145,000 New Yotkets March in Plea That Nation Prepare For War
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 109
THINK DE FACTO
GOVERNMENT IS
MAKING RENEWED
EFFORTS IN HUNT
Dispatch of 1,500 Carranza
Troops Leads Official to
Believe Assurance of Co
operation to Get Border
Raiders Is Sincere
SITUATION SHOWS
NO SIGNS OF CHANGE
Coast Artillery Companies,
Recently Ordered Out, Are
Reaching First Along
Line; Expect All to Arrive
Soon
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., May 13.—Dis
patch of 1,500 Carranza troops north
ward toward the border in the Big
Bend district of Coahuila, reported in
border advices, was regarded by offi
cials here to-day as possible indication
that the Mexican de facto government
is making renewed efforts to capture
bandits who have raided American
border towns. Reports that the ex
pedition might have a hostile purpose
were not regarded seriously by ad
ministration authorities.
They intimated that the action
tended to strengthen the belief that
American and Mexican military au
thorities at El Paso had reached an
unwritten agreement on co-operation
along the border to prevent further
bandit raids.
The Mexican situation shows no
sign of immediate change here to-day.
President Wilson was cruising down
the Chesapeake bay on the yacht May
flower and did not expect to return
before Sunday or Monday. Secretary
Baker had taken a week-end trip to
Atlantic City and Newark.
Sn Antonio, Texas, May 13.—Two
companies of coast artillery reached
here to-da.\ and pitched camp at Fort
Sam Houston, near the militia en
campment. It was said at headquar
ters that all of the other companies
included in the movement will have
arrived by night, making a total of
seven at this point. Four companies
have been sent to strengthen forces at
El Paso and Marathon.
Major-General Funston will reach
headquarters to-night after an ab
sence of more than two weeks, necessi
tated by the conference at El Taso
with General Obregon, minister of
war of the de l'acto government. He is
expected to outline a program of work
which will place the state troops in
shape for service within two or three
weeks.
Marathon, Texas. May 13. One
company of coast artillery arrived here
from San Antonio. Texas, to-ilay. Part
of it will ro south to join Colonel Fred
erick W. Sibley's expeditionary force,
while the remainder will help garrison
Marathon.
Colonel Sibley expects to have direct
romnmnieation between Hoquillas and
Marathon by Susday night.
/Vo Idea Now of Calling
Pennsylvania Guard
Special io the Telegraph
Atlantic City, N. .T.. May 13. Call
ing out. of the National Guanl of Penn
sylvania for service in Mexico or along
the Rio Grande border is not even con
templated as a remote contingency by
the War Department, Secretary of War
Maker said here last night, lie added
that the situation In Mexico is more
"hopeful" than it has been at any time
for a week. His further statement that
no more State troops are to he called
out Is taken as indicating that the War
Department is confident of its ability
to cope with the situation with the
force now at its disposal.
"Pennsylvania has an excellent Na
tional Guard organization, but I do
not think there will be any need for
us to avail ourselves of their services
at this time," said Mr. Baker.
"It is not now regarded probable that
any more States will be called upon to
put their troops in the field, as the
Mexican situation appears to be well
in hand."
THE WEATHER
For HnrrUburg nnd vicinity! Gen
erally rlou<ly to-night nnd Sun
da \ ; ii• 11 much change In tem
perature.
For Rnatern Pennsylvania: Gener
ally cloudy to-night nnd Sunilny ;
moderate north nnd nnrthnrat
winds*
Itlver
The SiiNqnehnnnn river nnd nil Its
trllmtnrlfN will probnltly continue
to fnll alowly, A klurc of nhnut
4.5 feet In Indicated for llarrla
liurit Sunday morning;.
General Condition*
The Southwest disturbance hns In
creased In magnitude and now
covers the greater part of the
western half of the country with
Its center over New Mexico. It
has caused light to moderate
rains In the Middle Mlsslnslppl
V nlley and the Plains States and
anonn anil rains continue In Mon
tana and Wyoming.
The lowest temperature reported
this morning was 20 degrees at
Winuemnccn, Nevada.
Temperaturei » a. m„ 54.
Sunt Rises, 4:M a. m.; sets. 7iia
p. m.
Moon i Fnll moon, May 17, Oill
a. m.
Itlver stagei 4.t» feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 72.
