Hundreds Drowned When British and Ru HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH r YYY\r \ T rt 4 | BY C % RRIEK <1 CKXTS A WEEK. LA AAV— I\o. 44 single copies 2 cents. GERM Ah S START NEW DRIVE CLOSER TO PARIS AS FRENCH DRA W STEEL RING A T VERDUN Aggressive Action on Large Scale Develops in Champagne District Which Is Within a Hundred Miles of Paris; 1,600 Yards of Trenches, 1,000 Prisoners and Many Gnns Taken; Extend Lines North of Fortress French Assert Poaring in of Heavy Reinforcements Has Checked Teuton Advance at Verdun; Launch Fierce Counter Attacks Against Fort Douaumont with Con siderable Success; Sallies Are Repulsed With Heavy Loss The German offensive on the western front is assuming even wider scope and importance. Xot only is the impetuous drive on Ycrdun being pressed vigorously, although with less rapid progress by the Crown Prince's armies, but aggres>i\e action on a large scale lias developed ni the Crampagne dstrict where the Germans, according to Berlin, have stormed and catpured nearly a mile of French trenches. The new momevent in the Champagne is on a front much nearer I'aris than the scenes of the operations against Verdun, the former front being approximately 100 miles from Paris while the Verdun j lighting area is roughly 140 miles distant from the French capital. North of Verdun the German lines have been extended some w hat to the west, the loop of the Meuse around Champneuville hav ing been cleared of the French, the l>erlin statement declares, while there has been a slight advance southward in the neighborhood of i Yacherauville and Bras near the river. The French, however, havel stopped the German drive in the fort Douaumont sector. Apparently 1 the Germans still hold the fot itself but their furious attacks upon the viallage of Douaumont nearby were failures, according to the French war office. The German official account of the fighting in j this region declares that the French are exhausting themselves in fruitless attacks. Take Many Prisouei's Apparently there have been Ger man gains of some importance along ihe eastern line of the Verdun salient leading to St. Mihiel. where the Teu tons pushing eastward are hounding the defenses of Manheulles, ten miles southeast of Verdun. They have not been able to advance beyond this point, however, but have reached the foot of the French' position at Cote Lorraine at several points, Berlin an nounced. in 1 Heir Champagne offensive the Germans announce the taking of the Navarin farm on the Souain-Somme- Py road, and positions on both sides, totalling 1600 metres. In making this sain they took more than 1,000 pris oners and nine machine guns. The Paris version of this operation re cords it as a German surprise attack which resulted in the occupation of certain advanced trenches and a sup porting trench. The -.treat battle of Verdun, now en tering its second week, is continuing with unabated fury, with the German armies driving hard at the French de fenses along a lengthening line, which now runs far beyond the salient in which lies the fortress. Paris asserts that with the pouring in of heavy reinforcements from Gen eral Joffre's armies the German ad vance has been checked, but Berlin claims a continuation of the forward inarch on the French stronghold. Along the Meuse, to the north of Verdun, the Germans have been un able to make as rapid progress as in the initial stages of the battle, and even on the Woevre front, where the French at first fell back, they now appear to be offering effective resist ance. Pressure here- is particularly menacing to the fortress, as the crush ing in of this eastern line of the Ver dun salient for any great distance would spell disaster for the strong hold. I.a unci i Coun tor-Offensive The French defensive operations at places are taking on the nature of a . ounter-oftensive. as in the attacks on Fort Douaiunont. four miles north east of Verdun. This development has teen forecast in disDatches which told jf the expectation in Paris that the French, when they had fallen back to ! THE WEATHER For llarrlahurg anil vicinity: Fair, continued cold tonight, with Ion <*»( temperature aliout Id detcro-si Tuesday Increasing clouilineaa and Mliehtlj \inrmtr. For Kaateru Prnunvh antn: Fair to-niKht; iundnj- IncrfaaliiK cloudiness and aoiurnlinl niirmrt| moderate northwest lvliiin be i'omin( variable. Illver .No decided ehanxen **lll occur fa river Ntnstea and lee conditions. i stnsre of nboiit -I.H feet la Indi cated (or ilarrlshuric on Tuemlaf morning. General Condition* The Itlantic coast storm bus eon. tlnueil to move alowly northeast, mini to the North Atlantic coast. It baa eauaril light snow In the last twenty-four bour> from the / Great l.akea eastward In the l p per obio Valley, nlth stroiiK uortkireat winds and aralea. The winds are atlll strons from the northneat In the Atlantic Statea from Xorth Carolina northward, the highest velocity reported thi« morning being 48 miles at >eir York City. Temperature are below oormnt over the greater part of the country. but have risen some what la the Gulf Motes and a lew other localities In the Heat alace last report. Temperatures .1 a. m.. M. "tin: Rlaea. 