Lone Bandit Boards Train, Robs Fift
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LaAAV i\o. 71 KIKGI.E COPIKH 2 CENTS.
SCOTT'S REPORT
WILL DETERMINE
* IF TROOPERS ARE
TO BE RECALLED
Chief of Staff and General
Funston Are Reviewing in
Detail History of Expedi
tion's Operations; Persh
ing Is Warned of Carranza
Movements; to Prepare
For Aggression
WILL GET READY FOR
ANY SITUATION
Army Officials Indifferent to
Suggestions That Manifest
Hostility of De Facto
Troops Movement Might
Be Due to Work of Agents
of Diaz; Reported to Be
Establishing Headquarters
Near Border
By Associated Press
•San Antonio. Texas, April 22.-—Sec
retary of War Baker should be in re- !
celpt of a report before night from!
Major-General Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff of the army, that may assist the 1
administration in deciding whether to
■withdraw the American troops or send j
1 hem farther into Mexico. Generals
Scott and Fimston to-day will review
in detail the history of the punitive
expedition's operations since entering
Mexico. almost six weeks ago.
General Funston lias received re
ports showing movements of Carranza
troops in the district penetrated by'
General Pershing and others have been
sent to General Pershing authorizing,
him to prepnre for any aggression.
Carranzu officials have given plans- 1
ible reasons for moving; the forces of
Generat Arnulfo Gomez eastward from
Sonoro. the troops of General Luis j
Herrera south from Chihuahua to Par- ,
r.il and a considerable force toward
Cesos Grandes. but should the war
offi<•? at Mexico City decide later to use ;
these forces to prevent further Ameri
can military operations. General Per
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Villa Bandits at Torreon
Reported to Have Given
Up to Carranza Troops
By Associated Press
. Torreon. Mex.. April 21.—General
Severino Conieeros and his command
of Villa bandits have surrendered to
thr> military commander In DurangO I
City and have been granted an am- 1
nest jr.
General Trevlno has informed eiti-
who desired to resist the advance
of the American troops, that the do
facto government had the situation
well in hand. General Trevino told
them that if thev lelt that they must
tight he would find them places in the
army where they could make war on
the Villa bandits.
Pershing Is Prepared to
Proceed With Chase or
Return to United States
By Associated Press
El Paso. Tex., April 22.—Brigadier
.'leneral Pershing: has made such dis
position of his forces that the Amer
ican punitive expedition is equally
ready to-day to proceed quickly in
pursuit of Villa or withdraw from
Mexico when the future course of op
erations is determined by the admin- j
istration at Washington. The troops
can be retimd from Mexico In ten •
days, according to army officers at
Fort Bliss.
Carranza officials at Juarez re
ported the situation generallv quiet
throughout upper Mexico and said l
pvery preparation has been made to
suppress any disorders that might
arise. The Parral district is being
illlpil with Carranza troops and guards
have been thrown about mining prop
erties.
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| THE WEATHER
For llnrrlMlnirK ami vicinityi Fair
to-night nuil Jmxihlji.v; modcratr
torn iM-rnl ii rt», ltmn( to-night
«i l»€» ii t -|y ileKreen.
For i:ns(«rn Peunivylvitnln: Partly
cloudy tu-iiluht find Sunday; mod
erate (rniprrnt urr | frrnli went
wlndN.
River
The Sußfiuehnniin river and nil Mm
l> ranches will riMt' v except th<>
Juniata, t hcmtniu. I pi»er North
«ud I |»p<. r Went llrtineli will
prohahly liculn lo full to-night
«»r Sundnv. \ Mtnice of about
feet Im Indicated fur llai'rlM-
I'lirn Sunday morning.
(•cncrnl Condition*
The dlM< urhance from the \Ve*t linn
reninlued nearly »tatlonary over
tlio l.ake Itc&lon during tlie InMt
/ twenty-four bourn und luik de
erenned Momenhnt In energy. \
aeeondnry Morm developed over
* Iffflnla* Friday, and Im now cen
trnl off the New Jersey eonNt,
uppnrently m<MlnK nnrtheaxt
ward.
There liaM lieea a ueneral fall of 2
to 20 degree* | n temperature
over aearly nil the eountry ea»t
of the MNftinnippi river.
Temperatures S a. m.. 4(1.
Sunt TM«CH, stlH a. m.T act*. fljfil
p. m.