I.owest temperature. ."St.
Mean temperature, H3.
Normal temperature, GO.
BY CARRIER « CEBITS A WEEK.
SIKGI.E COPIES 2 CENTS.
145,000 PEOPLE
MARCH IN GREAT
DEFENSE PARADE
Patriots Stream Over Street#
of New York in Prepared
ness Demand
20,000 WOMEN IN LINE
All Walks of Life Represented
by Marchers; Reviewed by
l\ S. Officials
By Associated Press
New York, May 13.—New York's
belief that the nation should prepare
I for war was expressed to-day by
nearly 145,000 men and women march
: ing in one of the greatest processions
ever assembled for the promotion of
an idea.
Twenty abreast, filling the streets
from curb to curb, keeping in step to
the patriotic tunes of two hundred
bands, the parade that began this
morning will last for twelve hours or
longer.
Many business houses are closed
while the city gives itself up to Its
celebration of preparedness day. The
sidewalks from the Battery to Fifty
ninth street, the start and finish of the
parade, are crowded. It is estimated
that at least 1,000,000 persons saw the
demonstration.
Twenty thousand women are in the
pageant. Workers in two hundred
occupations, lawyers and other profes
sional men, city officials and city em
ployes and 10,000 members of the
National Guard and thousands of vet
erans of the Spanish war compose the
long column. The lawyers are led by
I twenty justices of the supreme court.
Sixty-four Divisions
The marchers were divided Into
sixty-four divisions. The hour set for
the start was 9.50 a. m. and it is ex
pected that the last division will not
reach the disbanding point until 10.30
o'clock to-night.
Demands for a place in the parade
so greatly exceeded the time and space
that the promoters were compelled to
reject 60,000 applications. Beginning
at the Rattery. at the southern end
of Manhattan Island, the divisions fell
in line at intervals along Broadway,
("enter and Lafayette streets and Fifth
avenue nearly to the reviewing stand
erected in Madison Square.
General Wood on Stand
There, from a stand containing thou
sands of spectators. Major-General
Leonard Wood, Rear Admiral Na
thaniel R. Usher, commander of the
New York navy yard, and Mayor
Mitcliel reviewed the parade.
The main body of the march'ng
thousands was composed of employes
in shops and stores. In addition divi
sions were composed of representa
ti\cs of the theater and allied arts,
engineers, architect*, clergymen, busi
ness men, bankers and brokers, phy
sicians and surgeons and public
schools.
Girls Prom Stores
In the women's section were teach
ers. stenographers, art students, gtrls
from the department stores, the Ameri
can Woman's League for Self-Defense
and the Women's Preparedness Bat
talion and representatives of various
trades organizations.
Anti-preparedness bodies, such as
the Woman's Peace Party and the
Socialists, endeavored to offset, the pre
paredness spirit by circulation among
the spectators of circulars. Across
Fifth avenue from the reviewing stand
the woman's party hung out a banner
with the inscription:
"There are only 100,000 of you.
You are not the only patriots. Two
million families, 500 000 mine workers
and organized labor of America are
opposed to what you and Wall street
are marching for. Are you sure you
are right?"
Thousands See Vessels
Maneuver at Charlestown
By Associated Press
Boston, Mass., May 13.—The Charles
town navy yard, in which forty vessels
of war had been assembled, was vis
ited by thousands of persons to-day,
including a "navy day" program, ar
ranged by the Massachusetts auxiliary
of the Naval Relief Society. Among
the principal demonstrations If naval
preparedness were the maneuvers of
the T-<-l, representative of the latest
type of submarines in the United States
navy, and the launching of a torpedo
by the torpedohoat detrover O'Brien.
The fighting ships, ranging from
submersibles to superdreadnaughts,
were dressed for the occasion.
Thomas A. Edison Comes Out
Strongly For Col. Roosevelt
Special to the Telegraph
Oyster Bay, N. V., May 13. Thomas
A. Edison has come out strongly in
favor of Colonel Roosevelt. He has
written a letter to Guy Emerson, sec
retary of the Roosevelt Nonpartisan
League, in which he says:
i "Answering your question as to my
views of Colonel Roosevelt for our next 1
President. I would say that I believe -
|ne is absolutely the only man who !
j should oe considered at this crucial I
• period, lie has more real statesman-I
1 shin, a better grasp of the most impor
tant needs of this country and greater
executive ability to handle the bis in
ternational problems that will arise at
the close of the war than all the other
proposed candidates put together. His
energy, capacity and vast experience in <
I large affairs of State and nation for
many years, together with his great
patriotism and his intense American-!
