Wilson Orders Full Investigation of
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 57
ACTION ON
WILL BE
PRESIDENT ASKS FOR I,
FULL INVESTIGATION
Oil LOSS OF VESSEL
British Steamer Chascas, One
of Eitel's Prizes, Was
American Owned and Was
on Way to New York to
Take American Registry
NEUTRALITY BOARD MAY
PERMIT SOME REPAIRS
Captain of German Auxiliary
Cruiser May Be Compelled i
to Release All Prisoners
on Board Vessel
By Associated Press
\Va>liinj<tun, I). t'„ Mariii ll.—l'wl
dent Wilson announced to-day tliat »
"searching inquiry will lie made" into
tlir sinking of the Vnteriean sailing
»liip William I*. I-Vye by llie German
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Frietlrieh.
This statement was issued at tlie White
House:
"Til 10 PRESIDENT. Wlli'X
\MvI 1) REG UiDING THE SINK
IXU <>l THE AMERICAN SAIL
ING SHIP WII.I.IAM P. I-'RYE
15V THE GERMAN AUXILIARY
CHVISER PRINZ EITEI. ERIED
RICH. s\ll»:
•"A MOST SEARCHING IN
QI'IRY WILL BE MADE AND
\\ IIATEVER ACTION is TAKEN
WILL BE BASED UPON THE
RESULT OF THAT INQUIRY'."
Discussion oi' the affair in official
quarters was taken to foreshadow a
strong protest to Germany against the i
sinking of the American vessel.
The contention of the German com
mander that tlie American ship had
contraband of war aboard and, there
fore. destruction was justified, lias liecn
set up as a plea In other cases, but
never has been recognized by the
I nihil States as the only justification
for such action on the part of a liel
ligorcnt.
The fact that the Prinz Eitcl Kried
rieh was commanded by a German
naval officer, under commission from
the German government, and the fact j
that no lives were lost when the Frye !
was sunk, transferred the case from I
the realm of criminal proceedings un- '
dcr the federal statutes under a pos- 1
sible charge of piracy and makes it a
subject of diplomatic negotiations with
the object of gaining reparation for
the owners and a disclaimer of un
friendliness.
Will Ask for Damages
That the I'nited States would ask
for damages and an explanation from
tlie German government was regarded
as certain. Some officials thought the
German government would find Itself
compelled to repudiate the act of the
German captain or abandon the po
sition taken b.-- Germany in recent cor
respondence with the United States
<>n the subject of conditional contra
band and foodstuffs. Precedents in
international law reveal that the cir
cumstances under which neutral gov
ernments have acquiesced in the'de
struction of their vessels in time of
war are very few.
The German rule that has been ap
plied is that a belligerent warship
must take its prize into port unless
there are controlling reasons, such as
unseaworthiness, lack of a prize crew,
danger of recapture and the presence
on board of a cargo of contraband
\x inch would make certain its condem
nation by a prize court. The com
mander of the belligerent vessel must
preserve the neutral ship's papers and i
bring them to a prize court for the
entering of a decree.
Government in Dilemma
Whether the action of the captain
•>i the Prlnss Eitel has not placed his
government in a dilemma bv sinking
• lie American grain ship William P.
I 'r.ve was much discussed in official
• matters to-day. Assuming that the
■ rye s cargo was not consigned to the
l.ritish government, one view is that
the German government either must
repudiate the action of Captain Tliie
richsen and pay for the Frye and her
carpro or withdraw its protest to the
.State Department against the Ilritish
assumption to the right to seize food
cargoes bound from a neutral country
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THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlaburg anil vicinity; Fair
tonight nmf Friday; new much
chance fn temperature.
For Knutcrn I'ennaylviinia i Fair
tonight and Friday; not much
change In temperature.
River
\\ Ith tlie exception of three atn
lions, where thrrr has been a
allgh-t rlae. a xilglit tall la re
ported elaenhrrr by river ob
servers. A stage of about 4.«
feet I* indicated for Harrlahnrir
!• rfday morning;. •
leather Conditions
There baa been no derided change
In the weather conditions over
the country during the past
twenty-four lioura. Fair weather
prevails generally In the AtlantJe
States, while over the Southwest
• -onrilttoiis continue unsettled,
with rain falling; over Southern
I evaa and nhow In portions or
>ew Mexico and Colorado.
