Believed All Danger of Diplomatic
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 103
TEXT STRENGTHENS
BELIEF THAT BREAK
HAS BEEN AVERTED
Authentic Version, Fully Decoded Is Placed Before Presi
dent Wilson; Shows No Material Difference From
Reply Already Published
REFERENCE TO U. S. PEACE TERMS CAREFULLY
CONSIDERED; MAY MAKE BRIEF ANSWER
Will Indicate That So Long as New Orders to Submarine
Commanders Are Fully Observed Relations Will Not
Be Severed on That Score
By Associated Press ,
■Washington. D. C., May <">. The
official text of German's note, fully
decoded and laid before President
Wilson shows no material difference,
from the unofficial text published yes- j
terday in news dispatches. This
strengthens the probability that a
diplomatic break lias been averted, at
least for the present.
Overnight study of the note by;
Cabinet members and officials did not;
change their views that probably there
would be no break in diplomatic rela
tions unless there were further at
tacks In violation of international
law.
There is a possibility that the Untied
States may make a brief reply notify
ing the Berlin government that as
long as the new orders to submarine
commanders are fully observed diplo-j
matic relations will not be discon- j
tinucd on that score.
Secretary Lansing already has
Studied the note once and was goinE
over it very carefully again to-day.
There were indications that further
consideration by the cabinet would
not he necessary.
Carefully Heads I'oac*- Portion
President Wilson read to-day with:
careful attention the portion of the j
note touching on peace. Some officials
believed unusual significance should
be attached to that part of the nole
because it was taken to indicate offl
cially that recent speeches of Chan
i eller von Rethtnann-Hollweg before
the relchstag were intended as no
tices to the world that Germany was
ready for peace on certain terms.
The note says: "The German gov- i
ernment, conscious of Germany's \
strength, twice within the last few
months announced before the world
it.; readiness to make peace on a basis j
■safeguarding Germany's vital interests.'
thus indicating it is not Germany's
fault if peace is still withheld from the
nations of Europe."
While it was indicated to-day that |
President Wilson would make no fur
ther peace moves until the allied gov
ernments have signified their willing
ness to receive suggestions on the sub
ject. some officials thought 10-day (he
German note might possibly draw
forth something from the allies.
Here Are the Demands of
the United States and Way
Germany Has Met Them
The specific demands of the United
r.afes and the manner in which Ger
many meets them are as follows:
The United Slates I Minimum
If it Is still the purpose of the Im
perial Government to prosecute re
ientlesa and indiscriminate warfare
against vessels of commerce by the
use of submarines without regard to
What the Government of the United
Slates must consider the sacred and
indisputable rules of international
law and the universally recognised
dictates of humanity, the Govern
ment. of the United States is at last
forced to the conclusion that ihere
is but one course it can pursue.
Unless the Imperial Government
should now Immediately declare and
effect an abandonment of its present
methods of submarine warfare against
passenger and freight-carrying vessels,
the Government of the United Stales
"•an have no choice but to sever diplo
matic relations with the German Em
pire altogether.
Again and again the Imperial Gov
ernment. has given its solemn assur
ance to the Government of the United
States that at least passenger ships
would not be thus dealt with, and yet
it has repeatedly permitted its under
sea commanders to disregard those
assurances with entire impunity.
The German Reply
The German Government, guided
by this idea notifies the Government
of the United States that German
naval forces have received the follow
ing order:
In accordance with the general
THE WEATHER
HnrrUtuiri* .mi <1 vicinity* Fair
and Stimlay. \ot iniirli
change In tcmpornlnrr.
Ktutfrn Wnnayl\aula 1 I'nrtly
<*lnn«ly to-nlghf ami Sunday, prob
ably Nliourr* In northern portion.
Moderate *hlftiiiK Minds.
Illver
Tl»e Sunquehanna river and all If*
trlfcutarlea "ill fall llonrll or re
main nearly A nlane of
about JV.It feel IK Indicated for liar
rhhurg Muuday niorulnu.
General Condition*
The de|ire**lon that wan eenlral
north of the lake rciclon Friday
morning ha* paimcd off norfhca*t
ward. The front of the dl*tiirh
anee In the f anadlan ha*
advanced ennfuard Into the upper
Mlvalaalppl valley.
There ha« been a general rUe of
2 to 14 degree* In temperature ca*t
of Ihp Rorky Mountain* *lnce lant
report.
Temperature: fi a. in., till.
Sun: nine*. 4.58 a. M.i Set*. 7.0.%
p. n».
Moon: Flrat quarter. May 10, 3.47
n. m.
Illver Stage—s.4 feet above lotr
Mater mark.