Ism and his great knowledge In all lines j
of human endeavor make him decidedly I
the most striking figure in American!,
life. 1
FIND BODY OF MISSING WOMAN j
By Associated Press
Lancaster, Pa., May 13. From ar
ticles taken from the body of the wo-|
man drowned in the Susquehanna river
and found on a rock last Tuesday near '
Safe Harbor, Albert O'Brien, of York,
late yesterday identified the woman as
his wife. She was demented and dis- ;
appeared from home January 19.
PRINCE BORIS TO WED
London, May 13. The announce
ment is expected shortly at Vienna of
the bethrotlial of an Austrian arch-1
duchess and Prince Ports, heir to the !
throne of Bulgaria, according to an!
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange j
Telegraph Company, 1
PRETTY FORD
ADVOCATE
THRILLING JOURNEY
Wm ■
jnpp
MISS FRIEDA MYLECRAINE
Former Harrisburger with Ford Peace Pa/ty
After months of exciting travel I
through practically the only accessible 1
neutral countries in Europe with the '
Ford peace party, which sailed frcm
New York December 4. 1915, on the
Oscar 11, Miss Frieda Mylecraine, for >
three years a stenographer with the
State Board of Education in this city,
has just returned from Europe.
Miss Mylecraine is visiting in the
city as the guest of Miss Edna Cugler,
of the State Board of Education, and
wll! leave to-morrow for her homo in
Philadelphia. While here she told
many of her friends of the trips
through Norway, Sweden, Dennu'rk, !
Holland and later in England after £>he ;
and Mrs. Joseph Fels, of Philadelphia, {
left the Ford peace party.
"1 would go again to-morrow if I ]
had the opportunity," was her reply to '
the queries of friends, even after she |
had told them of how for thirty-six j
hours on one occasion everyone on!
board wore a life belt the entire time.
Arriving with the Ford party In I
Christianta, Norway, December 19,
Miss Mylecraine said that at first the
people greeted them cautious-cordially.
but after three or four days showed
them the best of courtesies. Christmas
Day was spent In Stockholm and New I
Year's Eve and New Year's Day in
Copenhagen, Denmark. '
Accompanied by Police
Here, Miss Mylecraine said, she and
Mrs. Fels, together with other "<llll
- were warned on New Year's
Eve not to venture outside the hotel
without a military or police escort be
cause of the big celebration.
"Our Fourth of July and the Danish
New Year's Eve celebration are almost
the same," she said enthusiastically
as she told of the excitement of the
evening. "The hotel windows were
boarded up, fireworks set off in the
big square, and enormous crowds in
the streets until after midnight."
STEELTON FOLKS TUESDAY
WILL VOTE VIA. BREADBOX
Ballots For SBO,OOO Loans Must Be Cast in Separate Recep
tacles; County Commissioners Solve Problem
in Humble Way
Steeltonians who vote for or against
the SBO,OO improvement loans next
Tuesday Will do so in a very hum
ble way; they'll cast their ballots in
hreadboxes. This is because the coun
ty commissioners decreed to-day that
separate boxes had to be provided
Y. M. C. A. Will Consider
How It May Assist in
Preventing Labor Strikes
Cleveland, Ohio, May 13. The
question of the attitude of the Young
Men's Christian Association In Indus
trial strikes and how It may assist In
preventing and terminating strikes,
Will be one of the leading questions
considered at the international con
vention In session here. This question
arose in the industrial section yester
day afternoon and it was voted to
name a committee of seven to-day to
frame a policy for presentation discus
sion and adoption Monday.
At this morning's program of the
general convention President, McK.
King of the Hartford Theological Sem
inary made an address In connection
with a report on vocationa training.
He will also speak before the student
section this afternoon.
,1. K. BOWMAN' BUYS
WAI.NCT STREET PROPERTY
John K. Bowman has purchased the
annex of Wltmer. Bair and Witmer,
213 Walnut street, occupied by Ed
ward Hildebrand, florist. The new
owner plans to rebuild the structure
and use it for storing automobiles.
The transaction was made through
S. W. Fitzgerald. ,
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1916.