6i12 a. ni.l set*. P. nt. Moon: \cw moon. March 3, I 0:.18 a. m. I<l\er *ta*e! Five feet above lotv water mark. Yesterday's Weather lite best temperntare, UT. I.owest temperature. !tl. Mean temperature. 24. .Normal tempviutlire, 'jj. liositions they believed they could hold indefinitely, would drive back over the ground that had been yielded in the face of terrific German artillery and infantry attacks. Tide of Battle Turns According to a statement by Aris tide Briand, the French premier, this 1 happened after the fourth day of the battle. The French brought up strong reinforcements at an unexpected mo ment and the Infantry, sweeping down upon the Germans, who already were suffering heavily from the effects of the French artillery fire, stopped them short and even drove them back. The premier declares the French have now regained tlie advantage, the beginning of their counter-attacks marking the turning point of the battle, which is now in its second phase. German Accounts Differ The German accounts fail to agree with this French version of the light ing. Berlin having announced further advances lor the crown prince's troops, including the taking of Hardaumont, east of Fort Douauinont. and the vil lage of Champneuville. on the German [Continued on Page «.] 01' Simon Chism of Courthouse Fame Goes to Poorhouse at Last Obdurate, even defiant, for years at all the kindly efforts of county and city officials to procure him a com fortable home at the Dauphin county almshouse. Ol' Simon Chism, the white-head negro with the demeanor of the bearer of the title role in Airs. Stowe's slave story, yielded Saturday to the persuasive influence of a county poor doctor and trolleyed and tramped over the hills to the poor house. "Simon." as he was familiarly known to the scores of lawyers, court attaches, heads and clerks of the de partments. put in a more or less tot tering existence day after day in the courthouse corridors or in the Pro thonotary's office. A small pension and the change purses of lawyers and department heads and clerks helped Simon keep body and soul together. He often boasted of being an ex-slave. Minister Killed on Way to Conference When Trolley Strikes His Automobile Allentown, Pa.. Feb. 28. —As the result of a grade crossing accident at Brick Tavern, several miles south of Quakertown at 9:30 this morning, the Rev. \V. M. Ettinger. pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Quaker town. died in the local hospital at 2 p m. to-day as the result of a frac tured skull. His companion. Harvey Brunner. a Lansdale businessman, is so severely injured that he too may die. The men were on their way to Bethlehem by automobile to attend a conference of churchmen when their machine was struck and demolished by a Philadelphia limited trolley car. County Commissioners to Confer on Mothers' Pension Plan Wednesday Dauphin county's Board of Commis sioners and County Solicitor Phil S. Moyer will confer Wednesday after noon at 3 o'clock with Miss Helen Glenn, State superintendent of the Mothers' Assistance Fund and the mothers' pension committee of tho Eur t End Republican Club. The Commissioners to-day were in vited by John Hopper, chairman of ihe East End Club commUt *e to meet fur the conference. Information on the sn'i'ect will be available and upon Ihe results of the r'onVrrnee ill likely bo determined the <|ues'ion of vl.f-tlu-r the pensio ■ p:.in v.'-H be adapted lor Dauphin covin!J, HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1916 THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE \ v. > ' : |jMHr~ir-iirfT .? GZ&MAH PR.INC.Z.. The German Crown Prince, who is In charge of the bier drive on Verdun, did so In direct detiance to the wishes of General Von Hindenburg, who did not think the rapture of the fortress would be adequate compensation for the consequent loss of life. Had the young and impetuous Prince listened to the consulings of the war-scarred veteran his forces would not to-day be facing defeat. COURT HEARS OF FIRST AND LAST j CALL TO THIRSTY Allison Hill's Only Bar Subject of Dauphin License Judge's Inquiry The "first" and the "last" calls to the thirsty of Allison Hill had the ear of Dauphin county's judges to-day at the session of 1016 liquor license court. The sign o' the "first ami last." as it is locally termed is a hotel con ducted at 110S Market street by David ■ C Mingle. He wants the privilege to sell during the ensuing year although remonstrances have been filed against' his establishment it* the combined [Continued on Page B.] Admiral Claims U. S. Does Not Have Half Enough Men Even For Present Navy Washington, Feb. 28.