President Insists That Armed Ship Agitation Be Disposed of Soon For Ail Time HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH T YVY \r \ IT BY CARRIER « CEXTS A WEEK. LAAA V AO. 4/ SIXGI.E COPIES J CENTS. GERMANS BREAK LONG LULL WITH OFFENSIVE IN WOEVRE Violent Bombardments Pre cedes New Assault Which Lends Color to Prevailing Opinion That Drive on Verdun Had Merely Halt ed; Paris Reports Driving Teutons Out of Few Posi tions They Penetrated COUNTRY OF MOIST CLAY AND HEIGHTS Commentators Point Out That Heavy Soil Makes Movement of German Ar tillery Almost Impossible While Troops Have to De ploy on Open Ground Un der Fire of French Guns From Heights After a lull in Infantry operations in the vicinity of Verdun since the early part of the week there has been a re sumption of tlie German offensive In (he Woevre region. A violent bom bardment was followed by a spirited attack on the French at Fresnes, ten miles southeast of Verdun. Paris re ports the driving out of the Germans irom the fow positions which they suc ceeded in penetrating in their assault. The offensive was reopened on the plain of the Woevre. east of Verdun, where the Germans have worked at several points to the base of the heights of (he Meuse, pausing before the strong French position that crown the ridge to the west of the plain. In an apparent attempt to break the French line near the southern end of the 12-mile front along which their recent advance in this region was pressed, the Germans made a drive on the French at Femes, ten miles southwest of Verdun and succeeded in pentrating the French positions at some points. Paris, however, de clares that they wore promptly ejected in a counterattack. The French themselves took the offensive at Douaumont. four miles northeast of Verdun, the outlying fort captured last week by the Crown Prince's Brandenburg troops and since reported to be held by several hundred Germans cut off through a subsequent French advance. Herlin announces that the attacks were fruit less. only resulting in useless sacri fices of French troops. The Herlin statement does not mention the Fresnes operation, the Verdun situa tion being otherwise covered in the general statement that conditions along the Franco-Belgium front re main unchanged. May Spread Wont West of the Mouse river, the Ger mans are showing signs of renewed activity, violently bombarding French positions between Malancourt. ten miles northwest of Verdun and Forges H'/ii miles east of Malancourt, indicat ing a possible spread of tiie line of the Verdun attack to the west. Outside of Verdun district the only important happening recorded iii either of the official statements was a German attack in the Lorraln district, west of Bezange, ten miles north of l.uneville. which Paris declares was a complete failure despite prolonged artillery preparation. British Artillery Active There is possible significance in the German announcement of intense activity by the British artillery in the Vser district of Belgium where mili tary observers have forecast a possible diversion by the British in aid of the French further down the line. The new attack gives ''olor to what seems lo be, the prevailing military opinion in Paris that the German offensive at Verdun liad merely halted. It also calls particular attention to the Woevre region, where the Teutons [Continued on Page 6.] i THE WEATHER For Harrlsbnrg nnil vicinity: Part ly cloudy to-night anil Friday: slightly colder to-ulght. nlth lowest temperature about de ls re CH. For Fastern Pennxj Ivmiln: Snow thin afternoon; partly overcaat to-night and Friday) oomewhat colder to-nlgliti Credit east to north winds. Hirer The main 1 river nlll rise slowly thla afternoon and begin to fail to-nlKlit. It* trlliularleN will fall slowly or remain nearly stnllon nry. ,\ alaKc of altout 5.0 tect la Indicated for Harrlsburg Friday morning. tieneral Condition* Three disturbance*! of moderate 1 strength nppcur on tile rnup this mnrnlnic. one. central oirr Vir ginia. another over Southern Texas and a third on the North I'aclflc coast. ,\n area of hitch pressure with temperatures from ».ero to -4 degrees below, covers the Missouri and I pper Mississip pi valley a. A general rise of it to 20 degrees In temperature haa occurred over the eastern half of the country, being most decided In the Kaat tiulf States. Temperature: 9 a. m.. 30. Sunt niaes, 8:30 a. m.; sets, 3.58 p. m. Moon: New moon, to-morrow, at 3tlo p. m. Itlver Stage: 5.2 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's \\ eather Highest temperature. 