Yentcrday** Weather
lllghent temperature. 7.1.
liOweat temperature. .IS.
Mean temperature, flfl.
-Normal temperature, 58,
nv R\nniKß « CEVTS K WEEK,
SINFII.K coriEs A CENTS.
, principles of visit and searcn. ?Lnd the j
destruction of merchant vessels recog
nized by International law such ves
sels both within and without the area
declared a naval war none 9ball not]
he sunk without warning and with-1
out saving: human lives unless* the ship j
attempts to escape or offer resistance. 1
Accordingly, the German Govern-}
ment is confident that in consequence
of the new orders issued to the naval
forces the Government of the United
States will also now consider all im- .
pediments removed which may have ,
been in the way of mutual co-opera
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Baby Asks Elder Lad
"Why Did You Kill Mama";
Confession Frees Father
j Portsmouth. Ohio, May fi.—George
Jordan. S, who told officials Wednes
day that his father, Roy Jordan, killed
his mother with a shotgun following: a ,
quarrel because she <1 id not get up early i
enough to get breakfast, has confessed
that lie shot his mother, officials sav.
' The officials had brought George
and Fred, a little 3-year-old son, be- I
fore the probate judge and were pre
paring to ask them some questions, :
| when Fred, in innocence and with a 1
pointing hand said:
"George, what did you kill my mam
ma for?"
George hung his head and failed to )
answer. The officials were quick to
follow the lead and asked Fred how
George killed his mother and the little
chap *ald
"George killed her With a gun."
The S-year-old lad. when asked If
accusations made by his baby brother
| were true, admitted them.
National Banks Will Be
Required to Report Their
Foreign Investments
Washington, T). C.. May 6.—The |
Comptroller of the Currency to-day j
issued a call to all national banks re
quiring them to report to him their
; condition at the close of business on
Monday, May 1.
In their answers to this call, na- !
tional banks are required to inform I
; the comptroller of their investments !
i in foreign securities, particularly those ]
j of nations now engaged in war.
Brakeman C. H. Frank
Killed Near Dillerville
Charles H. Frank, aged 42 years,
employed ns a brakeman on the Phila- \
delphia division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, was found dead along the!
, i tracks of the Columbia Branch, near '
, Pillersville at 1:30 this morning. His |
, body was severed at the abdomen.
Brakeman Frank is survived by a wife
front whom lie was estranged. He
boarded at Hotel l.ynch, Verbeke and ;
Capital streets. No funeral arrange- I
, ments have been made.
I No one knows how Brakeman
.'Frank met his death. He was west
i bound on a freight train due in Har
| risbursr at 3 o'clock this morning.
1 1 Members of the crew missed Frank at
■ | Columbia. A track walker found the
. body.
• I
. SEND FRANK HOIIL'S
SWEATER TO MOTHER
. | The police of' Cincinnati yesterday
| held an annual sale of unclaimed
. goods, and in the list of articles was
. the sweater worn liy Frank Hohl, or
1: this city, at the time he was killed in
, a revolver duel with Patrolman Frank
. ! Chase, after Hohl had successfully
j robbed three banks.
. The sweater was claimed by Hohl's
• first wife and has been sent here to
i his mother.
tj OPPOSE MAIL SERVICE
, Christiania, May fi.—Norway noti
.! fled the British and French Govern
ments to-day that she cannot admit
1 the correctness of their interpretation
ol The Hague 1907 convention re
garding the seizure of neutral mails
at sea.
BUI.LET GRAZES BOY'S CHIN
| A tragedy was narrowly averted
this morning when little ten-year-old
j Ralph Brackbill, 1818 Boas street
threw a number of loaded cartridges
into a small bonfire that he and sev
eral other boys had built near the
llarrisburg Arsenal. The bullet from
one of the cartridges grazed the lower
i side of the boy's cheek, bursting: a
| blood vessel. A call was put in for
the ambulance, but it was not needed
I A physician dressed the wound.
CAR HIT MILIi WAGON
A milk wagon belonging to W. C
; Fox. of Unglestown and driven by
! " is wife - was struck a glancing blow
at Fourth and Granite streets this
morning by a Third street car north
ward bound. Milk was spilled, but
i the driver was unhurt. The horse re
! ceived a slight cut on the left flank.
SIR-: KITES, BURGLAR FLEES
i Pittston. Pa.. May.6.—Jennie Whyte,
Durvea borough school teacher,
showed her pluck yesterday when she
resisted and routed a burglar with
her teeth ns the only weapon.
