Drastic Action on Submarine Crisis Will Probably Be Taken By Congress HARRISBURG ifilllfa TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 309 WILSON A WAITS FACTS; TO ACT 1M MEDIA Official Announcement of Wilson s Determination Is Made From White House; Cabinet Meeting Cancelled Because of Absence of De tailed and Specific Infor mation of Which to Base Next Step in Crisis; Situa tion Is Grave SENATORS TO SPEECHES ON Chairman Stone Informs President That Several Are Planning to Speak Before Senate on Sinking of Ships With Loss of American Lives; Administration De pending Largely on Con suls to Establish National ity of Submarine Hy Associated Press Washington. D. C.. Jan. 4. Offi cial announcement that the govern ment will act in the newest phase of the submarine crisis brought on by the sinking of the Persia was made to-day at the White House. Secretary Tumulty issued this state ment for the President: "The President and the Secre tary of State arc taking every means possible to obtain the full facts in this grave matter and will act just as soon as the in formation is obtained." In the absence of detailed and specific information on which to base ihe next step. President Wilson can | celled the cabinet meeting which was ' to have been held to-day, but con ferred with Chairman Stone and some members of the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee. Chairman Stone told the President there were inti mations that some senators ware -pre paring to make speeches on the sink ing of ships with loss of American life. The President is understood to have simply replied that the adminis tration was doing all it could to pro tect American rights. The President instructed Secretary "Lansing to bring immediately to the White House any new information which came to .hand and then busied himself reading the official dispatches so far received, and getting in touch generally with the situation. The Administration is depending largely on the inquiries which Am bassador Pentield has been instructed to make at Vienna and that which consuls are gathering elsewhere, to establish the nationality of the sub-! marine which is said to have sunk the Persia and to develop the facts in j the case generally. Congress Meets Amid Uneasiness Washington. Jan. 4. Congress re- i assembled to-day, after the holiday' recess, with the nation's foreign affairs uppermost in the minds of members of the two houses. On all sides the in ternational situation was admitted to be the gravest the country yet has faced. Issues growing out of the subma rine warfare of Germany and Aus tria and Great Britain's interference with neutral commerce, figured chiefly in the discussions of senators and rep resentatives. The situation has caused a general feeling of uneasiness among them. I Although the international situation holds for the moment chief interest in Congress, it was believed that the ques tion of national preparedness would be taken up at once. It seemed assured also that the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee would take up promptly Senator Hoke Smith's resolution providing for an in quiry into British interference with neutral commerce and Senator Lodge's amendment calling for an inquiry into! the Lusitania disaster and other acts of belligerents resulting in the loss of American lives. THE WEATHER] For HnrrlMliurK nml vicinity! Fnlr nnd Nomnvlint warmer to-night; ' lowest temperature about free*. i Inns Wednesday fair, warmer. For Kimtera Pennsylvania) Fnlr. ■warmer to-night; Wednesday partly elouily nml warmer; wind's becoming Moutherly and fresh. River The Juniata, N'orth and Went branches will full. The innln river will rise this nfternoon and to-night and begin to fall \Veil - liraday. A MtuKe «>f iiboul l).;| f,. P t R IN Indicated for llnrrl>,biir K Wed nesday morning. General Condition* The severe storm tlint was mnv- ! Ilia In over the \nrth Pacific States. Monday morning, linn ad vanced rapidly eastward and In now central over Viirlhern .Minne sota. Pressure is high south nnd rant of the Great Inken, nnd tempera tures linve fallen 2 to 20 degrecN In the Atlantic nnd Gulf States except Florida, where It linn re mained stationary, and In the Ohio Valley and Kant Tennessee. Teniperntures S a. in., 30. Sum Rises, 7i2S a. in.; sets, 4i.-,2 p. m. Moon i ISew moon, to-day, 11143 p. m. Hlver Stage! 7.