German Converted Cruiser Kronprinz Wit HAKKB3BTJRG |f9lite TELEGRAPH LXXXIV No. 84 KRfINPRIIIIZ WILHELMI MtV BE HID: 61PRISOHIERS NOW OIWTOEIUO Armed Sailors Refuse to Per mit British and French on Board to Be Interviewed and Confiscated All News papers VESSEL IN GOOD SHAPE AFTER 8 MONTHS' TRIP Commander of German Cruiser Says Scanty Pro visions Forced Him to Dock His Ship in Ameri can Waters; Dodges Enemy Warships By .Associated Press Newport News, Va., April 12.—How the German merchant raider Kron prinz Wllhelm, which came Into this port Sunday morning, was chased l»y British wnr.-hi |>n after midnight Sat urday and barely escaped capture, was described l>> officers of British mer chant vessels destroyed by the Wil helrn in the South Atlantic. Shortly before noon to-day the fil British officers and men of the steam ers Tamar and Coleby were taken from the Wllhelm aboard a tug anil rushed down the river to the British horseship ( assandra, which will sail later to-day for Glasgow. The harbor was lined with British merehantsiiips as the captives of the German raider were released and as their tug steamed by hundreds of British sailors lined the decks of their ships and cheered. When the liberated British tars reached the Cassandra's dock, they tossed the remnants of their luggage aboard and danced around like school boys in anticipation of the trip to their native land, joyous that they had es caped death by the guns of their own country's warships Saturday night. "Did we see British warships Sat urday?" said W. J. Cow, chief engi neer of the steamer Coleby, sunk in the South Atlantic March 2T "We certainly saw one and heard others. I saw one about midnight way off on the horizon and she was chasing us from midnight on until we reached safety in the Virginia, capes, about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. lieutenant Captain Thierfelder had been given 24 hours in which to leave port unless he needed coal, provisions and time to make repairs. Whether the Kronprinz Wllhelm will make an other clash to sea could not be learned. It is generally believed, however, that the commander will intern his ship. Supplies on Barges One hundred and fifty tons or coal, fifty tons of fresh water and throe days' supply of fresh meats, fruits and vegetables were loaded off barges dur ing the night and were alongside the cruiser at sunrise. These provisions were allotted the raider by Collector of Customs Hamilton after a confer ence with the Washington authorities. Arrangements also were under way for removal from the ship <>f sixty one British sailors taken by the Kron prinz Wllhelm from the steamships Tamar and Coleby, destroyed in the South Atlantic. lieutenant f'aptain Thlerfelder, commander of the cruiser, has asked for time to survey his ship and to sub mit. It to examination by a board of TTnited States naval officers. His ma chinery after a 255 days' voyage from Xew York harbor is said to be in fair ly good condition, evidenced by the fact that the ship was able to make at least 23 knots an hour Saturday night and Sunday morninc in her dash into Hampton Roads through a lnne of enemy warships. All was shipshape on the Wilhelm «t sunrise to-day, o/fl [Contlnued on Will Extend Overhead Bridge to Wildwood Surveys were made to-day for the extension of the Division street overhead hridec to the Wildwood Park entrance. The sleel footbridge is almost completed from the Pennsylvania Railroad to the freight station. Two more spans will be added, which will give Wild wood Park visitors an outlet to Sixth street over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. THE WEATHER For Tlarrtjibiirg anil vlrlnllyi Fair tai-nlKht and Tuesdays colder to night, with Inn Mt temperature about 3S Ar(rrr>. For Fastcrn Pennsylvania 1 Fair and minim hnt colder ln-nl|ih( and Tuesday; fresh went to north west ninils. | Hirer The main river and the North llraneh will rise slowly to-nlicht and Tnesiln.v. except the upper por •tlon of the North llrnnvli will fall Tuesday. The «>»t Branch and the .Juniata villi fall alonly or rcmnJn stationary. \ stave of abont t!.« feet la Indicated for llarrlsburg Tuesday morn Inn. General Conditions The disturbance that nan central northweat of the I.AKE HI-KIOII Saturday morntnuT has moved rust-ward to the St. I.ntvrruie \ nlle.v. It haa caused rain In cen tral find rain and snow In north ern district* generally cast of «lie Mississippi river In the last forty-eight hours. 'l'emperatnrei 8 a. in., SS. Jinn: Rises, 5i33 a. M.i sets, fli3l) a. ni. Moon: New moon, Anrll 14. B:.'W a. in. lllver Sln»ei 5.0 feet above Inw wr ter mark. THuhest temperature, «(!. I.oweit temperature. 511, Mean temperature. 