Washington Regards Garrison's Resignation as Critical Point in Defense Plans HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 30 PIN DELL OR LANE y GARRISON WHO RESIGNS AFTER BREAK WITH WILSON OVER ARMY Secretary, of War Quits Post Because President Would Not Support Con tinental Army Plan and Be cause He Opposes Admin istration's Program of Set ting a Definite Time For Philippine Independence Resignation Comes as Sur prise to Washington; May Have Wide Effect on Pre paredness Program; Dif ferences Began Early in Year; Assistant Secretary Breckenridge Follows Lead of Chief; Peoria Editor Likely Choice For Position Washington. D. C.. Feb. 11.—Secre tary Garrison has resigned from the Cabinet because President Wilsen de clined to insist without compromise upon the adoption of the continental army plan by Congress. The resig was tendered and accepted yes terday, and with Air. t»arrison the Assistant Secretary of War, Henry C. Hreckinridjre, also left the service of the Kovernment. The reasons for Secretary Garrison's resignation and its acceptance by the President are disclosed in lengthy cor respondence made public between ' hem. While Secretary Lane and Henry M. Pindell, a Peoria editor, were being onsidered in official circles as likely | •lioices, it was understood that the President has under consideration the names of two or three other men. and will not make an appointment before weighing their qualifications carefully. Democrat for Place The President has already made up bis mind to appoint a Democrat to the place. It was said in well-informed circles that he will not be from New Jersey, nor from the South. Ex-Governor Walsh, of Massachu setts. Secretary Houston, ex-Governor Harmon, of Ohio. ex-Mayor Baker, of • "lev-eland, were added to the names being discussed. Ex-Governor Adams, of Colorado, was being talked of as a possible suecessoi to Secretary Lane. It was understood, however, that at least one of the men being considered by the President has not been men- I tioned publicly for the position of Sec- , retary of War. Cabinet Has Vacant ("hair The Cabinet met to-day with a va r-hant "hair for the first time since Mr. Bryan's resignation. The departure of Mr. Garrison with its possible effects on the administration and the pre paredness program was discussed thor oughly. Reports that there might be other resignations from the Cabinet were met with genera! denials. Methods Differed Supporters of the President declared that lie and Mr. Garrison agreed on the underlying principles of both the military and Philippines questions, but differed on the methods of carrying out their policies. They pointed our ! that since Mr. Garrison wrote his first letter in January urging vigorous sup port of the continental army the Presi- | dent had toured the Middle West in its ! [Continued on Pago 12.] THE DAY IN CONGRESS Washington, D. C., Feb. u. Senate—Met at noon. Considered Nicaraguan treaty in executive session I Military affairs committee decided to begin preparation of army bill Mon day. House—Met at noon. General da- i bate on the post office appropriation I bill resumed. Naval and military af- ' fairs committees continued hearings on the national defense. ! THE WEATHER *7* l " nrr,,,h »/K ">>d vicinity: <probalily " Bht ml" or . ' h '* nfternnon. to-nl K ht anil Mitur.ln,; miM . h rh ,„ in temperature; loneM tw-nlubt alinut fTff/ini;. For Eastern iVnnnylvnula: Over ea»t with probably ruin In aouth and rain or »nim In north por tion to-night and Saturday somewhat warmer In northern portion to-night: light (o moder ate eimterly winds. . Klver The Snsqnelmnnn river and all ii« branches will fall MIIOWIT or re main nenrly *tntlonarv. atnge ' of about 4.7 feet la Indicated for 1 llarrlabure Saturday morning. ' General Conditions Preffanre la high over the eastern < p^rt of lh *' po,, "*r>' and along i the northern border as far West ns Montana nnd a new high pres aure area Is moving inland front the Pneifle oeean. Pressure Is low over the Hoekr mountain region ' and the front of this urea of low > pressure has pushed rapidly enst- 1 ward through the Plains States and the Central Valleys Into the , southern portion of the l.ake He gion during the Inst twenty-fonr boun Temperatures * a. m., 30. * *»un: Rltfi. fis.Vl a. m.; mrtn, 5:44 ' ( p. ra. I Moon: Foil moon. FrliraarT IS, t P. m. t Hirer Mai;#-: f.» fret aliou I©W r*atrr mark. —— * W*tfnla>'* Wrntbrr trmprraturr. IIH, < tcinpfrnturr. 2H. t Menu irvnpcrntnrc, n,l. .Normal temperature* .U. "SECRETARY OF WAR, WH RESINED CABINET AND HIS V / LINDLEY M. GARRISON. HENRY M. PIXDELL. OLD INDIAN FIGHTER, FIRST TO ANSWER LINCOLN'S CALL IS DEAD i " Col. Joseph /?. King, Dies Suddenly From Heart Trouble; i Promptly Enlisted When H e Heard of Demand For Vol unteers Through Private Dispatch By . Ijsociatrd Pres* St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 11. Col.