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather tl It*. lie*t temperature, IIS. I nw#»st temperature. :i;t. Mean 1 enipe-nture, ,'ltl. Normal temperature, :10. Only American Survivor Tells of Torpedoing of Persia Without Warning; Was in Dining Salon When Ter rific Explosion Rocked Vessel; Smoke, Steam From Bursted Boilers and Breaking of Glass Added to Confusion GRANT DESCRIBES SCENE AS HORRIBLE Drifted Around in Water Un til Picked Up; Sea Was Black as Ink; Some of the Passengers Were Scream ing; Others Calling Good by While Those in One Boat Sang Hymns; Rowed For Three Hours Until Rescued By Associated Press Alexandria, Egypt. Jan. 4, via Lon |<lon, 10.30 a. m.—Charles Grant of ! lloston, one of the two Americans i known to have been on obard the Brit ish steamship Persia when she was ■ torpedoed in the Mediterranean last Thursday has arrived in Alexandria, j Mr. Grant, so far as is known, is the only American from whom can come | the story of the Persia's sinking. He jgave to the Associated Press to-day i tlie most detailed account yet received iof the disaster. j "I was in the dining saloon of the I Persian at 1.05 p. in.," he said. "I had just finished my soup and the steward I was'asking what I'would take for my (second course when a terrific explosion [ occurred. "The saloon became filled with I smoke, broken glass and steam from I the boiler, which appeared to have burst. There was no panic on board. We went on deck as though we were 'at drill and reported at the lifeboats jon the starboard side, as the vessel | had listed to port. I clung to the rail ting. The lhst thing done was to tie lon Captain Spriekly's life lielt. "As the vessel was then listing so badly that it was impossible to launch the starboard boats I slid down the starboard rail into the water. I got caught in a rope which pulled off a shoe, but 1 broke loose and climbed on ! some flouting wreckage, to which I I clung. "The last T saw of the Persia she Iliad her bow in the air; five minutes after the explosion. Scene Was Horrible ' "After floating about on the wreck lage until 4 o'clock in the morning 1 [saw five boats. I was pulled into one of them. We rowed about looking for other stragglers. "The boats became overloaded and the occupants were redistributed. Four boats were tied together by their painters and the fifth followed some distance away. "My boat left the others in order to search the more frequented steamship channels for help. We rowed" for three hours. When we saw a cruiser and called out: 'We are English.' We explained that we were survivors of the Persia and gave directions to the cruiser as to where the other boats were. They wer§ found and the occu pants were taken off immediately by the English sailors. "Robert McNeely, American consul at Aden, sat at the same table with me on the voyage. He was not seen, probably because his cabin was on the port side. "It was a horrible scene. The wa ter was black as ink. Some passengers were screaming, other were calling out good-by. Those In one boat sang hymns." Name of American Consul Is Not on List By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 4.—Consul Gen eral Skinner at London to-day advised the State Department that the tele grahphic list of survivors of the torpe doed liner Persia received there from Alexandria did not include the name of Robert X. McNeely, American con sul at Aden, but does include Charles Grant, of Boston. Eleven survivors, including Lord Montagu have been landed at Malta, according to advices to the State De partment from American Consul Keb linger. His dispatch said seven In dians of the Persia's crew had been found clinging to a damaged open boat by the steamship Hingchow. All the men said the Persia had been torpe doed without warning. Remarkable Expansion Shown in Trade Balance Wheat grown in the United States in 1911 and marketed in 191,5 was of no higher grade than previous crops; manufacturers of shoes and machinery | and chemicals discovered no new ways : of entering foreign markets In compe- ' tition with other nations. Yet the bai- 1 ance of trade In this countrv's favor i was in the neighborhood of 5i.800.000 - ' 000 last year, as against less than $200.'