The party arrived in Rotterdam
about a week later and remained there
and in Amsterdam for a short time.
"Norway and Sweden, of course,
are anxious to remain neutral and our
party was treated here with the great
est of respect. In Stockholm when we
left the people crowded around the
railway station and sang national
songs.
Many Troops In Holland
"In Denmark, however, much ten
sion is caused by the efforts to pre
vent war with Germany. No public
meetings are held and the least bit of
trouble created tremendous excite
ment, but no troops are to be seen.
In Holland it is almost the opposite.
Three hundred thousand troops are
mobilized. Kach morning the lirst
sound is the bugle call and the clatter
of horses' hoofs, guns are mounted on
boats in the canals of Rotterdam ;.nd
Amsterdam and both cities are strongly
fortified."
Miss Mylecraine, aftei the Ford
party returned home, remained in Hol
land. Denmark, Norway and Sweden a
short time, and then with Mrs: Fels
left for London, where they spent live
weeks. Much difficulty was experi
enced in entering and leaving England,
hut eventually they obtained passage
on the New Amsterdam, sailing from
Falmouth, England, shortly after the
Sussex disaster. Miss Mylecraine and
Mrs. Fels arrived in Bergen, Norway,
just before they sailed for England
and immediately after the big tire.
There was only one hotel in the city
that could be used, and it was water
soaked.
Miss Mylecraine is enthusiastic over
the peace work and she is extremely
anxious to have all of her friends know
that, a permanent peace party has
been established in Stockholm -A'ith
five representatives from the United
States, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Holland and Switzerland.
for loan tickets, and they had to get
them in a hurry. So ten breadboxes,
enough for Steelton's ten precincts
were hastily bought from a nearby
hardware store—and a chisel and a
hammer turned the Japanned-tin hold
ers into official ticket receivers. Locks
were added.
Five Joyriders Hurt
When Stolen Automobile
Crashes Through Fence
Driving: up River Road at fifty miles
an hour, in a ear owned by Dr. John J.
Moflitt, 1727 North Second street. Klmer
Fields lost control of' the machine,
panions narrowly escaped death when
Fields lost control of the machine,
and the automobile turned upside down
after crashing through a fence.
Fields sustained a fractured collar
bone; Stanley L. McKay, fractured col
larbone and lacerations; Mrs. Stanley
McKay, bruises; Frank Weiley, aged 8,
cuts and bruises, and Mamie Luckett,
lacerations. Fields' companions all re
side at 610 Willow street. Walter Acy.
aged 15. 132 Liberty street, who was
hanging on to the rear of the car un
noticed sustained a probable fracture of
the skull and cuts -nd bruises.
The accident occurred at Fort Hunter
about !• o'clock last night. The two
men and two boys were treated at the
Harrlaburg hospital, and shortly after.
Fields was arrested charged with steal
ing the automobile.
According to city police. Fields lost
control of the uuto when he was pass
ing around another machine. He is a
chauffeur employed by Dr. Moffitt, and
started off with the car after he had
taken the physician 'to the Orpheuin
WILL STRENGTHEN
SLOPES OF RIVER
FRONT WALL RAMP
Park Department Riprap
Passageway From Park
to Wall
AT MUENCH ST. MONDAY
If Treatment Proves Economi
cal Other Slopes Will Be
Similarly Improved
Work will begin Monday on the
rip-rapping of the ramp on the
River Front slope at Muench street
with a view to determining whether
or not the improvement can be ef
fected at a reasonable cost.
If the job can be completed at a
fairly low figure similar treatment will
be followed at Peffer street and later
at all the passageways leading from
the upper park walks to the River
Front Wall. The ramp at Muench
street is the longest and will prob
ably prove the more costly of any.
From sixty to sixty-five tons of
limestone quarried from the new park
way to the east of the city limits,
will be used for the purpose so that
the actual expenditure in connection
with the work will be limited to labor,
hauling, etc. The plan is to set the
stones into the slopes for a distance
of fifteen feet above the walk and
the treatment will be similar to that
adopted at the pumping station plaza.
By this treatment Commissioner E. Z.
Gross and Assistant Park Superinten
dent Forrer expect to establish a solid
bank of stones on the exposed por
tions of the ramp slopes that will re
sist the action of the water for years
to come.
