Lusifania Incident With Germany Will Be Satisfactorily Closed Soon
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 28
59 INDICTED AS
WAR PLOTTERS; 3
CONSULS IN LIST
German, Turk and British
Agents Accused of \ iolating
Neutrality Laws
IN BIG CONSPI RA C Y
Charged With Attempting to
Hold Up Munitions and
Smuggling Chinese
San Francisco. Feb, 9. —1* ifty-nine j
federal indictments thirty-two chars- ;
ins violations of American neutrality \
directed against German consular ofll- j
rials here, the Turkish consul general
and steamship agents. and 27 against
immigration officials in connection
with the attempted smuggling of 86 ;
Chinese into the United States last No
vember from the Pacific Mail steamer
Mongolia—were in the possession to
day of the United States district at
torney's office. It was said they would
be returned in open court to to-mor
row when urrests would follow.
The indictments against the Gcr- (
man consular officials, who include
Franz Bopp, the consul general, were
voted yesterday by the Federal grand
jury as a result of the nation-wide in
vestigation by the Department ol Jus
tice into bomb plots and neutrality t
violations which involved Interference
with shipments of munitions of war
to the allied governments and the fur
nishing of coal supplies to German
warships in the Pacific. The indict
ments are the first the government
has attempted to obtain against otli
<ial representatives of any power in
connection with its efforts to curtail
the activities of persons engaged in
t he alleged plots.
Wide Sweeping I'lot
The indictments voted against im
migration otticials and steamship men
followed a searching inquiry into re
ports that a wholesale traffic in con
traband aliens was being carried on'
with the help of steamship officers and
the connivance of Federal officials.
United States District Attorney J.
W. Preston said that VV. F. Boyce, as
sistant United States immigration com
missioner, four immigration inspec
tors. w. ii. Thornley, customs house
broker; M. H. Hunt. Robert Paul, J.
.1. Hlchards, \V. S. Scott, officers of the j
Magnolia as well ax fifteen Chinese,!
were among those indicted.
While the indictments against the
consular officials were not unexpected!
here, some surprise was manifested to
day over the large number of true;
bills, which indicated, it was said, that
the government had completed the
San Francisco investigation of the
conspiracy plots. The following were
among those against whom indict
ments were voted:
Franz Bopp, consul general of Ger
many; Baron E. H. Von Schack, vice
consul for Germany; H. W. E. Kauf
mann, chancellor for the German con
sulate; Maurice H. Hall, consul gen
eral for Turkey; Frederick Jcbscn,
former owner of the steamer Mazat
lan: Johannes H. Van Koolbergen, al
leged agent for the German consulate:
John and Julius Rothschilds, whole
sale grocers; George and James Flood,
steamship agents, and Robert Cap
pelle, general agent of the North Ger
man I-loyd Steamship Company.
Germany's Proposals For
Separate Peace Are Now
in Hands of Belgium
By Associated Press
Rome, Feb. S, via Paris, Feb. 9.
The Giornal d'ltalia states that Mon
signor Taccie Poreelli, the papal
nuncio to Belgium, presented to Bel
gium Germany's proposals for a sepa
rate peace. Whether or not he was
authorized to do so by the Vatican, says
the newspaper, has not been ascer
tained.
It is said that Germany, through
Prince von Buelow and other promi
nent personages, has indicated that the
terms she is ready to offer to Belgium
for the concluding of a separate peace
comprise the restoration of Belgium to
the government of King Albert and the
payment of a large indemnity for dam
ages caused by the invasion and the
occupation and that she asks in return
economical and commercial privileges
which would practically transform the
port of Antwerp into a German center
of traffic. To these proposals Belgium
is said to have replied with a prompt
refusal and a declaration of intention
to adhere to the allies and not to con
clude a separate peace.
! THE WEATHER]
For llnrriMhurit nn«l vicinity: Part
ly "loudy nml nll K h(l> to
night, ml♦ Ii luucNt temperature
(ibout W deterrent Thursday fair
mid polder.