Temperature; S a. m„ 34.
Mm; Rises. 8;l* a. m.; acts. 6:03
P. m.
Moon; \ew moon, >lareli 15, 2-42
p. m.
River Stage; 4.7 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'a Wee;tiler
HlskrM temperature, 4ft.
I .orient temperature. 80.
Mmn temperature. 88.
Normal temperature, IW,
SINKING OF AMERICAN SHIP
BASED ON RESULTS OF INQUIRY
'CRuisER WASHINGTON AND REAR ADMCAPERTON,
AND BATTLESHIP G
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, ill lIS
m pHk •
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V ' *~SA9*i.ns?v ■ ■ V
U-SS. .WASHINGTON REAR ADMIRAL CAPERTDN.^
\\ asliiimton, March 11. —The cruiser Washington, with Hear Admiral Caperton on board, and the battleship i
ueorsia. commanded by Captain Coontz. have been ordered to proceed to Vera Cru* from Hayti and Uuantanamo,
respectively. It is expected that these additional American warships in Mexican waters will have an effect on Car- '
ranza in his reply to the recent note of President Wilson.
HOUSE FAVORS MAY I
FOR MUIH
Baldwin Resolution For That Date
Goes Through by Vote of
137 to 19
HOTLY DEBATED ON FLOOR
Delaware Member Says Legisla
tors Are Wasting lime; Senate
Must Concur
The House of Representatives to
day went on record in favor of ad
journing tlie session of the Legislature
on May B. A resolution fixing that
date, if the Senate concurs, was adopt
ed by the decisive vote of 137 to 19,
after a debate of over one hour and af
ter motions to send tlie resolution to
the committee on rules and to defer a
vote until Monday night had been de
feated.
The resolution was introduced by
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Milk Bottle Rules in
Force; Board Seeking
Proof of Violations
At a meeting of the Board of
Health last evening, it was said that
the board has ample rules and regu
lations now in force to put the new
lule requiring the bottling of all milk
into force. One rule provides that
there shall be no transfer of milk on
the streets from one vessel to another
and a second rule requires the sterili
zation of all milk bottles.
A representative of the board said
to-day that doubtless there are viola
tions of this rule and that prosecutions
will promptly follow the filing of com
plaints with the proper officers. Wher
ever possible unscrupulous dealers are
being made to answer for violations
and the department requests everybody
who knows that bottles are being re
filled without sterilization to file In
formation with it.
Swallows Needle While
Eating "Flannel" Cakes
While eating llantiel cakes at her
home last evening Mrs. Hattie Weaver,
of Speeceville. swallowed something
which she said pricked "the whole
way down." After suffering intense
agony Or. A. C. Coble, of Dauphin, was
summoned. He sent her to the Ilar
risburg Hospital, where an x-ray dis
closed that she had swallowed a
needle.
The woman says the needle must
have gotten into tlie cake while she
was stirring the batter. An operation
will be necessary.
Committee of Republican
Club to Ask For Bridge
While the city commissioners gen-
I erally have expressed disapproval of
any movement to float improvement
lionds to provide for a new bridge at
Walnut street this year a committee of
i the East End Republican Club has
been appointed to formally submit the
suggestion to permit the question to
l go before the voters in the Fall.
The committee consists of John E.
'Gipple, Armer C. McKce, liarry C.
| Baum and Harry Klugh. The bridge
| will mean an opening to the eastern
part of the city from Royal Terrace.
This is the section recently developed
Iby W. A. Mcllhenny, Mayor John K.
1 Royal and others.
SCRANTOX "TRUTH" CEASES
PUBLICATION* AFTER 31 YEARS
By .Isfociattd Press
Scranton. Pa., March 11.—The Scran
lon Truth in its issue this after
noon announced that after to-day it
(Would cease publication. The Truth
has been in the evening newspaper
field here for 31 years.