| Joseph R. King. Civil War veteran and Indian lighter, died of heart trouble at his home last night,! aged 84. Minnesota historians assert King, was the first to answer President' TEUTONS TO SINK 'AT SIGHT' ARMED MERCHANT SHIPS Germany and Austria Issue Memorandums to Neutral Governments Special to the Telegraph I Berlin, Feb. 11.—The German and Austro-Hungarian governments have issued a memorandum to neutral gov ernments announcing that after March 1 armed merchantmen belonging to countries at war witli Germany will be j considered and treated as warships. | Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, under sec- ' retary of foreign affairs, said: "We believe we can meet Secretary i I«insing's ideas concerning submarine ' war. He referred to the joint note on such i warfare recently sent by the United States to all the belligerents. It is explained in the memorandum | that Germany takes this step in view ' of what shf cites as secret instructions of the British admiralty to merchant I ships to open lire on submarines at ! sight. Germany further cites nineteen instances wherein it is charged Ger- ' man submarines have been tired upon ■ by merchantmen. The text of the | memorandum concludes: "Under the enumerated eircum- I stances, enemy merchantmen armed 1 with guns no longer have the right to i be regarded as peaceful merchantmen. ! The German sea forces therefore will be ordered to treat such vessels as i warships after a short interval granted I in the interest of neutrals. The Ger man government makes neutral pow ers aware of this situation that they may warn their citizens against fur ther entrusting their persons or prop erty to armed merchantmen belonging to powers at war with the German empire." Find Instructions The government's action, it is stated 1 follows the finding of the British in structions on board the British ship Wood field. Attached to the memorandum are several appendices. The first is the declaration in the house of commons on March 26, 191?., of Winston Spencer Churchill, then first lord of the British admiralty. The second refers to the 1 communication of Sir Cecil Spring- i Rice, British ambassador at Washing- 1 ton. to William J. Bryan, then Secre- ' tary of State, on August 25, 1914, as i I appearing ;n the diplomatic corre- i spondence of the State Department. The third appendix is the German t declaration of October 13. 1911. rc- • garding the treatment of armed mer- < [Continued on Page 191 HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1916, Lincoln's call for volunteers for the; j Civil War. j He enlisted promptly when he re-1 j cen ed' information* front a private ; dispatch sent to Minnesota by the .State's governor, who was in the; i President's office when the call was i signed. MAJ. NORMOYLE, DIES SUDDENLY OF BLOOD POISON Made Great Reputation at Get tysburg Camp and Elsewhere; Well Known Here ■i i ll i ;i i •I I MAJOR JAMES E. NORMOYLE J Oswego, N. Y., Feb. 11. Major j James E. Norinoyie. Third United States Infantry, who was in command 11 of Fori Ontario, died suddenly to-day j jof bloodpoisoning. Major Norinoyie ! i was born in Michigan in 1866. He f served in Porto Rico, Cuba and thei l Philippines. In 1913 he was given a' a gold medal by the State of Pennsyl- j1 vatiia in recognition of his services as ' i quartermaster of the Civil War vet- ' i erans camp at Gettysburg, lie will., be buried in Arlington National Ceme- 11 ter.v in Washington. Well-Known Here Major Norinoyie was well-known v, and popular in Harrisburg. He had !. a picturesque career in the army and by many was regarded as one of the • best organizers and emergency men in the service. During the terrible floods in the Mississippi Valley some years ago he was placed in charge of I" the government relief work and made s a remarkable record, winning the spe- ! cial commendation, of the War De-1 {j on Page in] Announces His Intention to Retire Absolutely From Politics and Public Life; Former Secretary Inti mates, However, That He Might "Do Something" Toward Movement For Continental Army Refers Interviewers to Letters For Facts of Resignation; Says He Will Not "Follow Example of Bryan and Come Out Publicly Against Any of Mr. Wilson's Pol icies;" Will Practice Law By Associated Press New York. Feb. 11. Kind ley M. ! Garrison, former Secretary of War. announced here to-day that he in tended to retire "absolutely" from politics and public life. He said ho would not discuss his resignation from any political angle. Mr. Garrison, adhering to his an j nouncement of his arrival here last night that he would make no com , ment on his resignation, remained in seclusion here to-day. Callers to