Awakened from sleep at 1 o'clocK,
she screamed and the burglar leaped
at her throat as she jumped out of
bed. Miss Whyte got one of his
lingers in her mouth, and almost bit
iit off. She then jumped from a sec -
ond-story window, and latoded unin
sured. The burglar escaped. ,
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1916.
COUNTESS FACING TRIAL
DECLARATION SIGNER
*** cot/srress
rw -^ 7/^5 » MA&KfEw/r.Z'
macdom/IGH «. o^.
OOT7NTESS MARKIEWtCZ AND THOMAS MacDONAGII
Among: the prisoners taken by the British in the rebellion in Dublin was
the Countess Marklewicz. wife of a Polish arlist ami sister of .Sir Josslyn
Hooth, a land owner of Salford, Manchester, England. In the recent attack
against Dublin Castle, it is reported, she shot down and killed u guard. She
was transferred to England, where she now awaits trial for treason.
Thomas MacDonagh, one of the signers of the proclamation declaring
Ireland a republic, was captured and later shot in the Tower of London.
EIGHTH LEADER
OF REBELLION IS
SHOT TO DEATH
Major John Mcßride, Boor War
Veteran Killed; Two Others
Jailed For Life
Dublin, May, S.—lt was officially an- 1
! nounced to-day that Major John
j Mcßride. rhe eighth lender of the Sinn
; Fein rebellion to suffer death by sen
! tcnce of court-martial, has been shot.
The sentences of Thomas Hunter
and William Soßgrove, who were sen
tenced to death with Major Mcßrlde, I
were commuted to life imprisonment. I
Major John Mcßride fought through
out the Boer war with the Irish lirl- j
: gade under Genertl Piet. When the
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TWO MOTOR CLUBS
j PLAN FIGHT FOR
BETTER HIGHWAY
Harrisburg and Palmyra Auto
ists to Bring Action Against
Turnpike Company
committees, appointed at a 1
! joint session of the board of governors
of the Motor Club of Harrisburg with
the Palmyra Motor Club, at Hershey,
1 last evening, will meet shortly with a
1 view to bringing action against the i
Dauphin and Berks Turnpike Com- 1
pany for not keeping their roads in
good condition. It is understood that j
complaints will be brought before jus- |
i tices of the peace ail along the line of (
the road In question, which extends :
1 ; from the other side of Hummelstown ]
I' to Wernersville.
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HARRISBURG IS !
HANDED FLOWERS
FOR CITY PLANS
New Yorker Pays Municipality
'I Tribute in Talk Before En
;
gineers' Society
.
How Harrisburg has more than kept
I pace with other progressive cities of
, the country in solving problems In
, city planning, was interestingly em
:! phasir.ed last evening by John E. Lath- !
i j rop. director of the city Planning- De
i pariinent of the American city bureau j
. of New York, before an audience of t
I engineers, members of the Chamber I
r of Commerce, city planners and other
i ] officials, members of the Civic Club
t and others who have taken a big part
• | In the general development nnd im
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TROOPERS STORM
POST OFFICE FOR
FIRST HOME MAIL
Governor's Troop on Strike
Duty Gets Word From City;
Both Joy and Gloom
Special to the Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 6. The Gov
ernor's Troop received its first mail
from home this morning. Although
awa 1 but a few days, the troopers sur
rounded th? post office when it opened
and there was both gloom and joy in
the camp.
Lieutenant Edwin A. Nlcodemus
and Corporal M. M. Reider were re
sponsible for a mean trick last night.
When Corporal Reider found a piece
of wire left by light men, he gave It
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FRESH DIVISION
OF GERMANS IN
NEW OFFENSIVE
Concentrate Big Guns For An
other Try at French
Left Flank
Heavy flghtinK has been resumed in
the Verdun region with tho Germans
again on the offensive west of the
Meuse. They have brought up a
l'resh division and apparently made a
new concentration of heavy artillery.
Instead of attacking Dead Man's Hill,
around which the battle has raged
recently, they are now directing their
attention to the somewhat higher
eminence known as hill 304, to the
southwest, towards Avocourt, on the
French left (lank.
The afternoon bulletin of the Paris
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PENROSE ATTACKS
THE GOVERNOR FOR
HIS CANDIDACY
Says That He Has Been Pushed
Into the Fight by Some
Poor Advisors
Governor Brumbaugh's presidential
candidacy, the activity of Attorney
General Brown and others in his be
half and the attitude of Mayor Smith,
of Philadelphia, were bitterly assailed
by Senator Boies Penrose in a speech
of State-wide importance delivered lasf
night al a dinner given to him by
prominent Republicans and Independ
ents of Philadelphia isnd vicinity. The
speech declared that the Governor was
not a candidate in good faith, but for
trading purposes, and that the sentl-
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JEALOUS LOVER
TRIES TO SHOOT
HIS SWEETHEART
Fires Six Sliots al Girl When
He Sees Her With An
other Man
ATTEMPTS TO KILL RIVAL
Then Engages Detective Durn
haugh in Pistol Duel;
Wounded in Cheek
In n jealous frenzy because liisj
sweetheart spurned him, Ihe police!
say, Edward Manning, a cripple, at
tempted to shoot May liarvey, of 325 |
Francis street, and Frank Miller, the!
man with whom Manning accused her i
of being- intimate, as the pair were!
about to leave the Francis street;
house.
