Big British Liner Brought Across Ocean to U. S. Port by German Prize Crew HARRISBURG SfSlllll TELEGRAPH LXXXV— Xo. 21 GERMAN PRIZE CREW BRINGS BRITI INTO HAMPTON ROADS Appam, Long Given Up For Lost, Is Brought Across the Atlantic by Twenty- Two Men From Teutonic Submarine; Captured Four Days Out From Africa | MOST DARING DEED OF THE ENTIRE WAR Raider Is Reported to Have Sank Seven Other Ships Before Taking Appam; Injured Prisoners Lend Color to Report; Is Brought Into Port Under German Flag By Associated Press Newport News. Feb. 1. —With the I German naval ensign fluttering boldly j from her stern and In charge of a j German prize crew, the British South J African liner Appam. given up for, lost, took refuge in Hampton Roads j this morning: with the story of seven vessels destroyed by German sea raid- , eis off the African coast. The Appam was i-aptured off the j Canary Islands on January 13 by a German raider four days after she I had sailed from Dakar. British West j Africa, for Plymouth, Eng. Whether the captor was a German U-boat or a hitherto unreported Ger man auxiliary cruiser is undeter- j mined. From what was learned by j some of the officials who boarded the i Appam it is believed that some steam- ' er. armed as a German auxiliar raid-; ins shipping off the African coast took the British liner and put the prize crew aboard. This view is supported by the fact that a raider could hardly have spared a lieutenant and such a large crew to a prize. l.ieut. Berg, of the German navy, | placed on the Appam when she was raptured, brought in the prize, elud- j ins the cordon of British cruisers across the Atlantic, and adding to the! historic chapter of German exploits at j sea, a chapter to.rank with the adven- | tures of the Emden, the Prinze Eitel | Friedrlch and the Kronprinz Wil-! helm. 151 Persons on Board There are 451 persons aboard tliei ship including 138 survivors of seven ships sunk by the raider which I captured the Appam; 20 German ci- 1 vilians being transferred from Africa to England to be placed in detention camps: 1 r>s members of the Appam's crew; 116 original passengers of the Appam and the prize crew of 22. Many of the passengers on the Ap pam are women and children. There 1 ure also several high British colonial offl, ials who were returning to Eng land from Africa. There are also four wounded sailors, taken from one of the sunken ships, which resisted capture and was shelled. According to information gleaned from those who talked with Lieut. | Berg, the Appam was captured, with out any show of resistance, on January [Continued on Page 3.] Austrian Submarines Deny Sinking of Persia; Will Inquire of Turkey fly Associated Press Washington. D. Feb. I.—Secre tary Lansing to-day announced the re ceipt of a dispatch from Ambassador Pentield. at Vienna, saying tkat he had been informed by the foreign office that all Austrian submarines operating in the Mediterranean had reported that none of them was concerned in the sinking of the Peninsular and Oriental liner Persia. The secretary also announced that he was addressing to Ambassador Mor- > genthau for presentation to the Turk ish government an inquiry as to I whether a Turkish submarine was re sponsible. The State Department con- , siders that the statement from Austria- Hungary closes the question of whether a submarine of that nation ality sunk the Persia. I THE WEATHER For llfirrlntiurg nm! vicinity* Fair nnil much collier to-night, with lourMt temperature about r» de gree*: Wednesday fair and colder. For Eiatern IVnnnylvanln: I'artlv cloudy nud much colder to. n | K ht; NVednendny fair and colder; frrali went winch. River The .1 iiulntn nnd upper portion* of the \orth nud Went hrouchrn will fnll to-night aud Wcdncndny. The lower portion* will rl*e tolnlght and begin to full by \\ednendnr night. The main river will fall *lowly to-night and begin to rlae I Wednendny. A Mage of about <1.3 feel I* indicated for flarrlNbnrg Wedneadny morning. tieneral < onditlon* The *torm that wan central nenr l.eorgian bay, Monday morning, ha* moved to the .\orth Atlantic 'orthwe*t. Over near ly nil the remainder of the coun tfj it general fnll of 2 to ,'l2 de gree* occurred In temperature. Temperature: 8 a. m., SO. Sun: MIMCN, 7:14 n. m.t net*, .1:23 p. m. * Moon: .\ew moon, February 3, 1 I :<*{ a. m. River «tnge: f1.7 feet aho%e low water mark. Teaterday'n AA eat her Higheat temperature. 6.1. I owent temperature. 311. Mean temperature, !V2. .Normal temperature, 28, i u X j; APPAM RAISES NEW PERPLEXING LAW QUESTIONS Arrival of Vessel Puts United States in Delicate Posi tion CASK IS ENTIRELY NEW If Ship Is Considered as Auxi liary Cruiser It May Stay Awhile By Associated Press Washington. D. C.. Feb. I.