day at the home of his friend. George Leary, with whom he stopped last night, were met with the statement that Mr. Garrison would see no one. Mr. Garrison intimated, however, that he might "do something" in the matter of giving support to the move ment in favor f>f a continental army, the issue upon which his resignation hinged. This intimation came in re sponse to a question put by news papermen as to whether he would "give his moral support to those who j continue urging the policy of a con tinental army." | "I cannot answer that question," I said the former Secretary of War, | "because It would infringe upon [Continued on Page 13.] Petition in Bankruptcy Is Filed Against Broker Now on His Way to Europe By . Issocialed Press | New York, Feb. 11.—An involun tary petition in bankruptcy was tiled to-day in the United States District j Court against John H. Putnam, stock i broker, who is being sought by post I office inspectors and is believed now 4o be on his way to Europe on the j steamship Baltic. 1 According to post office authorities he persuaded thousands of persons throughout the country to invest in oil stocks on an instalment payment , plan, promising returns of fifty per | cent. Prior to his departure, post office inspectors say. he withdrew an account amounting to $300,000 from the Seaboard National Hank. Coun sel. for the' petitioning creditors say Putnam's liabilities are about $150,- , 000 with unknown assets. Released From Fifty Years of Invalidism by Death By .-Issociated Press New York. Feb. 11. —Miss Mollie Fancher, who celebrated her "golden jubilee" as an invalid eight days ago, i died to-day at her home in Brook lyn. Miss Fancher was known to thou j sands of people ail over the world ! through the extraordinary correspon dence she built up during the half century of her invalidism. Although j bedridden and only able to move her I right arm, she worked unceiisingly at knitting and embroidery and is said |to have used up .100,000 pounds of j worsted. In IS6C, vhen Miss Faneher was] 17 years old and noted for her beauty, she was thrown from her horse and terribly injured. A year later she was the victim of a street car accident! which deprived her of the use of all her limbs except her right arm. For nine years she remained in a trance-! like condition during which period her friends insisted she was clairvoy ant. It wr.s In these year.} that she built up her correspondence, dictat- J ing a total of G.flOO letters. During the •fifty years of her imprisonment in a] sick room Miss Fancber's chief nour- ' ishment was the juice of fruits. Ideal American Man Must Be Just Like This Special to the Telegraph St. Louis. Feb. 11.—The National Association of Merchant Tailors of America at its final session yesterday defined the proportions of the ideal American, after considering the good points of the following types: Military, athletiq, sedentary, corpu- , lent. He. the ideal American, should be: j Age, twenty-four to twenty-five years; i five feet eight inches tall: weight 148% pounds: chest, 38 inches; waist,' 33V4 Inches; hips, 39',i inches; thigh, 1 21 inches; calf, 14 M inches; neck, H'/t inches; upper arm at tension, I 14 Vi. inches. The head should meas ure one-eighth of the full length of the body. Carriage should be normal, i neither over erect nor stooped. It was unofficially stated that the highest type of ideal man buys many i clothes and pays his tailor. IIKCTOX MAX INJURKD WHEB CAR A\D AUTO CRASH Charles Chubb, aged 60, a stone mason of lleckton. sustained a deep gash and a probable fracture of the left leg at noon to-day. when the automo bile which he was driving was struck I by a Valley Railways trolley car. at ' Front ai)d Walnut streets. He was treated at the Hospital. STATE RESTS IN FIGHT TO SEND SHUMAN TO CHAIR Medical Experts Say "Pneumo- Thorax Acutctissiums" Caused Death I , AIR ESCAPED FROM LUNGS Collapse of Organ Result of , Blow—Father Begins ' I lis Defense Pneumo-thorax acutetissimus —the llllering of air front a rent in the lungs into the pleural cavity—was the direct cause of the death of Margaret t E. Shunian. That opinion was vouchsafed this morning by Dr. J. Harvey Miller, medical expert for the Commonwealth, f shortly before the State closed its prosecution against William Harvey • Shunian, ex-police chauffeur for the murder of his daughter. , The defense opened this afternoon after an effort had been made by the I Commonwealth to amend its indict ment by changing the time ' upon which the kicks and blows, alleged to have caused the girl's death, had been inflicted. District Attorney Michael E. St roup , indicated in his examination of Dr. R. L. Perkins and Dr. Miller and Mrs. Sallie J. Bankes that, a change i might be suggested as to the time , the wounds were