President Wilson's Latest Note to German
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 130
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
REPLY TO BERLIN'S
NOTE PRESENTED TO
CABINET MEMBERS
Executive. Drafted Communi
cation Himself and He
Asks If Germany Is to Be
Guided in Future by Hu
mane Principles Embodied
in International Law
DISPATCH OF REJOINDER
ONLY AWAITS APPROVAL
German Ambassador's Agent
Is Reported to Have Left
New York For Berlin Yes
terday, Taking With Him
Report of American Feel
ing Over Lusitania Disaster
By Associated Frrss
Washington, l>. C„ June 4.—Presi
dent Wilson finished I lie now note to
Germany to-day and laid it liefore tlic
Cabinet. It probably will I*' dispatched
to Berlin late to-night or to-morrow.
Xo arrangements have yet heen made
as to the time when It will Ik* made
public.
White House officials said to-day
I hut while the I*resident had penned
the note himself, he had consulted
wtlh Sot-retary Bryan over the prin
ciples and the details. He also has
been in constant consultation with
Counselor ijansing and also Attorney
General Gregory, who investigated affi
davit* that the I<usltanla carried guns.
The government is convinced there
Is no ground for that contention and
the note will so inform tiermany.
Counselor l,ansin<; as the President's
chief adviser on questions of inter
national law sat in to-day's Cabinet
meeting. I*reviously he has only at
tended in the absence of Secretary
Bryan, but to-day Sir. Lansing hail
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548.000.000 Din
15 DECLARED BY FORD
MOTOR CAR COMPANY
Capital Stock of Concern Is Raised
From $2,000,000 to
$100,000,000
By Associated Press
Detroit, Mich., June 4.—The Ford
Motor Company announced to-day
that it had increased its authorized
capital stock from $2,000,000 to SIOO,-
000,000 and had declared a stock divi
dend of $48,000,000 payable July 1.
A cash dividend was declared on
the original authorized stock of $2,-
000,000 but the amount was not made
public. The stock dividend Increases
the holdings of Henry Ford, president
of the company by $27,840,000. James
Couzens, vice-president, receives $5.-
000.000.
The stock increase brings the issued
capital stock of the corporation to a
valuation of $50,000,000. The remain
ing $.i0.000,000, it was announced, will
remain in the company's treasury "to
be used as conditions demand in the
future."
Graduating Class to Be
Entertained by Alumni
The Highspire High School Alumni
Association will hold its annual ban
quet at the Bodmer House this even
ing:. Members of this year's graduat
ing class will be the guests of honor.
The alumni officers, who are ar
ranging the program, are: President,
Walter Diffenderfer; vice-president,
Arthur Poorman; secretary, Mrs. Wal
ter Sides; treasurer, Paul llollen
baugh: executive committee. Miss
Anna Hoch, Mrs. Ned Lauman, and
Raymond Diffenderfer.
Following is the class in whose
honor the banquet is Riven: Anna R.
Mumma, Hilda A. Weaver, Raymond
Duncan, Russell Ehrhart, G. Lloyd
Heicher and Harry Durborrow.
THE WEATHER;
For Harrlaburg anil vicinity: Fnlr
ii ii 'I Htlulitlv warmer -to-nlicliti
Saturday fair, warmer.
For Knatern I'ennNylvauln i Fair
nnil warmer to-nliiht :tml Satur
day) gentle northeiiMt wind*.
River
The Juniata. North llranch anal tlie
upper portion of the Wf»t llranch
will continue to fall. The lower
Weift llranch will continue to rl*e
thla afternoon anil to-nlKht and
begin to fall Saturday. The mnln
river will probably remain near
ly stationary to-night and fall
Saturday. \ atage of aliont 7.!S
feet la Indicated for Harrlaburic
Saturday morning:.
(ieneral Condition*
The irtorm that waa central ofl" the
Virginia cape*. Thuradu> morn
ing, ha* moved off urnnaM anil
fair weather now prevail* over
the eaateru half of the country.
Temperature! S a. nl-. 86.