Failing to kill either, lie went on
a rampage and engaged Detective I.
! M. Durnbaugh, ex-Chief of Police, in
| a pistol duel in Front street, at Gib-
I son. After one of the detective's bui
j lets grazed his cheek Inflicting' a slight
I flesh wound, Manning surrendered,
i Manning, according to the detective,
met the Harvey girl and Miller in
front of the former's home. Flourish
i ing a revolver he demanded to know
1 why she was spurning his affections.
. Without answering the girl turned,
i screamed and fled. Manning, the
police say, then opened fire while only
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Mechanicsburg Physician
on Job in War Hospital
Dr. Richard R. Spahr, of Mechan
icsburg. who sailed April 1, from &ew
York for Bordeaux, on the "Rochani
beau," with a number of other phy
sicians and ambulance drivers arrived
safely alter a pleasant voyage and
no mishaps according to a letter re
| ceived here today. The party then
j proceeded to Paris to the Neuiiij hos
pital in which there are fiUO beds for
wounded and convalescent soldiers
! wounded in action. other hospitals
; are open in Paris as auxiliaries. Dr.
| James Hutchison, of Philadelphia, and
i Dr. Bouchet represent the head of the
Neullly institution. A number of
'men from various parts of this coun
j fry well known in medical circle? are
I on the staff at this hospital. Be
j tween 50 and 60 ambulances are in
; service to bring the wounded men to
; the hospitals from the trains. Men
from the hospitals go out to the front
land return with the injured.
Santo Domingo Situation
Following Rebellion Is
Reported to Be Grave
By Associated Press
Washington. May 6.—Rear Admiral
Caperton, in charge of the American
fon-es in Santo Domingo and Haiti
to-day advised the Navy Department
thai the situation in Santo Domingo
in the revolt against President Jinii
nez was grave.
.Admiral Caperton did not report
landing marines to guard the Ameri
can legation.
House Forgets Party Lines
in Observance of Uncle Joe
Cannon's 80th Birthday
By Associated Vress
Washington, D. C„ May 6.—Party
lines disappeared and old scores were
forgotten by the Mouse to-day when,
during the first hour of its regular
I session, it joined in paying tribute to
Representative Cannon, of Illinois, the
former Speaker, who will be 80 years
I old to-morrow. Never before in the
I history of the House has an hour of
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I REPRESENTATIVE TUSKEGEE
HERE FOR ASSISTANCE
W. IJ. Hutcherson, field secretary
for the Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute made famous by its
founder, the late Booker T. Washing
ton, is in Harrisburg with the hope of
enlisting the interest of people of this
city in the school.
Recause of the death of Mr. Wasli
| ington at the beginning of the school
year J175.000 of the $250,000 neces
sary for running expenses of the
school, which amount, he raised an
nually. must be secured by five grad
uates of Tuskegee, who are now in
the field. Mr. llutcherson is one of
these. There is much Interest in
Harrisburg in the work of the fa
mous institution.
Major R. R. Morion, the principal
elect who has been chosen to take the
place of the lamented Washington,
will assume charge of the school May
25th. After that date he will be at
the head of the institution and will
travel in its behalf.
21 Autos Full of Camp
Hill Folk Go on Run
At 6:30 o'clock this morning, al
most 100 residents of Camp Hill In
21 automobiles started on their third
annual two-day sociability run, and
will return to-morrow evening after a
trip of almost 300 miles. The party
arrived at Baltimore about noon and
then left for Annapolis where the
afternoon was spent visiting the Naval
Academy and other points of interest
in the city. Tonight the party will
stop at the Hotel Belvedere where
headquarters will be established.
The second day of the trip includes
stops at Bel Air and Conowingo. Md.,
and also at Lancaster and Klizabeth
town on the return trip. Prizes will
be awarded at the end of the run to
the contestants finishing closest to the
secret running time set for the trip.
ANOTHER ZEPPFXIN CRIPIXKI>
By' Associated Press
J.ondon. May B.—A dispatch from
Rotterdam to the Daily News says that
a Dutch fishing boat which arrived at
Ameland, imported having sighted the
Zeppelin D-9 flying eastward toward
the North Sea yesterday and, ap
parently badly crippled.
