- ...... ....... ■ • ■ •'*'l" ."■*■• 1 Harr'.sburg Men on Border Thrown in Cu.rdhoais Fcr Demons'r. t'nj Ajdirst Us:kss Stay HARRISBURG tSllilll TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 285 28 PAGES FRENCH DEPUTIES ' VOTE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT Approve Conduct of War in Resolutions After Stormy Session SOCIALISTS CRITICISE Fear Conflict Will Never End; Final Vote Is 311 to 160 Paris. Pec. 7. The chamber of deputies by a vote of 544 to 160 to night passed a resolution expressing confidence in the government in its conduct of the war. The vote was taken at the con clusion of a public session which fol lowed the tenth secret session at which nineteen resolutions were introduced. After the doors were thrown open Premier Briand addressed the cham ber ar.d said that the government would accept only a resolution imply ing confidence, which was introduced by Deputy Baboud. This resolution read as follows The chamber notes the decla rations of the government con cerning the reorganiation of the general staff and approves its resolution to concentrate under restricted direction the conduct of the war and the economic organ ization of the country. The cham ber also expresses confidence in the government to make, in full accord with our allies, common sacrifices and efforts recognized as indispensable to arrive by re doubled energy at a victorious issue. Criticises Course of War Premier Briand was followed by two Socialists, who criticised the conduct of the war and declared: "After the way this stationary war Is being conducted, we are compelled to ask ourselves will it ever end." Deputy Mistral said that public opinion had been unfavorably im pressed by the declaration of the Rus sian premier regarding Constantinople. His remarks aroused a storm of pro test. M. Noulens, president of the Rad ical-Socialist party also criticised the conduct of the war by the government. He read a declaration which has been adopted at a meeting of his group to the effect that in the interests of the sacred union individual members of the left should vote according to their conscience. Andre Tardieu, a new member of the chamber and formerly editor of the Temps, supported a resolution blaming the government for its weak ness and mistakes. He insisted on the priority of his resolution. M. Millerand. former secretary of war, declared that he would vote for the government. He called on the chamber to trust in the patriotism of Premier Briand. If. Renaudei, leader of the Socialist party, also declared he would vote for the government, together with a part of the Socialist group. The minority Socialists protested and a close in the debate was then demanded from all parts of the chamber. The first test vote came on the priority of M. Tardieu's hostile reso lution, which was rejected. 395 to 117. Holland and Germany Reach Agreement on Exportation of Foodstuffs London. Dec. 8. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Times says that the Berlin Vcssische Zeitung announces that an agreement has been reached between Holland and Germany re garding the exportation of foodstuffs identical to thet existing between Hol land and England. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Vosslsche Zei tung says that it is really if not tech nically an agreement between Ger m-iny and England vhere' y both may obtain food from Holland. The Times correspondent interprets this as meaning that Dutch ships car rying food to England will not be mo lested by German submarines or seiz ed by destroyers. He adds: "It is part of a wide agreement," and also says that the understanding with Hol land provides for the payment of food stuffs by German treasury notes. THE WEATHER For llarrlnburc and vicinity: t'n- Mfttifd fo-niuht anil Saturday, probably rain: warmer to-niht. with lowmt temperature about r.O Ueisrce*; co 1<1t Saturday. For Ku*tcrn I'ennaylvania: Cloudy to-nifcht and Saturday, probubly rain: warmer to-niulit; colder Saturay In nortl ern and western portion*: moderate ftoutbeu*t to Mouth UIDIIM. River The u*f|uehanna river and all It* brnncbe* will fnll Mlnwly or re miiin nearly Mtntinnary to-niuht and probably Saturday, except Mime of the tributaries* may ri*e Nomewhat Saturday. \ Ntairc of about 4.1! feet I* Indicated for llarriaburK Saturday morning. Ciencral Condition* The center of the western di*turb llnee lia* moved to the I.ake Su perior rejclon, and It* Moutbern extremity reache* through the Mll*Mippl Valley Into the f;ulf of Mexico. It ha* cau*ed gen eral rain* over a belt of country extendine from the northern border of the Cireat I.ake* to the fsiilf coat. Temperature* have riwen 2 to 20 degree* from the I.ake Region ea*tward and *ootli and cant of the Ohio river, and It i* warmer In th? Far *orthwe*tt el*ewhere there ha* been a general fnll of 2 to DO degree* In temperature. Temperature! S a. m., 44. Sum Rl*e* f 7:16 a. m.s *et* f 4:39 p. m. >lon: Full moon, to-morrow, 7:44 a. m. River stacet 4.2 feet above low water mark. Ye*terday'* Weather Ilighent temperature, f.4. I.owe*t temperature, 40. J Mean temperature, 47. I