- I 000.00 in 1914. The explanation lies, of course. In the '■ war. When that broke out the ten- i rlency of international trade was ' against us. Had there been continued 1 peace in Europe it is quite likelv that the change in tariff policy would have! necessitated shipments of gold from the United States to Kurope to settle trade balances. War threw the complicated i machinery of International trade out .if «r»nr HARRISBURG, PA„ TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1916. ALL OFHEALS' APPOINTMENTS ARE APPROVED '| Zeil, Thompson, Wetzel, Sliuler, Windsor and Hamer Named j"JOE" I BACH DROPPED THOMAS J. ZEIU New Chief of Police. CUy Council by a vote of 4 to 1 this afternoon approved all of Mayor Ezra S. Meals' police appointments. William L. Gorgas, superintendent of linance, alone voted against the confirmation with the explanation that "there were a good many of them and he had had no chance to investigate the prospective appointees." Following are the appointments: Chief of Police—J. Thomas Zeil. Captain—.loscpli P. Thompson. Lieutenant—J. Edward Wetzel, I vice J. Kdward Warden. Detective—George \Y. Shuler, vice Harry C. White. Patrolmen—Oscar It. Duff, vice Alfred Brine; Arthur Knell, vlee Murray K. lions; J. Leroy Hol j land, vice Joseph I). Coleman; Kd. C. Ross. vice John A. Fngan; llarry Seabolil, vice 'Harry J. Hal- I sey: Thomas W. Dutton, vice Jerry j T. Matter: George 1). Lytic, vice i William J. Homicii; James I. j Gardner, vice J. 11. Kuttcr: Hyde M. Spccce, vice Charles A. Tlioinp | son: Joseph Whiting, vice Charles K. Scott; Eugene Whiting, vice Charles 11. Thompson; Grant M. I Moore, vice Joseph M. Van Camp. i Joseph W. Ibasli, city detective and | Bertillon expert, is dropped from the force entirely. Windsor. iSupt. of Detectives William L. Windsor, Jr., will be ap ■ pointed superintendent Instead of cap [Continued on Page 12.] Miss Louise Crabbe, Aged School Teacher, Dead i Miss Louise Crabbe, for many years a teacher in the Harrisburg public |schools, died yesterday afternoon at Jlier residence, 1601 Green street. The I survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Alice (Hamilton and Miss Anna E. Crabbe. j The funeral will take place to-mor row afternoon. Services will be held jat the residence of W. F. Randall, 104 .'State street, at 2.30 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Lewis S. Aludge, D. D., pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church. Burial will be j made in Harrisburg Cemetery, j For 38 years Miss Crabbe was a j teacher. She had charge of pupils in ■ every grade, from primary to gram jmar. She was principal at the Maclay j building for a time, and also taught iin the Reily and other buildings i throughout the city. One year after jthe pension system went into effect, December 1, 1!)09, Miss Crabbe was re | tired. At that time she was a seventh i grade teacher. Aged Woman, Trapped in Room, Burns to Death By Associated Press i Pottstown, Pa.. Jan. 4.—Trapped in her bedroom, Mrs. Rebecca Hause, aged 70 years, of. near Cedarville, Chester county, was burned to death early to-day, by flames which de stroyed her home. Austrian Residents Fear They Were Flimflammed j Austrian residents who recently sub scribed to "a foreign war loan," were j to-day a little anxious about the imoney they paid out. It is said agentsil ! secured between $3,000 and $5,0001 j here. The subscribers were to receive I bank books from New York. Failure !to get the books from the bank, to- Iday, brought Inquiries at the police j station. j Joseph P. Thompson, acting chief of I the police, said he had about a dozen (callers. According to the stories told, jthe agents said they represented the j Austrian government. They had plen !ty of Austrian bank notes, and dis posed of them at the rate. of 100 "kroner" for sl4. The real value in j United States money is said to be S2O, land in addition the contributors are to j receive •> per cent.' interest on their : money. Receipts were given by the 'agents, who said the bank books would j be forthcoming in a few days. ROTARY CLUB TO-NIGHT ; The Harrisburg Rotary Club will meet to-night with the Telegraph as host. The meeting will be held in the composing room on the first floor and a number of interesting "stunts" have been arranged for the entertainment of the Rotarians. SECRETARY KNOX IS FAVORED FOR U. S. SENATORSHIP • ( Former Senator Gains inPopu lar Support to Succeed Oliver Next Year FRIENDS ARE ACTIVE Petitions Roaring His Name Expected to Re Circulated Before Very Long 1 Men from various sections of Penn sylvania who have been at the State Capitol on business with the several departments and other branches of the State Government in the last fort night are of the opinion that the senti ment of the voters of the Keystone State is rapidly turning toward Phil ander C. Knox, former Secretary of State and Attorney General, for the United States Senatorship to succeed Senator George T. Oliver, of Pitts burgh, who will not be a candidate again. It is understood that Senator Oliver, who will complete his six years next winter, desires to