For Eastern Pennxylvnnlii: Partly
cloudy nml nommhat colder to
night; Thurxclny folr anil colder;
moderate westerly nlncl*.
River
The Susquehanna river and all its
tributaries will fall sloivly or re
main nearly stationary. A stage
of nho lit 5.1 feet Im Indicated for
llarrlahurK Thursday morning.
tieneral Conditions
High pressure lias given place to
low pressure over nearly nil the
eastern half of the country, with
liicht rains generally in central
and southern anil light suows In
northern districts In the Inst
twenty-four hours.
There has heen n general rise In
temperature, lielnu most decided
in the Ohio \ alley anil in the Mid
dle Atlantic States, where plus
changes of 12 to 24 ileicrees have
occurred since Inst report.
Temperature) S a. m., !12.
Sun: Itises, 7:0(1 a. m.; nets, 5:33 <
p. in.
Moon: First quarter, to-morrow,
5:20 p. in.
Illver Staler: 5.3 feet nhove low
water mark.
Yesterday"* Weathvr
Highest temperature, 20.
I.owcst temperature. I ; .
Meau temperature, 18.
Aormal temperature, -'»> t j
BERLIN TO PEN
FINAL NOTE IN
LUSITANIA CASE
Satisfactory Close of Long
Drawn Out Incident Expected
Within Few Days
WILL MAKE CHANGES
Germany Willing to Draft,
Slight Alterations to Meet
1". S. Demands
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9.—Ger- i
i many's latest proposal in the Lusitania {
case having proved, in substance, sat
isfactory to the United States, tinal
settlement of the controversy is ex
pected within a few ciays.
Some alterations, however, in the
I form of an agreement, regarded as
miner ones, are to be made to meet |
the wishes of the American govern
ment and involve the dispatch of the
proposal again to the Berlin foreign
office. One of the changes, it is said
authoritatively, is that the communi
cation shall specifically include the
statement that it was in answer to the
i American note of July 21.
To Change Wording
One of the changes in the L.usi- i
(ania agreement suggested by Secre
tary hansing to Count von BernstorlT.
the German ambassador, is the sub
stitution of the words "recognizes lia
bility" for the words "assumes lia- i
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Queen Liliuokalani Denies
Charges of Prince "Cupid"
That Her Mind Is Unsound
Honolulu. Feb. !•. Liliuokalani.
former queen ol Hawaii, expressed her
willingness to-day to appear in court
ito prove that she was mentally com
petent when several years ago, she
i executed a deed of trust conveying all
her property to three trustees headed
Iby the late Samuel Cleghorn, father
of Princess Kaiulani, also deceased.
The queen denies the charge made
by her nephew. Jonah Kuhio Kalanla
, naole, better known as Prince "Cu
pid." delegate to Congress from Ila
i waii, that she was of unsound mind
| when she executed the deed of trust
land she will contest the suit brought
| by him to have the deed set aside.
According "to the terms of the deed
of trust, which was irrevocable, the
trustees have absolute control of all
the former queen's extensive estate
which they have administered since
the deed was executed.
Chief Kindler Wants
3 Motor Apparatuses
For Hill District
Three new motor-driven fire engines
for Allison Hill is part of Fire Chief;
John C. Kindler's plan for the motori- 1
zation of the city tire department made I
possible by the passage last November'
of the $60,000 tire loan.
All other horse drawn equipment in
the city will be motorized Fire Chief
Kindler said. A new gasoline engine
will replace the steam engine now in
use at the Mt. Pleasant Company,while
steam engines with motor attachment I
will be provided for the Shamrock and j
the Royal companies.
State Remonstrates
Against Relicensing
of National Hotel
Formal objection to the re-licens
ing of the National Hotel, Fourth and
State streets, of which Fred W. Kbel
is proprietor, was tiled late this after
noon by the Capitol Park Extension
Commission.