formal temperature, 34. RUMANIANS ARE BEING ROUNDED I UP BY GERMANS B.CKX) Additional Prisoners and 26 Guns Taken in Trap EXPECT STAND OX BUZENI Strong Defensive Line and Easily Reinforced by Russians Athens, Pec. 7, via London, Doc. 8. j —The blockade of Greece begins offi cially at 8 o'clock to-morrow (Friday j morning. The members of the British naval mission have been ordered to embark ; on the Greek transa-Atlantic line Kin? I OonsUntine. In Mpotxe .to the de-j main! of the entente yesterday for an explanation for the movements of ; Greek troops the government has ex- ; plained that these movements have ceased. Further important captures of Ru- j manian troops are announced to-day | by Merlin in the work of gathering in I prisoners. The total for which figures [ I are given, including a force of B.ooo' j trapped in western Wallachia, the fate j i of which was a foregone conclusion, is j [Continued on Page 13] Big French Battleship With Crew of 730 Men Is Now Given Up as Lost Paris, I>ix\ 8. The battleship SiilTreu, which left port on November :! I has not been hoard from since ami the Minister of Mivinc considers the \c.-sol lost with all on board. The SulTroil sailed for l.orient, a French naval station in Brittany. The French battleship Suffren dis placed 12,750 tons. Her normal com plement was 730 men. She was 410 feet long and 70 feet of beam and was laid down in 1899. She was armed with four 12-inch, 10 6.4-inch and S 4-inch guns, twenty-two S-! pounders and four torpedo tubes. Last year the Suffren took part in i the bombardment of the Turkish forts at the Dardanelles. She entered thei str: its to attack Turkish batteries and; according to an official Turkish an-1 nouncement was damaged seriously and withdrew in flames. She was sent back to Toulon for repairs. Nearly Half-Million More Voted For President Than For Supreme Court Judge The official computation of the vote i oast in the State for supreme court justice was compiled at the Depart ment of the Secretary of the Common wen!th to-day, showing: that Justice E. A. Walling. fci. Erie, the Governor's ap pointee. received 569,046 and Charles' Palmer, of Chester, 250,933, with T7 votes scattering:. The total vote cast for supreme court justice was 820,056, while the total of the votes cast for the first, electors on the five tickets was 1.296.- : 095. In all 475,939 electors voted the presidential ticket who did not vote the nonpartisan judicial ticket. Computation of the vote for the 190 electoral. candidates is in progress at the Capitol. <>\ 1 RCOME BY C. As John King, South Xinth street, was overcome by gas this morning- at the Central Iron and Steel Works. He was removed to the Harrisburg hospital in an unconscious condition. NEWSPAPI RS l N REASING PRICE Boston. Mass.. Dec. B.—The Associa tion of National Advertisers at its an nual meeting yesterday adopted reso-' lutions approving "reasonable in-, creases in the selling price of periodi cals and newspapers," because of the higher cost of white paper. \RBTTR \TION HEARINGS ■\\ ashington, D. C., Dec. B.—Hearings for employers and employes on com pulsory arbitration were decided upon to-dav by the Senate interstate com merce committee as a step preparatory i to reporting on railroad legislation j suggested by President Wilson to supplement the Adamson law. No date ■ was set. Some Republican members i j of the Senate committee feel no arbi tration legislation will be passed at the' ' present session. JAPS BUILD MONSTER SHIP Washington. D. C.. Dec. B.—Japan is j j building a larger, more powerful and I swifter battleship than any built ori {planned for the American navy. Rear' j Admiral Badger, of the general board, ; j to-day told the House naval commit- ' i tee. explaining the board's recom- ! mendation for larger ships in the 1918 : ; program. The Japanese ship, he said, j will have a main battery of twelve j , 15-inch or 16-inch guns against twelve j 14-inch on American vessels now ; building, and eigh tl6-inch for ships authorized last year. AMERICA WANTS DATA Washington, Dec. B.—Great Britain has been asked by the State Depart ment for information of the status of: the P. and O. liner Arabia sunk by a German submarine without warning, j Germany in a note yesterday cites ; circumstances which she contends i Justified the submarine commander in taking the Arabia for an armed trans port. The State Department's information |to date is that the ship was a pass enger carrying liner not subject to at tack without warning. The next steps in the situation, admittedly most ; serious since the Sussex case, will not be taken until all the information has been gathered. NORWAY'S LOSSES HEAVY London, Dec. 8. A Reuter dis , patch from Christiana says It is an nounced by the Norwegian ministry of' commerce that in November 19 Nor wegian vessels with a total tonnage of' 32.993 were lost. The sinking of the' Greek steamship Iptros by a German submarine, is reported from Las Pal-! i mas, Canary Islands. Reuter's cor respondent at Stavanger, Norway, Aiys i the Norwegian steamship Stettin has i been sunk by a German submarine. 