10. I.owesl temperature. Jtf. Mean temperature, 33. formal tunaeratiua. X French Commander Holding Germans at Verdun v J GENERAL, HUMBERT The you nicest .French general commanding an army in the field—General Humbert—is having the chance at Verdun of gambling for the highest stakes of military rpiiovrn! an opportunity to l>e envied by all his follow commander.!. He was appointed tt> take charge of the forces in the Argonne. early last Fall, succeeding General- Sarrail. who had come into conflict with General Joffre and General MUlerand, then secretary of war. General Sarrail was sent to Salonici and Humbert was chosen to oppose the attacks which the German crown prince has beeit making against the fortress at Verdun at intervals for a year and a half. General Humbert was only a major when the war began, and his rapid promotion has been due to his ability to carry out the plans of General Joffre, who is now at Verdun directing the defense. STATE PURCHASES 2 BIG SLICES IN EXTENSION ZONE Buy National Hotel and State Street Market From Mrs. Shellenberger The National Hotel and State street market, the largest of the properties in the Capitol Park Extension zone unpurchased l>y the Stale of Pennsyl vania, was bought to-day from Mrs. Annie Shellenberger, the owner, for $67,000. This property has been in . negotia tion for some time and this morning the papers were signed And the State will assume control without delay. It contains 200 feet on North Fourth street and 100 fee': on State street, comprising a block bounded by those streets. South street and a smaller thoroughfare. The National hotel, which has been a hotel property for many years, occupied the corner of State and Fourth streets and the raar kethouse. a brick building and the sheds occupy the rest of the "property. The markethousc was built in 1872 and was long the only afternoon and evening market in the city. Acquisition of this property leaves a comparatively small number of tracts in the Park Extension zone to be bought by the State. Congressman Kreider to Run For Third Term Special to the Telegraph Annville, Pa.. March 2.—Congress man A. S. Kreider has lifted nomina tion papers as candidate to succeed himself for a third term as represen tative of the Eighteenth Congression al district. Air. Kreider has given this district an able representation at Washington, and it is expected tliat'he will be unopposed for a third term. Me lias been a strong advocate of the tariff and has secured n. keen grasp of afTairs during his four-years' tenure of office. As president of the National Boot and Shoe Association, which of fice he has held for the past two years, he has been in a position to se cure the views of many men in al lied industries and came In contact with manufacturers of various com modities. lie will be a candidate on the Republican ticket. FOUND 1)K.\I) IN SHANTY Harry Woods, aged 35, who works for a number of farmers in London derry township, was found dead this morning by Simon Bpler, in n small shanty near the Epler farm. Coroner Jacob Eckinger, after an investigation, said that death was due to heart fail ure. ( HARRISBURG, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1916 John Fox Weiss, formerly district attorney and Republican county chair man, definitely announced this morn ing that he will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination for State senator at the May primaries. It had been persistently rumored that he would get into the race, but he put an end to the reports when he cave the following statement to the Telegraph: "During the last six months I have been requested by many representative Dauphin < ountlans to become a candi date tor the Republican nomination for State senator, and have learned from each what, to him. is undoubt edly a valid reason why I should seek this nomination. "To all of these requests and reasons I have given my most careful consid eration, p.nd, while I deeply appreciate the many proffers of loyal support which have been given, I cannot see my way clear to be a candidate." This practically leaves the field open for an unopposed renomination for Senator K. IC. Beldleman. Senator BATTLESHIP FUND MEETS APPROVAL OF YOUNGSTERS Tide of Actual Contributions Has Begun to Rise by Leaps and Bounds Mar Jor ie Sterrett's letter to the New York Tribune, printed on the first j page of this paper last evening, has j already had its effect and the fund which Harrisburg and vicinity will! contribute has been started. It is growing. Read this: Harrisburg, Pa., March 1, 1916. j To the Editor of the Telegraph: Dear Sir:— I have read Marjorie Sterrett's let- I ter and will try to do all 1 can to help ! her build a battleship for our Beauti ful America. I will try to get all my schoolmates to help us to make it a! success. You will find 20 cents en-j closed in my letter towards it, 101 cents from my brother, Hilbert, aged i 7 years, and 10 cents for myself. I' am 11 years old. Yours truly, ARTHUR BARD. Scarcely had the ink dried on the; front page