mm «. ** prr?™ m m, Note Warns Thai Unless U-Boat Attacks HARRISBURG ifSllffe TELEGRAPH T vvv\r OQ BY CABHIBR « CBNVS A WEfK. LXXX V i\o. OO KIXGI.K COI'IES 3 CENTS. DIPLOMA TIC RELA TIONS WITH GERMANY TO BE SEVERED BY U. S. UNLESS ILLEGAL U-BOA T A TTACKS CEASE IS UL TIMA TUM Last Word Contains Plain Statement That We Could Not Remain on Friendly Terms With Germany if Amer~ icanLivesContinued toße Placed in Jeopardy by Sub- marines; Demand to Stop Is Unequivocal; Break May Be Avoided if Submarine Warfare Is Conducted in Accordance With Accepted Rules of International Law FULL FACTS LEADING UP TO PRESENT SITUATION ARE GIVEN TO CONGRESS Demand Is Made on Kaiser to Reply Immediately; Wil son Informs Nation s Lawmakers of the Accumula tion of Facts Proving That Germany's Assurances to U. S. Are Being Violated; That the Underwater Cam paign, Despite Protests, Is Being Conducted With Renewed Vigor in Contravention of All the Laws of Nation and Humanity; War Practically Certain to Follow Breaking of Relations \\ ashington, April 10.—President Wilson told Congress, assembled in joint session shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon, he has given Germany irrevocable notification that the United States will break off diplomatic relations if her illegal submarine campaign is continued. A note, Americ: 's last word, practically an ultimatum and de manding an immediate reply, presumably was in the Berlin Foreign Office as the President was speaking. It was dispatched last night in accordance with the President's plan to have r* before the German government at the same moment he was addressing the American Congress. I he President asked no action whatever, of Congress, lie simply informed it of the accumulation of facts proving that Germany's assurances to the United States arc being violated; that the subma rine campaign, despite the earnest protests of the United States, is being conducted with renewed vigor in contravention of all the laws of nations and humanity and that lie means to sever relations un less it is brought within the law. Diplomatic history of the world shows that such a course is almost certain to be followed by war. The President's note and his address to Congress arc final. Thev mark the end of diplomatic exchanges. A continuance of the long standing friendly relations, the President made clear depends alone upon Germany's conduct. President Speaks The President said: Gentlemen of the Congress: A sit uation lias arisen in the foreign rela tions of the country of which it is my plain duty to inform you very frankly. It will be recalled that in February, 1915, the imperial German government announced its intention to treat tlie waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland as embraced within the seat of war and to destroy all merchant ships owned by its enemies that might be found within any part, of that portion of the high seas, and that it warned all vessels, of neutral as well as of bil ligerent ownership, to keep out of the waters it had thus prescribed or else enter them at their peril. The govern ment of the United States earnestly protested. Based on Law of -Nations It took the position that such a policy could not be pursued without the practical certainty of gross and palpable violations of the law of na tions, particularly if submarine craft were to be employed as its instru ments, inasmuch as the rules pre scribed by that law, rules founded upon principles of humanity and es- THE WEATHER l or Ifnrrifthiiric and vicinity: Part ly cloudy i«-nißh( and Tburaday; warmer Thursday; lowewt tem perature to-alK»it ibout 15 de cree*. l-'or Kantern I'ennitylvania: I'artly <*loiiily In Houthcrn ami probably Mhntvem In northern portion to night and Tburadny, with rl*l»K temperature; moderate, varftihlc VI lads. River Tlie *»ii««|uchiiiiiiii river aad proh ajily all It* tributaries will con tinue to fall. A Mtnicc of ahoul 7.!t feet I* Indicated for IlarriM- I burs: Thursday morning. Cieneral Condition* The \rw lOnuland dinturhance I* central oft* the Maine coa*t. mov ing slowly iiorthen*tward. It ha* <*aiiNed rain In New lOngland and atroiiK went