01. Awrtn«l temperature, IP. BUSS BEGIN IIWIOII OF HUH: BATTLE OFF ENGLISH COAST Firing Heard Near Scarborough and Naval Fight Is Believed to Be in Progress FRENCH LOSSES ARE HEAVY Paris Admits Germans Have Re gained Several Trenches After Hard Fighting I'rum Russian sources It Is reported that the invasion of Hungary has heen begun. A dispatch from I .em berg. Galicia. says the Russians are advanc ing along a wide front be tween Bartfeld and I'zsok descending the southern slope of the Carpathians and pressing back the Austrians. In the T)ukla region also the Russians are said to have routed the Austrians forc ing them to abandon stores and trans ports in their retreat. The Meuse-Mo selle region is still the scene of the principal contest in the West Al though the French attacks have been made with increasing vigor Berlin re ports that virtually nothing had been accomplished by these tactics. An of ficial review of these operations con tains the statement that the Germans have regained all the positions lost earlier In the fighting with a few un important exceptions and that the French have sustained extremely heavy losses. London heard rumors to-dav of an other naval engagement off the Eng lish coast. It is said heavy firing was under way off Scarborough, one of the coast towns attacked by the squadron in its raid several months ago. The bare announcement was re ceived in London to-day that the Brit ish steamer Wayfarer had been at tacked and sunk by a German subma rine. The fate of the cruiser is un known. Subsequently it was reported that [Continued on Page K.] JAP SKAMKN COXTKIBITi; TO HFLIKK 1-T.M) OF F-1 By .Issm'ittteii Press Honolulu, April 12. —The Japanese cruiser Tokiwa put in at Honolulu late Saturday and remained several hours Admiral Tochina! conveyed to the' Cnited States here condolence or the! Jainino.se emperor on the loss or the! crew of the submarine F-4. Officers' ail'! crew of the Tokiwa contributed j SIOO to the roller fund being raised for' families or the F-4's dead. I APPROPRIATIONS MUSI MEET INCOME Governor and Appropriations Committee Work Together to Prevent Overstepping The appropriation bills to be passed by this session of the legislature will not only be. held within the revenue, but Governor Brumbaugh will be given the thirty-day period in which to act on them. This arrangement was agreed upon by the Governor and Chairman Woodward, of the Hous* appropriation committee, to-day. The plan is to advance the bills for chari ties as much as possible so a-s to clear the way for the general appropriation bill which will be late owing to the ne cessity of caring for departments which may be affected by pending legislation. The House appropriation bills will lie held in the Senate com mittee and the Senate bills in the Ilouso committee until the last ten days of the session. This will give tiie Governor thirty days arter the session in which to act on the bills, t'hairman Woodward will report out a number of appropriation measures this week, most of them ror charities. Fight on Jitney Hill i'lans have been made to take some of tho stringent provisions out of the bill to regulate operation or jitney cars when it is reached on the second read ing stage in tho House. The bill was negatived, but considerable interest in favor of it turned up especially arter a company had been chartered for this city and it was put on the calendar. Tho idea is to reduce the provision for ten per cent, of gross receipts going to the municipality wherein*operated to five per cent, and to halve the require ment for a SIO,OOO bond for each car. Men interested in jitney Bervice are lining up against the bill. Torpedo Sinks Harrison Line Steamer Wayfarer Fv Associated Frest London, April 12. 12.30 V. M.—The Harrison Line steamer Wayfarer has been torpedoed and sunk by a Ger man submsrine, according to a mes sage received here by a news agency. Details of the Incident are lacking. WOMT:\' LEGISLATORS* FURST RULE IS "HOLD THY TONGUE" Special to Tbr Telegraph Denver. Col., April 12. The first commandment to be followed by the women who would succeed in politics, according to Colorado's two women legislators. Senator Helen lting Rob inson and Representative Evangeline Heartz, should be "Hold thy tongue." RECEIVING TELLER FOUND DEAD Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia. April 12. Charles Victor Williams, receiving teller of the Republic Trust Company, of this city, was found dead in the surf at Avalon, N. J., early last night by Lifeguard Samuel Morton. The body was under the hoardwalk in three feet of water. Death is believed to have been due to heart failure. HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1015. | BELGIAN GIRLS MUST WORK IN THE COAL MINES K I *Jr M yjiif| ' W " ill w ft ■'* >»■ '««"■> » - . ,--»■ v ■ '' f f ■ • '<■ v"■ ' ** ~v -. *• < t - 'ife* i;H - ante .