retire. The Senator is a man of wide interests and is be sides the owner of two of the biggest newspapers of the State, In which he takes a great and justitiable pride. He has been an indefatigable worker in the Senate and has several times brought to the attention of the Upper House the interests of this Common wealth in a forceful manner. Many of his friends would like to see htm continue as Senator, but he is said to prefer private life and the direc tion of his business, especially his newspapers. Knox to the Front Mr. Knox was chosen to succeed the late Senator Quay and speedily be came such a commanding figure in the Senate that he was asked into the cabinet as Secretary of State, Mr. Oli ver succeeding him. lie was Pennsyl vania's choice for the Presidency in 1908 and since the Democratic na tional administration began at Wash ington he has been much in the pub lic eye because of the contrast be tween his tenure of the State portfolio and what followed him. Several times the name of Mr. Knox has been brought out in speeches and while he has made no announcement his friends have been active in his be half and have noted a gradual growth of sentiment in his favor for Senator. This has cropped out in many unex pected places and it has been stated here by men of experience in politics that if he enters the Senatorial pri mary he will sweep the State. For a time Senator William E. Crow was mentioned as a candidate for Senator, but he let it be known some time ago that he would not con sider it. being occupied with business matters which require all of his at tention. Will Circulate Petitions Unless Mr. Knox objects it is prob able that many of his friends will make an effort for his nomination and the indications are that petitions bear ing his name will appear when the time for signing such papers rolls around a few months hence. That the Senator would be a splen did representative for this State, in view of his experience and knowledge of its interests is conceded and his in | herent strength before the people is I rapidly being recognized. BIBLE AND ONION DECORATE FOUR AMERICAN FLAGS Police Called to End Insult to Nation's Emblem; Nearly Causes Riot Four United States flags, to each of which was attached a large Bermuda onion, this morning floated from the windows of the home of Harry C. Staub, 325 Delaware street. In the center of the flags, hanging to a cord, was a family Bible. This unusual display came nearly causing a riot in the vicinity of the Staub home. Neighbors thought it was an insult to the flag to have onions attached. The police department was requested to send officers and have the objectionable display removed. Paul Fetrow, motorcycle officer, was sent to the Staub home, demanded an ex planation, and ordered the decorations removed. | "It takes opions to make people cry," said Mrs. Staub, wlien asked for ian explanation. "I am simply dem onstrating my feelings over the dc- I purture of a neighbor," she continued, j "It is a way I have to let the neighbors know what is going on." Mrs. Staub said. She then told this story to Patrolman Fetrow: "Mrs. Martin Dengler, who resides at 1921 Moltlce street, is going to move out. For many weeks it has been a daily fight between her children and my children. I heard the Denglers were going to leave the neighborhood, so 1 decided to celebrate. I did not ex pect to cause so much excitement. I am glad they are going. "I am an American citizen and I love the flag. The Denglers thought there would be tears shed if they left this community. Onions make peo ple cry. The Bible is my help. It shows I trust in God, and want to be a peaceable neighbor; but alas! some times it is impossible. Everybody knows why they were there, so I am satisfied." Patrolman Fetrow said there had been numerous quarrels between the Denglers and Staubs. TAKE CROSS DOWN The large copper cross and ball on the west side of St. Patrick's Cath edral, blown down ten days ago during a storm, was removed to-day. New supporters will be constructed! and the cross replaced. I CRIPPLED VESSEL IS AGAIN ADRIFT WHEN LINE SNAPS Thessaloniki Thrown on Mercy of (iale When Tow Line Parts; Sending S. O. S. PASSENGERS ARE SAFE 300 Placed on Pari is Before Accident; Help Is Speed ing Toward Her By Associated Press New York, Jan. 4. The Greek j fteamer Thessaloniki which was be-| ins towed toward New York by the I steamer Patris was again adrift in a sale 300 miles east southeast of New York early to-day, her tow line hav ing parted during the night. Wire less messages sent by the Thessaloniki, to