>loom Klmcm. 12:01 n. m.
lllver Stnicr: 6.0 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'n Weather
Hlahent tempera t lire, 7."».
I.orient temperature, 4N.
Mean temperature. I\2.
>ormnl temperature, S3.
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REPUBLICANS ARE
THRICE STRENGTH
! OF DEMOCRATS
0,8.")1 to 3,20!) in Proportion to
Enrollment in Dauphin
County Districts
GAIN'S ALONG THE LINE
4,655 Declare Themselves Non
partisan; City Registration
on Wednesday
Just 9,851 Republicans. 3,269 Dem
ocrats, COo Wasliingtonians, 468 So
cialists, 57 Prohibitionists, 2 Progres
sives, 3 Kevstoners, 4 Independents,
and 4,055 "Nonpartisan" voters have
been enrolled to east their ballots at
the Spring primaries in the 71 districts
of the county outside the city.
These totals were based on the re
turns of the assessors who sat for the
purpose March 14 and 15.
The city's Spring primary registra
tion day occurs Wednesday of next
] week. .
The returns indicate that there will
be five party names printed on the
j ballot Republican, Democratic,
j Washington, Socialist and Nonparti
san.
| (Jains all along the line in the Re
| publican ranks over the Democrats
are indicated and the various districts
all show a goodly proportion of Re
publican party affiliations over Demo
cratic declarations. That there are
j still a fair following of Washington
party men and an extra large follow
ing of Socialists are indicated in var
ious precincts.
Steelton, Middletown, Tokens, Mll
! lersburg boroughs and Swatara, Sus
quehanna and Derry are among the
leading townships.
Rush has a total enrollment of but
twenty voters, twelve of which are
Republicans, three Democrats, a single
Socialist and four "Nonpartisan."
Wall Street Views Latest
Developments in Situation
With Increasing Concern
By Associated Press
New York. April 22. —To-da.v's two
hour session of the stork market was
! attended by much excitement and fur
ther free selling. War shares and the
stocks of companies operating in Mex
ico broke 4 to 8 points and the entire
list, including investments, was un
favorably affected.
News over the Good Friday holiday
was anything but reassuring from the
i Wall Street point of view, latest de
velopments in the German crisis were
viewed with increased concern and re
; ports of the proposed cancellation of
I American concessions in Mexico were
responsible for the acute weakness in
• that quarter of the list.
Yuan Shi Kai Hopes to End
Revolution by Surrendering
Authority to New Cabinet
By Associated Press
Peking, China. April 22. ln ac
cordance with the mandate issued
yesterday by President Yuan Shi Kai
in which he admitted his full control
of the administration had caused dis
satisfaction and authorized the Secre
tary of State to organize a responsible
cabinet, it was announced to-day that
a new cabinet was being constructed.
Tuan Chi-Jui, former minister of war
has accepted the premiership and the
i war portfolio.
President Yuan Shi Kai has agreed
to surrender all civil authority to the
new cabinet. The Peking govern
ment hopes that the premiership of
Tuan Chi-Jui, who is a staunch Re
publican. will reconcile the southern
provinces and put an end to the up
rising.
You Can Enlist Here For
U. S. Summer Naval Cruise
Official orders have been received
! at the Harrishurg naval recruiting sta
' ticn, opened here recently, to receive
enlistments for the naval training
cruise for civilians which will be con
ducted from August 15 to September
12. this year, by the United Slates
Navy.
The order Is the result of following
the general outline of the Plattsburg
military training camp idea. Enlist
ments may be made on the third floor
;of the Bergner building, this city.
, where the navy recruiting station is
located. Certain qualifications are
I given for enrollment and the object of
! the cruise is to help equip properly
I qualified men to act as reserves in time
' of war or national emergency by giv
ing. them a course of training on war
: ships under naval officers and naval
, discipline.
Any information on the subject will
; be furnished at local headquarters and
! I* was announced this morning that
| both l.ieutenant C. 1., Hand and Dr. C.
\ DeYalin. of Philadelphia, will be in
the city twice a month.
Austria Gets Note From
U. S. on Imperator Attack
By Associated Presx
Amsterdam. April 22 (via London)
—Press dispatches from Vienna re
, port that the Austro-Hungarian For
, eigr. < )ffice has received a note from
| the United States dealing with the at
i tack on the Russian bark Imperator
j in the Mediterranean.
