
I Hard years of a great work done!
These sacrifices hut make more dear
The name of our Washington.
! -ANNA H. WOOD.
Written for the Telegraph.
REALIZE HLUE OF
LOU BELIEF IRK
j Committee Sends Three Boxes of
Supplies to Servia, Saturday ;
Others Will Follow
"You have a most energetic
and able committee in Harris
burg, and I congratulate you on
the good work. I hope that very
soon the port of Archangel will be
open so that we can get oflf a
large shipment of these supplies
for Poland, where 1 know the.v
are very much needed. Please
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COMPENSITION ACT
REIWJISffiEK
Attorney General Will Be Here
Late Today With the Drafts j
of the New Bill
Flans to get a wide discussion of the
proposed workmen's compensation act
before the Legislature meets on March
1 have been made by Governor Martin
G. Brumbaugh and Attorney General
Francis Shunk Brown. The bill is
being printed with statements sum
marizing the points for and against
various sections and a copy will be
sent to the newspapers of the State and
to persons who have requested them
so that the lawmakers may have op
portunity to hear all sides when the
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NKW BUILDING DKIUCATKD
Ry Associated Press
Philadelphia. Feb. 22.- -The new
building of the Kvans .Museum and
Dental Institute School of Dentistry
of the University of Pennsylvania, was
dedicated to-day. The dedication was'
one of the principal features in thai
annual observance by the University
of the birth of George Washington and I
was attended by men prominent in!
dentistry in this country and Europe. I
RIGHT LEG OF EMS
ACTRESS AMPUTATED
European War Almost Caused
Another Postponement of Bern
hardt Operation
By Associated Press
SURGEON CALLED TO COLORS
Tragedienne Refused to Submit to
Delay, So Substitute Was
Secured
I Bordeaux. Feb. 22, via Paris. 11.55
; A. M. The right leg of Madame
! Sarah Bernhardt, the famous
j dienne, was amputated to-day at tha
| St. Augustine Hospital, at Arcachon.
The operation, made necessary by
an affection of the knee, which had
caused much suffering for several
years, was performed by Professor
De Luce, of the Bordeaux University.
Professor r-ozzl was to have con
ducted the operation yesterday, but he
was called to the colors to serve at the
Val de Grace Hospital, in Paris, and
he found it impossible to leave his
duties for several days.
Madame Bernhardt refused to sub
mit to a delay of what she courage
ously called her release rrom bondage
and it was decided that Professor
De Luce should perform the operation
to-day.
AiITHER WAGE CUT
ON ULL RAILROADS?
Philadelphia Dispatch Says Re- j
trenchment Will Come in
the Spring
Announcement in a Philadelphia
dispatch yesterday that further re
trenchments would be made by the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and other east
ern companies has caused a stir in
railroad circles. Local officials while
anticipating some action because of
decrease in business, did not expect a
wage cut.
Asked to-day for an opinion as to
how wide-sweeping the retrenchment
would be, officials would not say. The
only statement was "that official action
would come from Philadelphia and
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Robbers Blow Safe in
an Indiana State Bank
and Escape With $5,500
t
By Associated Press
Farniersburg. Ind., Feb. 22. The
| safe in the Citizens State Bank hero
j was blown during the night bv robbers
und $5,500 taker
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RUSSIANS ADMIT LOSS OF
ENTIRE CORPS IN EAST;
MAIL STEAMER FIRED ON
Pope Makes Another Attempt to Induce Emperor William
to Help in Plan to Bring About Peace; German Aero
plane Fired on by Swiss and Forced to Descend;
Berlin Report of Sinking of British Transport Lacks
Confirmation
The loss of almost an entire army
corps In the recent retreat from East
Prussia Is admitted by the Russian
general staff in its version of the Ger
man victory. Of tlits corps, it is said,
only broken and disorganized portions
escaped. The success of the Germans
Is attributed to the overwhelming
number of their troops and their su
perior transportation facilities.
Unofficial reports from Petrograd
say that the main Russian army suc
ceeded in escaping from the German
trap and han in turn taken the offen
sive. This is corroborated In part by
the Russian staff, which states that
when the retreating army reached the
positions designated hy the Russian
commanders a stand was made and
the Germans were repulsed with heavy
losses.
» An aeroplane, believed to be Ger-
I man, was fired on by soldiers while
living over Swiss territory anil forced
to descend. The German government
recently made amends to Switzerland
for violation of that country's neu
j trality by aeronauts.