of the Telegraph's first: edition yesterday when the ball was started rolling for Marjorie's battle-1 [Continued on Page «.] Strikers at Auto War Order Plant Joined by Workers on Aeroplanes By Associated Press Buffalo, N. Y., March 2. Five hundred machinists of the Pierce Ar- j row Automobile Company went out on | strike to-day in response to the strike' vote taken at a mass meeting of the machinists' union. More than 1500 j machinists remained at work. Only I a small proportion of these men be long to the union and it was con-1 sidered unlikely today that any con siderable number would join the strikers. The plant has large war orders for motor trucks. Two hundred of 900 employed at' the Curtiss Aeroplane Company join-! Ed the strikers. Several other small, concerns were forced, to close when' their machinists walked out. Union J officials would not state how many men had answered the strike call hut! predicted that 10,000 would be af-' fec-ted by Saturday. They demand an eight-hour day, j time and a half for overtime, no! Sunday work and a Wage scale with a minimum of forty cents an hour. Members of the State Industrial (Com mission and State Board of Media tion and Arbitration are here in an i effort to adjust the difficulty. 1 $300,000 MORTON TRUCK ORDER ON WAY TO RUSSIA Shipping by Way of Seattle Because of Blockade on New York Lines HELD WEEK IN YARDS Finally Despairing of Ship ment, Train Is Rushed by j Route 5,000 Miles Further The effect of the freight blockade at the New York terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was shown last night, when a train of 01 cars, ; each car loaded with a Morton trac- \ tor, passed through Harrisburg en route to Seattle, Wash., from where they will be shipped to Russia. Two weeks ago this shipment left I Philadelphia for New York, and was tied up in the yards of the metropolis ever since. The tractors are part of a war order held by the Morton Truck and Trac tor Company of Harrisburg. and were built at the Baldwin Locomotive plant, Philadelphia, on a subcontract. The total value of the shipment is! SBOO,OOO. Recently the local firm re ceived notice to make the shipments as rapidly as possible, and in view of the fact that railroad officials are un able to say how soon the present blockade in the East will be lifted, the Harrisburg Company believes considerable time will be saved, by the shipping west notwithstanding that the route to Russia by Seattle is 5,000 miles further. Assurance Is given that there will be a boat ready at Seattle to take the shipment. The Pennsylvania Railroad Is handling this special train as pref erence freight with instructions to permit no delays at division term inals. The train reached the Enola yards last night at 6 o'clock and one hour later was enroute West. Each truck is in a large box which takes up all the room on a gondola, 60 feet j long. The special train was due at Pittsburgh this afternoon. i JOHN FOX WEISS IS NO CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE Gives Out Statement Saying He Is Not in the Race For State Senatorship Beidleman's petitions have been in clr [ culatlon for some time and already contain the names cf more than 16,500 ! voters in the city and county. :D. P. & S. Store Now Controls Extensive Property Frontage I The Dives. Pomeroy and Stewart Department store plans to construct j its own light and heat plant, according | to the announcement of William H. j Bennethum, Sr., manager of the store, but just when the work will be started is not known. The work of transforming the recently acquired I'rasch property in Walnut street into storage rooms will be started in a short time, the rear of the building j to be used as a garage. The D. P. and I S. firm also owns the property at 321 ; Walnut street, occupied by Uttlev, the 1 florist. This gives the department I store control fo street frontage in Market, Fourth ami Walnut streets, beside the side streets in the rear and | on the sides, with property running the full square from Market to Wal nut streets. Mercer Eleventh County in This State to Go Dry i Sharon, Pa., March 2 —The eleventh ; county in Pennsylvania became dry ! when Judge J. A. McLaughrey, of ; Mercer county, refused all liquor 11- j censes, 45 in number, including 26 retail and 19 wholesale placed, located j in Sharon, Farrell, Wheatland, Sharps- I vtlle and Greenville. The court hand !ed down a lengthy opinion, citing j from a number of learned Jurists, to gether with his own decision, which I in brief is as follows: "That It would be a detriment to ' the public welfare to grant these li. ' censes, their necessity not being I proved." The drys are jubilant over the vic tory. as it comes after five years' un remitting effort. LOSES HAND: LIFE MENACED Special to the Telegraph Reading, Pa., March 2.