« Their fathers, husbands, ami brothers in the war—those of them that have not been killed by the Invading Germans the girls of Belgium have been sent down into the coal minesfor the roughest kind of work. Coal miners are proverbially the hardest workers, and these girls, most of whom should be in school, must take up their task. They work with pick and shovel just like the men, and iiome forth grimy and dirty. Skirts are of course, impossible. They must dress like miners to do miners' work, and accordingly the women have taken to trousers. If the war continues much longer these girls will work In mines many years after it has ended, for there will be few men left in Belgium. SLUR ON HIS MODEST HURT WERTS PRID Contends Landlord Put His Goods and Chattels in the Street Be cause They Weren't Sufficiently Artistic S. Rlfkin, landlord of the apart ments at 407 Verbeke street, cruelly hurt Ort Addison Wert's feelings last week In a way that few are wounded. Ort explains the why and wherefore in a suit ho tiled for damages to-dav through his attorney, William ii. Loeser. Wednesday, April 7, according to the plaintiff's statement, he rented the apartment from Rlfkin: terms, two tifty per week, payable Monday in ad vance. Thursday Ort went 'round and asked Rifkin when he could have pos session whereupon the genial landlord, the plaintiff contends, said: "The door is open, go on up; the paperhanger has just finished papering." Whereupon Ort paid $1.50 on account of the first week's rent, got a team and started to transfer his goods and chattels. It EX-PRESIDENT TUFT GUI'S GUEST Noted Men at Executive Mansion to Meet Him; Yale Alumni to Give Reception I-ouis .1. Kolb, John Orihbel, Wil liam T. Tilden, Cyrus 11. K. Curtis and Dimner Reeber will be house KIIPSIB of Governor Brumbaugh on Thursday night when ex-President William H. TaPt will he entertained, at the execu tive mansion. The former president will come here on Thursday afternoon and speak (o the members of the leg islature at 4 o'clock in the Capitol aft er speakinc at the Harrisburg Acad emy, the oldest educational institu tion In the county. The Governor will give » dinner of fifteen in his honor at the executive mansion and the former president will lecture in the evening under auspices of the Academy whose president is Vance. C. McCormlck. In the evening Professor Taft will be guest of the Yale alumni and will spend the night at the exec utive mansion. Huerta, Former Mexican Dictator, Near New York Ry As social r J Press New York, April 12.—The Spanish steamer Antonio Lopez which sailed from Cadi* March 31 with Victorlano Huerta aboard, was reported by wire less to be 181 miles east of Sandy Hook at 1.30 o'clock this morning. It was thought she would dock this af ternoon. Whether the former dicta tor of Mexico would seek to land here was unknown in advance of the steam er's arrival. The Antonio Lopez WHS expected to remain here only a few hours before proceeding on her way to Havana. was after he had installed one load and | was returning with a second that to his amazement, he discovered his fur- j piled out in the street. And ! when he demanded the reason of it, I the latter coolly informed him as fol- j lows: "Your furniture ain't good I enough for the house. I thought you had better furniture." While ()rt doesn't say in so many I words in hjs legal statement, he bit terly intimates that he was never so | "bawled out" and embarrassed in his life. His pride, he declares, suffered frightfully, at least to the extent of $1,500. That Is the sum he is suing for. But the slur about his modest furniture isn't Ort's only reason for complaint; 8. Rifkin —Ort says—still has his ' dollar and a half. : TWELFTH WEEK IS ! TO STIRT TONIGHT I State Lawmakers Have Much to Do With Compensation to the Front This Evening The legislature will begin the twelfth week of its session to-night when the House will resume meet ings. The Senate will meet to-mor row night and on Thursday afternoon both branches will unite to hear ex- President William H. Taft address the lawmakers. Mr. Taft will arrive about noon and be the guest of Gov ernor Brumbaugh at the executive) mansion, delivering a lecture at the Technical high school in the evening. The coining of• Mr. Taft has attracted much attention among the lawmakers. The session is now considered to be on the homeward stretch and it. is llkelv that the House will start additional sessions. The seven bills comprising the work. [Continued on Page 7.] KIIEN I'I.VMITOX DIES By Associated Press New York, April 12.