Congress Will Bring Armed Ship Agitation to End With Demonstration of Unity HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I Y Y ~V\T V„ 1(l BY CARRIER «! CENTS V WEEK. LAAAV— AO. -to higgle copies 2 cents. FORCES OF CROWN PRINCE ARE HAL TED A T INNER DEFENSE OF VERDUN; FURIOUS Armies Are Deadlocked; Commentators Do Not Know Whether German Drive Has Spent Its Force or Whether Pause Is Prelude to Renewal; French An nounce Signs of Teutonic Preparation West of Metz Intermittent Bombardment Along Front Daring Night; In dications Point to Resumption of Aggressive to the South; Situation North of Fortress Is Satisfac tory, Paris Announces; U-Boat Campaign Opens The German offensive against Verdun, which had brought the Crown Prince's armies up to the inner lines of French defenses, has halted there, according to to-day's official statement from Paris. The lull which yesterday gave signs of setting in now extends< along virtually the entire front where the desperate struggles of the I past week and more have been going on. There were no important I developments at any point during the night, the French war office j reports. Unofficial commentators in entente i apitais admit themselves at a loss to determine as yet whether the German drive has spent its force or whether the pause, is simply the prelude to its renewal before the hard-won position al Verdun or elsewhere on the front. Possibly significant in this connec tion is the French official statement that there arc? signs of German prepa ration behind the front west of Pont-a- Mousson. eighteen miles southwest of Metz and in the Moselle river region. The French guns have been pounding the second and third line German po sitions here, while an intermittent bombardment has been going on at ■v ftrions points between Regnievllle and liemenauville. some half-dozen miles west of Pont-a-Mousson. To-day's bulletin from Berlin con firms the French account of infantry inactivity along the front, the Ver dun operations not being mentioned in the official statement. It is announced, however, that the artillery particular ly that of the allies was notably ac tive in various sections of the front, the region between the Meuse and the Moselle, the Catnpagne and Yser re gion being particularly mentioned. The bringing down of three allied aeroplanes by the Germans was an nounced. Apparently the recent German at tack in the Champagne was nothing more than one of the numerous local operations such as the Germans car ried out in several sectors of the front from time to time in the three weeks preceding the Verdun offensive, as it fas not so far been followed up. Dis patches indicate the opinions of mili tary observers that the German offen sive. if it broadened appreciably, would be more likely to spread to the south than the north, the many signs of ac tivity along the lines in upper Alsace and down to the Swiss border being pointed to in this connection. Paris dispatches declare the sit uation north of Verdun satisfactory to the French, who have strongly forti fied their positions from rote du Poivre, four miles due north, to Dou numont. three miles to the east, along which line the German pressure above Verdun has been heaviest. To-day marks the opening of the new German submarine campaign in which armed merchantmen are to be considered as warships and treated accordingly. Steadier Sunk A report that the British steamer Thornaby, of 1,782 tons, had been sunk came this morning front I-ondon, but the dispatch did not reveal whether the reported sinking occurred before or after the new order became effeet- Iv or whether the vessel was armed. In the Italian parliament, which re assembles to-day, it is expected that the question of a declaration of war by Italy against all the forces of the entente powers would be brought up. Italy has never declared war on Ger many. Russians Expect War • Expenditures to Reach 11,000,000,000 Rubles By Associated P**ss Petrograd, March I.