Prohibition in Wesl Virginia and Local Opt HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. SO CONGRESS ADJOURNS WITHOUT PASSING BIG APPROPRIATION BILLS Indian and Postal Measures Laid Aside at Last Minute For Another Year SESSION ENDED AT NOON Both Houses in Session All Night in Effort to Finish Business By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March 4. —Con- gress adjourned to-day sine die. The Senate adjourned at 12.04 p. m. and the House after turning back the bands of the clock adjourned at 12.18 p. m. The total appropriations for the ses sion were approximately $1,120,- 484,324, several millions under the record of previous congresses. Two appropriation bills failed. Cur rent appropriations for the postal service and the Indian office were ex tended for another year. In the closing hours President Wil son signed the seamen's bill, the neu trality resolution empowering him to prevent ships leaving American ports with supplies for belligerent warships, promoted Colonel Goethals to be a major-general for his services as builder of the Panama canal and gave promotions to other officers associated ■with the work. The administration ship bill, the Philippine bill, the conservation bills, the rural credits provision of the agri cultural bill and ratification of the treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua —all hard-pressed administration measures—fell by the wayside. In the Senate several members long prominent national figures—among them Senators Root and Burton — stepped back into private life as the curtain fell. In the House Demo cratic Leader Underwood salt} good-by to sit in the next Senate and three score or more members retired. Lull In Senate For many minutes before adjourn ment there was a lull In the Senate. Absolutely no business was transacted. Senator Simmons paid a tribute to Senator Perkins, of California, who re tired at noon. Senator Perkins sat'for ,\ moment in contemplation of the Then he slowly half rose from his seat, feebly waved his hand toward the North Carolina senator and his colleagues in a gesture of fare well and then took his seat again, toa! overcome with emotion to speak. Senator Gallinger offered a reso- j lution of thanks to Vice-President Marshall for his services as presiding officer of the Senate. President Wilson went to the Capi tol at 10 o'clock and promptly began signing the accumulation of bills and resolutions. All hope of passing the ship bill, the Philippine bill or the conservation measures had been aban [Continued on Page 3] U. S. Creates Strong Impression in France By Associated Press Paris, March 4, 5.05 A. M.—The quiet and dignified manner in which the American press and public re ceived the Franco-British declaration of proposed naval reprisals against Germany has made a strong impres sion In France. Writers in the leading newspapers point out that a nation so devoted to business interests as the United States scarcely could be ex pected to remain unmoved at the pro posal of closing the sea routes to a country with which it does an annual business of $500,000,000. "We can prevent loss to neutrals." says the Matin, "by purchasing inter cepted cargoes of which we desire to deprive Germany. We should, per haps, lose on those purchases which we neither could use nor resell until later, but the loss would be a mere drop in the ocean of enormous war ex penses and very little in comparison to the extra blood It would have been necessary to shed for having neglected this necessary means to hasten the enemy's capitulation by economic strangulation." TURKS UNCONCERNED OVER ATTACK ON DARDANELLES Berlin, via March 4, 11.30 A. M.—Attaches of the Turkish em bassy here profess to be unconcerned regarding the bombardment of the Dardanelles forts by the great allied fleet. They declare the fortifications are impregnable, that the landing of troops at the entrance to the straits is Impossible and that any attempt to land a force at some point along the shore of the Gulf of Saros would re quire more men than the allies can concentrate, leaving out of consid eration the strong Turkish forces sta tioned at all threatened points. THEWEATHER For narrlwhurg nnil vlelnltr: Fair wealher to-night < Friday Ificrra*- Ing cloudlne** nnil warmer, I'nr Enttrn I'ciiliNJ 11 nnln : Fair to night) Friday Incrraaliig cloudl ne** nnil warmer. lllver from all atatlon* river observers report tnlllng condition* till* morning. V ntage of about ,"i.H feet In Indicated for Ilnrrlnbiirir by Friday morning. General ConilK'lona High pre**iire continue* over the iiortbeaHtern portion of the eoimtry anil an a result fnlr weather continue* with tempera, ture below the Heaaonable aver* ■Be. The Golf dlatnrbanee will prohahlv move Northeast and unnettteil condition* may lie expected Fri day. with rlKlng temperature in till* locality Friday. Temperature t 8 a. m., 20. Sunt RINCM, (1:20 a. m.; net*, SiSS p. m. Moon i ftlnea, Dili p. m. Itlver Statce: —/ i i„ ■ », i - Constantinople, Turkey. March 4. —The photograph snows the column Brulee in a public square here. The Turk believes that as long sis this col umn stands Intact, the Ottoman empire is safe, that its fall foreshadows the disintegration of the Sultan's realm, in view of the approach of the allied warships through the Dardanelles, the Moslems are watching the column