—Franklin j j Kline, a blacksmith, wtio made a can-1 lion out of a piece of pipe, had his l hand almost blown off when ho dis- ! charged the piece at his home near Mohnton. The wound is infected and Kline is In a hospital, with part of jthe hand amputated and facing a] caae of bloodpoieouing, j RAIDER MOEWE REPORTED TAKEN IN SEA FIGHT Steamer Intercepts Wireless That British Cruisers Cap ture German Boat MAY BE ROON, TOO Exact Identity Questioned; Many Ships Sunk by Germans By Associated Press Buenos Aires, March 2.—Press dis patches from Montevideo say that a J steamer arriving from Europe inter ! cepted near the coast of Brazil a wire | less message stating that British crui j sers had captured the German auxil -1! iary cruiser Moewe. The Moewe, it is said, was taken by ; the British cruisers to the island of j Trinidad. The American steamer Santa Bar- I bara has arrived at Montevideo; her I captain making the announcement I that a French cruiser which put out i j from Dakar, on the west coast of Af i rica. encountered a German raider, ; | name not given, and opened fire on her. Under cover of darkness the | German ship got away. She was. how | ever, damaged on her upper works by j the French tire. II There is some doubt, however, as to | the identity of the German vessel re | ported to have been captured. An | other version of the account is that i j the vessel in question is the German ; cruiser Roon. i The Moewe first came Into promi nence with the arrival at Hampton j Roads several weeks ago of the Brit ! lsh steamship Appam, in charge of a , 1 German prize crew. She brought word lof a mysterious German commerce raider, the Moewe which was roam ing the seas and had captured and I sunk seven British merchantmen and i [Continued on Page 12.] VANDALS DESTROY AND ROB PERDIX SUMMER HOMES Steal Clothing and Supplies; Smash Catsup Bottles and Smear Furnishing* Thieves either late yesterday or Tuesday night robbed the summer homes of a number of people In this city in a raid in Perdlx. The; city police have received com plaints from Alderman John Nicholas and Edward C. Keller, each of whom place their IOMS at more than SSO. It Is believed that two "bums" made the raids and at least, five places have been entered, according to the police. At each home windows were broken, bot tles of catsup smashed and the con tents smeared over furniture, carpets and the walls, fixtures torn down and the whole house turned topsy-turvy. Clothing', hunting and fishing sup plies, underwear and sweaters and other things were taken at the home j of Alderman Nicholas. The thieves then I went to the Keller residence and cooked a meal there, then exchanging some of the rlothes they had taken from the Nicholas cottage for others which they found in the Keller home. Other people living in the vicinity made the discovery tirst and soon after Alderman Nicholas and Mr. Keller learned of it. The police are investi gating end believe that two hoboes seen in the vicinity are responsible. The value of the goods stolen will reach several hundred dollars. OUTLINE OF ENGLAND'S REPLY TO NOTE ARRIVES By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March 2.—Sec retary Lansing said to-day that Am j bassador Page at London had cabled an outline of Great Britain's reply to the American protest against interfer ences with mails, which is coming by post, but h'e declined to say what the outline indicated. Nothing would be <lone, he said, until the note itself had been received. MARITAL MISFITS UN BERKS By Associated Press Reading, Pa., March 2.—Thirty per cent, of the marriages in Berks coun ty are failures, according to reports filed at the court house. The propor tion of divorces to marriages is un usually high. Forty-three divorce cases were heard in February, and | 122 marriage licenses were issued. Leap year brought an Increase in February licenses of 10. SWEDEN TO STAY NEUTRAL By Associated Press Stockholm, March 2. Sweden Is 1 just as determined as she was 18 months ago not to Interfere in the j war, as long as she can maintain her i national honor and dignity," said ; Eric Trolls, formerly Swedish secre tary of foreign affairs and later min ister to Germany, discussing the country's policy. AVALANCHES KILL TWENTY By Associated Press London, March 2. —A dispatch to the Central News from Amsterdam says that twenty persons have been killed and many Injured by avalanch es in the Southern Tyrol. 