Suns niaea, 4i,lT a. M.i aeta, 7t2T
p. m.
Mooai New moon, June 12, l !.">7
p. in.
Illver Stage: «.» feet above low
water mark.
Yeatcrday'a Weather
Hlgheat temperature, nil,
I.oweat temperature. 17.
"Mean temperature. .VI.
formal temperature, «7.
PORTUGAL MAY SEVER!
ALL RELATIONS WITH:
GERMANY AS PROTEST!
Kaiser's Submarines Reported to
Have Sunk Two Portuguese
Vessels
PRESS BECOMES INDIGNANT
Demands Made That Government
Take Drastic Action
Immediately
!
Py .Associated Press
Lisbon, via Paris. Juno 4, 5.25 A. M. I
—Protesting vehemently against tlie!
sinking of two Portuguese ships l»y ]
German Submarines, the press of j
Portuicnl demands that the covem- j
ment immediately sever diplomatic )
relations with (iermany.
ZINC MEN HCT RAISE
Special to The Telegraph
Bartlesville. Okla., June 4.—An in
crease of 15 per cent, in the wages
of employes on the zinc smelters of
Bartlesville was announced to-day.
The raise Is due chiefly to the large
increase in the demand for zinc since
the beginning of hostilities in Europe, j
smelter men said.
SHIPBUILDING INCREASES
By .Associated Press
Washington. June 4.—American J
shipbuilding during May aggregated
173 vessels with a total of 19.494
tons, made up mostly of small wooden
steam vessels. Nine, ships, with an
aggregate tonnage of 27,74 3 were
added to the merchant fleet from other
sources.
ITALIAN TROOPS WELCOMED
By Associated Press
Verona, via Paris, June 8, 11.05 P.
M.—The inhabitants of the towns of
Ala Avio and Borghetto were over
joyed at the arrival of the Italian
troops for wholesale requisitions by
the Austrian authorities of the food
supplies had reduced the people al
most to the verge of starvation.
WEATHER ALLOWS ALL
CITY WORK TO GO Oil
River Front, Plaza Wall, Second St
Subway and Paving Jobs De
layed Because of Rain
With the return of the sun, the flee
ing of the clouds and the passing of
generally unfavorable weather to-day,
the city's various public improvement
jobs were resumed with a rush.
The rains of the last few days had
damaged to some extent the recent
ly planted slopes of the River Front
north of "Hardscralible" but this was
remedied and the planting along the
banks continued. About 240 tons of
crushed limestone has been obtained
for use on the paths along- the top
of the bank and some of this was down
to-day.
Park Commissioner Taylor is desir
ous of finishing the section of north
of "Hardscrabble" before beginning
the planting in the lower end of the
city, although the slopes below Mul
berry street are now being graded. A
force of men was busy in that section
this morning. Before taking up the
other sections the grading of the new
Fifth and Seneca and the Sveaniore
playground sites will likely be finish
ed.
While the weather held up to some
extent the work on the plana wall at
the pumping station, the job will be
resumed Monday m<Jrning. By that
time the big concrete mixer that had
to be transferred to the Second street
subway to permit the finishing touches
on the paving base will have completed
that work and will be removed to the
water house.
Paving work suffered too, because
of the recent heavy rains and while the
hauling of material was difficult in
some places, the Central Construction
and Supply Company had men and
teams on duty early to-day. Derry
street from Twenty-third to the east
ern city line is being concreted, Mar
ket street from Nineteenth street to the
new formal entrance to Reservoir is
being curbed and graded. Concrete is
also being placed in Emerald street
from Front to Fifth and as soon as the
weather permits the asphalt "top" will
be done on some of the smaller sec
tions of streets on the Hill.
School Board Will
Open Bond Bids and
Buy Some Furniture
Bids for the purchase of the $99,000
worth of bonds to be issued for the
construction of the new Fifth and
Mahantongo street school building
will be opened, school furniture will be
bought and a successor to Professor
Ross Hull, an instructor in the Tech
nical high school faculty, will be se
lected at to-night's meeting of the
School Board.