The Tribune-Republican published
i under the management of G. A. So
niarindyck, also the publisher of the
Truth, announced in its morning Issue
a change in its name to the Scranton
Republican. It also announced that I
John'E. Barnett. who to-day retired
as postmaster of Scranton. has become
ieditor of the Republican.
HARRISBURG. PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1915.
HERE'S A TALE, NOT OF COWS
AND CHICKENS, MEREL
County Commissioners Are Advised by Solicitor Ott That Pullets
and Woollies Aren't in Same Class, Legally Speaking
j The cow and the chicken may ever
i be pais in song and story of life on
; the farm, but the sheep and chicken—
, never!
' That the fowls of the barnyard and
i the four-footed browser who became
j famous by too persistently (railing
I Mary round to school may never be in
( cahoots, legally speaking, has been de
j eided by Colonel Fred M. Ott. the
I county solicitor. His advice had been
i asked by tlie County Commissioners
I following their receipt of a communi-
I cation from a lower end justice of
. the peace enclosing a bill from a
Sf ORE ill KNELT
111 STREET TOIW
Greeks and Warden Caldwell Help
Wanderer Who Dropped on His
Knees at Girl's Feet
i
: The story of the wanderer far from
home, friendless, hungry, cold, foot
weary and unable to speak the lan
guage of the alien, of his final re
course to prayer and what came of
that, is told in a letter from John
Tsurkgikos, Greek, of Canton, 0., to
his friend, Xick Kelley.
. And the tetter solves the "mystery"
!of the foreigner, who knelt at the
feet of a very pretty but much fright
ened girl at Third and Walnut streets
ja few weeks ago—and who was hus
| tied to jail because of it.
j That the wanderer reached home and
j friends was doe to the kindly interest
j which \\ . \\ . Caldwell, warden of the
l Dauphin county prison evinced in the
.voting man, who could speak no Eng
j lish nor make himself understood de
[Continued on Page 2]
Railroad Sues Driver
of Milk Wagon Because
Cowcatcher Was Bruised
By Associated Press
Newark, X. J., March 11.—A rail
road's counter claim for damages to
its locomotive figured In the trial of
a $25,000 accident suit in the Supreme
Court here to-day instituted to-day
by !• rank \\. Wilkinson who was
struck and severely injured by an
Erie railroad train in Bloomfleld last
year as he was driving a milk wagon
across the tracks. Wilkinson's hips
land several ribs were broken and he
• was injured internally; his wagon was
smashed and the mules which drew
it were killed. He claimed the train
approached without proper warning.
| The company in its counter claim
j alleged that by careless driving he
struck the locomotive and "bent.
|broke, and destroye;d divers, slats or
j frames of the pilot or cowcatcher, and
I bruised, abrased, mutilated and de
stroyed paint and polish on the loco
motive."
The road asked SIOO damages.
Fear Redskins May Fire
on Scott and His Party
By Associattd Press
Salt Lake City, March IX.—Word
was received here that General H. 1,.
Scott, of the staff of the United States
army arrived at HiufT last night and
will prepare to negotiate' with Tse-Ne-
Gat and his band of Indians to-day.
The report says there is some fear that
the general's party may be fired on
when it attempts to approach the hos
■tile camp.
IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE
By Associated Piers
1 Geneva, -March 11. via Paris. Sta-!
Uls tics oil Swiss trade show improve
ment in the past few weeks. This con
dition is due largely to orders from
England for quantities of wrist
watches, for British soldiers, for con
densed milk, and for various other
articles destined for the British army
which arc not classed as contraband
of war.
farmer whose flock of pullets had suf
fered disastrously from the night raid
of a neighbor's dog.
President Isaac Hoffman remem
bered a law that provides that the '
county may reimburse luckless farm- •
ers whose sheep suffer from such
depredations, but he wasn't sure \
whether chickens could be considered
in the same class.
And Colonel Ott has decided that
settlement of the chicken question
must lie between the owners of the
fowls and the dogs, respectively, and
that the county needn't bother. Mere
sheep aren't in the same class.
raiiiGM
Bam OTHER YE/IRS
Dealers, However, Are Optimistic
of Future; Many Big Trans
fers Pending
The prospective amount of business
in real estate circles for the first of
April is small compared with other
jears, according to dealers and agents
of the city pnd neighborhood.
