Leaders in Congress Determined to Force Prompt Showdown in hrmeti Ship issue
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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FIGHTING ABOUT
VERDUN RAGES !
WITH NO CHANGES
FOR EITHER SIDE
New French Line Holds Firm
Against Renewal of Ger
man Attacks North and
East; Teutons Tenacious
ly Hang on to Advanced
Positions Despite Counter
Charges
SUCCEED IN BRINGING
UP HEAVY FIELD GUNS
Another Halt in Offensive At
tributed to Difficulty in
Moving Big Artillery
Through Moist Clay of
Terrain Region; Claw
hammer Tactics in Evi
dence
The violent German offensive on i
Verdun lias been resumed, tlie fight
ing faking on an extremely desperate
character north of the French strong- i
hold.
The Paris War Office claims that the ;
French repulsed all the German at
facks, except that west of Fort j
Douaumont, the Germans succeeded'
in reaching the village of Douaumont]
Where the struggle Is being contin- ;
ued.
The half In the determined German I
offensive directed at the stronghold J
lias been attributed by many observers
to the difficulties of Terrain interfering]
with the movement of heavy artillery,
by the concentrated fire of which thel
i 'rown Prince's army blasted their way
f lirough the outer defenses. Appar-1
ently the Germans now have been able |
to bring up some at least of their:
larger pieces, for the French War Of- I
flee has reported a considerable in- !
crease in the Intensity of the fire along
the whole front at Verdun, both to the
north and northwest and In the
Woevre region to the east and south-]
past.
Hammer llic Dead Man
The orives from these two sides
now renewed, are held to indicate the
familiar German plan of rolling up
the flanks of a position or using the
clawhammer jaws of the military ma
chine to get at (he kernel of the nut.
Significance may be attached in this
connection to the development of a
heavy bombardment of the French
positions on La .Mort Homme (the
Dead Man). This hill lies a mile and
a half west of the bend in the Meuse
to the northwest of Verdun, from
which it is eight miles distant. No
Infantry attack on this flank posi
tion has yet been reported, however,
the renewal of the assaults taking
place in the Douaumont region, on
the northwest front where the French
last night reported a German repulse.
Expect Argonne Drive
Possible development of some Ger
man movement in the Argonne, still
further to the northwest of the fort
ress, is indicated by the Paris report
that the French have directed a con
centrated lire 011 hostile positions
there. Observers' eyes also are still
on the Champagne region, beyond the
Argonne, where the Germans recent
ly made gains toward the south and
where a serious break in the French
lines would have a material influence
on the situation at Verdun by inter
fering with lines of communication
from the west.
German military writers are laying
stress on the large amount of terri
tory wrested from the French
in the first /week of' the
advance on Verdun, pointing to the
advantage which the reduction of the
defensive front of the fortress gives
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1 THE WEATHER
Fop llarrlMhurK nnil vicinity; Tartly
cloudy to-iilulit; Saturday t'alrj
continued cold; loue«t tempera
ture tn-nijtlit about 15 deKrei>M.
For KuNtvrn IVnunylvanla: Overcast
to-iiltiht, probably auo%v In noutli
caat portion: Saturday fair; con
tinued cold; Mtronu northeaNtcrly
w India.
Hftver
The SuM<|ucliaiina river nnd all If*
frlbutarlcN will fall slowly or re
main nearly ntntloiuiry. The
quantity ot Ice will increase
Momcwliat. A Mtaicc of about 1.0
I'cct In Indicated for llarrlMburtf
Saturday niornlng.
(■encrnl < 'audition*
The dl*t urbnacc that uan central
over the Virginia c«»a«t on Thurs
day inornlnu, has passed off
northeastward, nnd the Tevn* dis
turbance has moved northeast
ward to the t arollaa coast.
Italn limm fallen In the last twenty
lour hours in the Kust Gulf and
South Atlantic States and in Kant
Tennessee, mid there was snow
aloiiK the Middle Atlantic coast.
There haw been a general fall of
- to i! 0 decrees In temperature
cast of the .Mississippi river aud
In the Southwest.