The Technical high school vacancy
is created by the resignation of Mr.
Hull, who will give all his attention to
his law practice.
FRACTURES LEG ATTEMPTING
TO <• FT BACK TO FIRST
Howard Hit*. 1317 Xorth Front
street, who had his right leg frac
tured last Saturday in the baseball
game between the Camp Curtin and
Hope Fire Company teams, Is improv
ing. llltz was on tirst and In an at
tempt to get hack to the base, after a
fast play fractured his right leg above
the ankle.
DKATII OF MKS M. K. KI.IVK
Duncannon. PH.. June ). Mrs. Mil
ton E. Kline died this morning at her
home, in South Market street, from
heart trouble. Funeral arrangements
! will be made later.
HARRISBURG, PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1915.
Wildly Enthusiastic Children Cheer Athletes at Grammar School Meet
■fifes'. -1 Jb
Big delegations of students from each of the fourteen schools represented in the eighth annual grammar scho<
:rack meet packed the stands at Island Park this afternoon. Many of the races were so thrilling that the fal
"co-eds" were time after time brought to their feet as one.
YOUTHFUL ATHLETES
STRIVE FOR HONORS
Fourteen Grammar Schools Are
Represented in Eighth Annual
Meet by 200 Boys
INTENSE RIVALRY IS SHOWN
Squads of Girls Carrying Stream
ers and Banners Urge Their
Champions to Victory
All thoroughfares led to Municipal
Field, island Park, to-day. The eighth
annual grammar school track and field
meet was the big event. There is
always something doing when gram
mar athletes get together and things
happened at Island Park this after
noon that made sport history. The
meet was under the auspices of the
Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee.
The big meet was to have been held
yesterday, hut rain prevented. The.
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DEATH ENDS LONG SKAHCH
Special to The Telegraph
Body of Soil. Missing Twenty-six Years,
Carried to Aged Mother's Home
Punxsutawney. Pa.. June 4.—When
the body of Reuben Milliard, who died
in a hospital in Kane last Tuesday,
was carried in the home of his 92-year
old mother at Frostburg to-day the
26-year search of Mrs. Carlisle Milliard
for her son was ended. Milliard, who
was in Johnstown at the time of the
flood on May 31. 1889, was believed
by his relatives to have been a victim
of the catastrophe.
Later, hearing of a Hilliard residing
in Maine, Mrs. Hilliard wrote to the
person, hut never received a reply.
When Milliard, who was a recluse, died
the letter from his mother mailed him
sixteen years ago was found in his
effects.
To his aged mother goes a fortune
of $16,000 left by her long-missing
son.
11. S. NOTE RECEIVED
WITH INDIFFERENCE
Published in the Newspapers of
Vera Cruz Last Night
Without Comment
By Associated Press
Vera Cruz, June 4.—President Wil
son's note to General Carranza and
the leaders of other Mexican factions
was published without comment in the
newspapers here last night. It was
received calmly by the public and
apparently was regarded with indiffer
enoe by groups of persons who gather
ed in cafes to discuss its contents.
Bequeaths Old Heirlooms
of Silver and China and
Her Bible to Brothers
Old china ,ind silver ware tha\ came
to her from generations of grand
mothers, jewelry and furniture that
had been given her by relatives and
friends, were divided by Mrs. Sibbie
Barton Emerlck in bequests to her
husband, brothers and sister, accord
ing to her will, probated to-day by
Register of Wills Danner.
The bulk of the estate, including
real and personal property, bank
stock, etc., she gave to her husband;
the heirlooms, including a Bible, were
divided among her brothers. Boner,
Clement and Thomas.
Woman Falls Dead in
Street From Apoplexy
Stricken with apoplexy, Miss Mis
souri Kaiser, aged 52, 1124 South
Ninth street, dropped dead at Ninth
and Sycamore streets last evening. She
had left her home but a few minutes
previous, apparently in good health,
on her way to Steelton to visit rela
tives.