—The budget, I THE WEATHER For Ilnrrlaburg and vicinity! Fnlr to-nlgbt I lonnt trmperaturr about M dfiti*f»s Tburailuy nn arttlrd. probably mow or rain) warmer. For Kaatern I'eunaylvanla i l'nrtlv cloudy to-night ; Thtirailny, unoiv or rain and witrmrr; moderate northneat to nortbrnat wlnda. River The Staaqurhannn river nnd all Ita 'rlbutarlra will fall alowly or re main nenrly alatlonnry. A at age of about 4.11 fret la Indicated for Ilarrlaburg Tburaday morning. (General Condition.* The atorm that win central along the Mouth Atlnntlr coaat, Tnraday morning baa panned olf ■rnnanl nltbout nny more precipitation except along the North Carolina coaat- :ind In Northern Florida, where aomr rain occurred. Weather condltlona are uiiarttled over the weatern half of the coantry. It la 8 to 24 degreea colder lu Colo rado, IVebraalca, the Uakotaa, Wyoming, t'tafa and Montnua and aomewhat colder In the Kaat flulf Ntatea. the Carollnaa, Northern Florida and In the Lake Hcglon. Temperature: S a. ni„ % Null! Itlaea, 0:37 a. »N.i aeta, 5:58 p. m. M«xm: Xew moon, Mnreh 3, 10:58 n. m. Itlvrr Stage: 4.11 feet above low natcr mark. Yeaterday'a Weather lllgbcat temperature. 34, l.oweat temperature. UO. 'lean temperature. 27. Normul temperature, a.. | presented to the duma yesterday, i showed an ordinary estimated reve- ( nue of 3,022,049.318 rubles and an . ] estimated ordinary expenditure of ' 3.232.463,698 rubles. The extraordinary ! expenses due to the war amounted to j 8,000,000.000 in 1915 and are expected to reach 11,000,000.000 in 1916, if the! war last the entire year. The latter . expense, together with the budget deficit, must be received by means of credit operations.. Th lln-ince minister, Pierre Bark. [Couiiuucd oil Pago III.] ' Plans of U. S. Forts Found on Two Young German Army Officers By /IssocioteJ Press New York. March 1. Plans of,. United States fortifications have been found In the possession of Richard £ von At end and Rudolph von Kracht. two voting Germans arrested here on a charge ot' operating the mails to swindle, according to a statement; made to-day by Assistant United j I States District Attorney K. W. Mc-! Donald. Von A rend and Von Kracht, , who claim, according to the Federal authorities to be German army lieu tenants were arraigned before a Unlt -1 ed Sitaes commissioner here to-day. j Von Arend and Von Kracht were i held in ?5,000 ball each for a hear i ins Saturday. They denied ever hav ! ing had any plans of American forts land said the only things answering I such a description that they owned were pictures sent them from Ger-1 many by relatives. Commissioners Confer on Mothers' Pension Plan With Miss Glenn i \ if Dauphin county means to share in th:- mothers' pension plan action must be taken before May 30. as that 1 is the time limit upon which partici- pal ion is permitted by the State. Whether or not the county com missioners will go in for the movement v.-::l likely lie considered Friday as the commissioners got some first hand tips on the problem this afternoon In a conference with Miss Helen Glenn, superintendent of the State mothers' assistance fund. Siegel Is Rearrested as Term at "Pen" Expires By Associated Press Rochester. X. Y., March 1. —Henry j Siegel, New York banker and depart- ; ment store merchant, whose ten ! months' sentence in Monroe county 1 penitentiary expired to-day. was re arrested this morning by Sheriff, George H. Root, of Livingston county, ; on a warrant issued yesterday by Dis- 1 trict Attorney Wheeler, of Livingston county. With his attorney, Dallas C. Xewton, Siegel was taken before Jus- I tice George A. Benton to arrange for bail. AGED CO VIM j: FOUND DEAD By Associated Press Reading, Pa., March 1. Michael' 1). Yonng, ased 68, and his wife, aged : 64, were found dead in bed at their home here to-day by a grandson. A gas jet was turned on and the win- j dows and door were closed. The key' of the gas jet moves at the slightest touch and it is believed that death j of the couple was entirely accidental. SEARCH FOR PRINCETON MAX Princeton, X. J., March I.