Temperature: H a. in., IS.
Sunt lilacs, lli.'Sft a. m.| seta, Sts9
p. m.
Moons First quarter. March 11, 1 s.*l3
p. m.
lliver Stairet 5.2 feet above Io«v«
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 32.
I.owest temperature. !211.
Mean teat per at lire, HO.
formal temperature, i
NEWPORT THRIVES
I UNDER TWO YEARS
OF "DRY" REGIME
'jOusting of Rum Traffic in
Perry County Town
Boosts Business
|
j BOROUGH COUNCIL ACTS
Editor So Writes James W.
Barker—Dauphin License
Argument Ends
How Newport. Perry county, has
! thrived as a "dry" town during the
' last two years is interestingly told by
I David S. Fry, editor of the Newport j
I News, in a letter to James \V. Barker, ]
1 this city, one of the leaders in the big j
fight of '.he churches, the No-I.lcense 1
I I and the Law and Order Leagues of j
Dauphin county asainst the relicensing
of a score or more of hotels in the city
: and county.
Mr. Barker asked for data relative I
| to the effect of the "dry" ruling 011
11 the civic and commercial conditions of
the growing up-river borough. The |
j Newporl editor's reply is especially j
| illuminating in view of the local battle (
; against the lum interests in 1910 |
: license court.
1! The letter, however, tells its own j
1 story. Here it is:
. 1 Newport, Perry county, is fin
ishing up its second year of no
license regime. The preponderance
| of temperance sentiment increases
as the years follow one after the !
j other. This year the greatest dem-
I onstration ever made against the.
liquor trnfli" in this town was
j made. In addition to approxi
| inately 200 electors signing the
remonstrance and an equal num
ber of women citizens affixing
1! their signatures to the 110-license
. papers, town council for the first
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Two Dead, Three Hurt in
Triple Collision in Yards
of New York Central
\ j Hy Associated Press
Albany. X. V.. March 3. —Two men
| arc known to he dead, a third was
1 probably fatally injured and two
others are believed to have been
killed in a rear-end collision in the
s North Albany yards of the Xew York
> Central railroad this morning. The
, «lead ami injured men were horse cx
. press messengers, as was one of the
. missing men. The fifth is believed to
have been a tramp.
. A heavy east bound freight struck a
L | train loaded with express, which was
, wailing to enter the Albany station.
\ third train also loaded with cx-
I press and westbound, crashed into the
, wreckage (browing debris in all diree
! lions.
Sully, Great Modern
French Tragedian Dies
1 I By Associated Press
' i Paris, March 3. Jean Mounet
i Sully, the celebrated French tragedian
.land dean of the Comedie Francaise is
1 | dead at the age of 75.
. j Jean Mounet-Sully was born at
l: Bergerac, Department of the Dor
. j dogne, Frence, February 27, 1841. He
| studied at the Paris conservatory un-
I j der Bressant and made his first ap
, I pearance at the Odeon, playing in
I j King Lear with Madame Sarah Bern-
I hardt. He served In fhe Franco-Prus
, j sian war of 1870-71 as an oflicer in
,lthe army of the l.oire and acquitted
with great bravery and dis
junction. liv July 1872 he made his de
but at the Comedie Frjincaise as
, I Orestes and immediately became
I famous. Two years later ho was
J made a Societaire of the Theater
, I Francaise and his achievements and
; j his reputation for many years made
B | him an international figure in the
I world of art. He attained eminence
' | also as a writer and a lecturer.
Mounet-Sully came to America in
| 1894 and with Jane Had;ng appeared
-; in repertoire in several cities. The
critics referred to him as the great
est living tragedian.
Protests Innocence of Wife's
Death in Electric Chair
By Associated Press
| Ossining. N. Y., March 3.—Walter
Watson, of Brooklyn, was electrocuted
at* Sing Sing this morning for the
murder of his wife a year ago. Wat
son, who protested his innocence to
the last, left a sealed envelope to be
opened after his death. In it was
found a faded flower and this note:
"This envelope contains a flower
from my dear wife's grave. Please
bury it with me and let it be on my
breast, it is a token of remembrance
of the wife I always loved and may
God rest our souls in peace."
i Watson was separated from his wife
jat the time of the murder which lie
was supposed to have committed
while under the influence of drink.