Many "dickers" are under way and
a number of transactions have" been
clinched for final closing next month.
April first is always the busiest time
of year for real estate sales and tenant
changes.
Considering the general Industrial
quietness the prospect is said to be
very good and indications for the fu
ture are bright. No definite informa
tion of individual instances of prospec
tive transfers can be obtained but
complete lists will be published after
transactions are completed. Changes
[Continued on Pajfc ».]
To Ask State For Half
Million "Sunnies" and
"Catties" For Wildwood
Half a million baby sunfish, catfish
anU yellow peich will bo asked of the
State Department of Fisheries for
"planting" in Wildwood Lake by City
i Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor, su
perintendent of parks and public prop
i erty.
Commissioner Taylor is now pre
paring his request and it will be for
warded to the State authorities within
a day or two.
"For the last couple of years I be
lieve no new 'fry' has been put into the
lake,'' said Commissioner Taylor to
day, "and we thing it rs advisable to
ask the department for some more.
The character of the fish that thev
may wish to give tis we'll let to them
to decide as well as tlie time for
placing them. However, we've always
hue 1 catfish, suntish, perch and carp in
the lake waters and I suppose these
will be provided again. We'll ask lor
lu.lf a million.
"Many of the fish have been taken
cut of the lake waters during the last
few years." said the commissioner,
"and I think that the suppiv could be
i eplenished nicely at this time. Dur
ing the winter and late Fall monMis
many lamilles I'm told have depended
on the llsh they could take from the
lake for their meat supplies."
British and French
Take Neuve Chappele
By Associated Press
London, March 11, 11.56 A. M.
Under cover of the lire of heavy
French artillery Hritish troops have
captured Xeuve Chappelle, three and
a half miles north of La Hassee.
This success, including the taking of
1.000 prisoners and several machine 1
guns, makes it the most considerable
advance reported from the north nl •
France for several months past. This
advance, if made in force, is struteiri-1
eally of great importance, as the posi- I
tion commands the road between La
Bassee and Lille. Furthermore, it
makes the German hold on La Bassee
insecure and gives a base for opera
tions for the straitening of the allied
linos in front of Lille.
10 CONSIDER CITY
HOSPITAL TOESOAI
Resolution to Be Offered in Coun
cil Arranging For Conference
With Dauphin Med. Society
MAPLE HILL IS SUGGESTED
Removal of Nursery Home Would
Pave Way For Acquiring Watts
Hometead, Says Councilman
Council at its meeting Tuesday will
consider the recent letter of the Dau
phin County Medical Society relative
to the erection of a municipal hospital
for Harris burg and a resolution pro
viding for the appointment of a com
mittee of commissioners to confer with
the physicians on the subject will be
ottered, according to one of the city
councilmen to-day.
While the question of a site for the
| proposed structure is still undecided,
j it is understood that the adoption of
] the Maple Hill residence of Mrs. Ma
j rion C. B. Watts will be urged. This
I building is admirably situated for the
I purpose on the maple-grown slopes of
j the bluff at Third and Reel streets and
I has been occupied by the Nursery
| Home, but the institution will so into
its new quarters on Eochlel Hill
April 1.
' I Whether or not Council will decide
1 | Tuesday on the location of a site is
| questionable, but it is understood that
| plenty of data relative to the establish
j nient of a municipal hospital will be
J available for information of the coun
j oilmen. The care of patients who
ordinarily require treatment at a mu
nicipal hospital now costs the county
alone about $1,500. The new city hos
j pital. it is believed, could be operated
I for .$3,000 or less.
The purpose of the municipal instl
! tution would be to provide a place
| for the accommodation of strangers
; or people who come to the city from
out of town and who have no place
i to be treated for contagious diseases
but their boarding houses.
| The intention, it is understood, will
j not be to care for the sufferers of
I smallpox or similar diseases at the
I municipal hospital, but to continue to
! treat this character of illness at the
| pesthouse at the county home.