Two Americans were on board the
Imperator. Official advices to the
State Department at Washington said
an Austrian submarine fired on the
1 vessel without warning and that one
' of the. Americans was wounded.
ACCUSES M.OYD-GROHGE
By Associated Prei
I.ondon. April 22. Displeasure ex
pressed by the Radicals over the attl
{ tilde of David Lloyd-George, minister
of munitions, culminated to-day in a
remarkable letter by Alfred G. Gard
iner. editor of the Daily News, in
which Mr. Gardiner charges Mr.
Lloyd-George with responsibility for
government crisis just passed.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1916
I PENNSYLVANIA STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE OWNERS AND BOOSTERS I
v j
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Tf you have any doubt about the State League being a real organization, ju'at take* a glance at this picture. Tt does'
not include all the hustlers in the new organization but is proof that the league always has a quorum at its meetings.
While waiting for the arrival of J. B. Reinhart, u prominent attorney of Lmcaster yesterday, the State League
officials who met at Lebanon, adjourned and were photographed. In the picture are:
Front row—reading from righfc to left—George 1. Kngle, one of tin* new owners at Allentown: Walter Folger, Har
• risburg. a former baseball magnate and Interested in the State cireuit this season; Edwin 11. Sheporwich, attorney,
» Wilkeß-Barre. and Wellington G. .lon<'«. secretary of the Harrishurg Club.
t ! Hack row—Hugh A. McKinnon, owner of Lebanon, chairman of the booster committee: Leo Groome, owner of Har
, risburg franchise; Abraham Rosenbluth, owner at Heading: George Washington Heckert, York, with his baseball smile;
William R. Douglass. Tlarrisburg, the new league president; Jimmy Sheckard, manager at Reading, and Charley White,
Philadelphia, who will supply the uniforms and baseballs for the league.
POSSE SEARCHES
FOR LONE BANDIT
WHO STOPS TRAIN
Bold Bobber Forces Guard to
Pass Hat on Union Pacific
Limited; Gets #IOO
GIVES BACK WATCH
Beturns Timepiece Taken on
Previous Baid; Performed
Series of Exploits
By Associated Press
Rawlings, Wyo., April 22. A 1
sheriff's posse of two dozen, mounted
on fast horses early to-da.v resumed
the chase begun last night for the
bandit who held up nearly fifty pas-!
sengers on Union Pacific Limited train j
west of llanna, Wyo.
The robber is believed to be the 1
man who on April 5 last held up the 1
I Union Pacific Overland Limited near i
Corlett Junction, Wyo., and on
February 9 performed a similar exploit 1
near Green River, Wyo., and in March j
robbed a passenger train on the
Oregon short line near Roy, Utah.
The bandit, described as a tall hand
some youth, boarded the train at
Greeley, Colo. After a conversation
with the train's stenographer he sat
down with the train guard. In the
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' FRONT STREET
OWNERS WIN IN
PAVING BATTLE
t
r
e Property Holders North of
1 Maclay Needn't Pay Full
Width Assessment
1 i
- | Owners of property abutting on 1
j Front street from Maclay to Division
I streets are not liable for the cost of
paving the entire width of the high
j way, according to a brief but compre
" 1 hensive opinion on the subject handed
j down to-day by President Judge |
_ • George Kunkel of the Dauphin county |
I courts.
, | The opinion settles, so far as the 1
_ lower courts are concerned, the ques- I
tion raised several years ago by the!
a fleeted property holders as to the
right of the city to levy against them
, for paving the full width of the street.
I: It is parallel with the Whitehall street
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•; Colonel Roosevelt to
Invade Twice Before
Big Conventions Meet
I Oyster Bay. N. Y., April 22. —Colonel
Roosevelt will probably make two in-
I vasions of the Middle West before the'
1 Republican and Progressive national !
t conventions meet on June 7.
Besides his trip to Chicago, where
, he will speak on the evening of April
1 2P, it is more than likely that he will
go to Kansas City to deliver the Me
morial Day address, an invitation to
that effect having come to him from
the representative citizens of that city
t who are war veterans and members of
civic preparedness and business or- !
ganlzations.
Of still greater interest, particularly |
' 1 to the delegates to the Republican con
" j vention, is the intimation that Colonel
" | Roosevelt, after having delivered a
1 patriotic address In Kansas City, might
" i enlarge the tour to include two or
r i three other large cities, and then enter
| Chicago on the morning of the conven
. tion meetings, while the effect of talks
p on preparedness and Americanism was
still freshs In the minds of the Middle
1 West.
p Those who could never he convinced
e that, the Colonel is now out for the
Republican nomination for President
will see in such a move a clever stroke
in the preconventton campaign.