Pope lias Another Plan
It is reported in Rome that Pope
Renedlct bas again approached Em
< peror William in the hope of prepar
ing the way for peace negotiations.
A Rome newspaper says Germany,
while enjoying an excellent military
•position, is feeling more keenly the
effects of the war and has modified its
views on the subject of conditions of
peace.
An Australian mail steamer was
fired on by an armed merchantman in
the English Channel, but was not
struck, according to a disnatch from
Plymouth. Otherwise there were no
developments in the situation which
has grown out of the German naval
war zone decree. The Berlin report
of the sinking of the British trans
port lacks confirmation from any other
source.
GERMAN" COMMANDER DEAD
Amsterdam. Holland, Feb. 22, via
London. 9.3 A. M, —A dispatch from
Rerlin to the Amsterdam Telegraf
says that lieutenant-General von
J
f Washington, Feb. 22. Senate Republicans intend to
' put a !.-.-ge; : n.. program the pen ling
r naval bill than ha j
I Smoot to-day introduced an amendment for fifty submarines
the
first year, it would appropriate $30,000,000.
INDIANS REPORTED SURROUNDED
Denver, Colo., Feb. 22.—Advices from Grayson, Utah,
I by telephone to Dolores, Colo., to-day stated that the band i
i of Piute Indians under Tse-ne-Gat, which fought a desper
i ate battle yesterday with a posse commanded by United
I States Marshal Aquila Nebeker had been surrounded in Cot- j
tonwood gulch, near Bluff.
LIQUOR ADVERTISING STOPPED
bounty law officers throughout ■
th« State are warning property owners that billboard or. J
1 other sign advertisements of whiskey are in violation of the c
I new anti-liquor advertising law. It also forbi Is such adver- £
' tisements in newspapers. 3
I Berlin, Feb. 22, via London, 3.30 P. M.-—The German 1
official statement issued to r day announces that the captures J
in the battle of the Mazurian lakes district of East Prussia J
I have been increased to several general and more than 100,- #
\ 000 men. The pieces of cartnon taken numbered 150. J
l New York, Feb. 22.—William L. Harri.ss, of the firm ■
I which owned the steamship Evelyn, sunk in the North Sea
I yesterday, said to-day that his firm would make no protest |
I to the State Department as he considered the loss of the ship (
| due to a war risk which he had taken. (
I San Francisco, Feb. 22.—0n account ol the unsatisfac- £
r tory condition of the course and the "threatening weather the K
J Vanderbilt cup race was postponed to-day until one week {
I from Saturday. The drivers made one exhibition round of C
| the course for the benefit of the spectators. t
| Princeton, Indiana, Feb. 22.—John M. Willman, who all f
I his lifetime declared he fired the shot which killed the Con- C
) federate general, Albert Sidney Johnston, at the Battle of C
f Shiloh, died Sunday at his home in Mount Carmel, Ills., near C
Wrochem. commander of a German
army division, who recently was
awarded tlie Iron cross, is dead at the
German capital.
Armored Merchantman
Fires on Mail Boat
Carrying 400 Souls
fly Associated Press
Plymouth. England, Keu. 22. via
London. 11.55 A. M. -—The Western
Daily Mercury says that when the
Austalian mail boat Maloja, with 400
passengers on board, was entering the
English Channel on Saturday after
noon she was ordesed to stop by an
unknown armored merchantman. The
mail boat ignored the order and made
for Plymouth, whereupon the mer
chantman fired tive shells at her, al
though they all fell short. The Maloja
reached Plymouth safely.
Would Remove Tax on
Mixed Flour to Increase
Country's Bread Supply
By Associated Press
Washington, D. ('.. Feb 22.—The
House ways and means committee had
before it for consideration to-day tho
Vollmer bill, proposing to repeat the
tax on mixed flour..
Supporters of the measure assert
that to permit the manufacture of
tlour consisting of a mixture of milled
wheat and milled corn would add ma
terially to the country's breadstuff
supply and would tend to reduce the
cost of these food articles. A pro
hibitive tax was imposed on the mixed
product during the Spanish-American
war and it has never been removed.
9500.000 FIRE IN ILLINOIS
East St. Louis. 111., Feb. 22.—Fire
: in the center of the business district
| early to-day caused property damagu
estimated at more than >500,000.