Whole Trainload of
Ashes to Be Dumped on
Wildwood Park Driveway
Wild wood Park driveway from the
IMa clay street en' nee to the darn is
j closed for trave during the repair
I work on the roadbed and City Com
missioner M. Marvey Tuylor, superin-
I tendent of parks and public property,
j expects to have the work finished by
} the end of the week.
Fifteen great "battleship" cars, car
. rying forty tons of ashes each, will.be
dumped on the highway under the
j parksuperintendent'ssupervision. This
type of ashes is the same sort that
j had been used in the construction and
I upkeep of the roadway originally. It
I has been generously donated by the
(Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
While Park Commissioner Taylor
j lias been able, with the co-operation
of the railroad company, to insure a
| perfect driveway through Wildwood
before the Spring influx of automobile
] tourists begins, he has also arranged
with the Susquehanna township super
.! visors to have the 500 or more feet of
; ] roadway north of the dam similarlv
, I treated in order to provide a snlen
v didlv repaired driveway entire
; width of the park.
Begin Construction of New
Bridge in Cameron Parkway
II Work was begun to-day on the con-
I struction of the new concrete arch
bridge across Spring creek in the
Cameron parkway and by May 1. it is
expected, the span will be linished and
ready to be thrown open for travel.
. All day yesterday the engineers of
the park department were busy fin
ishing what surveying remained'to be
j done for setting out the stakes and as
soon as these lines were available Mr.
Taylor directed the contractor to start
j work.
The new bridge will eliminate the
ugly curve at the creek crossing which
j heretofore had proved such a menace
| to vehicular, automobile and pedes
i trian travel.
PHOTOS WITH PERMITS
5j Associated Press •
| Paris. March 11, 5.20 p. m.—Per-
I mils of residence issued to foreigners
jafter March 20 must have a photo-
I graph of the holder attached, certified
by the police commissary, says the
; Petit Journal. Persons who fall to
| follow these instructions will be pro
ceeded against as spies, the paper as
serts.
MRS.MECI,EL. LAN'S BODY ARRIVES
By Associated Press
j New York, March 11.—The body of
j Mrs. I*.lien ~ McClallan, widow of
! General George B. MeCiellan and
; mother of ex-Mayor George B. Mc
i Olellan of this city, reached here to
day aboard the steamer Madonna
j front Nice. France, where she died.
MANY KILLED IX WRECK
By Associated t'ress
Madrid, via PUris, March 11, 8.30 a
m.—Many persons are reported to
have been killed or injured last night
I when a mail train from Vigo to Mad
i rid struck a huge rock which had fall
!en upon the track in a deep cut in
| Asturlas. Two passenger coaches and
[the baggage car were piled on top of
j the engine.
| PORTUGUESE MINISTER QUITS
fly Associated Press
Paris. March 11, 5.15 a. m.— Joao
! i 'hagas, Portuguese minister t?> '
' France, has resigned. "The present :
[cabinet is an ••xtrn-pnrliainentarv one '
and I will not serve under a dictator
ship." said Senhor t'hngas in reply to
'inquiries as to reason for his retire-j
( nient.
j
'SON FOR GOVERNOR WHITMAN,
Albany. N. A., March 11.—A son was!
born to Governor and Mrs. G. <"harh-y
S. Whitman to-day. This is the first j
boy In the Whitman family. There is I
one other child, Olive, six years old. j
12 PAGES
MS. HOSIE'S FATHER
THINKS HER INNOCENT
Believes Daughter Was Shot by
"Whip" Keys in Mistake For
Another Woman
"NOT INTIMATE," HE SAYS
Suicide Was Chauffeur For Fam
ily; Acquaintance Might Have
Started Last Winter
•' I
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Bi§ggj|H|&fl^B^^p
BBBBBBmbf i_
"WHIP" KEYS
Who Killed Self After Attempting to
Murder Woman.
That "Whip" Keys, the taxicab
driver, shot Jlrs. Nora Hosie in mis
take for another woman, is the belief
of Mrs. Hosle's father, Jeremiah B.
Yost, 1624 Xorth Sixth street.
