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 !
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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
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Hirer Mai;#-: f.» fret aliou I©W
r*atrr mark.
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"SECRETARY OF WAR, WH RESINED
CABINET AND HIS
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LINDLEY M. GARRISON. HENRY M. PIXDELL.
OLD INDIAN FIGHTER, FIRST TO
ANSWER LINCOLN'S CALL IS DEAD
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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- <
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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
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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
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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
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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.