His son. Thomas, saw his father stab
] his mother with a tableknife and as
-1 slsted in his capture.
FORI) PHONES TOO I.ATE:
MUST RUN FOR PRESIDEXT
Special to the Telegraph
Lansing, Mich., March 3. Henry
: Ford yesterday morning telephoned
Secretary of State Vaughan asking
, him to "please withdraw my name
' from the presidential primary."
Mr. Ford's request was about twen
; ty-four hours late. Proofs of the olll
' cial ballot with his name on for fhe
Republican nomination were read last
nlulit by the chief of the compiling
: division and the buliots went out to-
A duy - . i
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1916,
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LITTLE YANKEES PUTTING THEIR
SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL FOR
MARJORIES BIG BATTLESHIP
V /
2.. /1 / £
'ttCZ'VrZJt, C<L
tZsyyis .
THE FIRST BATTLESHIP LETTER RECEIVED
This is letter night In the Tele-
I graph for Marjorie Sterrett's Battle- :
i ship Fund campaign. Herewith are
printed communications from promi
nent businessmen and others en
dorsing the proposition. Here also
J are letters from enthusiastic little
"Yankees" who are putting their
[shoulders to the wheel and who plan
I to keep the ball rolling until every
body has had a share in making .pos
sible the "America."
Harrisburg, Pa., March 2, 1916.
I To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir:
I have read Marjorie Sterrett's let- 1
ter In the Telegraph, inclosed you will |
EX-SENATOR FOX
! MAKES PLEA FOR
PARTY HARMONY
No Factional Fight in Dauphin
County This Year, Me
Says »■'•
"I am convinced that there will be ;
I 110 factional fight in Dauphin county," \
! said ex-Senator John E. Fox to-day in
' the course of a conversation with I
j newspaper reporters, during which he
: laid emphasis on the necessity of Re
! publicans standing together during the
1 coming campaign for President. It
i was Senator Fox's first public political
! utterance in several years and he made
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>! ARRESTED IX XOR WAY FOR
MURDER IX PENNSYLVANIA
I By Associated Press
Christlania, March 3.—On the ar-
I rival of the steamship Oscar II from
New York the police, upon request of
the American legation, arrested a
Russian passenger, Joflr Holubowski,
accused of murder in Pennsylvania.
Holubowski who was bound for his
) home in Russia, maintains his inno
'jcence, but says he will not resist ex
, j tradition.
. LEWISTOWN IS I
I BACKING WILLIAM
PENN HIGHWAY
5
r'
Project Is Being Boosted by
Livewire Committees in
, This Place
I I .
Special to the Telegraph
| Lewistown, Pa., March I.—With thel
approach of the big meeting of Wil
! liam Penn Highway boosters in Har
risburg. March 27, interest in the pro
• posed 'cross-state boulevard is being
: stimulated in Lewistown and the twin
1 boroughs of Mifllintown and Mifflin.
Delegations from these towns will in
* i nil likelihood be present at the big
I booster meeting to help along the
' j project and urge that Mifllintown and
■ j Lewistown be put on the route of the
) J great Pennsylvania highway. Tills
: I section of the Keystone State can
v rightfully claim a share of the credit
I for helping io give Pennsylvania the
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EARACHE EPIDEMIC HITS TOWN;
CRA WLING GERMS RESPONSIBLE
Nasty- Little Bacteria Just Loves to Climb Into Inner Ear and
Start Something Says I)r. Raunick
Had you the earache yet?
That's asked of you, young fellow.
'! and you, young girl, of the age that
ts young enough to contract the
: measles and old enough to suffer
i from "grip."
If you haven't had a touch of the
• one ache of childhood days that
forces panicky parents to drop sweet
i oil, molasses and puff cigar smoke
into the lobe of your organ of liear
; ing don't get too chesty about it.