Miss Kaiser is survived by two
brothers. John and Fred Kaiser.
Funeral services will be held from
her late home Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock, the Rev. Ellis N. Kre-rner
officiating. Burial will be made in
East Harrlsburg Cemetery,
GEORGE H. BILES IS
GIVEN PROMOTION
Appointed Second Deputy State
Highway Commissioner;
Hunter Reappointed
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GEORGE H. BILES
It was announced at the State High
way Department to-day that Joseph
W. Hunter. First Deputy State High
way Commissioner, had been re
appointed and that George H. Biles,
engineer of maintenance, had been
promoted to the position of Second
Deputy Highway Commissioner, made
vacant by the resignation of E. A.
Jones. Mr. Biles will continue as Sec
ond Deputy Commissioner in charge of
the maintenance division and no ap
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KIESS MAY DECLINE
COMMISSIONERSHIP
Friends' Pleas and Business In
' terests Figure in Decision,
It Is Reported
Congressman Edgar R. Kiess, of
Lycoming county, will probably not
accept the appointment as Public Serv
ice Commissioner tendered to him by
Governor Brumbaugh last month. It
is likely that he will choose to remain
in Congress as the representative of
the Fifteenth district, where he was
elected last Fall by a flattering ma
jority In the face of a big flght against
him by Bull Moosers, who brought
In Colonel Roosevelt to speak.
Conditions in his district and the
pleas of friends to remain in Congress
are said to have weighed heavily with
the congressman and he came here
last night with several friends and
had an extended talk with Governor
Brumbaugh at the Executive Mansion.
He will announce his decision in the
matter within the next forty-eight,
hours. He has not resigned from
Congress and has not taken the oath
as commissioner.
Mr. Kiess was confirmed along with
the other commissioners on May 20
and came here the following week to
meet the Governor and familiarize
himself with the work of the commis
sion. Almost immediately he was be
set by friends in his home district,
who pointed out that he was the only
man who could command the united
support of the Republicans of the dis
trict for Congress and that If he with
drew there would be a battle royal for
the nomination, which might endanger
the election of a Republican. Repre
sentative George W. Williams and
ex-Representative William Champaign,
of Tioga, and Charles E. Wolfe, of
Lycoming, were put forward by their
friends, with a prospect of others. It
Is also said to have been pointed out
to Mr. Kiess that his appointment to
a major office in the State government
would militate against other appoint
ments being placed in the district in
the distribution which is to take place
soon.
Further. It is intimated that Mr.
Kless could not only be re-cleeted
when he wanted, but that his business
is extensive and requires much atten
tion in summer. It Is not improbable
that Mr. Kiess feels that in the future
he may be a candidate for some hich
State oflVe, as ho has been frequently
mentioned.
BIBLE STUDENTS AT
HERSHEY MEETING
Course of Instruction Being Con
ducted by Prominent Teachers
at Big Convention
COMMITTEE SELECTS OFFICERS
Delegates From Many States
Arriving in Great Numbers
at Chocolate Town
Special to The Telegraph
Hershey, June 4. lnterest is
manifested in the Bible Term helil
here in connection with the Breth
ren conference. Last evening Dr.
E. B. Hoff, of the Bethany Bible
School, of Chicago. 111., gave an excel
lent blackboard talk on "Interpreta
tion of Prophecy." Dr. Hoff is an able
expounder of the Word and is thor
oughly acquainted with his theme.
He was followed by the Rev. James M.
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Circumstances Forced
Russ to Give Up Defense
By Associated Prtst
Petrograd, June 8. via London. June
4. 3.27 A. M.—The communication
issued by the war office to-night says:
"Our offensive on the whole front
as far as the mouth of the Wisloka
continues to develop successfully.
"As Przemysl, in view of the state
of its artillery and its works, which
were destroyed by trie Austrians be
fore the capitulation, was recognized
as Incapable of defending itself, its
maintenance in our hands only served
our purpose until such time as our
possession of positions surrounding the
town on the northwest facilitated our
operations on the San."
