President Insists That Armed Ship Agitation Be Disposed of Soon For Ail Time
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!.
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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.