Probe Into Activities of
Brewers Is Now Under Way
Pittsburgh. Pa., Feb. 9.—An inquiry
into the alleged political activities in
Pennsylvania of National and State
breweries organizations was started
by the Federal grand jury here to
day with United States District Attor- j
ney E. Lowry Humes in charge.
James Moore, assistant cashier of
the Northwestern National Bank of
Philadelphia, was the first witness
and counsel for the brewers made no
attempt to prevent his appearance
before the jury. He took into the
juryroom books and records which the |
government officials hoped would
show the finaiuials transactions of '•
the Brewers' Associations which :
i passed through the bank since 1911.!
While the jury was examining
Moore, counsel for the brewers and
the government reached an agree- I
rnent whereby argument on the mo
tion to withdraw the subpenas,
scheduled for Friday afternoon was
put over until Monday and District
Attorney Humes adjourned the grand:
! jury until Tuesday.
THOMPSON GIVES BUI,
Pittsburgh. Pa., Feb. 9. —Josiah V.
Thompson, indicted here yesterday by i
the Federal grand jury in connection
with the closing of the First Na- 1
tional Bank of Uniontown, Pa., of |
which he was president, appeared in |
court to-day and gave bail for SIO,OOO. '
The cases are scheduled for trial I
May 1.
JUDGE ATKINSON RETIRES j
Washington, Feb.9.—Judge G.W.At
kinson, of the Court of Claims, to-day j
announced that he would retire with
in the month. Judge Atkinson has
passed the age of seventy years and is
eligible to retirement. He expects to ! i
return to his home in Charleston, W. 1
Va. Many candidates for the place! l
are under conslC iration by the Presi-!'
dent and the Department of Justice, j 1
K11.1.S WIFE; WOUNDS CHIM)
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 9. John!
Hayes, of Union, a village about 20 i
miles from here, shot and killed his I '
wife and wounded his daughter to- ;
day. The State Police have left for .
the scene of the crime, but have not j'
yet arrested the murderer. The mo- ' i
tive for the man's action is unknown, j t
HARRISBURG, PA. f WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1916.
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH TEACHING HIS BRIDE GOLF I
v_ J
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Governor and Mrs. Brumbaugh are enjoying their honeymoon at Plnehurst, N. C. The photograph shows
them at the tenth tee.
GERMANS SEND
600,000 MEN TO
BELGIAN FRONT
Rumored That Threatened
Drive Is Imminent; on De
fensive in Bulkuns
RUSSIANS ARE REPULSED
Turks Report Victories Along
Both Caucasus Front
and in Persia
The predicted German offensive on
j the Franco-Belgian front has not yet
i developed, but reports of preparations
for it persist. The latest advices con
cerning these supposed preparations
1 ome to-day from Amsterdam in the
shape of a report that 600,000 men
have been sent by the Germans to the
• Belgian frontier.
From the Balkans comes news indi
| eating that there is no longer the for
-1 mer apparent unanimity' of opinion
| that the Teutonic allies are shortly to
' begin an advance on Saloniki. It is
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Three Pair of Twins
Act as Pallbearers at
Funeral of Father
Six sons —three pair of twins —
acted as pallbearers at the funeral of
Jacob Ifeteel. an old resident of Steel
ton, this morning. The twins were
Lawrence and Augustus, Jacob and
Andrew and John and Fred Hetzel.
The services were held in St. James'
Catholic Church, Front and Conestoga
streets, Steelton, at 9 o'clock, with the
Rev. Father J. C. Thompson officiat
ing. Burial was made in Mt. Calvary
; Cemetery.
Mr. Hetzel was 73 years old and is
survived by his wife and nine children.