STATE TREASURY'S
BILL APPROVED
Two New Positions and Some
Salary Increases For the Cash
End of the Commonwealth
Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap
proved the bill to create a couple of
new positions and to increase salaries
in the State Treasury as recommended
by the Economy and Efficiency Com
mission In its report to Governor Tener
in December.
The positions of assistant warrant
clerk at $1,600 and one assistant ap
propriation clerk at SI,BOO are created.
The assistant cashier is advanced from
$2,500 to $3,600 because of the big
responsibilities of the position; bond
clerk from $2,000 to $3,000; cor
poration clerk from $3,000 to $4,000;
assistant corporation clerk from $2,200
to $2,500; appropriation clerk from
$2,400 to $3,000, and other changes
made down the line, the three watch
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SITUATION FAVORS ITALIANS
By Associated Press
Rome, June 3, via Paris, June 4,
6.30 A. M.—An official statement is
sued to-night says reports of prepara
tory movements along the entire front
show that the situation continues to
develop In favor of the Italians who
have assumed an effective offensive
against the Austrlans who are strong
ly entrenched and supported by pow
erful artillery.
WOMEN ARE BARRED
By Associated Press
Brunswick, Ga., June 5.—A resolu
tion asking the legislature to grant
women the right to practice law in
Georgia was defeated by the Georgia
Bar Association at its annual conven
tion here yesterday.
CHARLES F. MBBY DEAD
By Associated Press
Portland, Me., June 4.—Charles F.
Libby, who was president of thp Am
erican Bar Association in 1909-10.
died last night. He had served asj
mayor of the city, president of the i
State Senate and president, of the!
Board of Overseers of Bowdoin Col- j
lego i
EXPECT TO COMPLETE
WHARF IN TWO WEEKS
City Commissioners Inspect Electric
Light Co. Coal Landing on
Island Today
FIR BOOMS FROM OREGON
Derrick Structure Composed of
Single Giant Timbers; Treat
ment For Walls
Within two weeks the Harrlsburg
Light and Power Company expects to
have the island coal wharf and hoist
in operation.
An official of the company express
ed that hope to City Commissioners
Harry F. Bowman, William 11. Lynch
and M. Harvey Taylor this morning
while the councilmen and some of the
newspapermen were inspecting the big
landing place. The commissioners
wanted to see just what progress had
been made on the construction work
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S. P. C. A. Wants Sand
Spread on Streets to
Protect the Horses
In a letter to-day to City Commis
sioner TV. H Lynch the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asks
the city authorities to sprinkle a coat
ing of fine sand over Market, Third,
Second and Fourth streets and Market
Sqi:are to prevent horses slipping, es
pecially In wet weather. The plan of
scattering sand on the Mulberry street
bridge approaches has been tried out
with success.
Whether or not the request can be
complied with is doubtful, Commissioner
Lynch said to-day. inasmuch as the
blowing of the sand when winds arise
would not only be objectionable to
people, but the hoped-for relief might
not work out satisfactorily. "Firms
and others who drive horses can read
ily remedy'this difficulty themselves."
said Commissioner Lynch. "by seeing
that their horses are properly rough
shod."
ZINC PRICES JUMP
Joplln, llo„ June 4.—The effect of
the European war on zinc ore sent the
price of that product in the Joplin
district to SIOO a ton basis. It Is the
highest figure ever paid for zinc ore
and is |BO a ton greater than the price
I at a corresponding date a year ago.
Fiji r»i rrftf " ■■ i<y>i h i ipTj
i Amsterdam, June 4, via London, 3.55 P. M.—The Tele- 5
I graaf states that according to German casualty lists, Pru |
I sian losses alone have reached a total of 1,388,000. C
T Washington, June 4.—Following the cabinet meeting I
f to-day the members were unusually reticent but there were £
Y some indications that the note had not finally been disposed I
Harrisburg.—Governor Brumbaugh did not name any
I i chairman of the Public Service Commission to-day. The I
JI commission will meet next week in Pittsburgh. ?