wind* In the Atlan tle State* from \orth ( arollna northward In the la*t twenty four hour*. The temperature ha* fallen - to 12 degree* over all the territory went of the Kocky Mountain* and in the Canadian provinces of Sas katchewan. Temperaturet S a. in., 4S. Sun: itlse*. rc'JO a. m.; net*. <»:1S p. ni. Moon: Itine*, S:BS ii m. River Stage: 8.2 feet above low water mark. Yesterday** Weather Highest temperature, 110. VjOwckl temperature, 47. Mean temperature, ."it. rVormal temperature, 52. EASTER MUSIC T» limurc publication of Kaxtrr musical program* on the Nnturiln.v churcli pnxr, rhorialrrH of Ibr city churchc* mailt nru«l copy to the Idcßrnnh Kill to rin I «ricm not later thnn Thurmln.v afternoon. fit 2 o'clock. I'roicrliDiN rmlvrd after thai hour *■» 111 not lie puhllnhrd. The reKiilnr meekly church notice* will lie accepted up until Friday after- I noon, at 2 o'clock. tablishcd for the protection of the lives of noncombatants at sea, could (not in the nature of the case be ob served by such vessels. It based its 1 protest on the ground that persons of neutral nationality anil vessels of neu i tral ownership would be exposed to j extreme and intolerable risks, and that ' j no right to close any part of the high seas against the use or to expose them | to such risks should lawfully be as ' i by any 'belligerent government. 1 J The law of nations in these matters, j upon which the government of the [ I nited States based its protest, is not lof recent origin or fcunded upon ■: merely arbitrary principles set up bv convention. It is based, on the con i trary, upon manifest and imperative iiprinciples of humanity and has long : been established with the approval and [Continued on Page 6.] Paxtang School Board Will Fix Planting Date at Meeting This Evening special to the Telegraph Paxtang, Pa., April 19. —A special meeting of the Paxtang Borough I .School Board will be held this eve : ning at }( o clock to make some ar ; range,,, ents f„r a Spring planting day and also to set a date. The plan is to Have the children of the borough schools do the planting under the , direction ol representatives of the .Mate Department of Agriculture and the l orestry Commission of Pennsyi | vania. Pledges received already have imadc the planting dav possible At the present time sufficient shrubberv I has been offered by the Berryhiil Nursery and private subscribers to make the corners of the building take on a picturesque appearance. J F I R ' ,orp i' Sor| . '"eal estate dealers, have offered a number of trees which will be planted on the grounds. Residents of the town and patrons of the schools are invited to attend , the meeting this evening. Typhus Germs Found in Blood of Mrs. Warren Waite By Associates Press Grand Rapids, Mich., April 19 ! According to announcement made here last night, typhus germs have been found in the blood of Mrs. Arthur Warren Waite. wife of the dentist i awaiting trial in New York for the murder of his father-in-law, John E. I Peck, of Grand Rapids. The blood, test, it was stated, was made at Ann Arbor, and as a result of the alleged i finding of the bacilli, Mrs. Waite has gone to a sanitorium for treatment. Her condition, however, is not con i sidercd serious, as she was not greatlv affected by the inoculation. During the Illness of Mrs. Waite's parents in New York according to a : story credited to Mrs. Watte, her hus ; l and furnished, not only Tor her but also for her parents, an atomizer con taining a solution with which she sprayed her throat. This treatment Dr. Waite said, was to render her im i mi:ne from colds. Mr. and Mrs. Peck 1 also used the same solution, it was' .said. It is believed this solution was j tli.