closely. A shot from a warship might upset It and Uien there would be rage and dismay In Constantinople. for this story. When Mr. Copelln sailed, the cap tain asked him to keep his relatives in Harrisburg posted by wireless as t"> his health, whereabouts, etc. Until to-day Captain Copelin had received no message of any sort; this morning he got a letter dated from Barbadoes. The sea-l'arlng traveler explained that tho boat was'racing along at full speed with all lights covered, and he concluded with a laconic reason as to his failure to wireless. "We're not talking." ' simply said Mr. Copelin, "we're—listening." The captain of the Stevens remem bers the quaint sense of humor of the captain of the Emden. COMMERCE CHAMBER SECRETARIES COMING , Delegates From Two Score Prin cipal Pennsylvania Cities Will Convene Tomorrow The Pennsylvania Commercial Sec retaries' Association, comnosed of the secretaries of Chambers of Commerce, Board of Trade, Manufacturers' Asso ciations and kindred organizations will hold its annual meeting in the rooms of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce to-inorrow and Saturday. It will be purely a professional j meeting of secretaries, for the purpose lof discussing secretarial work and not (the general affairs of the cities repre-i sen ted. The delegates attending will have their annual dinner at the Harrisburg club to-morrow evening. Jt' the weather permits an automobile trip over Harr*itr.>urg will be taken by the secretaries in order to study what Har-i rlsburg has done In a civic improve ment way. Following is a list of those who will attend and the cities in which they act as secretaries. George L. Dobie, Bradford; Sherrard Ewing, Heading; It. W. Ferrel, Wilkes- Barro; B. E. Greenland, Bellwood; E. K. Hibschman, Harrismirg; A. M. Howes, Erie; H. It. Knapp, Pottsville; 11. I. Koch, Allentown; Charles M. Ketchum, Washington; Moses Kings ley, New York; 10. L. McCoigln, Har risburg; W. S. Milliner, Wllliamsport; George H. Mosser, Altoona; Charles Newbold, Lancaster; K. G. Potter, Waynesboro; Wilfred 11. Schoff, Phila delphia; I. L. Smith, Newcastle; W. C. Truxal, Somerset; R. C. Weller, Erie; Samuel Wilson, Johnstown; Alfred A. Woods, But\er; Luc-lus E. Wilson, New York; Richard B. Watrous, Washing ton, D. C.; Eugene F. Weiser, York. READY TO CLOSE THEATER Berlin, March 3, via Amsterdam to London, March 4, 4.55 A. M. The IVossiche Zeitung says it learns that I the government has decided to close all the Berlin theaters from April 1. Protests from several quarters already have been lodged. FIRE DESTROYS 3 STEELTON HOOSES High Wind Drives Burning Brands Toward Gas Company Plant Fire, the origin of which has not been determined, completely gutted three residences in Franklin street, Steelton, this morning. The loss will reach $4,100, partly covered by insur ance. The houses burned are: 307 Franklin street, three-story frame owned by G. B. Heist, 327 South Front street, Harrisburg, and occupied [Continued on Page 7.] curs FIRST JOB FOR 1915 STARTED Contractor Opperman Begins Ex cavations on Twentieth Street Sewer Work on the city's improvement program for 1915 was begun to-day when William Opperman started ex cavations for laying of the ten-inch sewer in Twentieth street from Mar ket to Bellevue road. This will even tually connect with the Market street drain. The Opperman job is probably the first of the new contracts to be started this year and it is understood that the j work will be pushed as rapidly as the I weather permits; incidentally, Com missioner W. II Lynch, department of streets and public improvements, will order other sewer, and grading con tracts under way as early as the con ditions will allow. Several hundred l men applied for pick and shovel duty at the Twentieth street sewer to-day and Mr. Opperman put on all for [Continued on Pose 7.] Lincoln Inaugurated Just 50 Years Ago Fifty years ago to-day, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president of the United States. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, was Inaugurated as vice president. This inauguration ceremony took place on the eastern front of the Capitol before a vast concourse of peo ple. The address was the greatest of Mr. Lincoln's rhetorical compositions and combined those memorable pas sages of eloquence and exalted appeal so often quoted: "Both (belligerents) read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes his aid against the other,' and "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with i firmness in the right, as God gives usi to see the right, let us strive on to lln ish the work we arc in. * * • to do all which may achieve and cherish : a just and lasting peace among our-1 selves and with all nations." i ONLY TWO DARDANELLES FORTS REMAIN INTACT SAYS FLEET OFFICER Bombardment of Inner Strongholds Resumed This Morn ing by Ten Large Warships; British Admiralty De tains American-German Tanker; French Take Kai ser's Trench in Champagne A British officer of the allied fleet which Is bombarding the Dardanelles Is quoted in a dispatch from Athens as saying that only two l'orts now remain intact. The homlMtrdment of the lat ter forts was resumed this morning, ten large warships entering the straits for this purpose. The American tanker Platuria has been detained at Kirkwall, Scotland, by order of the