. STFKI; WORKI.RS (JET INCREASE
-i Sharon. Pa.. April 22.—Announce- j
r ment was made by the Sharon Steel
* j Hoop Company of an advance in wages j
-'of all employes on May 1 of 10 per
n j crnt. A hundred men are affected.
'. j The Knox Pressed Welded Steel Com
r j pany will also increase wages on
t May 1, affecting about 350 hands.
REDUCTION CO.'S
VOUCHER HELD UP
FOR INEFFICIENCY
Health Officer Calls Vigorous
Attention to Lack of System
in Collections
CAN'T "CLEAN-UP" * CITY
Bonding Company Expected to
Send Expert Here to In
vestigate Conditions
Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health;
j offk-er, late yesterday sent a notilica-|
i tion to a New York bonding company •
lof the Pennsylvania Reduction Com-1
j pany that he has held up the voucher |
i for the Reduction Company, because t
| of the lack of system In collections of
| ashes and garbage.
1 Ever since the strike of the ash- ;
1 men and garbage collectors, employed I
iby the Reduction Company, which
I lasted one week before an agreement
was reached, the people of the city
| have had 110 regular collection of their
j rubbish and refuse. After a settle-1
I ment was made and the strikers were'
'given the demanded increase in wanes;
the wagons were sent out again but j
\ failed to reach West End districts,;
until finally Dr. Raunick Issued in-
I structions that the men were to start
' [Continued 011 I "age 7.]
EASTER FAIR,
FORECAST OF j
WEATHERMAN
Harrishurg Beady With New
Frock and Bonnet For the
Big Parade
Easter will be fair with moderate
| temperature, according to the forecast
of E. R. Demain, United States weath
er forecaster here.
The storm of yesterday was general !
in this section of the country, but lost'
1 some of its force and is slowly moving
'out to sea. Clear weather will follow,
but may not reach here until late to-
I night.
From present indications the day
; will be the biggest in the history of
liarrlsburg, and thousands of people
are expected to turn out for the ob
servance.
Florists with 'immense collections of
varieties of blooms reported the big
gest demand in years, despite the fact
that the cost of the flowers had in
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Miners Fail to Reach Wage
j Agreement; See Trouble
in Pottsville Convention
By Associated Press
New York, April 22.—Although the
joint subcommittee of anthracite op
erators and miners who are trying to
reach an agreement on wages and
working conditions for about 175,000
workers in the hard coal fields will
probably not be able to finish its work
to day, both sides continued to predict
that a satisfactory settlement would
! be reached probably early next week.
While these optimistic expressions
j were being Indulged in, some of those
in touch with the proceedings inter
preted the calling of the miners' con
vention at Pottsville, Pa., on May 2 as
the portent of trouble. It was argued
that John P. White and his fellow
committeemen would not announce
the date of the convention prior to
reaching an agreement if they ft>lt that
satisfactory terms would lie reached.
The miners' body must finally pass 011
the work of the joint subcommittee
here.
novo SAILS FOR FRANCE
The ocean liner Chicago, of the
French line, slipped its moorings at a
late hour this morning on its trans
| oceanic journey from New York,
' through the submarine infested dis
trict to Bordeaux, France. Among the
i passengers on board was Jackson Herr
Boyd of this city, who is on his way
to see service at the front under the
American Ambulance Hospital Corps,
which Is doing a splendid work for
the allies.
UNVEIL DONATO
STATUE AS PART
OF 1916 CARNIVAL
Water Sports Committee Dis
cusses Unique Feature For
Summer Program
ASK COUNCIL FOB FUNDS
Big Mass Meeting of Canoeists,
Motorboatmen to Be Called
in Near Future
Formal unveiling In River Front
i park of Guiseppe Donato's famous
| fountain group, "Dance of Eternal
j Spring" will be a feature of Harris
burg's 1916 water carnival program if
■ a suggestion of the permanent coni
| mittee on water sports is carried out
| —and City Council provides the
! wherewithal to erect the splendid bit
of sculpture.