- vehicle for the administration of; i the deadly germs. , | HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1916 HERE IS THE VESSEL WHICH BROUGHT RELATIONS BETWEEN THIS COUNTRY AND GERMANY TO A HEAD \ 4 m fIMHMONi 1 j2JLTJLH. £,X£J*.OSi.GfJ ' tt/jv7Y I The photograph shows the British Channel Steamer Sussex on her arrival in tho harbor of Boloirne after she had . n torpedoed on Friday, March 24. Tho picture shows the entire forward part of the vessel blown a w "v! New evi unXMea"bol?t I resident that the vessel while enroute from Folkestone to Dieppe was torpedoed by a German I , ENOLA SCHOOL IS BURNED DOWN IN !l 40-MILE GALE Sparks From Blazing Building si For Time Threatens Whole Town TEACHER IS RESCUED r Local Apparatus Helps Fight -j Flames; Loss $30,000; to Rebuild at Once ? Fighting against a forty-mile an B hour wale, together with a lack of f water pressure, firemen of Enola, Har . risbnrg and Mechanicshurg, after a y three-hour battle, extinguished a blaze t I which late yesterday afternoon de j stroyed the Summit street school v building in Enola. and for a time . ■ threatened the entire town. The blaze was discovered about 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by two M teachers. Misses Mae Brinton and t I Agnes Wagner, the former giving the 1 | alarm. Miss Wagner was hemmed in (Continued on Page 18.) 60,000 JAPS IX FRISCO I By Associated Press I San Francisco, Cal., April 19.—Cali fornia has a Japanese population of approximately 60,000, according to an I advance estimate of the census now j being taken and made public to-dav by j the Japanese consul-general. The ' larger part of the Japanese is engaged f | in agriculture. 5200.000 IX WHEAT BURNS Baltimore, Md., April 19.—Fire of ' unknown origin destroyed the grain 1 ; elevator of the C. A. Oambrill Manu facturing Company at Ellicott City, ■ i near here, to-day, together with 15,000 ■' j bushels of wheat. The loss was* e.sti ' j maled at $200,000. WONT OBSERVE ; ARBOR DAY BUT ! ; WILL SET TREES I Planting of 20000 Young Sliools "All in Day's Work" of Forester i While Harrisburg will not officially ' observe Arbor Day. April 28, the park ■ and forestry departments will begin a ' lot of tree nlanting 'round about that | 1 time. It will be all In the day's work, ' 1 though. On or about April 24 the park j (Continued on Page 5.) FIRE' SWEEPS BELGRADE By Associated Press Paris, April 19.—A destructive fire . in Belgrade, formerly the capital of ■ Serbia, is reported in a dispatch to the Matin from Bucharest. It is said i 1 the eastern section of the city was a'most destroyed. Several hundred houses were burned and thousands of I persons are homeless. 200 MEASLE CASES AT EXOLA Enolu, Pa„ April 19. More than j 200 cases of measles have been re ported here during the last week, dur ing investigations of George F. Miller, : I health officer, in the State Department ! i of Health, who has been working al- J ] jmost night and day, ' j. STATE TROOPS ARE CALLED TO | QUELL RIOTERS Hastings-op-Hudson Is Placed Under Martial Law After Strikers Attack Plant USE GUNS AND STONES j Fire in Air; Workers in Muni tions Factory Demand More Money Hastings on the Hudson. N. Y. t April' 19. Martial law was declared in I effect within tlie limits of Hastings' village and State troops were called upon for duty to-day after rioting had assumed serious proportions among' I strikers of the National Conduit and Cable Company. A mob attacked the company's plant with bullets and | stones. j The trustees of the village voted to I i place the situation in the hands of 1 | Sheriff Weisendanger, who summoned I the National Guardsmen at White | j Plains, Mount Vernon and Flushing. ! i Mayor H. M. Glover, commanding the j j First battalion of the Tenth regiment, ' j ordered three companies to be pre- i I pared to move at any moment. Sheriff Weisendanger suspended the | i sale of intoxicants and closed all [ j saloons, and ordered 011 duty the! j deputies withdrawn yesterday. After stoning the shops the strikers | and their sympathizers jostled train I commuters in the streets and then! | drew revolvers and fired into the air j and at the plant. No one was injured I ! during this attack. President J. 11. Goodwin of the vil lage, explained that t he sheriff has j been called, upon because the com- i pany. wfHen manufactures munitions! of war., had demanded protection for ; 1 its $2,000,000 plant and there arc only | I six village officers. GOVERNOR SICK ! AT WASHINGTON BUT IMPROVING; Suffered an Attack of Gall i Duct Trouble on Return From South j Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh Is