—The navy is not ready to exert more than fifty per: rent, of its strength in ships and guns. I Rear Admiral Austin M.Knight, presi dent of the Navy War ('olleae. to-day, told the House Naval committee. He urged the immediate addition of 20.- 000 enlisted men and construction of battle cruisers and scouting craft to j meet the situation. American battleships the admiral said are equal to any built and officers j and men of the fleet are well trained and efficient, but if the Atlantic fleet were ordered out to-day to defend the whole coast line it would be un- | able to take all its available ships for i lack of men and would be compelled 1 to fight blindfolded for lack of i scouts. Admiral Knight submitted a sketch I of possible naval movements in the; Atlantic to show that an enemy fleet; could strike virtually where it pleased 1 unless scouting craft was provided to find it. The first step in the building i program this year, he said, should be j the authorization of six battle cruisers j and eight scouts, all with a speed of i 35 knots. I THAW PEN BROOK WATER PIPES FOR HOURS; WEREN'T FROZEN Some Wise Soul Called Up Water Works and Found the • Trouble Was At Hummelstown Hurry calls were sent, to this city ] by the score for plumbers from Pen- ! brook this morning; dozens of irate: householders grunted and snorted as they themselves tried with hot water and torch to thaw out frozen water pipes; housewives stood arms akimbo and growled because there was never a bit of water for the Monday morning washing; little Johnnie and Mabel grinned sheepishly but appreciatively as they hustled off to school face un washed. h After everybody had struggled for 1 hours 1 o thaw out the some ; bright mind suggested calling up the: supply works at Iluianielstown. It was learned the supply puuip was frozen : TAKE FIRST STEP IN CHOOSING NEW BISHOP OF H'B'G Archbishop Prendergast Pre side Over Secret Session at Cathedral Archbishop Edmond F. Prendergast, of Philadelphia, presided over a coun cil of diocesan eonsultors and irre movable rectors of the Harrisburg Catholic diocese this afternoon. The meeting was at 2 o'clock at St. Patrick's Cathedral, .State street. It is the first step toward the selection of j a successor to the late Bishop John \V. [Continued on Page 6.] Motorcyclist's Victim Demands $5,000 Damages Suit for So,ooo against Frank G. Felkenberger, a motorcyclist, was be- this morning by Mrs. Ilarman and her son Clyde for injuries the latter received I.nbor Day, 1915, when Fel kenberger rode down the youthful ' Garman. The Garnians live at Paxtang, where the accident occurred. Clyde was standing along the road, it is alleged by ex-Recorder O. G. Wickersham, who filed the trespass suit, when Fel , kenberger, approaching on the wrong side of tlx' road, ran into the boy and ; knocked him down. TO PI,AN ENCAMPMENT A joint meeting of committees from Posts 58. 116 and 520 Grand Army of I the Republic, will be held Friday i evening in the rooms of Post 58, to 1 start plans for the tlftieth annual en icampment of the Grand Army of the i State to be held in this city in June. STIM. NO ITRKIICG ARREST Although the Harrisburg police ; have one man in Jail whom they think may know something about the Incendiary tires, no charge of arson : lias been brought against him, and no other arrests in connection with the I series of incendiary tires, have been I made by city detectives. tight in one of the coldest gales of the winter. Hummelstown, Pa.. Feb. 28.—L,ast night the water main here hurst and all water is rut off from the town. This cut off the electric light about 8 o'clock when the churches were In the middle of evening services and ail meetings had to be stopped be cause of the darkness. The only peo ple in the town who have any water arr. those few who have wells and cis terns The shoe factory had to close and also the puhlir gvhools were dis missed after calling the roll, because furnai-e tires must We banked to con serve the water in the boilers. CONFERENCE RAPS SUNDAY BUSINESS, SPORTS, PAPERS,; ' AND EXCURSIONS United Evangelical Preachers Urged to Fight Sabbath Desecration in Report of Special Committee Headed by Lancaster Minister; to Preach -Special Sermons STRICTER OBSERVANCE OF LORD'S DAY PLEA Trustees of Albright College Named; Session