inflicted. Pointed queries as to the appearance of the girl shortly before her death and as to the marks on various parts of the body as disclosed by the autopsy led i to this belief. Plan of Defense That the defense will endeavor to show that the girl died—-not as a re : suit of blows intiieted by her father but from the effects of a diphtheric , condition of the lungs, weakened by • alcoholism was indicated by counsel for defense in cross-examination. The photographs showing the bruised i and battered body of Margaret Shunian . following the autopsy was finally got. before I lie jury to-day by District [ Attorney Stroup. The court ruled this i evidence out yesterday but Judge . : Kunkel permitted it this morning to l help the jurors and court to under ' stand the physicians' descriptions of , the wounds. i Throughout the exhibition of the I photographs Shunian listened intently j with his elbows on the counsel table, his head bowed in his cupped hands, j Mrs. Shuman. clad In deep mourning, didn't raise her heavy veil throughout the morning session as she sat by his I side. The Emotions of tltc Jury ! Because the low forbids the exhi i bition of anything lo the jury that j might tend to sway the emotions or | otherwise preclude a careful and un- J biased consideration of the testimony ' only. President Judge Kunkel yester [ day afternoon refused to permit Dis ' trict Attorney Stroup to introduce pho- I tographs of pretty Margaret Shunian ' as she lay in bed. ! The pictures were taken of the girl l as she lay on the hospital cot and ( were snapped in such a way as to show ' plainly the ugly wounds. The one in i jury on her chest, which, according to t physicians yesterday, caused a collapse • of the lungs, showed plainly as a t furious red bloteli against the clear i whiteness of her skin. II To Illustrate the Story District Attorney Stroup meant to •: show the pictures us an aid to the • jury, but after a hitter legal struggle between the Commonwealth and the defense the court upheld the defense. Accordingly Ihe story of the injuries 'to the girl hail to be recounted in ! detail by tbe physicians. Drs. R. T,. I Perkins and H. It. Weiner were the i physicians and they took the stand ■ during the late afternoon. Both went . into detail as to the probable causes of [ the girl's death on September 4. They attributed it to injuries caused pre [ sumably by the kicks and blows of her ' j father on August 27. And it is because j of the girl's death that Shuman is now j I fighting bitterly in the shadow of the | electric chair. • | In addition to the physicians. Colonel | Joseph B. Hutchison, ex-chief of po [! lice, and Coroner Eckinger were among the witnesses on the stand yes ; terday for the State. The Defense Opens The closing of the Commonwealth's testimony, the introduction of the I I photographs of the dead girl as she lay stretched upon her lied in readi- I ness for the autopsy, the sudden : switch in the time upon which the I fatal wounds were alleged to have been committed, and the opening of the defense—these were the high -1 lights of the third day of the trial. Shuman actually began his battle to save himself from paying the law's ( penalty for the highest crime against i the State, with the opening of the afternoon session. Whether or not he I would be called lo the stand in his | own defense neither Arthur 11. Hull I nor Phillip S. Moyer, of counsel for I the defense, would say. Wife by Shuntan's Side ' The accused man to-day showed the 1 ! evidences of the severe strain under which he is waiting, more noticeably perhaps, than ever before. Just as she has always done since ' the trial began the little mourning clad. heavily veiled wife of the ac cused man this morning stepped quietly from her seat way back among ■ the spectators in the courtroom and ■ took her place by Shuman's side at the counsel table. The belief among lawyers Is that: the State will obtain a verdict of "sec- ! j ond degree." The penalty for murder ! in the second degree is from five to | twenty years In the penitentiary. Physicians Testify Both Drs. Miller and R. I<. Perkins , who conducted the autopsy testified j a sto the condition of the dead girl's (Continued on Page 111.) Berlin Has Not Received Lusitania Information By Associated Press Berlin. Feb. 10, via London, Feb. 11. —There Is still no official informa tion from Washington on the progress of the Lusitania negotiations. The German Foreign Office and the Am erican Embassy having received no dispatches are dependent on press rc- i , ports for news of the situation. 