Other Activities
While the work on the ramps has
been planned for Monday, the park
officials and the limited corps of
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Eighteen Wealthy Women
Believed Strangled by
Hungarian "Bluebeard"
Budapest, May 13.—Further official
investigation into the case of the mod
ern Bluebeard in the village of Cin
kota, who, it developed, was known as
Pela Kiss, shows that the man made a
practice for years, according to the po
lice, of decoying women by marriage
advertisements, obtaining their money
on marriage promises and then mur
dering them.
The police have a record of 18 wo
men with whom Kiss was at various
times associated, eight of whom have
long been "-eported as missing, while
the ten oth*-r« have not yet been found.
11l the house he had occupied were dis
covered packages of love letters from
I all parts of the world, Including the
I United States.
Four of seven sealed leaden cases
found in the dwelling- were opened.
Three contained the bodies of strangled
women, while In the fourth were seven
women's dresses. One was identified
as belonging to a young woman who
had been missing for ten years.
There appears to be no doubt that
Kiss died at Valjevo, Sorbla, as pre
viously reported. Although he rarely
worked, he spent money so generously
that lie was known as "the American
uncle."
BAIIX DKSTItOYED BY FIRE
Special to the Telegraph
Lancaster, Pa., May 13.—The largo
barn on Samuel A. Keen's farm near
White Oak, with .100 bushels of grain
and some livestock, was destroyed by
fire today, causing a loss of $5,000. A
spark from a traction engine caused
the blaze.
U.S. DELAYS WITH
BRITIAN TO SHOW
HAND IS FREE
Blockade Negotiations Post
poned Because of German
"Conditions"
Washington, D. C., May 13. Two I
developments In the submarine Issue
further emphasized the stiffening in
the attitude of the United States Gov
ernment toward Germany which has
come to be a subject of much com
-1 ment in diplomatic circles here.
It was announced that instructions
were cabled to James W. Gerard,
American Ambassador at Berlin, to as
certain and report upon the exact
character find extent of the "punish
ment" meted out to the submarine
commander responsible for the at
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Price Maintenance Law
Favored by Chamber of
Commerce Referendum
A special meeting of the directors!
of the Chamber of Commerce was call- i
ed this morning lo pass upon the ref-1
erendum vote taken this week among
the members on the question of the |
maintenance of resale prices.
Just 126 out of the membership of
311 voted. 76 being in favor of the l
proposition to bring about price main
tenance by federal legislation and 50 j
voting against. The directors this!
morning voted 5 in favor and 3 against, !
2 not voting. Consequently the mem-1
bershlp vote, which upheld the rec
ommendation of the chosen commit-!
tee on investigation, was In turn up
held by the vote or the directors. Sec-'
retar.v McColgin sent the report of the
Harriaburg Chamber to the general
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce
lOf the United Stateß in Washington.
GERMANS RESUME
FIERCE FIGHTING
AT DOUAUMONT
Violent Bombardment Is Fol
lowed by Attacks; Repulsed
With Heavy Loss
ARTILLERY IS ACT IV E
Encounters in Volhynian Fort
ress Triangle; Food Riots
Cause Teuton to Resign
The Douaumont region of the Ver
dun front, where the Germans for
more than two months past have been
held fairly close to the line of their
original advance in the February
drive, is again the scene of desperate
lighting.
Violent bombardment of French po
sitions in that sector yesterday was fol
lowed by strong attacks in which, ac
cording to the afternoon bulletin from
Paris, the Germans suffered heavy
losses anu failed to gain any ground.
Across the Meuse, northwest of Ver
jdun, no infantry encounters are re
| ported but the artillery is being kept
I busy firing on both sides being virtual
i ly without cessation.
Vienna to-day reports continually
increasing activity in the vicinity of
| the Volhynian fortress triangle on the
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VANDALS DKSTItOY WIXDOWBOX
Vandals last night destroyed the
window flower boxes of Mrs. Mary
Winemiller, 124 Soi'th Fourteenth
'street. Mrs. Winemiller has two large
! attractive boxes at her home, and
; much favorable comment has been
I heard from folks who have seen this
display. During last night (lowers in
i both boxes were broken, and the
| plants at the ends of each box torn out.