—Perplex j lug questions of international law may arise from the arrival of the Appam in Hampton Koads. First, the United I States must determine whether the j ship simply is a prize of war or i whether she tias been supplied with ) any armament which would give her. the character of an auxiliary cruiser, i So far as naval authorities here know. | no case exactly like it has arisen to | concern the limited States since the' ! beginning of the war. The German i ships Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich. which took refuge in Hampton Koads early in the war. were i auxiliary cruisers, and now are in-! 1 terned as such. The Hague convention provides: "A prize may only be brought into a j neutral port on account of unsea-1 worthiness, stress of weather or want I of fuel or provisions. "It must leave as soon as the cir- i ctimstances which justify the entry are; at an end. If it does not, the neutral j I powers must order it to leave at once: ! I should it fail lo obey, the neutral! power must employ the means at its 1 disposal to release it. with its officers; i and < row. and to intern the prize 1 I crew." Will Hold Vessel In case the Appam can ba conskfl ered as an auxiliary cruiser, she is l entitled under international law to a j 1 certain length of time to make any. necessary repairs and loan enough coal I and provisions to carry her to the' nearest home port. In any event officials here regard it l as a forecone conclusion that the Ap- I pamSwill remain in Hampton Roads! 1 until the end of the war. Secretary I>arfsing said the Appam ] rase would involve considerable in ! vestigation before any action by this | government was taken. There was nothing to do. he said, until the va lidity of the capture was determined. Inasmuch as the Appam is the first rase since the beginning of the present war where a prize had been brought into an American port, officials said ; there would be a careful study of the subject in all phases so that when a I decision is reached it may be used as a precedent 250,000 U. S. Steel Employes Are Getting $15,000,000 More Money By Associated Press Xew York. Feb. 1. The United States Steel Corporation put into effect to-day an advance of 10 per cent, in wages to its employes, announced some weeks ago. It is estimated that the increase will I add between $12,000,000 and $15.- 000,000 to the corporation's annual payroll and that it will affect about 250,000 men. Comes All the Way From Canada to Take Unto Himself a Bride i Archibald Carmichael. who came all the way from Saskatchewan, Can., to attend the annual Messiah Mission Bible Training Conference at Grant ham. Pa . took back a bride. She was Roxanna Anger, matron at the Mes siah Home at Grantham. Carn|fehael is the municipal seore | tary and treasurer of liis home town. Mrs. Carmichael is a native Canadian, i having been born in Ontario. Forrer and Thompson Formally Take Hold V. Grant Forrer, the new working head of the park department and James C. Thompson, the new city assessor, formally assumed office to day. Run on Pittsburgh Bank Continues; $5,000 Reward By Associated Press Pittsburg, Pa.. Feb. 1. The run which began Saturday on the Farmers' Deposit Savings Bank and was con tinued throughout yesterday was still on to-day. although the crowd of sev eral thousand anxious depositors had dwindled to less than 1,000. A reward of $5,000. offered by the bank for the apprehension and conviction of the persons who started the run. had much to do with quitting the excited people. THE DAY IN CONGRESS Washington. Feb. I.—Senate: Met at noon: resumed debate on Philippine bill: naval committee deferred action on government armor plate plant bill; military committee heard Senator Cummins on his bill to reorganize the National Guard. House: Met at noon: military and naval committees continued hearing on preparedness program: Indiana appro-1 prlation hill discussion continui'd:, Judiciary committee heard men repre-' sentatives of Anti-Woman Suffrage associations In opposition to woman suffrage constitution amendment: Sur- I geon General Blue urged federal i llnanclal aid for indigent tuberculosis: patients: hearing on proposed mixed flour legislation continued before ways I and means committee. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, I. C., Feb. I.