Officers Elected; Expect Appoint ments For Districts This Evening; Ministers Or dained ; Orders Granted Profaning of flip Sabbath by "fol- I lowing the ordinary pursuits of busi- j news or labor or by godless and sinful j holiday diversions" was condemned in 1 j no uncertain language before the East i Pennsylvania Conference of the United j Evangelical Church tills morning in a report of a committee headed by the Rev. J. P. Gross, of Lancaster. The report urges the ministers of j the conference to "do all within their power to suppress tendencies which may lead to Sabbath profanation, such 1 as the holdir.g open for business their I shops or stores; patronizing of Sunday : excursions; countenancing of Sunday' newspapers in tiie homes of our mem- ! : bers; the indulgence in or the encour ! aging of Sunday sports; and all other ! practices which may effect the highest i ideal of Sabbath observance." The committee also urged upon the summer eampmeetings a more strict observance of the Lord's Day. It is 1 recommended in the report that every , minister of the conference set aside a special Sunday for a sernton on the sac redness of the Sabbath. Much of the business of the confer ence this morning was taken up with ; the election of routine officers. The election of the following trustees for ! Albright College, at Myerstown, was II announced: The Rev. A. M. Sampsel,, [Continued of Page !>] Would Stop Great War by Paying SI,OOO to Deserters; More if They Steal Ships ! New York. Feb. 28.—Charles Lo i max Delbridge, of St. Louis, who says .i he is the "author of the Delbridge ' i series of mathematical books and cal f I culators, comprising more than 80 , volumes," is publishing a pamphlet containing directions by himself for national defense without the necessity ' of preparedness in armaments and men. In their places he would have a national fund sufficient for bribing , invading soldiers to desert and be come peaceful United States citizens. The heading of Delbridge's "war stopper" of six printed pages reads: ' ; "One thousand dollars reward to ■ every enemy soldier deserting, sur ■ rendering or being taken prisoner: also ,I to purchase at reasonable price all ' j equipment or supplies, not excepting ' I battleships, submarines, aeroplanes, : cannon, etc., they might contrive to bring, would render warfare between L nations utterly impossible." Council Confers OQ New Date For Taking . Over of "Hardscrabble" At a brief conference this afternoon • j with City Solicitor D. S. Seitz, the [ : City Commissioners discussed the 1 ! Gross resolution pertaining to the r jtime fixed for the vacation by "Hard- J ! scrabble" property, owners of their homes preparatory' to the razing of ; these structures by the city. ? The Commissioners, it is understood, ? wanted to get together on the ques ; tion before acting upon it. finally on • the floor of Council. The Gross meas 'r ure authorised the City Solicitor to • file bonds incident to the taking over ' of the property and fixed May 1 as j the time limit for vacating the prop erties. The Commissioners also considered I the specifications for the bids on the city treasury audit. Fox Goes Before Grand Jury in Brewers' Probe, With Desired Records ? By Associated Press i j Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 28.—Hugh F. , Fox, of New York, secretary of the , ] United States Brewers' Association, ' who last week was released from jail |on a writ of habeas corpus pending {conclusion of the contempt of court proceedings through his failure to i testify before the Federal grand jury investigating alleged political activ ities of brewery interests, went before I the grand jury to-day. J j He carried a valise said to contain | the records desired by the jury. Other witnesses waiting to be called i included Charles F. Ettla, of Phila . Idelphla. secretary of the Pennsylvania i P.rewers' Association: Miss Catherine I Gallagher, stenographer in Ettla's j office, and J. P. Mulvihill, vice-presi !dent of the Independent Brewing ■ | Company of Pittsburgh. t Plan to Have Laborers 1 Appear in Evening Clothes at Their Social Affairs Wooster. Mass.. Feb. 28.—A move ■ ment to have union workmen appear • at their social affairs in evening clothes has been started by the mould ■ ers' organization. In connection with plans for its annual concert, to be held i this week, the Union has sent out word that male attendants should formal evening clothes. l HUNDREDS DIE WHEN BIG ALLIED ; STEAMSHIPS HIT GERMAN MINES P. and 0. Liner Maloja and Rescuing Ship Destroyed Within Sight of Dover; Explosion Rocks City; Freshly Sown Teutonic Mines Cause of Disaster SCORES OF BODIES ARE WASHED ASHORE Warmly Clad Baby Found Floating on Its Back in Heavy Sea; Smiles at Res cuers and Seems None the Worse For Immersion; Bingit, Petshenga Sunk R.v Associated Press London, Feb. 28.