other steamers asking aid told shore stations her plight. The Thessaloniki has been disabled and virtually adrift for about ten days. It was first reported that her enginerooms were flooded. Yesterday word came that her 300 passengers had been transferred to the Patris which then took the crippled steamer in tow. The first message telling of the breaking of the tow line was received at 2:15 o'clock this morning. It gave her position and said that the steamer had no means of aiding herself. Dis tress signals had been sent out, the message stated, and the steamers Finland f>nd .Stockholm were reported to be "standing by." Soon afterward a message sent by the captain of the Thessaloniki to the Stockholm was overheard by wireless stations on shore. The captain asked the Stock holm to come to his aid and to tow the Thessaloniki to New York. I.incrs Speeding to Her The Stockholm was believed to be about fifty miles from the Thessal oniki at that time while the steamer United States, which also picked up the Thessaionilti's S. O. S. calls, was 145 miles distant. A radio message received here early to-day from the Scandinavian line steamship United States said that steamer had turned from her course and headed toward the Thessaloniki. The captain said he would confine his efforts to aiding the passengers and crew of the disabled Greek steamer as the prevailing northwest gale would make it impossible to tow the Thessa loniki. At seven o'clock this morning it was thought that the United States was about 100 miles from the Thessa loniki. , A radio message from the captain of the steamer United States at !»: 44 a. m. says that his vessel was then 75 miles from the Thessaloniki and was proceeding at fifteen knots an hour. A northwest gale which raged all night had materially abated. 1111 KKAMAHZ OX TRIAI, FOR HIGH TREASON* Berlin. Jan. 3, via London, Jan. 4. 2.52 a. in.—Private information has been received here from Vienna that Or. Karl Kramarz, who Is prominent in Austrian political affairs as the lead er of the young Czech party in the Reichsrath is now on trial on a charge of high treason. Dr. Koerner, secre tary of the young Czech faction, and several other Bohemian politicians are being tried at the same time on simi lar charges. NEW DIRECTORS TO INVESTIGATE REFORM BOARD ? New Poor Directorate "Curi ous" as to Some of Old Offi cials' Transactions Dauphin county's new poor directors may do a little investigating of cer tain "reform" transactions of their predecessors when the new body meets to-morrow, according to J. William Bayles, the new poor clerk. Some of the items of expense in the old poor board's estimates are not quite clear to the new directorate. For instance, according to Mr. Bayles, the card index record shows that the old poor board has been regularly contributing county support, to at least one woman who is now confined In the county jail; in other instances, he said, men of the type that are better known as "panhan dlers" are believed to have been re ceiving help from the board. Another matter that the new direc torate is as yet very curious about, the clerk pointed out. is the item of sal ary for a nurse of the Visiting Nurse Association. This provision, he ex plained, is included in the statement turned over to him by the old poor board. The item in question calls for a payment of SSO per month to the Visiting Nurse Association for "a*wel fare nurse maintenance and salary." The regular salary of the association nurses, Mr. Bayles said, is only S7O per month. The first contagious disease case to j be handled by the new board was re j moved to the almshouse yesterday aft | ernoon at the request of Dr. J. M J. Kaunick, the. city health officer. The I patient is May Sutch, of 1304 Wal lace street, who is suffering with I diphtheria. Twelve others, including I men and several women, were living | in the house, Mr. Ba.vles said, t In discussing the report that Miss Katherine Wells had quit as super vising nurse at the almshouse be cause she was dissatisfied at the change of administration, Mr. Bayies stated to-day that Miss Wells had re signed more than a week ago and Miss Margaret Uhman, a graduate of the Polyclinic Hospital, Philadelphia, had been chosen to succeed her. Miss El len Grove has not resigned as house keeper, he said, although she has been i talking of quitting. WELFARE EXPERT PAINTS PICTURE OF FUTURE CITY I). F. Garland, of Dayton, Ohio, Delivers Inspiring and Elo quent Address at Luncheon BIG PROBLEMS AT HAND D. F. GARLAND D. F. Garland, director of public welfare, of