—Eben Brad lee. known on the stage as Bben Plympton, one-time leading man with Mary Anderson, died here to-day of pneumonia. Ho had been ill nino davs and in poor health a long time. He played leading roles with many stars, I including the Booths, Clara Morris and Mme. Modjeska. STEAM Kits SEEK RELEASE By Associated Press T,ondon, April 12, 1.30 P. M;— The American steamers Navejo and Joseph ; W. Fordney, both under detention at i the present time by the British marine i authorities at Kirkwall, have appealed < to the American embassy here to pro- < cure their, release. I OWING S9O RENT. HE SETS FIRE TO HOUSE TO OBTAIN INSURANCE j Wayne Kantner, of Mahantongo Street, Confesses to Charges of Arson SOAKS HOME WITH OIL , Sends Wife and Three Children to House of Friend to Await Burning of Dwelling Wayne Kantner, fil9 Mahantongo ! street, employed by the Pennsylvania ' Railroad Company as a laborer, is in : jail awaiting a hearing in court for ' arson. Kantner this morning con fessed to Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison land Fire Chief John C. Kindler that be ' fired his home last night. The accus- I ed said he was back in his rent to the J extent of S9O, and hoped to raise the : money from insurance on his furni i Hire. His furniture was insured for :*r<nu. * I Kantner was placed under arrest at ill o'clock this morning. The. State Fire Marshal was notified and at a 1 hearing before Mayor John K. Royal ; Kantner plead guilty and was held \ for court, in default of SI,OOO ball. The fire occurred last night about I 9 o'clock. An alarm was sent in from ; Box No. 123. Sixth and Mahantongo | streets. The firemen found the fiantes | in the cellar at the Kantner home and between the partitions of the adjoining | house. Chemical streams prevented a I spread of the flames and the damage will not go over S2OO. The house is owned by Mrs. Edward Madden and the damage is covered by insurance. Firemen Smell Oil Fumes Fire Chief John C. Kindler learned from the firemen that there was a j strong odor of oil In the Kantner home > when they arrived. An investigation I brought the discovery that the plaster between the partitions had been satu | rated with oil, and that oil had been : poured on the cellar steps and rafters. Later it was learned that Kantner had | sent his four children to the home of | William A. Ream, 1f.24 North Fifth | street, and later went there himself. ' When the alarm was sounded, Kant i ner, it is said, remarked, "That fire is not at my house. 1 have no fire in | any of the stoves." \ When confronted with these facts i i to-day Kantner admitted he had (lred j the plape. Mm. Kantner corroborated ' Jier husband's story, and said "he told I me what he was sotng to do. and sent I me and the four children to the home I I of Mr. Ream." GOVERNOR RECEIVES LOCAL OPTION BOOSTS Telegrams and Letters Pour in Indicating How Widespread Was Demonstration i! | "it seems to have been a great State- I wide demonstration in which a great j many people were interested. Now if | they will do what they ought to do . iand follow this up with personal work 1 think good results will be accom | nlished," said Governor Brumbaugh | to-day in talking about the results of I his call for local option Sunday. , The Governor has been receiving , numerous letters and telegrams to- J day endorsing his stand and in fol „ lowing, out his thoughts on the work that should be done said: "The peo , pie interested in local option should | be reasonable and sensible and treat I legislators like gentlemen. There is no use abusing people. That mistake I wa" made in the last campaign. For tunately 1 did not indulge in abuse." [Continued on Page B.] ' Missing Man Is Found Sticking in River Mud Rowing across the river near FTigh | spire yesterday, Jerome Kinsey and ' Morris Leftler, two Highspire men, | discovered the body of a negro Im bedded in the mud near the short. The body was removed to the under. ! laking establishment of H. Wilt's Sons, Steelton. l-.«te this morning it was identified by Miss Clennle Wash s ington, 919 Ash alley, Harrisburg, as t the body of her brother, Gilbert Wash . nglon, who disappeared from home . about ten weeks ago. ! Washington was 40 years old and . was employed at the State Printer.v. , Coroner Ecklnger yesterday began an , investigation, but was unable to dis . cover ano evidence bearing on the cir . cumstances surrounding the man's > drowning. I American Steamer Hits Rock; Passengers Safe Toliio, April 12. 4.20 A. M.—The . steamship Minnesota, plying between Japanese ports and Seattle, struck a rock off Uwajima at 9.30 o'clock Sun day night, according to advices receiv ed from Captain Garlick. One of her holds was pierced by the obstruction in the channel. The passengers and mails were removed by a. steamer I which responded to a wireless call. | A Japanese newspaper has received lla dispatch from Manila saying that | Mrs. Francis B. Harrison, wife of the I I Governor General of the Philippine Js j lands with two children was on board the Minnesota at the time of the acci- I dent. Mrs. Harrison was accompanied by Captain Archbald F. Commiskey, military aid to Governor Harrison. EDWARD P. MOXEV DrES Philadelphia, April 12.—Edward P. Moxey, an expert accountant who ap peared as a witness for the govern ment in many prosecutions of offend ers against the national banking laws, died suddenly In Chicago to-day of heart disease. 