—Two big British ' : and a Russian steamship were sunk yesterday in the Straits of Dover or I i waters with the loss of hun- 1 dreds of lives as the result of striking freshly-sown German mines. Of the total complement of 411 pas- j scngers and crew on the Peninsular! j and Oriental Lino steamship Maloja, \ which struck a mine and sank within , half an hour two miles off Dover yes- i terday, only 260 are known to have been saved. Of the total 119 pas | (tensers, 0 4 names of persons saved , have been received at the steamship company's offices, ft was stated there that It is hoped that more names of persons saved will still be received. Forty-seven Washed Ashore The bodies ol' three more Lascars of the crew of the Alaloja have been [Continued on Page 5.] FATHER-IN-LAW SIIOOTS COP By .-Issocigtcd Fress Scranton, Pa., Feb. 28. Daniel j Bell, an Old Forge policeman was shot | and killed by John Zota, his father-! in-law. The shooting is said to have j , resulted during a quarrel between the ! men over some domestic troubles. t STKiJV.NU MINJbKS WILL. KKSUME WORK < Lykens, Pa., Feb. 28.—Twelve hundred members of the United Mine Workers of America, employed at the Short Mountain Colliery, who hare been on strike for some time, held a ri«33 meeting here this morning and decided to re * turn to • k. William Stuppy, the loader boss for whom they ent en strike, has secured work at another colliery. I The question of "surface topping" of cars was postponed for future consideration. The time of esuming work is I now up to the colliery officials. ; GRANT FINK BREWING LICENSE I Harrisburg. Without comment the Dauphin county ; court this afternoon granted the application of the Fink , Brewing Company for a license for 1916. The granting of ; the Fink license is the first action by tre court in the license | matters. . Harrisburg. Miss Mary E. Shaneman, appointed ! anaesthetist at Harrisburg Hospital to succeed Miss Edith E. Yingst, resigned, by Board of Governors at meeting this I , I afternoon. . I I b ATTEMPTED TO STEAL $1,000,000 New York, Feb. 28. lt became known here to-day that : _ .rin;, attempt to steal a sum estimated at $1,000,000, j consigned to New York banks, had been made on Saturday [ morning by burglars who broke into a United States mail van while it was on a ferry in transit from the Jersey Cen | tral Railroad. • ; CAPT. HALBERSTADT CONFERS ON COAL LANDS ® Harrisburg. —Captain Bayard Halberstadt, Pottsville, a well-known mining engineer conferred this afternoon with the County Commissioners relative to inspection of the coal lands in the upper end of the county for the board. B STANDARD.SHARES TAKE DROP | New York, Feb. 28.—Reports of fresh complications in the international situation and the further success of the j Teutonic forces in France caused severe declines in the [ stock market to-day. Losses in standard shares ranged i from 2 to 3 points, war issues lost 4 to 6 and some of the s more obscure stocks were lower by 10 to IS points. I MARRIAGE LICENSES llonnlo Mofln and Camel Hclmont, Meelton. (■ftjiiln Berta ami Mxactr Saho. WlUlantMtow a. C. Stolireffler, mixahttbUllc, and >laa«le I. Ilrunn, Ljkca* (ton nnhlp. 14 PAGES CITY EDITION SUBMARINE WAR TO BE CONTINUED GERMANY INSISTS IN LATEST REPLY Count Von Bernstorff in Note to Secretary Lansing As sures United States That His Country Has No Inten tion of Revoking Pledges in Lusitania Case WILL NOT CHANGE RECENT INSTRUCTIONS U-Boat Commanders Order ed to Treat as Warships Enemy Merchantships Armed "Defensely"; Plan Special Precautions Not to Attack Unarmed Vessels By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Feb. 28. —1n a I note presented to Secretary Lansing i to-day by Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, Germany assures the United States that it has no inten > tion of revoking the pledges given in ; the Lusitania case. The note says Germany can conceive of no reason for changing or postpon ing the new instructions to her sub marine commanders to treat as war ships enemy merchant ships armed "defensively" and that special pro i cautions have been taken to prevent. ' .ships that are not armed from bcins attacked. Baron Zvviedenik. charge of the [Continued on Va«c B.] WAR OUDKR PLANT FIRCI) By Associated Press Pittsburgh. Pa.. Feb. 28. Fire i which broke out in the plant of Ilub i bard & Company, shovel manufac j ers at an early hour this morning did i $125,000 damage. The company has been filling war orders. The origin of the fire is not known.
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