MAYFI.OWKH AT M.Wi'Oin NKWS
By Associated Press
I Newport News. Va.. May 1.1. The
yacht Mayflower with the President
! and Mrs. Wilson aboard for a week
end cruise, anchored off the ship yard
here this morning from Washington.
CLARK TO RUN AGAIN
Jefferson City, Mo., May 13.
Speaker Champ Clark to-day filed for
I renomination for Congressman from
| the 9th Missouri district.
i TROOP OUT ON HIKE ?
J Pitt i Pa., May 13.—Lieuenant Nicodcrnus, of 1
J c 'uo ■...oi'b Troop, to-day took the men out for a hike
J o. tout, uu. ing which they practiced the maneuvers of the |
I infann sc vice. This evening the Governor's Troop will m
patiol the streets of East- Pitsburgh until the saloons close, f
t 11.45 P. M. Trooper Martin left the hospital to-day, but g*
9 Trooper Bittner is still at the hospital although much better. J:
I ROTE IN TO-DAY'S GAME ( L
j • Harry Rote, high school football and basketball star, ':
I appeared this afternoon in the Harrisburg line-up in the in- I
| I field, in the game with Lancaster. ?
( ; SIO,OOO FIRE AT YORK I
I York, Pa., May 13.—The plant of the York Autobody 9
Company was destroyed by fire to-day. The loss was SIO,OOO. I
REFUGEES LAND HERE fl !
New York, May 13.—More than 600 refugees from '
Greece and Serbia were among the 1,400 steerage passeng? i ►
I on the p Duca D'Aosta which arrived here I J
£ to-day from Mediterranean ports. >
1 ll
*■ ' "JEWISH MARK TWAIN" IS DEAD
! New York, May 13.—Solomon Rabinowitz, poet, author * M
< ' and playwright, died here to-day after a long illness. He i
l was 57 years old. Scholom Alechem was his pen name but ' »
ihe was best known as the "Jewish Market Twain.'* In all 1 ]
his writings he strove for one aim: Jewish unity and free- *
\ dom. ,
VILLA REPORTED AT HEAD OF 1100 MEN
| i Feld Headquarters, near Mex., ?
May 12, by Wireless to Columbus, N. M., May 13. j[
< Detachments of American troops to-day are investigating a £
rumor that Villa, at the head of a command of 1100 men,
( ,is in hiding in the mountains about 70 miles from border. • [
i MOTHERS' DAY PROCLAIMED a ►
< 1 Harrisburg.—Mayor M«eals this afternoon issued a !
I proclamation fixing to-morrow as Mothers' Day in Harris- g »
1 burg. ' ,
MARRIAGE LICENSES ( >
Knlrii llorilcn nml lt»»l Cnrrk, Mtrrlton.
(irorm- Kllanurlh Noriley 11 ml Milrunrrt Cyrilln Knight, ScrantOß. |
CITY EDITION
16 PAGES
STANDING ARMY
OF 206,000 IS
INDICATED NOW
Conferees on Reorganization
Bill Agree Upon That
Number
231,000 IN WAR TIME
Report Will Be Submitted to
Both Branches of Congress
For Ratification
Washington, May 13. A regulai
army of 206,000 men at peace strength
capable of expansion to 254,000 men
in time of war, was agreed upon to
day by Mouse and Senate conferee:;
on the army reorganization bill, firs;
of the big national defense measures
The report, will be submitted to both
branches of Congress for ratification
next week.
In the agreement on the regula'
army the Senate bill system of organi
zation was retained as a substitute fo
the House system which would hav
recruited a maximum army of 110,OOt
men.
The regular line of the army, the bit'
now provides, can never go below I'iO,-
000, and its maximum strength i>
times of peace would be 175,000 ofii
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Food Riots Force German
Vice Chancellor to Resign
Amsterdam, May 13. Dispatcht
1 from Berlin state that the resignation
' of Clemens Delbrueck, minister of the
interior and vice chancellor has lieei
■ officially announced there. Minister
Delbrueck has offered his resignation
on account of illness which will re
quire long treatment. No immediate
appointment of his successors is ex
pected.
Clemens Delbrueck has been minis
ter of the interior since July 1914. It
the last few months be has been th;
subject of attacks in the German
newspaper on account of the foo<
situation. Within the last few day.-
thp Paris newspapers have predictee
that his resignation would be forced
by the Emperor on account of th<
food riots which are reported to havi
occurred In the principal Germai
cities.