Voii'll probably get. it. At that is
J. Al. J. Kauuick's tip. lie's city
find 10 cents for each of the under
signed Yankies fo help swell the fund
for the Battleship America.
Yours truly,
ADA LINE CLUCK,
ROBERT CLUCK.
LORRAINE CLUCK,
WENDELL CLUCK,
DEAN CLUCK.
Paxtang, Pa., Mar. 2, 191 C.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir:
I saw Marjorie Sterrett's letter in
the paper. And I will help all I can.
j My sister Dorothy will give ten cents, j
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'
WILL LAY OUT
OLD RUTHERFORD
FARM IN LOTS
Property Owned by Ruther
ford Estate For 1.10 Years
Is Sold
i It became known to-day that E. M. j
Hersliey, attorney of this city, hasi
'purchased the part of the Rutherford I
I farm north of Derry street, lying be-1
j twecn the city line known as the j
jPoorliouse road and the city Parkway,
directly west of Paxtang. The con-1
| sideration is private.
| The farm contains 83 acres, is a'
i beautiful piece of ground, and will j
be laid out into building lots during]
itlie coming year. It was purchased
j through Robert M. Rutherford, presi- j
j dent of the 'Stcelton Trust company,!
as trustee for the S. S. Rutherford es-j
•jtate. This farm has been owned by |
|the Rutherford estate for 150 years, j
The tract purchased contains a front-I
age in Derry street of about 800 feet!
land contains several houses.
Mr. Ilershey stated the plot will be 1
] developed and sites laid out for per
sons desiring to live in the suburban
I section of the city of Harrisburg.
BIG RAILROAD
IMPROVEMENTS
GET UNDER WAY
Philadelphia Contractor Starts
Work For New Read
ing Trackage
i The arrival this afternoon of a i
I train load of machinery for the James
McGraw Construction Company, of
Philadelphia marks the beginning of
big railroad improvements in Harris-1
burg this year. The McGraw Com
pany has the contract for concrete!
work and grading for an additional
track for the Philadelphia and Read- J
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GERMAN GENERAL DIES
London, March 3. A dispatch j
from Lausanne to the Central News
says that the German general, Von I
Lanckenesee lias died from wounds
received while fighting before Ver-'
dun.
health officer and should know.
Dr. Raunick says Harrisburg is in!
the f?rip of almost an epidemic of ear- !
1 ache. Scores of cases have been re- i
ported; Incidentally there are morel
than 200 cases of measles. It's all
due. he says, from a combination I
after effect of measles and "grip " I
The fjerms of both diseases, It seems j
ujst love to crawl up Into the inner
ear and the subsequent inflammation
causes a tolood pressure on the <»ar
drum and f>ain results. Or something
lilic thut, anyway.
ROBERTS TO BE
OPERATING HEAD |
OF STEEL PLANTS
Former General Superinten
dent Bethlehem Steel Made j
Vice-President
TO BE IN CHABGE HEBE ?j
Only Thirty-six Years Old; Has,
Spectacular Career; Was
Once Office Boy
Bw——i—i
W. F. ROBERTS
j The Iron Age to-day says:
"W. F. Roberts, who has been for
\ several years general superintendent
| of the Bethlehem Steel Company, was I
elected a vice-president last week and
given full charge of the operations of
| all steel plants, including those at i
| Steelton and Sparrows Point of the re
! cently acquired Pennsylvania Steel !
Company.
"Mr. Roberts is 36 years of age and '
j his advance in the operating side of
; the steel industry has been rapid. He |
started at the age of 12 as an office j
■ boy for the late Eckley B. Coxe of
Coxe Bros. & Co., in the anthracite
region. lie worked for six years in
the office and technical library and
| attended the evening school of the
! Mining and Mechanical Institute'
which was fostered by Mr. Coxe.
"Thus he prepared himself for Be- |
1 high University. At Lehigh he was a i
member of the honorary technical fra- i
i ternity, Tau Beta Phi. and was also '
; elected to Phi Beta Kay pa. Gradu- I
! a ting in June, 1902. from the meehan
| ical engineering school of the unlvcr
j sitv. bo was employed by the Bethle- !
j hem Steel Company as assistant in j
. the steam department and in the same j
year was given charge of that depart- j
I ment.