10 PAGES STATEWIDE OFFERED FOR LOCAL j OPTION'S PASSAGE Thousands of Voters Demand That Legislature Approve Bill For Which Governor Is Fighting; Church to Stand Against Men Who Disregard Will of People Governor Brumbaugh Urges Cleaning Up of Politics in Sermon at Church of Brethren; Dauphin County's Representatives Called Upon to "Vote Right"; Big Meetings in Every City of Pennsylvania Hundreds of thousands of.voters in all parts of the State yesterday sup plicated Divine aid for the success of the local option iiill and pledged their co-operation to secure the passage of the measure which is now before the legislature. Churches of every denomination re sponded to Governor Brumbaugh's ap peal to observe "Local Option Sun day" with special services. In every community the, congregations to a man, agreed to bring all their influ ence to bear upon their respective members of the Legislature, in an ef fort to have the bill passed. Particularly in Pittsburgh, the home town of Senator Oliver, were the meet |ings enthusiastic. There, at one of [the largest services of the day. a spe jcial prayer was offered that Senator Edwin H. Vare, support the local op- Ition bill. Philadelphia also had large ly attended meetings, at which Scn jator Vare was petitioned to vote for the measure. In all other counties [and cities of the State, ministers urged their members to work for the bill. Governor Speaks Here I Governor Brumbaugh, spoke for the [measure before the congregation of I the Church of the Brethren on Hum [mel street. Dr. Brumbaugh Is an or dained member of this sect, which for | more than 100 years has not permit ted those engaged in the liquor traf : fie to be a member. He suggested that |if the people of the State want good [legislation they should elect good I men. j "If your officials," the Governor said, "do not stand by their creed in [office they are utterly unfit to rule. *We officials are set aside by the people 'not to lord over but to serve them. My [stand is very commonplace, for you. I who have always known or me and my habits have a righl to expect me to (WAYFARER REPORTED IN TOW i London, April 12. Wayfarer say M that sht had been struck by a torpec: being towed g casualtity on ■ board. M RICANS f a to-day asked ff I the War nsport to bring • j those Ame ?us of returning ■ to the United States. C i , . Carlson .. & nounc veto the bills m • juvenile C court to the district court of Denver county. C CHARGES AGAINST McADOO AN 0 WILLIAMS C g Washington, April 12. —The Riggs National Bank, the C % largest financial ins a Washing! to-day began C ■ legal procef 100 and Comp- % C troller of the Currency \ el them to des J C from all* K ( S AGAINST EIGHT | f t John Farson, \ m Jr., and his brother, Will cither men } J charge of securities E g amounting to $5,0 a Colorad on deal were m g ' ney's office hepe. C ' I kVIATOR KILLED Washington, April 12.— Cecil M. Peoli, a South American, ' and the first aviator to fly over the Andes mountain was ' I killed at the United States army aviation field at College ' , Park, Md., near here, to-day, while making a vertical dive : in a machine of his own invention. ' Denver, April 12:- —judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the Den- J 9 ver Juvenile Court was exonerated of all charges of miscon- g £ duct it unty grand jury filed late to-day. , C lon a char iminal libel in ' K character of * | MARRIAGE LICENSES | Hurry Mlc-linc-l itn<l l.rnh Klatl er. C ity. % * POSTSCRIPT. bt nave in office as I have always be haved before. A man who would do otherwise would he a hypocrite." "The very quality of government," continued Dr. Brumbaugh in speak ing of the church's part in local op tion, "is founded on the teachings ot Ohrjst and the laws of men. If the disciples of Christ when they were appointed to do things, had said: 'Wa will not do just as you say, we will stand aside, take things easy, fish and , loiter around, but we won't take any [active part in the game,' would they [Continued on Page -I.] Heavy Fire Heard Off Coast at Scarborough T.ondon, April 12—11:10 a. m.— Reports are current here that heavy firing is taking place at sea off Scar borough. indicating that some kind of j a naval engagement is in progress. CROWDS DISPERSED AFTER ARMED TROOPS MADE CHARGE Rome. April 11, 9:15 p. At., via Par is. April 12, 4:55 A. M.—Notwith standing orders issued by the police, attempts were made to-day by persons both for and against intervention by Italy in the war to hold public meet ings in all parts of the country. The crowds which gathered were charged and dispersed in nearly every in stannce by carbineers and troops, but few persons were wounded, although some arrests were made, among those taken into custody being Professor Benito Mussolini, the Socialist leader, who favors a continuance of neutral ity and Signer Marinetti, who Is urg ing Intervention.
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