—The I authorities of Princeton University have asked the co-operation of the police of New York, Philadelphia and 1 other nearby cities in a search for William West, a Senior at the univer- ! sity, who mysteriously disappeared j last Thursday. West has not been | seen or heard from since he ate break- i fast at his class clubhouse Thursday morning. FOURTH GERMAN LOAN TO BE OPENED MARCH 1 1 Amsterdam, March 1. —The fourth German war loan will be open for subscription from March 4 to March i 22 in dual form. A five per cent, im perial loan will be offered for sub-1 scription at $98.50 the loan being un-1 redeemable before 1924. and four and one-hall' per cent, imperial treasury l bonds will be offered at 95. the bonds' being divided into ten series, re deemable one series at a time, by yearly drawing from 1923 to 1932. ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH BUYS LOT The congregation of St. Lawrence German Catholic Church forced to move by the Capitol Park Extension, this afternoon purchased the 60x170 lot at 110 State street from Tobias Yoffee for $27,000. IIARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1916 Marjorie Sterrett and Her Letter ;j !; "To tbe editor of the York Tribune. !» ••Dear Sir:-—I read In your paper every morning; a lot about prepared- J; i | My grandpa and icrcat-icrnndpn were nttldlern. If I nam a boy I <> * would be a noldlcr, 100. Hut I aiu not* NO I want to do what I ean to help. <| i> Mamma given me a dime every week for helping her. I am Mending: you thin week'* dime to help build n battlenhlp for t ncle Sam. I know n lot of <» 1 !» "ther kldn who would g;lve their errand money If you wo.ild ntart u ,» fund. lam thirteen yearn old and go to Public School 11, Brooklyn. |> "Your* truly* i "MARJOIUE STERRETT. \ i : it true blue American, and I uant to see t'nclc Sam prepared ]| (| Hek all creation like John Paul Jonen did. i> ( \* S.—Plenne call the hnttlenlilp America." <[, (i Since thin letter wan printed dimen and dollnrn have flowed Into The |> . C., March I.—At an] j early conference at the White House ! to-day President Wilson and adminis- I | tration leaders made plans for bring- j | ing the armed ship agitation in Con i Kress (o an end at once with a demon stration of unity to convince Germany that the American Congress stands be hind the foreign policy of the govern ; ment. The House Foreign Affairs Com ' mittee got ready for a meeting at 1 I o'clock at which it was the plan to canvass the situation generally and j refer the drafting of the resolution to j a sub-committee. Despite the Presi -1 dent's expressed desire that the vote: | come on a straight resolution of pas-; I sage of warning resolution, the senti- j I ment in the Foreign Affairs Commit-1 i tee and among administration lead- ■ | ers of both sides of- the Capitol was | not clearly defined and some of them thought the vote should come on an affirmative resolution of confidence, i There appeared to be no agreement of opinion among the Republicans but it was indicated that most of them [Continued on Page 2] Asserts He Bought Gypsy Girl For $2,500; Father Insists He Only 'Lent' Her Special to I lie Telegraph fan Francisco, March 1. —Asserting that fifteen-year-old Mariana Nareno. Ja gypsy girl, was sold to him for $2,- •">OO by her father in Denver, Mark; Adams, also a gypsy, stoutly main -1 tained to the police that he owned the 1 girl when she was found in his moth- \ •sr's home by Detective Fred Suttman. j ending a search begun by her father j a year and a half ago. i Megill Nareno, father of the girl,! j asserts that he merely "lent" her to I I Adams in Denver in August, 1914, fori i two months to do housework. The | i wirl told tlje police she did not wish II o return to her father and that she i | intended to marry Adam's son, George 1 !17 years old, when both were old; jenough. Adams, she said, took her from I Denver to St. Louis and there engaged I i her to marry his son. After six months j in St. Louis she said she was taken to • Chicago. From Chicago they went] 'to St. Joseph, Mo., and from there to i ! Denver. For six weeks they have i been living in San Francisco. "1 want to marry George," the little! I gypsy told the police. "He is good to I me. He gives me nice presents and T ' don't want to go back to my father.'' j British Steamer Sunk; Members of Crew Either Killed or Drowned London, March 1. The British steamship Thornaby is reported