ill at Washington, D. C„ suffering | from some grail duct trouble, but is Improving: and will return to the State! | C apital within a few days according | |to word Riven out at the executive | | offices to-day. No information as to j | whether the Governor is in a hospital! or a hotel could be obtained, the offl-1 cials stating that the fact of his illness 1 iand that he was improving was all the news at hand. The Governor has been at one of the southern resorts for several days ac cording to what has been learned here He left Harrisburg with Mrs. Brum [Continued 011 Page 7] I BOYS GIVE UHill COST < OF LIVING ANOTHER BOOST W I IO haul market baskets in the ! \\ csL t-.nd sprung a surprise on their patrons tills morning, when tliev served 1 notice of an increase in pile,, for their ' woi k. and also that they bad formed ail- l association and had a schedule of rates , effective, to-dav. Practically every boy , at tno marjeet this morning: asked the i t regulation prices for delivery in vari- I' i pus districts, • i i ASK RETURN OF SECRET PAPERS AND CUSTODIAN German Ambassador Demands Release of Von Igel and 70 Pounds of Documents THROW LIGHT ON PLOTS Unique Problem Raised by Arrest of Aid to Teuton Military Attache York, April 19.—Government officials here faced a unique problem to-day resulting from the demand of the German embassy in Washington for the release of Wolf von I gel and I the return of documents seized in bis [Continued on Page 11.] D. A. R. Balloting For Election of Officers | Washington, D. C„ April 19 Daughters of the American Revolution 1 in annual session here were balloting to-day for Hie election of officers other I than president-general. < »fficers to be J chosen were a corresponding secre tary, ten vice-presidents- genera I, an honorary vice-president-general and an editor of the I), A. R. publication. | Nominations of candidates were made last night. The nominations in elude: I Corresponding secretary-general J?",. D *'° e . A ; P-lodgett, of Grand : Rapids, Mich., for re-election Vice-president—Mrs. William Ged- I ney. New Jersey. I Honorary vice-president -general Mrs. James Itoss Mellon. Pennsylvania .Editor of llie I). A. It. Magazine— , Mrs. Amos G. Draper. District of Co lumbia and Miss Eliza O. Dennison, 1 Pennsylvania. ' VALLEY CO. HEARS MEALS' PLAN TO I RELIEVE TRAFFIC Mayor Suggests Double Track on Bridge and 8-Minute Schedule Recommendations for an eight minute schedule for cross-river cars, j with a double track on the Walnut i street bridge section of Island Park j were made by Mayor E. S. Meals this | afternoon as part of plans for relieving | i traffic congestion in Market Square in ! a conference this afternoon with C. H. Bishop, superintendent of the Val ley Railways Company, and C. H. [Continued on Page ll,] NEW *IOO OFFER FOR noDV M. R. Troy, of Carlisle, brother of j C. J. Troy, 1447 Berryhill street, who! was drowned last Monday when he fell from the new Cumberland Valley ' Railroad bridge into the river, has of fered a reward of SIOO for the recovery of the body of his brother. C. .1. Troy wasf working at the time of the acci dent In the employ of the Robert (irayce Construction Company and all first the company offered a ?100 re-i ward, but later withdrew it, j' GREAT PORT ON BLACK SEA IS TAKEN BY RUSS Forlificd City of Trebizond Captured After Vigorous Pursuit of Turks F L E E T HELPS ARMY Czar's Forces Now Command Greater Part of Coast Re gion of Asia Minor Petrograd, April 19. "Trebizond has been taken," says an official re port issued here yesterday. "The united, energetic efforts of our Cau casian army and Black Sea fleet have been crowned by the conquest of this fortitied town, the most im portant position on the Anatolian coast. Pressed Turks l'lerecly "Our valiant troops, after the san guinary battle of the 14th on the Kara Dere lliver (1 miles east of Trebizond), pressed the Turks with out respite and surmounted incredible obstacles, everywhere breaking the fierce resistance of the enemy. The well concerted action of the fleet per mitted the execution of most hazard ous landing operations and lent the support of its artillery to the troops. "Credit for this fresh victory is also partly due to the assistance given the Caucasian army by the troops operating in other directions in Asia Minor. By tlieir desperate lighting and heroic exploits they did every thing in their power to facilitate the task of the detachments on the coast." Trebizond, from a military point of view, commands the greater part of the coast region of Asia Minor, which is cut off from Armenia by a rugged mountain barrier 8,000 to 9,000 feel high, its possession leaves the llus f('out (lined oil Puge 7] KXI'IiOSIOXS SINK sllll' By Associated Press London, April 19.