Tlie problem was threshed out last
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Delay in Shipment of
Materials Holds Up
Federal Bldg. Work
Held up during the winter months
because of the difficulty in having an
order filled for structural steel and be
cause of the deep snows which tied up
shipments from the granite quarries,
j the 1-1. L. Brown Company, of New
York city, contractors for the exten
sion to the Federal building in this
■ city, kept men busy in doors largely on
repair work.
Electric conduits and water pipes
were laid and repairs in the old and
new parts, the brick tiling on the inner
walls of the first floor of the extension
finished, together with work on plas
tering and floor repairing.
Work 011 the granite part of the
wings in the new addition will be
started withi ra week or ten days, ac
cording to C. A. Gieselman, superin
tendent for the Brown company.
Other work on the exterior will be
pushed rapidly during the coming
weeks, as fast as materials are re
ceived. The big demand for steel prod
ucts and the delay resulting in obtain-
I ing the necessary structural steel re
sulted in the indoor work being pushed
during the winter.
31 Couples Get Licences
to Wed Easter Week
Young I). Cupid is due for pretty
nearly as joyous a time to-morrow as
Old Bre'r Rabbit of Easter fame if
the business of the marriage bureau
during this week with its wedding
possibilities has any significance. To
day eleven licenses were issued at the
county marriage bureau, which, added
to those issued during the week, run
the total to thirty-one.
Nor did' Old Papa Time bother the
foiks who crowded the bureau ofllee
to-day either. Among the applicants
was a Steelton couple, a widow and
j widower. The bride-elect gave her
age as fifty while the groom-to-be is
only 68.
Pickets Flag Nearly All
Westinghouse Employes
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Pa., April 22.—Pickets
at all entrances to the plants of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac
turing Company at East Pittsburgh
this morning pleaded so successfully
with workmen on their way to the
shops that leaders of the strike, in
augurated yesterday to enforce an
eight hour a day demand, declared
only 5,000 of the 18,000 employes
entered.
Great crowds of strikers filled the
streets leading to the gates, but there
was no disorder. Organization of the
strikers into locals of the newly
formed union was said to be proceed
ing rapidly.
Inside the shops guards carefully
examined the lunch baskets of the
workmen who succeeded in passinK the
pickets to prevent the introduction of
explosives. This regulation first ap
j plied to the shell department, but
! was later extended to include all the
shops.
RELEASE CONSUL
Hy Associated Press
London, April 22. The Judicial j
authorities of Candla on the Island'
of Crete, have released the British'i
consular employe whose arrest pro-!
voked the blockade of that port, says I
an Athens dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company. j
GERMANS RESUME
VERDUN ASSAULTS
WITHOUT SUCCESS
Crown Prince Places Infantry
in Action on Both Sides of
. River Meusc
LINES HOLD FIBM
French Aeroplane Flies 100
I Miles in Balknns and Drops
Bombs on Zeppelin Shed
I The Germans have resumed the of-'
| fensive before Verdun, putting their'
infantry In action on both banks of
j the Meuse but failing to gain ad- \
ditional .ground, according to the
i French war office bulletin.
The principal attempt to advance
was made east of the Meuse, follow-;
ling an intense bombardment. Paris'
reports that the French artillery foiled
the attempt and caused the Germans
heavy losses. The scene of this fight
ing was between the river and fort
Vaux.
On the west, Just beyond the Meuse,
the Germans put liquid fire into play i
in attacking the French lines north;
of the Caurettes Wood, but the assault j
Is declared to have been barren of ad- [
j vantage to the crown prince's forces.
I Mies 100 Miles in Raid
i Ir< the Balkans a French aeroplane!
I made a 400-mile flight from the allied !
: lines to Sofia and return, dropping j
| four large caliber bombs on a Zeppelin
; shed in the Bulgarian capital. Other I
1 points behind the lines also were'
bombarded by French airmen, the
Doiran region being given especial at
■ tention.
British Recover Trench
Berlin reports a futile attack by
i the French in the Dead Man Hill re
j gion northwest of Verdun. The Paris
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Search Fails to Unearth
Body of Dorothy Arnold
Hy Associated rrcss
I New York. April 22. The body of
Dorothy Arnold was not found in the
! cellar of the house outside West Point j
i where New York detectives searched :
i yesterday. Police Inspector Faurot,
I who is in charge of the investigation
announcing to-day there was no
; | truth in published stories that Miss I
Arnold's body has been discovered. 1
I
W W M I l<||W M I H
NOTE IN HANDS OF KAISER £
BERLIN, APRIL 22, VIA LONDON. THE |;
' OF 1
■ I- ' [
MANN-HOLLWEG AND GENERAL VON FALKEN- }Q
AT GEN- ' *
ERAL HEADQUARTERS. ! '
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TURKS BOMBARD CAMP ON SUEZ CANAL J 1
Constantinople, April 22.—A British camp on the Sue/ I J
canal has been attacked by a Turkish aeroplane the War !