to , have been sunk, all the members of jthe crew having been killed or I I drowned. I The Thornaby's gross tonnage was | (1782. She was 258 feet long. The i | Thornaby sailed on January 19 from < • Sunderland, England, for Palermo, I Sicily. Although t lie British censorship 1 'prevents transmission of details con- 1 i cerning the reported sinking of the < Thornaby, the reference to the mem { hers of the crew having probably been I killed or drowned, indicates that she | was sunk by a mine or a torpedo. I The German and Austrian decrees ! regarding the sinking of armed metv- I chantmen without warning went inro ' j effect at midnight. The Thornaby is | j the first vessel whose sinking has been | reported since the orders became ] 1 operative, but the London dispatch ! | does not indicate whether she was j | armed or whether she was sunk be fore or after the opening of the j month. Big Traffic Squad Begins to Enforce New Code Harrisburg's giant squad of traffic officers, at noon to-day officially' be gan enforcing the new traffic regula tions which were made by Captain of Police Joseph P. Thompson and Chief! of Police J. Thomas Zeil. The officers were provided with whistles, and used outstretched arm | i in opening and closing traffic at street I intersections. The officers on the i downtown districts, were also instruct ed to do everything in their power to break up the practice of pedestrians crossing the street diagonally. WARNING AGAINST WOMAN FROM ASSOCIATED AIDS Numerous inquiries have been re ceived at the Associated Aid societies, concerning a Mrs. MeCann. who has i been selling iron holders from door to door, and telling a story that she i has a number of children to support. The Aid societies announced to-day ! i that she is being provided for by that j | association, and needs no charity from i individuals. John Yates, secretary of the Aids societies, issued a warning this morning to the residents of the city. The Mrs. McCann who has been asking charlety is not Mrs. Mary Mc- Cann, who resides in South Second street. HISTORIC PROPERTY SOLD i Another big realty deal was closed i ! late this afternoon when C. Vernon j Rettew, acting as agent for P. A. Far quliarson, purchased the Roumfort estate property, corner Chestnut and Fourth streets, a property that was included In the original Harris grant. Tt is understood that a big, modern apartment house will be erected on the site. The Roumfort property has a frontage of 68 feet in Fourth and 54 : j feet in Chestnut street. J ] PENNSY TO FINISH FREIGHT INCREASE PLAN THIS YEAR On Eve on 70th Birthday Com pany Reports Biggest Year I in Its History EARNINGS .$375,000,000' Net Revenue $42,425,322, An In crease of $8,334,557; 8.09 on Stock Completion of the increased freight' facility program in this city, Including | the big new freight depot and addi- j tional trackage in South Harrisburg, j will likely be accomplished by the end ; of this year, announces the sixty-ninth j annual report of the Pennsylvania t Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com- i pany will be 70 years old on April 13, and on the eve of its anniversary the ; company is enabled to make an annual report to stockholders which shows the largest earnings in its history, i Ureat gains were achieved in gross; and net revenues, the income avail- j able for dividends on the $499,203,700 I of capital stock . being equivalent to , x.49 per cent., as compared with 6.83 per cent, in the previous year. This is an increase of 1.06. Great Revenues The report, which covers operations for the year ended December 31, 1915, [Continued on Page ll.] Maryland Boy Can Boast of Having Ten Grandparents Special to the TetcgrapU Hagerstown, Md., March 1. The stork left at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Reynolds, living in Sandy Hook district, near Harper's Ferry, a bouncing boy baby who can boast of having ten grandparents—six grand mothers. great grandmothers, great great grandmothers, etc.. and four grandfathers, great grandfathers and so on, all of them living, the oldest ; being 85 years and the youngest 44. KfINGS CONFER Hy Associated Press Amsterdam, March 1. lt is an-1 j nounced from Vienna that King Fer- 1 luinand of Bulgaria has arrived in that! I city on a visit to Emperor Francis ! Joseph. — PI Hi IK/lA* Hw/lftiW I S | T OF STRIKE VOTE HELD 1 0., March I.