—Senator Ueed. of Missouri, in a speech in the Senate "attacked Colonel Roosevelt for bis attitude toward the Wilson admin istration and praised the President's conduct of foreign affairs during the European war. a site on the park front at the foot of Locust.street. The choice was made upon the recommendation of Park Ex pert Warren 11. Manning. Sculptor Donato at a conference with the art commission some months ago said the group could be erected at a cost of $4,500 and that he would be willing to bond himself to finish it without charge to the city for any amount above that figure. When asked to-day when the work will be started, Mr. Bowman said he doesn't know. "So far as I know, there are no funds for the purpose," he added. —■ ■ "Don't you mean to finance it from the water department funds as you were quoted as having suggested?" he was asked. "Well. I hardly see how this can be done. The site that has been selected isn't on water department property and I don't believe we can use fund's from that department for anything that doesn't pertain to its property." "Wouldn't this fountain be under your department's jurisdiction?" "Xo. I believe not. Our department has jurisdiction only over the drinking fountains." So, from all indications, Mr. Donato's nymphs will not dance this Spring in the park. PENNSY EARNINGS FOR 1915 BREAK HIGHEST RECORDS Gross Daily Income Now sl,- 100,000; Tremendous Pros perity Lust Six Months Gross earnings of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the fiscal year ending De cember 31 broke all previous records. The earnings were $196,628,170, an in crease of $9,376,318 over 1914. The previous high record was in 1913 when the gross earnings were $191,501,490. Gross daily income is now running $1,100,000 a day. The operating profit of $88,333,000 [Continued on Page 3.] IUTICA FRANCHISE CAN BE SHIFTED TO HARRISBURG ■ jXcw "\ork Slate League Ap proves Plan For Transfer to This City Special to the Telegraph Binghamton, X. Y. t Feb. I.—The New \ ork State Baseball J.,eague, In [annual session here last night, ap- I proved the plan for a shift of the 1 Ltica franchise to Harrisburg, and [Continued on Pa«e ».] Street Car Men Organize, but Ask For No Increase! Kurle E. Kenn, lawyer In the Russ Building, attorney f*r a tentative or ganization of the employes of the Harrisburg Railways Company this morning admitted that the men are organizing a union, which will be a branch of the national street car men's organization. He emphatically denied published reports that the men will present de mards to the company for more moiioy or shorter Unite. DISCUSS LIFE ON THE FARM AT GRATZ INSTITUTE Countryman Must Bo Good Seller as Well as a Hus bandman Special to the Telegraph Gratz, Pa., Feb. I.—Speakers as signed here by the State Department of Agriculture to attend the annual their thanks for the great reception accorded them by the residents of Gratz and the farmers of the vicinity at the opening session yesterday after noon. A session was held last evening and other meetings were scheduled for to-day. I..ast night more than 400 persons were in attendance and large | crowds were present to-day. Sheldon \V. Funk, Boyerstown, who lis in charge of the speakers, declared in opening the institute that he was greatly pleased with the attendance and took occasion to compliment the school children for their great turnout. [Continued on Page 4.] JOSEPH W. IBACH APPOINTED NEW CLERK TO LYNCH Council Unanimously Approves Choice of Thompson's Successor Joseph W. Ibach, ex-city detective was named to-day chief clerk to the j department of streets and public im provements, succeeding James C. Thompson, the new city assessor. The salary is SISOO annually. Howard C. Townsend, assistant city assessor, was chosen clerk to City Assessor James C. Thompson. Salary SIOOO annually. Both appointments become effective at once. City council this morning unani mously approved these selections as recommended respectively by Com missioners Lynch and Bowman. With the exception of the appoint ment of a .successor to Patrolman George W. Grear, resigned, these con | lirmations complete the city's govern- I mental staff to date. Mayor Meals (said he will not recommend a succes j sor to Grear until he "can find a suit able man." Tlie Dove Coos The appointments of both Ibach and Townsend had been rumored in [Continued on Page 4.] Missing Submarine K-5 Is Steaming Southward By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Feb. I.—The submarine K-5 is safe and proceeding under her own steam for Key West, Fla., according to a naval radio mes sage received at the Navy Depart ment early to-day from Captain Simp son, of the torpedoboat destroyer Sterrett. The message which came by way of i Key West said: "At 3:55 a. m. U. S. S. K-5 five miles southwest Fowey Hock steaming south at ten knots. No casualties and no assistance required." Fowey Rock referred to In the mes sage is a lighthouse and is located about ten miles from Miami. Nivy Department officials fstimated that under the speed the K-5 is mak ing she should reach Key West about 6 p. m. to-day. The Sterrett was one of the de stroyers ordered by Secretary Daniels to search for the K-5. 14 PAGES CITY EDITION PRETTY GIRL IS SOLD AT AUCTION BY "PLUG UGLY" Brutal Kidnaper Puts Minis ter's Daughter to Nameless Abuses and Tortures KNOCKED OFF FOB Divested of Clothing and Placed on Block at Italian Ball; Will Probably Die Sfecial to the Tclc„roph Nc\v York, Feb. I.