—A Lloyds dis patch from Lisbon says the Norwegian steamship Terje Viken sank on Mon day in Cascae bay. fifteen miles west of Lisbon, after three explosions on board the vessel. The crew was saved. I I Harrisburg.—Rumors were current about the Capitol I I ! *! II I was of such a character that he might require absolute rest ! 1 i I that he had suffered from severe colds during the Spring. If i his physical condition is as reported it might preclude him | !ll from engaging in the rigors of a campaign and his with- ;] I drawal, in the event of his illness being serious or prolong- • ft ed, might occur before long. ST. LAWRENCE GETS PERMIT \ Harrisburg.— n e Germ • i ' afternoon took out a permit to build its new church and parochial school at State and Buttonwood st ;t of ' f $40,000. April 19.—Information was received from re- < | liable sources to-day th >rated i the commander of the submarine to have tor | > pedoed the Sussex. It ->od Washington ha; been ( f E informed of this development. BRITISH GOVERNMENT FACES BREAK-UP ' ' I London, April 19. —1n the House of Commons to-day | Premier Asquith stated that there were still some material ' ' | points of disagreement in the cabinet and if they were not I settled the result must be the break-up of the government. 1 » ANSWER TO $6300 NURSING SUIT FILED " r Harrisburg.—Answer to the suit brought by Mary * ' I ay Eckles against the estate of J. Harper Seidcl, was | P filed late this afternoon. The plar , . ) from the I estate /or "care" and "nursing" she gave Scidel prior to his L death. J. Albert Seidel, executor, denied the statement o! ' ' the wo; an and in his answer says J. Harper Seidel had L simply lived with the woman. c W. M INGRAHAM FOR ASST. WAR CHIEF L • •:V *"■— William M. Ingraham, former < ' F mnyor of Portland, Maine, has been selected by President | Wilson for Assistant Secretary of War. The nomination « I I was signed to-day. Mr. Ingraham will succeed Henry ' Breckinridge, who resigned with former Secretary Garrison. - i MARRIAGE LICENSES I ( , h , p ,,u *" el M'm. Jlirxvlllf, uatl Kfllr Itutli Albrl»lii, lire lowi,- X steif Torm H n<l Kntlp Bauer, Stcoltou. •V." »• »lo<-k.er, Wnnhliitua. I>. iiikl Kilim Mar Kalnrly, Khrrh A I Thouina .1. Iloflmiin, Kndera, ami .>lnry IS. Hoffman, .lackaion <o>vnahlp. J 18 PAGES CITY EDITION SCOTT TO GET ACCURATE DATA ON SITUATION ACROSS BORDER Chief of U. S. Army Staff Or dered to Procure Full In formation For Use of Wa ; - Department; Chase o Villa at Standstill Whil* Further Advices Ar r Awaited TROOPS MAY SOON BE CALLED BAC Agreement May Be Reache to Withdraw Them as Mai Purpose of Expeditioi Protection of Border, He Been Accomplished; Cross Line Again, However, i' Outlaws Move North By Associated Press Washington, ll>. C., April 11). • Major-General Hugh L. Scott, chi ' of stuff of the army, will go to S; Antonio, Texas, to-night by order | Secretary Baker, in order to get it curate information as to the situatk . on the border and in Mexico. Secretary Baker issued this stat ■ in cn t: "General Scott, loaves for Sail A tonio Iliis evening at 6:15 at my i ■ liiest. lie will spend several di l with General Kiinston and retui j Tills trip is made solely fur the. pi , pose of getting as accurate inform (ion as is possible for the use of t department. General Funston i mains in full charge of the affairs • j liis department including the cxpec ! tion into Mexico. He has the ft J confidence of the department and 1 [Continued on Page «.]
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