Office 'announced to-day. The airship dropped bombs and < l
returned successfully. ;
BRITISH LOSS IN FIGHT 4,000 ,
Constantinople, April 22. —The British lc r in the battle
| I on the right bank of. the Tigris, Mesopotamia, on April 17 J [
k | c. ws *' more ,J ban 4,000 killed and v to an
' V official statement issued by the War Ofc'ice to-day.
i 1
; 9 RUSSIANS ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED
i J Lyons, France, April 22.—The Russian troops which 11
1
i arrived at Marseilles, Thursday, for services with the French !
[ 1 on the western front, passed through here to-day on their »
■i a nort hward. They were given an enthusiastic welcome |
'J i a * on £ their route.
; J BOY FALLS IN RIVER « \
T Richard Towney, aged nine, of 423 Cumberland street, '
[ { fell into the river from the steps near the pumpting station | |
y this afternoon. Jacob Weiner, 1226 North Seventh street, \
' held out a pole and pulled the boy out.
i CAUGHT STEALING BOAT f
Harrisburg.—Just as they were breaking the lock fas- ' *
| 1 tening a boat on the river bank at Front and Calder streets
• £ this afternoon, Hen#y Helman and Abraham Scott were ' '
1 arrested by Officer Shoemaker. The men had just been
j 1 discharged from jail at noon. • \
MAIIHIAGK I.ICF.'VSrc* »
J Galen A. Snnb Hud Sylrln Jl. Jury. Kllxnhet h vllle. >ll leu l.l B ht Grabrr,
1 Lebanon ttud Catharine llrlirrca Smith, steel ton. Alphonmo Myers, Wnt< )
# K»lnlriv, on<l Anna lOllxnlirt h l,nivyer, elty. Ilalph seerUt Shrnffrr, city," >
Sara Grace l.l«th«, Ilimciiuniiii. William Kline mid Lillian Jane Harrla,
J Steclton. Mmirlce Eugene Shade anil I'aullnr Helen Kelly, city. Charle* !
| K. Sprout and Stella 1 elty. *lattU l.enker and Rllaabetli
# Amelia l.cho. Halifax tunnahlp. Harry J. Armnlronit. Wnynnboro. and
1 •>'" lien»luner, G rremnatle. John I'ulmer Hoyer ami Catharine Grace! '
4Ll(Hlnesmlth. Mt. Joy. John l.alTcrt.i, \\ nltonvlllc, and Slnry lttaacr. MUd- *
1 Pilletnnu.
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18 PAGES CITY EDITION
LOOK FOR REPLY
FROM KAISER TO
NOTE BY MIDDLE
OF COMING WEEK
Ambassador Gerard Said to
Have Informed State De
partment That He Has
Been Given Assurances of
Immediate Consideration
COUNT VON BERNSTORFF
IS AWAY ON TRIP
Teuton Ambassador Has Ad
vised His Government to
Modify Its Submarine War
fare to Meet America's De
mands
Ry Associated rre.is
Berlin, April 22, 10 A. M„ via
lonilon.—Germany's answer Jo
the latest American note is likely
to l)e delayed l)y some parleys and
requests for further information
on certain points, ai-cordinjr to the
I .oka I Anzijser which says it
learns that the note is a decidedly
long one and that it will l>c ex
i amined with (ierman thorough
ness.
Washington, April 22. With offl
j fia! word that tlie American note had
I been presented to the German Foreign
| Office, administration officials to-day
1 momentarily expected definite advices
from Ambassador Gerard as to how
: the combination was received, to
gether with some indications as to
! the nature of the German reply.
In reporting the delivery of the
note late Thursday afternoon Mr.
: Gerard advised the State Department
that he had afterwards conferred
briefly with foreign Minister Von
.lagow. The contents of another mes
sage from the ambassador was closely
guarded, although it was said he in
formed the department that he had
been given assurances of immediate
j consideration of the documents. Some
{officials indicated that they look for a
; reply from Germany about, the middle
\ ol' next week.
Count Von P.ernstorff, the German
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