—Three detec tives had to fire several shots and with their blackjacks beat "Jimmy Naples," a prize fighter, until he was severely cut and unconscious before they subdued him last night, but when he was in a cell no more horrible story of white slavery or of a pretty white girl, the daughter of a [clergyman, being sold on the block at I auction and of the nameless abuses [Continued on Paso ll] United Mine Workers Expect to Conclude To-day By Associated Press _ Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 1. The United Mine Workers of America con vention, after being in session two weeks, expected to conclude the busi ness of the organization to-day and I prepare for the two big joint wage scale conferences, one at Mobile, Ala.. February S, and the other at New York later In the month. Business that remained to be dis posed of when the convention met to- I day included the proposal to reduce 1 the size of the biennial gathering and i the matter of placing the union's offi cial Journal c>n a paying sasis. The selection of a convention city will also be made. Indianapolis as usual prob ably will be named for the 191S tneet | ing. Drop of 25 Degrees by Tomorrow Is Forecast A drop of twenty-five degrees in temperature before t6-morrow morn i iiiu: is forecasted by the weather man. | This morning at 8 o'clock the mer ctit-y touched 50. [ ARREST MYSTERIOUS GUNMAN Albany, N. Y., Feb. I.—Thcpolicc were notified to-day ' of the arrest in Schenectady, in connection with the search lof the mysterious gunman who shot four persons here last Friday, of a man calling himself George Beverly, and who . claimed to belong to a theatrical troupe. [ SOLD SPOILED TURKEY CHARGE »Harrisburg. E. Z. HeFtzler, a farmer of Cumberland k county, was held under S3OO bail for court this afternoon by | Aldermnn S. Brady Caveny, charged with selling a spoiled | turkey on December 24, to Mrs. Ida Eby, of Wormleysburg. j The suit was brought by the State. \ OPPOSE "BIRTH OF A NATION" | * Harrisburg.—Colored citizens this afternoon protested I to Mayor Me*is ag*inst the showing of the moving picture k production, "The Birth of a Nation," at the Orpheum Thea- F ter. The committee was headed by Dr. C. L. Carter. The I Mayor intimated that be will permit its being shown. J REBELS CROSS GREAT WALL " London, Feb. I.—The Mongolian insurgents have cross- F ed the great wall of China and an advance guard of 2,000 is r besieginfc the city of Datumfa, according to a dispatch from f Mukden forwarded by Reuter's Company from Peking. | THIEVES TOTE HEAVY SAFE WITH $2,000 Wilmington, Del!, Feb. I.—Last night thieves carried f a 200-pound iron safe containing $2,000 in money and valu ' able jewelry from the residence of Mrs. Lammot Du Pont | so qujetly that nobody has been able to figure out how the | job was done. i | Washington, Feb. I.—The resignation of Judge La | combe of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at . New York was received to-day by Attorney General . Gregory. Little Rock, Ark'., Feb. I.—With Newport flooded and I the McCJelland levee broken, to-dry's developments added j to the seriousness of the Arkansas flood situation. Eight I hundred convicts are marooned at the Cummins I -state farm, | HARM A GE | Archibald t nrmlrlmel, Camilla, and Roxanna Anger, (irantkam. Pi. ENGLAND DENIES c SHE HAS MADE A MOVE FOR PEACE Says She Never Intended td Abandon Her Allies; British Isles Arc Raided ZEPPELINS AGAIN ACTIVE Cause Slight Damage; Another Sweep on Paris Thwarted; Turks Surrounded By Associated Press London, Feb. I, 5.50 I*. >!.— Fifty-four persons mere killed and sixty-seven injured in last night's Zeppelin raid. London, Feb. 1, 2:38 p. ill. —Official denial was made here to-day oC re ports, attributed to German sources that Kngland intends to abandon her allies and bus made peace overtures to Germany. The statement follows: 1 "Tiie German chancellor has stated | that England is compelling her allies to refrain from entering upon any ' peace movement. This statement, which our allies know to he untrue, was made for the purpose of injuring | Kngland in the eyes of neutrals. ; "To our allies, on the other hand we heard that insiduous and untrue i reports are being circulated from I German sources that Kngland intends ; to abandon them and has even made peace overtures to Germany, which • have been refused. "The two statements together are t a good illustration how unscrupulous German methods are." Not Aimed at lioudon Last night's Zeppelin raid on Kng (Continued on I'Mge 7.) Bill For Tariff Body to Be Piloted by Rainey By Associated Press ! Washington. D. C., Feb. 1. —' Repre sentative Rainey. of Illinois, instead of Majority Leader Kitchin. will pilot i the administration bill for the creation ■of a tariff commission through th® House.