P. M. SHARPLES
ELECTED HEAD OF
STATE FAIR CO.
Albert E. Brown, Syracuse,
Widely Experienced in Ex
position Work, Manager
REPORTS SHOW PROGRESS
Rig Businessmen Chosen as Di
rectors by Stockholders
This Morning
P. M. SHARPIES
President.
Stockholders of the Keystone State
Fair and Industrial Exposition met
tills morning ;il in o'clock in the otlli es
in the Kunkel building for their an
nual session. A large number of stock
holders present heard reports showing
; rapid progress made in the exposition
project during the last several months.
Twenty-one directors were elected
i and these officers were chosen:
P. M. Sharpies, millionaire iminii
: factlirer, of West Chester, Pa., presi
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1 TO DETERMINE HIGHWAY ROUTES I
i Pa. May 6.—Dr. J. D. Findley, Blair; David *
| Barry, Cambria, and E. M. C. Africa Huntingdon, a special f
1 committee of the William Penn Highway Board of Gover- 4
| ro s. to-day heard the respective advocates of the proposed f
f routes through Blair county, one through Hollidaysburg,
? the other through Altoona, and will recommend which I
I should be accepted to the full board. Delegates from £
S 1 Tyrone, Hollidaysburg, Birmingham, Cresson and Alex- j
1 andria were present.
DAVIS NOMINATED FOR N. J. JUDGESHIP
£ Washington, May 6. J. Warren Davis, of Trenton, < *
United States attorney for New Jersey, was nominated to
, day for the new federal district judgeship recently ere- ►
ated by Congress for New Jersey. Charles F. Lynch, of j '
iPaterson, Mr. Davis* assistant, was nominated for United « ►
States attorney. I J
(GENDARMES DISPERSE HAITIAN SENATORS ' *
Port Au Prince, Haiti, May 6.—Members of the Haitian
Senate, who persisted in holding a meeting in spite of the ' *
warning of Rear Admiral Caperton, in command of the
i American forces here, were dispersed to-day by a detach- " '
ment of gendarmes commanded by an American officer.
GOVERNOR CONFERS WITH EMPLOYERS ?
Pittsburgh, May 6.—Governor Brumbaugh, who has $
cc.4 la ihe city since yesterday, discussed the industrial V
i i. ..iih ~ir. -j.cn, We->tin o house piesident, and I. W.
', i. t-iCoident of the Employers' Association of Pitts- • ?
* bu.gn, which is fighting any shortening of working hours in '
' tnc mills and factories of the distiict, at his hotel to-day. g ►
yiRRIAGE LICENSES , *
c, Miniiiokln. and Annr Urrtrudc IloimOin. Mlii- '
rat (on nn <l Amy Mrlvinln Krannlr, city .
ddirtonn, and Margaret T. Krlarh. Hojalton. K
i>i nfrm li li i mßj
CITY EDITION
16 PAGES
ROUT MEXICANS
WITH 42 DEAD;
AMERICANS ALL
ESCAPE INJURY
Full Squadron of Eleventh
Cavalry Surprises Much
Larger Force of Villa Ban
dits Near Ojo-Azules,
Seventeen Miles South of
Cusihuiriachic
MANY MORE OUTLAWS
I WOUNDED BY TROOPS
Cause Them to Flee Helter-
Skelter; U. S. Soldiers
Come Out of Fray Without
a Scratch
Field Headquarters near Naml
quipa, by wireless to Columbus, N.
| M., May 6.—A full squadron of two
I hundred and thirty men of the Elev
enth cavalry surprised and routed a
j much larger force of Villa bandits at.
Ojo-Azules, 17 miles south of Cuai-
Jhuiriaohie early yesterday.
Forty-two Meieans were killed and
a great number were wounded. There
were no American casualties.
Surprised In Hnts
The American command, under
i Major Robert J*. Howie, had been
j pursuing the bandits under General
i Cruz Domlnguez and Julio Acosta. for
i several days when they encountered
them encamped in the huddled adobe
| huts of ojo-Azules.
The Mexicans were completely sur
prised and sprang from their pallets
half clothed. After firing a few wild
shots they began a (light, each man
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StJK I'Oltl) EQB lIRF.T,
By .Associated Press
Washington, May 6. The Navy
| l.eague filed a suit for libel to-day in
! the District Supreme Court agains\
| Henry Ford, the Detroit manufacturer
asking for SIOO,OOO damages. The
! suit alleged libel in some of Ford':'
i published statements opposing military
preparedness.