United Mine Workers'
Demands as a Whole Are
Rejected by Operators
By Associated Press
.Mobile. Ala., Feb. 9.—The demands
formulated by the l T nit€?d Mine Work
ers of America at their recent conven
-1 tion at Indianapolis were to-day for
mally rejected as a whole by the op
erators of the central competitive bi
tuminous coal tields. The joint con
ference of employers and employes at
once took up for discussion the eleven
demands seriatim. This is the usual
j formality followed in the interstate
] conferences.
CONFER ON : BIV SLBW.VY
i Market street subway plans as ten
; tatively revised by City Kng.neer M. B.
Cowdcn, were discussed this afternoon,
j at J o'clock, at a conference of the City
j Planning Commission and City Engi-
I neer M. B. Cowdeti.
I'Hll.ll'i'l\E CONFERENCE
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. Feb. 9. —President
Wilson probably will call Senate and
House leaders together soon to agree
on the exact terms Of the Philippine In
dependence bill which already has pass
ed the Senate and is threatened with
amendment in the House.
PUSH DEFENSE I'I.ANS
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9. Presi
dent Wilson to-day began efforts to
speed up Congress on the national de
fense plans, lie conferred with Repre
sentatives Hay. Dent and McKellar, of
the House military committee, in an ef
fort to bring about an agreement on
an army bill.
WILL A BEAR ATTACK A HUMAN?
DA UPHIN LUMBERJACK SA KSSURE!
Ma<Je Him Burn His Shirt on a Bitter ('.old Night; "True, livery
Gosh Dinged Word of It, B'gosh"; Rah, Ole Up-river
Bruin Makes Ilis Periodical Debut
111 Ol It I) Al I'HI.V « OKKESPONDENT II
Dauphin, Pa., Feb. 9.—That the
man who says a bear will not attack
human beings are nature fakirs of
the worst variety is the contention of <
Robert F. Putt who is willing to take
an oath on a stack of Bibles a mile
high that they will.
"Bob" was attacked by a bear one
night recently and had to burn his
shirt and nearly everything else he
had on at the time to save himself
CARLISLE STANDS
HIGH ON PENNA.'S
INDUSTRIAL LIST
Busy Central Pennsylvania
Town Enjoying Greatest
Prosperity in History
Special to the Telegraph
Carlisle. Pa., Feb. 9. —Enjoying an
era of prosperity unsurpassed by any
other period in the history of the town,
Carlisle, the county seat of Cumber
land county, and situated in the very
heart of the fertile Cumberland Valley,
is to-day one of the busiest towns in
Ihe State. W r ar orders are not making
the borough prosperous, but it can be
said that the war indirectly has been a
big help to the town. The inrush of
gold into the United States has un
doubtedly improved business con
ditions all over the country and Car
lisle has come in for her share of pros
perity with both arms outstretched.
Fashions are also playing a promi
nent part in the life of the community
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BEGIN INQUIRY
INTO NOMINATION
OF L. D. BRANDEIS
Conduct in Great Freight Rate
Fight Assailed Before
Senate Committee
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9.—lnvesti
gation of President Wilson's nomi
nation of Loius D. Brandeis, of Boston,
to the Supreme Court bench Tjas be
gun to-day by a Senate subcommittee,
which first heard Clifford Thome,
chairman of the lowa Board of Rail
road Commissioners, who was asso
ciated with Mr. Brandeis in the light I
against giving the eastern railroads 1
increased freight rates. Mr. Thorne!
assailed the conduct of Mr. Brandeis
in that case.
"I believe the nominee before this
committee was gullty ; of infidelity, of
breach of faith and of unprofessional
conduct in connection with one of the
greatest cases of this generation,"
said he.
Was Dumbfounded
Thorne charged that Brandeis, as I
an attorney appearing for the ship- j
pers, conceded that the rate return to !
the railroads was inadequate and that I
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from the critter's quick lunch counter,
it was a bitter cold night, too.