Dayton, Ohio, delivered the most eloquent and inspiring address before, the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce at a noon luncheon to-day that has ever been heard before that body. This was the expressed opinion of Edwin S. Herman, of the City Plan ning Commission, who publicly thanked the speaker following the speech and was heartily endorsed by everybody present, who united in a whirlwind of applause at his conclusion. Mayor Meals and all of the mem bers of the new City Council occupied seats as special guests at the head of the table and among those present were Secretary of Internal Affairs Henry llouck. Commissioner of Labor and Industry John Price Jackson, J. Herman Knisely, head of the new mu [Continued on Page 7.] I CAR TRACK | X Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 4. —A stick of dynamite, wed( g r ed in a switch in the street railway, was found by the police J | early t J ing the en progress g here for the past three mont £ CONDITION OF HUERTA UNCHANGED * <\ I El Paso, Tex., Jan. 4.—The condition of General Vic- E toria'no Huerta, who is seriously ill at his home here, was p K reported unchanged early to-day. $ I 2 K London, Jan. 4 3.35 P. M.—Announcement was made in jr C the House to-day of the resignation of Sir Johfl Simon, r Tt Secretary of State for home affairs.. a I 1,000 SUSPECTED SPIES ARRESTED ? f, 9 A. M.—The Amsterdam corres- * 1 pondent of Reuters Telegram Company sends the follow- » 1 ing: "The Athen; correspondent of tho Wo! :'e Bureau re- F ■ ports that the total number of enemy subjects arrested by if I the entente allies at Saloniki is one thousand." ? V ZEIL SWORN IN .1 $ Within half an hour after Council had approved his a £ I pointment this afternoon, J. Thomas Zeil was sworn in by J ■ Mayor Meals as the city's new chief of police. ff 5 CAMBRIA STEEL ELECTS S $ Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—Announcement was made to-day 1 that E. V. Babcock, of Pittsburgh, has been elected a direc- ' p tor of the Cambria Steel Company. He succeeds Effing- ( iham B. Morris, of Philadelphia, who has resigned. I Athens, Jan. 3, via London, Jan. 4.—King Peter, of i[ Serbia, who is now on board a French destroyer at Saloniki, K yesterday gave an audience to General Sarrail, commander J of the French forces there, and Lieutenant General Nahon, J commander of the British troops. £ New York, Jan. 4.—the summing up of the tegti- * r mony in behalf of the defense was begun to-day at the # trial of the eleven former directors of the New York, New » P Haven and Hartford Railroad, with Richard V. Lindabury, $ personal counsel for William Rockefeller, addressing the MARRIAGE LICENSES | LS e ? r re* e y w inter* MIRI Mary SIINMIIIIU Xlchaol, city. 9 Hobert T. M«*KiiiNcy unci Hiunui N. Presley, W cmt Fmtrvleiv. £ POSTSCRIPT— FINAL 14 PAGES NEARLY THREE MILLION ENLIST IN DERBY PLAN Married Recruits Far Out number Single "Slackers" in Britain G E E L O N G IS SUNK ♦ Passengers Succeed in Getting Clear Before Vessel Goes Down Under the Earl of Derby's plan (ox British recruiting, 2,829,263 men pre sented themselves for service, 1,679,- 263 being married and 1,150,000 un married. Of the grand total of 2,829 263 mar ried and single men. 103,000 unmar ried and 112,-131 married men enlistedJ I immediately. Kight. hundred and forty' thousand single men and 1,344,979 married men were attested for futir > service. Of the single men 207,000 were re jected, while 221,853 married men were not accepted by I' e recruiting officers. Particulars regarding the sinking of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer [Oeelong are still lacking, except that it ! is known that there was no loss of life when she went down. The British cabinet is expected to consider the draft of the compulsion bill to-day. London considers further changes in the cabinet possible owing to divergence of views over this prob lem. Petrograd chronicles the continu ation of heavy fighting on the front from Volhynia to lUikowina, and claims that the Russian forces are continuing to advance northeast of Czernowitz despite numerous counter attacks. Paris reports the failure of a Ger man hand grenade attack west of Ta hure in the Champagne district. There i lias been groat artillery activity in the Vosges, south of the Hartmans-Weiler ltopf. A Saloniki dispatch declares the Bul garians are disinclined to embark in a campaign against the entente forces in Macedonia unless promised rewards in the shape of Macedonian territory.
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