22 PAGES CITY EDITION W. B. SCHLEISNER ! PURCHASES OLD "COLLEGE BLOCK" | Biggest Real Estate Deal ol' Year Gives Weil-Known Merchant Fine Properly HISTORIC LANDMARK Housed Many Well Known En terprises; Selileisner's Store Has Grown Rapidly With Hie transfer of the "College ; Block" property al Third and Straw | berry streets to William I!. Schleis | ner to-da.v the most important real es tate transaction of the year was con summated. It is in the heart of the central business district and the nrop | erty is an old landmark, housing ,in I its time many prominent business | places, .including the Hoard of Trade, j which was organized in and for sev eral years occupied the annex in Strawberry street adjoining the coun ty prison. [Continued on Page IS.] 'Woman Survived by Nine Children Whose Names Commence With Letter 'E' Special to the Telegraph Ueinholds, Pa.. Feb. 11.—Mrs. llar j vey Gerhart, aged 45, died here yes i terday. She is survived by her lius -1 band and nine children, all of whom arc named with the same first initial, las follows: Ellwood, Elsie, Evan, Ella, | Emma, Edith. Esther, Erla and Elva! I She was a member of the Reformed i Church. Big Warehouse Filled With Wagons For Allies Burned fl.v Associated Press Dubuquerque, la., Feb. 11. Fire i last night destroyed the warehouse of the A. A. Cooper Wagon and Buggy ; Company, causing a loss of $300,000. It is said that most of the wagons destroyed were built for the allies in I the European war. > GOVERNOR AND BRIDE HOME f I urg.—Governor and Mrs. Brumbaugh returned I C to the State Capital from the * honeymoon shortly > J 3 o'clock to-day. They were met at Union Station by Wd- | 1 liar I | mediately to the Executive Man ion » I and tc e governor J * went to the Capitol where he was greeted by heads of de- ; | I parti in i i » I Bro overnor's special at Baltimo.e, 9 prese 1 tne raih - ■ -I*. ic accompanied the Governor to Harris- C burg. • !■ T APPAM MAY BE ALLOWED TO STAY £ of the British liner « ! J Appai i, brought into Hampton Roads by a German prize icrew, h< ic United Si» • f the indi.e' ions are that the ship will be oermitted to remain P. R. R. RUNS JITNEY ' ' Harrisbui„. —The Philadelphia division of the Pennsyl vania Railroad received its first jitney to-day. It will be run in the local yards to haul yard men to and from the humps, and shifting points. It is a motor-driven apparatus, ' ' t carrie;; thirty men, runs on tracks, and will take the place I of what is known as "pick up engines. "WOLF'S" APPEAL DENIED i ► j New York, Feb. 11.—The United States Circuit Cou: | of Appea s denied to-day the motion of appeal of David | > | Lamar, the socalled "Wolf of Wall Street." | 82 MIDSHIPMEN DISMISSED , r Washington, Feb. 11. Secretaj ,■ ap- I proved the recommendations of the Academic Board at the L Naval Academy dismissing eighty-two midshipmen. 1 1 I R. G. RHETT HEADS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Washington, Feb. 11.— R. G. Rhett, former mayor of ® ' I Charleston, S. C., to-day was elected president of the i Chamber of Commerce of the United States. All other * f "officers were re elected. ————————— • MARRIAGE L Dnvlil llnmilion Kurd and Merle AnKclim KhrDhower, city. >\ llmoii 10 hi tin ii <* I <iforgr .-nut Cdnii May Orovr, Lliifleitonn. ENTIRE WESTERN FRONT SCENE OF BITTER STRUGGLE Violent Fighting Around Viniy and Neuville Continues With Violent Intensity YPRES AGAIN SHELLED, Artillery Buttle Going on For. Last Ten Days; Russians Made Further Gains \ The western war front Is still the central Held of military interest. The latest reports show no signs of a les» seninK in the intensity of the violent struggle which has been going on for several days in the vicinity of Vimy and Neuville. near the Belgian bor der. while farther south along the line there are signs of reawakening ac tivity on the part-of both Germans and French. In Belgium, according to unofficial reports, there has been a notable artillery battle in progress during the last ten days near Ypres, but the opinion appears to prevail among the military observers that the Germans have decided to postpone their pre dicted offensive until more favorable weather prevails. ITcavy rtuss Fire In Russia the artillery play on the Riga-Dvinsk front is notably heavy in character but the infantry does not appear to have been active. In Volhy [Cominucd on Page 13.] Paxton Valley Club to Have Valentine Party Members of the house committee ot the Paxton Valley Club, ot Paxtang, will be hosts for all of the members of the organization and their friends at the clubhouse this evening. The committee has arranged a valentine party and every person will be given a valentine. Then, too, there will be refreshments and the guests will be entertained at cards, boxball and oth er games. The clubhouse has been tastefully decorated for the occasion. Members of the committee are llosii Bealor, R. Goho, .Tosh E. Rutherford, A. Bell and Howard Birchall.
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