As the hero of this astonishing yarn
spun it in Malehorn's barber shop, he
was on his way to Zartman's lumber
camp No. 4, back along Little Moun
tain. He had come to town for some
underwear and those other necessities
that help a husky lumberman stave
off the grip, pneumonia, snake bite,
and other fatal diseases. Whistling
[Continued on Page ". ]
WILLIAM PENN
WAY MAY BE ON
PIKE'S PEAK ROAD
Will Be Nationally Recognized
and Mtide Part of Ocean
to-Oeean Route
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9.—Na
tional recognition for the William
Penn Highway was practically assured
last night at a meeting at the New
Willard Hotel of representatives of
the William Penn Highway Association
and A. W. Henderson, secretary of
the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean ."nigh
way Association. 1
Mr. Henderson and the following
persons from Pennsylvania t let last
night: E. M. C. Africa, of Huntingdon;
F. M. Graeff, of Blairsville;i Richard
Beaston, burgess of Tyrone*; George
Mosser, manager of the Altoo/ia Cham
ber of Commerce; Oliver und
H. J. Seads, of Altoona; Salnuel Wil
son, secretary, and Fred Kribs, presi
dent, of the Johnstown Chamber of
Commerce; J. William Bowman, presi
[Continucd on Page 5.]
P. R. R. ASKS FOR
INFORMATION ON
"NARROWS" ROAD
State Highway Commissioner
Tells Railroad About Ori
ginal Survey
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, through H. P. Lincoln, super- j
intendent of the Williamsport and !
Susquehanna Division of the North
ern Central Railway, has made
further inquiry of State Highway
Commissioner Cunningham regarding
the original right of way on which
State Highway Route No. I, leading
north from Harrisburg, was laid out.
At a conference, held in the office of
the State Highway Commissioner on
January 26, Mr. Cunningham took up I
the question of right-of-way between ;
Speeceville and Clark's Ferry with j
Superintendent Lincoln. This con-1
ferenee arose by reason of the fact
that the rallroud company had ap
plied to the State Highway Depart
ment for permits to widen their track
iContinued on i'ugc 7. \
14 PAGES CITY EDITION
SHUMAN BEGINS
FIGHT TO ESCAPE
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Ex-Poliee Chauffeur First of
Trio lo Answer Murder
Charge
ELECTION CASES GO OVER
Xickolo Kotur and "Country"
Smith Must Answer to Honii- i
cide Charges
Charged with the murder of bis
daughter Margaret. William 11. SIIII-;
man, ex-police motor chauffeur, early j
this afternoon began his tight in thej
Dauphin county court to escape the!
law's penalty on the electric chair.
The Shuman trial was the first of i
t three murder cases listed for the Feb- I
t ruary special term of criminal court.
I The trials of Xickolo Kotur and i
|Thomas alias "Country" Smith on l
I charges of murder will follow. Alma
Keane, charged with manslaughter will 1
no be called, it is understood, until
i later in the week.
The election conspiracy cases grow- '
ing out of the investigations of the
Dauphin County Law and Order j
League of alleged violations of the
primary election laws in September,
were also listed for trial to-day, but i
j these cases were continued until to-j
1 morrow. The defendants are George
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Three Men Killed, One
Hurt in Big Slide of
Stone at Royer Quarry
Tlirce foreign laborer* nt the Koyer
, quJtrrleK. nenr Mwatnrit Station. Mere
killed miml one *eriou*ly injured (hi*
morning In n full of dirt and lime*tone.
Two bodle* were recovered, tlioMe or
Homiiilrlo (•Indlorin and l.ilierato Jo
*c|>|»i. The third body hiin hurled lie
neat h seventy-Hve tonx of roek and
dirt. The Injured man Im at the llnr
rishurK Hospital. unidentified. a* he
enimot write hi* name. Coroner Jaeob
I Keklnffer, who wa* at the *eene of the
aerldeat, held an Inquest this afternoon.
> ROON REPORTED CAPTURED
j New York, Feb. 9.—Advices received here to-day assert
that the German warship Roon, alleged to be the captor of
P the Appam, has been captured by the British battleship
Drake after a three-hour fight 200 miles east northeast of
P Burmuda, according to a story printed bp the New York
Evening Globe.