"After five years in the steam, me- !
ehanical and construction depart- I
ments, he was appointed master me- I
! chanic in 1 907 with charge of ail con- !
Istruction work, lie was made assist-I
ant general superintendent in 1908 and I
in 1912 became superintendent of the j
1 Lehigh plant, later becoming gen- !
j eral superintendent. He was elected!
| a director of the Bethlehem Steei
Company in 1914 and on February 19, i
! 1916, became, a viee-presidfent.
German Raider or Prize
Reported to Be Awaiting
Chance For Newport Dash
By Associated Press
New York, March 3. A report
I that a German commerce raider or j
I prize was lurking off Cape Henry, Va.,
awaiting a favorable chance to make
!a dash for Newport News or Norfolk i
was brought here to-day by Captain
Munkewitz of the Bull Insular Liner
I Grayson.
j Captain Munkcwitz said that, early
yesterday the second officer reported a
j mysterious light to the east which ho I
could not make out. The light was'
i moving eastward and Captain Munke
j witz altered the course of his shit) 1
: when a second light appeared close to
the port side and apparently moving i
i westward. Both lights disappeared!
I as suddenly as they had appeared.
! On January 23 Captain Munkewitz \
I said, when he was practically In the
same position, several white lights'
j were observed to the east. Thege light!
j merely flashed into view and then
! vanished and were succeeded by a 1
i green light from a vessel which cross- i
od the bows of the Grayson, exchang- I
ing signals with the shore east in the
; Morse code. It was a few days after!
jthis that the Appam took refugo in!
Hampton Iloads.
j Captain Munkewitz said heavy
weather and clouds prevailed off the
i Virginia coast and that he was satis-:
tied the vessels whose lights he had)
seen were trying to keep their move-|
ments secret. He felt sure that the
j lights did not belong to British crus
ers as these patrol ships make no se
cret of their movements.
Viking With Crew of 70
Is Blown Up by Mine
New York. March Tlio British
destroyer Viking was lilown up l>y a
mine on or about January 21» and'all
of licr officers and crew, numbering
alHiut 70 were lost, according (o worll j
which reached here to-day in a letter
to relatives of the commander, Thomas
Christopher Williams. No previous
intimation that llic Viking' had been
! destroyed has come from the. war
] zone.
The Viking belonged to the F class!
!of destroyers. She was built in 1909
! and was of 1,000 tons. She had arma- j
ment of two 4-lnch guns and two IS-I
i inch torpedo tubes and was formerly I
known as an "ocean-going destroyer."
$107,000,000 IN GOLD
Denver. Colo., March 3. A total
'of $407,000,000 gold and $60,000,000;
silver Is on deposit in the United;
States Mint here according to figures
i issuer! to-day by Thomas Amear, sup-!
[ eriutendeut. I
SENATE SQUA
GORE RESOLUTION
WITH HEAVY VOTE
Administration Forces Table Measure Designed to Warn
Americans Off Armed Ships by 68 to 14 Count;
Finally Quell Agitation Which Has Embarrassed the
President in Diplomatic Negotiations With Germany
Victory in Upper Body Transfers Fight to the House
Where Favorable Action Is Expected Tomorrow;
Gore Votes Against Bill; Talk of "Gag" Comes Up;
Report of Favoring War Denied
Washington, March 3.—liy a vote of 68 to 14, a greater majority
than they expected, administration forces in the Senate to-day
tabled Senator Gore's resolution to warn Americans off the armed
ships of the European belligerents and thereby finally quelled in
the Senate an agitation which has embarrassed President Wilson in
the submarine negotiations with Germany.
Senator Gore's resolution, a substi- 11
tutc by Sentor McCuinber, a Repub- I'
lican, and an attempt by Senator Gore j
to strengthen his original proposal all ! ■
were defeated at one time on a roll | i
call on a motion by Senator James, j
one of the administration whips, to |
table them. The administration vie- !
tory in the Senate transferred the light j 1
to the House.