British admiralty. The Platuria was formerly a German vessel, transferred to American regis try after the outbreak of the war. The German military authorities ad mit the recapture of Prasenysz, North ern Poland, by the Russians, but as sert the Russians suffered so severely during the attack that they were un able to desist further the orderly re treat of the Germans. This account is at variance wtih Russian reports of a few days ago, which stated that the German retreat was the most disor derly and precipitate of any In that area of military activities. The Ger man sta;emcnt says, however, that large numbers of wounded were left behind in neighboring villages. The French war office has given a more definite Idea of the extent of tho battle now in progress in Champagne. The attacking front is about four miles in length and it is asserted that the allies now hold German positions to the depth of about two-thirds of a mile. BOWLES NOT ENLIGHTENED By Associated Press London, March 4, 11:36 a. m.— Thomas Gibson Bowles, former mem ber of Parliament, and a writer on naval matters, in an address before the Institute of Ship Brokers in Lon don expressed with much <'inphasis his inability to understand the policy of reprisals against Germany outlined by Premier Asquith in his speech in the House of Commons. TRAMP STEAMER AGROUND By Associated Press Beaufort, N. C., March 4.—The Brit ish tramp steamer Overdale, 2,240 tons, from Savannah, to Havre with THIS E BODIES RECOVERED Hinton, March 4. —The rescue parties in the Layland M mine, near heie, made rapid progress to-day. At noon it g was ai bodies ecov< jr ASQU -i ll SILENT ON MEASI } London, March 4, 3.45 P. M. —Premier Asquith de # clineJ to-day throw further light on the nature of the ? measures to be a iopted by Great Britain arid her allies in » ! pursuance of their announced intention of cutting off trade f to and from Germany. „ f Washington, March 4. —Colonel George W. Goethals, ft was nominated to be a major general to-day in recognition of « I his services in building the Panama Canal. Four other C nominations for promotions of officers associated with C I Colonel Goethals were presented and confirmed as follows: I I Brigadier Get i William C. Gorgas to be major general, C 1 medical department; Colonel H. F. Hodges and Lieutenant € 1 Colonel William L. Sibert to be brigadier generals of the I I line, and Commander H. H. Rousseau. U. S. N., to be rear • J admiral. \ OIL STEAMER RELEASED 1 New York, March 4. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, announced to-day that it had received a cable 1 saying that its tank steamer Platuria detained at Kirkwall, Scotland, by the Uritish Admiralty, had been released and iwas now on its way to its destination. Chicago, March 4.—Wheal prices made a sudden down ward plunj iy in the last fifteen minutes of trading. , | Reports were cui. ent that millions of dollars' worth of orders | for war supplies, mostly arms and ammunition, had been ( | cancelled in the last forty-eight hours. Although confirma- i b tion'of the reports was lacking, the market broke to a point ft ■ 7 1 / i cents a bushel under last night, the May delivery touch- I 1 ing $1.37 to-day as against for the same option C g twenty-four hours previous. ft • Washington, March 4.—The official text of the German ft ) government's reply to the American note that C I Germany and Great Biitain on a plan to lessen danger % 1 to neutral shipping in the war zone, was made public here C I -to-day. % MARRIAGE LICENSES - I | T. Itloli mid BUI,. . Mrrtfle, Altuonn. F l'aul nruilrl I'lililnrll, Tyrone, and Hnrnarrt Ilelle N|»eneer, Sprue* % Creek. / I thrum 1.. /.lmnieriunii, Camp Hill, mill Minnie I. ('line, New Cumber- % lanil. * POSTSCRIPT. 12 PAGES cotton Is aground near Cape Lookout shoals but In no danger. Captain. White and his crew of 23 have de clined to leave the ship. German Movement Due to Effort to Get Potatoes By Associated Press Petrograd. March 4.—A semioffi cial communication issued here last 'night regarding the progress of the military operations, says: "'On the battlefront near the Narew the Russians came Into possession of a German army order imperatively di recting the soldiers to take prisoners at whatever cost with a view to thin ning the Russian forces concentrating in that district. In this connection tho laying of traps such as ditches ami sunken fences is recommended. The Gorman troops are ordered also to seize all the supplies possible, even raw materials, and send them to the com missariat. Certain German maneuv ers are explained as being due to an effort to obtain a supply of potatoes. EXPLOSION' COSTS ONE LIFE Alicante, Spain, via London, March 4, 10:40 a. m. —An explosion of pe troleum yesterday under tho forpcastlo of (he Belgian tank steamer Tiflis, from New York, caused the death of one member of the crew while six others were severely burned. Bernhardt's Condition Causes Much Anxiety fly Associated Press I Bordeaux, via Paris, March 4, 5.10 i A. M.—Sarah Bernhardt, whose conili 'tion was considered excellent for sev eral days after the amputation of her right leg on February 22, recently has felt a reaction and her condition for [the Inst forty-eight hours has caused her friends some anxiety. It was an- I nounced by her physicians last night however, that she was sonijewhat bet ter.