» SEVENTEEN APPEAL
| Harrisburg. Appeals from the awards of the Board
of V iewers in the city's condemnation proceedings weie
j filed thih afternoon by seventeen property owners of "Hard
l scrabble.'' The complaints merely state that the amounts
allowed not iutficient.
; SENATE APPROVES DEFENSE MEASURES
Washington, Feb. 9. The Senate to-day passed the
I resolution nakmg $500,000 available for re-equipping the
Mare Island and New York navy yards, and the bill increas
ing by 300 the entrance class at Annapolis Naval Academy.
The rrf. ail' parsed the House, Monday, and now goes
I to President Wilson for his approval.
( BRANDEIS INQUIRV UNDER WAY
j Washington. Feb. 9.—The inquiry into the nomination
[ of Louis D. Brandeis to the Supreme Court by President
| Wilson was started before a Senate committee io-day.
[ THREAT TO DYNAMITE HALL SPREADS ALARM
P Montreal, Feb. 9.—lnformation received by the police
P that the city hall was to be blown up at 12.30 o'clock to-day
| spread alarm throughout the city this morning and caused
• the hurried return from Quebec of Mayor Martin. The
I police were relieved when the hour passed without any
9 untoward incident.
[ Harrisburg. —W. P. Boland, of Scranton, to-day noti
l
fied the Public Service Commission that his complaint
j against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
\ of excessive freight rates on anthracite to points in Penn
i sylvania had been settled, the railroad granting a lower rate
; which will be of great benefit to independent operators. i
Harrisburg. Livingstone Saylor, of Pottstown, was
to-day appointed a State factory inspector.
I
MARRIAGE
Dr. William lJdifar Holland, l'ajettovllle, and Fraud* Annetta Sehanl.
Chuniberaburir,
Hurry Carl NSiocmnkor uad Mm trie lierfrr Hcr.nh, l.nnoa«i(<*r.
I < liarlv* l&dtvard MaiweJl aud Jomphlne Alberta McCabc, alty.
KUNKEL DECRIES
J SENTIMENTALITY
IN SENTENCING
Those Who Prescribe Criminal
I Punishment Go to Extremes
Says the Judge
POINTS OUT FALLACY
! Crime Itself Circa let* Stigma
Against Character Than
Prison Term
Sentimentality should not figure in
11ho administration of criminal punish
|nient, affording to President Judge
jUeorgo Kunkcl this morning' in Keb
! ruary special sessions.
The President Judge's views were ex
pressed from the bench in answer to
| a plea for mercy for Peter Cow. a for
j eign youth, convicted of stealing a bi-
I cycle.
Counsel for Cow pleaded that (lie
I court could ttpil exercise both mercy
and justice by suspending sentence.
jThe lesson that !iie youth had been
|taught would more timn help him to
, keep to the straight and narrow ]>:vth
.| in the future, said the lawyer, W. J.
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Food and Fuel Given to
Arkansas Flood Sufferers
By Associated I'rcss
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 9. Relief
I work among refugees in the Hood
I continued when a steamer loaded with
, j supplies left to distribute food and
i fuel among 2,000 or more destitute
persons at Pendleton, Red Fork.
■ ] Douglas, Watson and other towns in
! the inundated basin.
'I Business in Arkansas City virtually
Is suspended. Relief reached 200 or
' more refugees at Gaines Landing yes
lerda>. north of Lake village.
Residents continue to desert Clar
' endon. and of the 3500 inhabitants
only about 200 remain. Relief work
is proceeding slowly but effectively in
the region near Clarendon.
•|
I EATS 157 RAWS
S fecial to the Tele graph
i Altoona, Pa., Feb. 9.—James Shields
; has won a wager by eating 157 raw
. I oysters in 4 0 minutes.