Tokio, June 4.—Foreign Minister Kato, interpellated in I
« House of Peers to-day by the budget committee, made *
the declaration that Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and f
i Japan had agreed to take no independent action of any kind
in connection with the European war.
i Harrisburg. Frederick Watts, 72, son of a former \'
president of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, died at
'; Chambersburg, last evening, of pneumonia. He was a grad- * 1
uate of Dickinson College, and was employed by the Cum
: berland Valley as an engineer. • 1
| I
, BREAKS HIGH JUMP RECORD , |
II Harrisburg.—Boyer, of Forney, broke the high jump t
, record this afternoon by a leap of 5 feet, 2 inches. The event f
< I was won by a jump of 4 feet, 10f£ inches. Second, Rice, ' ,
Forney, third, fourth, fifth and sixth, tie; L ingle, Cameron; i
, Musselman, Forney; Miller, Camp Curtin, Slick, Lincoln 1 '
Shirk, Woodward; Mays, Lincoln.' Shot put, won by Beck
f ! Lincoln; second, Wflspach, Penn; third, Snoddy, Forney,
Fields, Cameron; fifth, Rich, Forney. Distance, 40 feet !'
j | BJA8 J A inches. New record. Old record held by O. Beck, o, ' *
Lincoln, distance, 35 feet, 7 inches.
, i GRAMMAR TRACK RECORDS SMASHED • \
Harrisburg.—Records for track and field events and foi 1
' , attendance were smashed to bits this afternoon on the Island a ►
* playground track at the annual grammar school track meet. 1
! In the half mile the previous record of 2 minutes, 13 1-5 >
I' seconds, was broken by Ditzel, Webster, who did the half ' [
mile in 2 minutes, 9 seconds. Leeds, of Lincoln, was sec
i ond; Keener, Camp Curtin, third; Sanders, Melrose, and ' *
Beck, Forney. Thousands of people saw the meet.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ''
llnrTfy X. Rerri, Wlcoalaeo toitnaklv, and Mtriarrt 51. Hrpler, Plitl- .
ndplpliln. W
Jaroh l„ Snydfr and Hoaanua C. WllHaiua, pity. f
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lUSTHIIK HUE
REPORTED MB
Troops Which Broke Through the
Russian Line Push
Northward
AUSTRIAN FORTS ATTACKED
Russians Are Reported to Have
Cut Germans Off From Base
of Supplies
Having captured Przemysl, the
Austro-Gcrman forces arc maintaining
their offensive with unusual s|>eed along
the Gallcian front. Tlic troops which
broke through the Russian line at Stry
are' pushing northward rapidly. \
statement from tlic Russian war office
1 contains the admission that In the
region ljeyond the DiieMer river tlio
Aiitsro-Gcrninu army has advanced
along the Tlsmenlt/.a-Stry front.
A I'etrograd dis|iatch states that the
German force which captured Lilian,
hi Russia, on the lialtic. some timu
ago. has lieen Isolated. Russian forces
are said to have cut off the Germans
from their base at Mcmcl, DHSI Prus
sia. while other Russian troops liavo
approached from the north and south,
so that the only communication with
I>iliau now is hy sea.
Few details are available of the de
velopment of Uie Italian campaign.
A statement from General Cadorna,
Italian chief of staff, says the prelimi
nary movements are continning all
along the frontier, developing to tho
advantage of the Italians. Tlic "Jienna
war office states that the Italians have
bombarded Austrian fortifications a»-
several points without success.
King Pins Medal on
Wounded Man's Breast
By Associated Press
Rome. June 3, via Paris, June 4,
10.30 A. M;— The achievement of a
detachment of Alpine mountaineers
in capturing an entrenched Austrian
position in a defile of Val Inferno near
the head of Vnl Dagno has been noted
by the ministry of war. The detach
ment was led by a lieutenant who was
wounded during the assault but who
continued to direct his men until tho
position was captured. King Victor
Emmanuel himself pinned the mili
tary medal on the wounded lieuten
ant's breast.