.Mr. Yost this morning declared that
the information Kiven yesterday by
tile police was absolutely incorrect,
lie said in reference to reports that
Jlrs. Hosie and Keys were intimate:
"This man Keys and his car never
did stand at my door as the police
said. On two different occasions he
did drive a car to my door, which T
had ordered to take the family on a
pleasure trip. Keys was only the
chauffeur and 1 never knew his name
[Continued oil Pace 9.]
" ~ " ~ y
!■
M
lector cf Customs Hamilton that it was not Ins intention to §
1 intcui 93 the Un ted States refuse . K
« to grant him the necessary time for repairs and restra I
ik him, the converted cruiser will attempt to « ontinue its voy- j
j age of adventure. I
J ANOTHER FURNACE IN BLAST
Allentown, Pa., March 11.—Furnace number 1, o
1 iokendaqua, was put in blast thi %
iving employment to 130 hands after an idleness 8
of several months. ' s furnace .has a capacity; of 2 25 t 4
a ri.iy. '
MAY NOT CONTAIN EXPLOSIVES 1
New York, March il. —Counsel foi Frank Abarno ;
' Carmine Carbone, accused of placing bombs in St. Patrick's
'. who claim they were ."framed up" by the police,
explor-ives. I
' McADOO HAS APPENDICITIS I
$ Washington, March 11.—Secretary McAdoo went to a
i hospital to-day to be operated on for appendicitis to-night C
P or to-morrow. The secretary was at his office early to-day K
r and it was said no complications had appeared. €
i Washington, March 11.—Proposed increased rates oh C
live stock, dressed beef and packing house products in car- I
loads from Chicago to the Mississippi river crossings and 1
other points in the Middle West to Eastern seaboard and '
interior points, including Buffalo, Erie and Pittsburgh, were '
suspended to-day by the Interstate Commerce Commission 1
pending investigation of their reasonableness. J
London, March 11, 4.40 P. M.—British forces in France %
advanced three-quarters of a mile yesterday, capturing all 3
the intervening positions of the enemy, according to an of- g
ficial announcement given out in London to-day. J
Newport News, Va., March 11.—The new of the Amen- £
can ship William P. Frye, sunk by the German cruiser M
Eitel Friedrich, were released from the Eitel Frierich lat T
I to-day and brought ashore. • £
MARRIAdt LICENSES i
Weir lilo.xl liHc unci Minnie Hurnt, .\ew Cumberland, J
* POSTSCRIPT.
GERMANS ARE MAKING
ANOTHER UNEXPECTED
STROKE AT RUSSIANS
Important Battle Developed as
Result of Movement of Gen.
Yon Hindenburg
ALLIES BADLY DEFEATED
Fire of Turkish Batteries Slackens
Perceptibly During Yester
day's Engagement
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has
made another of the swift and unex
pected strokes which have marked his
campaign against tho Russians.
Gathering a large force along tlia
Prussian border in Northern Poland,
he has begun a new movement out
ward, apparently intending to strika
again at Przßsnysz where the Gor
mans recently met the defeat which
preceded their general retirement in
the north. An important battle has
developed as a result of tTils move
ment, the result of which, it is said in
Petrograd, has not yet been indi
cated.
With the diminution of activity in
Champagne, the western battle front
has grown quieter. The German mili
tary authorities assert that the allies
have suffered a complete defeat in
Champagne after undertaking an of
fensive movement believed in Berlin
to have been designed to relieve pres
sure on the Russians. Desultory light
ing continues in Belgium, but along
the eastern end of the line, where
there have been active and almost
continuous battles, weather conditions
| have enforced a temporary lull.
Mombai'diiieiit Resumed
Paris reports tell of resumption of
'the Dardanelles bombardment. It Is
said that the fire of some Turkish bat
teries under attack slackened percepti-
I bly during the engagement.
I Dispatches from both Newport
i News and Washington indicate that
I the German auxiliary cruiser Prina
j Eitel Friedrichfi which took refuse
[Continued on Page fl.l
BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES
By .4.rscriatrd Prus
Paris. March 11, 5.22 a. m.—A va
lorous bombardment of the fortifica
tions in the Dardanelles, principally b\
French warships, was continued yes
terday. Wednesday, according to i
Tenedos dispatch to the Matin.