—The result of t! ( ► \ otd brotherhoods on the ques i 1 I >tia ing with the railways of the United States for an J , # eight-hour day will not be made public until March 8. 2* SENATOR BURTON WITHDRAWS ' f 1 Lincoln, Neb., March I.—Former United States Sen- j : & ator Theodore Burton, of Ohio, to-day in a letter to Secre- 1 f j 1 tary of State Pool, asked that his name be withdrawn as a ! A candidate for the nomination for President His request < \ | | will be granted. i i j T GERMANY SENDS ULTIMATUM TO PORTUGAL ,I f London, March I.—Germany has sent an ulti latum t > I i to Portugal demanding the restoration within forty-eight ; . i hours of the German ships recently seized by that count] | | according to a dispatch from Madrid to Reuter's 1 j\ j I Company. J \ INCENDIARY FIRE BURNS $300,000 STATION 1 * Y Montreal, March I.—The Bonadventure station of the , 1 Grand Trunk Railroad was destroyed by a fire believed to I ► ' be incendiary, to-day. The loss is placed at $300,000. f t UNUSUAL COMPENSATION CLAIM ' ; Harrisburg.—The question of whether compensation ■ I for a posthumus child of a man killed in a Pennsylvania | | industrial establishment since the Workmen's Compensation ® 1 Act took effect has been placed before the State Compen •!! , Board by a statement from Wilkes-Barre. It is cor. * * tended by counsel for the widow that compensation shouio j ! p be allowed lor the child from the time of the accident, la. , i < Claim wili probably be reterred to a referee for decision. ' ; < * AIJ IOS IN COLLISI ON ' f backing his large touring J inta rn vunabeut owned by P. Dnscui " ' ! sales manager ot the bord care, at Third and Market * ; late this afternoon, with blight damage. ; , MARRIAGE LICENSES «! l\nrl Karl Steirart mid Mary HI lea be th Wadr, (It). William Alton Ijytcr anil Margaret t nmplx 11, city. I Ql^W^'ll^l1 1 II WHI II Wll II Vt" II AM II'H 14 PAGES CITY EDITION BUSINESS MEN DECRY LICENSING OF LENNOX HOTEL Lack of Necessity and Detri ment of Public GooO Pointed Out MANUFACTURER TESTIFIES John A. Affleck, James W. Barker Protest—County Hearings On Vigorous reasons why, In the opinion | of some of Harrlsburg's well-known j business men. the licensing of the | Hotel Lennox, 442-428 Market street, to sell liquor would not only be unnec essary. but "detrimental to the publi<- | good." were expressed on the witnes.' stand to-day in Dauphin county licens< sessions. The Manufacturers' Protest Ninth ward residents who protestei iin unqualified language against till licensing of another hotel in that wan were such well-known business men j manufacturers and professionally wel I known men as James W. Barker, Joh> ; A. Affleck, Charles D. Boyer and S. (' Boyer, a sales and purchasing ageni ] for Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart's. Ail Harker has been a leader in the com bined campaign of the city rhurchc and the Dauphin and Order anc No-License Leagues against the re licensing of twenty or more of the ot« hotels and the licensing of any mor new ones. Incidentally the efforts of C. 11. Bergner. counsel for Fishman, lo ha\ • the testimony of Messrs. Barker anc' S. C. Boyer stricken from the record because these witnesses admitted thr 1 they are "conscientiously opposed 1 • the liquor trafTle" fell flat. The com promptly overruled the objection. Tlii- Question of Competency "We think." pointed out Mr. Berj ner, "that- the testimony is not com potent because the witnesses are in competent to testify." "We'll consider the testimony," de clared President Judge KunUel, "aiv give it such weight as we think it ri quires. It is entirely competent. Win weight should be given it, however, i another matter." And here is some of the testimon | Mr. Barker offered: "1 do not think that the 'travelin ; public* are all men who want whisk j and beer." he declared in answer t a question as to why he did not thin I the license was a convenience to tfc [Continued oil Pago 10]