220 HOSPITAL TRAINS FROM VERDUN ARRIVE By Associated Press Amsterdam. March 2. Two hun dred and twenty lioHpital trains with men wounded in the Verdun battles, have arrived at Aix-La-Chuppeilu uc- i cording to the Echo Bglft, 4 16 PAGES CITY EDITION CALL WINE ROOM SLEUTH IMPORTED SPY AND HIRELING Counsel For Liquor License Applicants Attack Investi gators in Court DECRY METHODS . USED Judges Hear Argument on Legal Phase of Requests For Privilege "Perjuror!" "Conspirator!" "Imported spy!" "Paid hireling;!" These are the pick of the epithets counsel for some of the liquor license applicants hurled this morning at the investigators in the campaign that had been waged by the combined ac tion of the city churches and the Dau phin county Law and Order and No- License Leagues when President Judge Kunkel and Additional Law Judge MeCarrell heard argument on the remonstrances. The hearings were resumed this af ternoon and it is expected that by evening or early to-morrow morning the longest session of 1916 license court in many years will be finally concluded. (iuyei' Is "Mistered" E. 11. Dodge, the Indiana newspaper man appeared to be selected especial ly for the attacks although John P. Guyer, field secretary of the Law and [Continued on Paßo 5.] Missing Princeton Student Joined U. S. Army in This City By Associated Press Princeton, X. J., March 2.—William West, the Princeton senior who dis appeared last week bus been found at Fort Slocum, New Roehelle, N. Y. Letters to President Hibben and bis brother received to-day stated that he had enlisted in the army at Har risburg. Pa., and was in training for the toast artillery. No satisfactory explanation has been offered for West's sudden desertion of his uni versity. Two clubmates left town to day to interview him. GENERAL ARGUMEDO IS SHOT El Paso, Tex., March 2.—General Benjamin Arj.umedo, leader of the opposition to the de facto government In Dur ango and the La Cuna districts, was executed after <_ourt martial at Durango City, yesterday. AGED PAIR BURN TO DEATH New Bloomfield, Pa., March 2.—Mr. and Mrs. David Stambaugh, aged 65 and 60, were burned to death early to day when fire totally destroyed their home at Elliottsburg, five miles west of this place. DISCUSS COLUMBUS MINT JULEPS Harrisburg.—During argument this afternoon in license court on the Columbus Hotel remonstrance, D. S. Seitz, attorney for Maurice Russ, the applicant, and President Judge Kunkel switched the discussion as to when a mint julep could be had. Mr. Seitz questioned whether mint juleps such as were alleged to have been bought in the Columbus could be had now. "Have you ever ' aske. 1 !?" inquired Judge Kunkel. Argument on the Lynch Hotel fal lowed the Columbus hearing. PROMINENT FRENCHMAN MISSING Paris, March 2.—No news has been received of Lieu tenant Colonel Driant, a son-in-law of the late Genera! Boulanger and deputy for Nancy, since the beginning of the Verdun battle in which he commanded two battalions of light infantry. DEFEAT FRENCH COUNTER ATTACK Berlin, March 2, via London.—The official German statement of to-day says the French sacrificed men unsuc cessfully in a counter attack on Fort Douaumont, one of the outlying defenses of Verdun, which was captured by the Germans. WILL CONSIDER FREIGHT CONGESTION Washington, March 2.—Freight congestion in Eastern terminals will be taken up by the Interstate Commerce Commission with representatives of all interests concerned at a public hearing here, March 6 and 7. MARRIAGE UCENSES ICnrl Itnymom! Itliofiri* and Anna iMmnv StucK.* >Iurj MVIIIC. HarncMt Diiuicl It miner niul G corirliir Pinker lvl|t*cllil«\ ril.i. AiiNtin Nlilni|» uitd Dorothy llclln Hurt/., vllj. WILL PUT ARMED PROBLEM BEFORE REPUBLICANS IN SUPPORT EFFORT President Summons Leader Mann For Conference in Attempt to Get Backing For Confidence Vote on Warning Resolution GORE CHARGES WILSON WITH FAVORING WAR Repeats Report That Presi dent Said War Between U. S. and Germany Migh Advance Civilization b? Bringing European Con flict to End By . Usociated Press Washington, March 2. Presides: Wilson and Hepulillcan trader Mann of the Mouse will discuss the attitud' of Republicans on the armed ship is sue at o o'clock this afternoon at til' President's request. The Preslden intends to place the issue squarely bi fore the Republicans in an effort t Bain their support. The conference aroused much dis cussion over whether the administm tion forces had lost some ground i the House which they hoped to ovei come with Republican votes » whether the President, eonsiderin the question entirely a non-partisn one, wanted to inform the leaders c all sides. The latter view was pn dominant. Rumors of War The armed ship issue sudden!. [Continued on Paste 12.] WOMAN lIOT.DK VP BANK Special to the Telegraph Muskogee, Okla., March 2.—Possi seanhinK for the woman who, with male companion, robbed a bank i Millerton, Oklahoma, yesterday wei , unable to find any trace of them t< day. The woman covered the cashii I with a revolver, swept SSOO in bil* into a bag and then she and her com panion escaped to the mountains.
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