Gore Votes Against It
Senator Gore, himself, voted to table j
his resolution. Senators Chamberlain j
and O'Gorman were the only Demo
crats to vote against the adminUtra- j ]
tion. The other twelve antiadminis
t rati on votes were all Republican, j
Forty-four Democrats and 22 Re
publicans voted to table the resolu- j
tion.
.During the roll call. Senator Smoot, |
Republican, asked to be excused from :
voting because he was not able to vote
direct on the proposition. Senator
Borah, Republican, objected, but the j
Senate voted to excuse him.
When Senator Stone's name was j
called he arose to explain that Sena- j
tor Saulsbury, Democrat, was absent
on account of illness. He said that !
if present. Senator Saiitsbury would i
have voted on the original resolution, j
"T demand the regular order," de- j
manded Senator Borah.
In the confusion Senator Borah mis
COPS DIDN'T SEE MOVIES
Harrisburg.—Twenty-five city patrolmen on night duty
this month went to the Technical High School auditorium
this afternoon to see the "safety first," motion pictures be
ing shown by the State Department of Labor and Industry,
and found that there was no special exhibition as it was
given on Tuesday Mixup in the date was responsible.
THIRTY MORE MEASLES CASES
Harrisburg.—Thirty more cases o£ measles were report
ed to the City Health Department to-day, making a total of
250 since the outbreak of the epidemic.
London, March 3. The German steamer Delta, from
Apenrade, Prussia, is believed to have struck a German
mine held south of the Sound and foundered. Wreckage
from the Delta has washed ashore.
Berlin, March 3, via Lindon.—The official statement
relates that German airmen dropped bombs in the vicinity
of the main Verdon fort and that to the east of Douai, Lieu
\
tenant Immelman shot down a British biplane, the ninth
aeroplane accounted for by him.
SHIP WITH AMERICANS WILL ARM
New York, March 3.—The White Star liner Canopic,
which sailed to-day for Italian ports with three Americans
in her first cabin, will take on armament- when she arrives
at Gibraltar, it was announced by the White Star Line to
day. The armament will be removed when the ship again
arrives at Gibraltar on her return trip, it was stated.
CLAIM ADVANCE AT DOUAUMONT
Berlin, March 3, via London.—German troops cleared
the village of Douaumont and pushed their lines to the west
and to the south of the village and of the armored fort yes
terday, according to the official announcement. The state
ment adds that more than 1,000 prisoners were taken and
also that a number of heavy guns were captured.
SHEA TO SUCCEED FLETCHER
Washington, March 3.—Joseph H. Shea, of Seymour,
Indiana was nominated to-day by President Wilson as am
bassador to Chile, succeeding Henry P. Fletcher, appointed
ambassador to Mexico.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Hcrberl Odd] Smith and Ida Wllliclnilni* ltlchurda, Penhrook,
.hi 111 cm Kilnnrd Mark* nnd Kdythe Janle liulp. city,
I*. Aurclliiie Toivcr, city, nnd Kdlth lllu»t v Cumberland county*
22 PAGES CITY EDITION
understood Senator Stone when ho
added "very well, on this resolution."
Stone Voles Aye
"If this Senate is groins to be gagg«»d
the Senator from Missouri will be
gagged with the rest of us," Senator
Horah shouted.
When order was restored Senator
Stone explained that "on this resolu
tion I vote aye."
There was some uncertainty among
Senators as to the status of the
various resolutions when the roll
| call had begun. •
It. was explained then that Senator
James had moved to lay not only the
! Gore warning resolution but also his
so-called corrected resolution on the
I table. It was necessary then tor
I Senators to express themselves as to
( warning and on the question of the
killing of an American on an un
warned merchantman as a catise for
war. in one vote.
For that reason Senator Gore voted
, to table because he did not favor his
I own substitute and had introduced it
, merely to get an expression of the
i Senate on that issue.
Wilson Satisfied
It was said at the White House that
the result in the Senate was satis
factory -md met the wishes of Presi
i dent Wilson. It was added that atten.
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