1 HARRISBURG, PA.,FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1916. HARRISBURG HOUSEWIVES | BBfU I '-c SO'BLOWN UP' WHEN JUfflk nWi. I *^ift HC |tani If F 1 ANOTHER NOTE TO GERMANY POSSIBLE IN U-BOAT CRISIS Intended to Clear Up Differ ences in Interpretation of Kaiser's Pledges ashington, Dec. 8. A new note i to Germany on the general submarine \ situation appears to be among the! possibilities which may come out of the latest activities of the undersea boats. If decided upon, such a note would j be fpr the purpose of clearing up! what appears to be differences of in terpretation in Washington and Her- j lin as to what Germany's pledges In i the Sussesx case covered, especially as to armed ships. Secretary Lansing said to-dav no final course of action had been agreed upon by President Wilson and himself, i General Action Justified Although the State Department has [Continued on Page 11J] GLOWING CROSS ! CRUSADE SIGNAL Lighting of Yuletide Emblem Over Square Formally In augurates 1916 Campaign With the flashing into light last evening of the big electrical red cross over Market Square the 1916 Christ mas seal sales campaign was formally Inaugurated. From now until after the holidays the city's schools, churches, fraternal i organizations, business men. mercan tile houses and the score or more or other agencies enlisted in Harrisburg's ! annual philanthropic Yuletide move ment will bend every effort toward es [Continued on Page 8] i FARMERS TO MAKE UP NEW BUREAU Successful Agriculturalists to Be' Governing Officers C. of C. Announces The Dauphin County Farm Bureau which is being fostered by the Har rlsburg Chamber of Commerce, will be strictly an organization of county farmerß, according to the plans form ed by the agricultural committee of 1 the Chamber a ta meeting yesterday afternoon. Its governing officers and executive; [Continued on Page 8] CONSIDER FORM OF PROSECUTIONS IN LIVING PROBE Federal Investigaters Turn Guns First 011 Coal Specu lators Washington, D. 0., Dec. S. The federal investigation into the high cost of living reached a stage to-day where officials turned their attention to the form which prosecutions, if under taken, should assume. The subject under consideration was said to be the method of proceeding against coal speculators whose activi ties are believed to have contributed largely to the recent advance. Fnited States Attorney Anderson, in charge of the investigation, will see the President later. The President is continuing his study of preliminary reports with a view to later forming recommendations to Congress. The [Continued on Page 10] MEN WELL UP IN YEARS IN TEST Will Work Alongside of Young Men in Efficiency Contest Chicago, Dec. 8. Tests of the efficiency of men between the ages of 45 and 65 alongside of an equal num ber of young men were started to-day by a committee of fifteen large em , ployers recently organized, with Benjamin J. Rosenthal, a Chicago ; capitalist, at its head. The committee was organized primarily Mr. Rosen thal said, to "upset the fallacious ; theory that men between the ages of [Continued on Page 8] NO MURDER CASES | UNTIL NEXT WEEK ! . ! Little Likelihood That Any of Eight Homicide Trials Will Be Started Tomorrow i I None of the eight murder trials list-1 ed for the special December term of i criminal court is likely to begin next! | week. j While the county authorities de clined to make any definite statement to that effect to-day the general im- I pression prevailed In legal and county ; circles that not any of the homicide [Continued on Page 8] A. J. BALFOUR IS SLATED TO HEAD ! FOREIGN OFFICE i Lord Robert Cecil to Be Re tained as Under Secretary; J 1 Wave of Protest i London, Dec. B.—At a meeting of ' Liberals to-day it was stated that ! , A. J. Balfour would be foreign secre- j tary In the new cabinet and thttf Lord 1 1 Robert Cecil would remain parlia- ! : mentary under secretary for foreign i i affairs. Disapprove of Balfour ! The Evening News, one of the j ; strongest supporicrs of Premier Lloyd I George, publishes prominently a pro test against the suggestion that A. J. I lialfour lie appointed foreign secretary and Ix>rd Robert Cecil retained as I ! parliamentary under secretary for for- j j eign affairs. It say's: "The great enthusiasm with which I 1 the formation of a new government is . ■ | received everywhere is dampened for ; the moment by the persistent rumor,! I [Continued on Page 111] AUTOMATIC IN 1 SERVICE SUNDAY,! ; Engineers Will "Cut Over" | Plant Sometime Saturday Night , Officials of the Cumberland Valley ■ ; Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, | Federal Square, to-day announced that' ■ the new automatic telephone system .(being Installed to replace its present! i manual system will be In service Sun , | day, December 10. i The company's engineers will "cut! ; over" from the old system to the new ! i: some time late Saturday night or early • j Sunday morning and when subscriber's I [Continued on Page 8] FIND MORE LOOT HIDDEN IN HOME j Get Valuable Jewelry at Faust Residence; Discover Goods in Coal Bin I I Investigations this morning by Su perintendent of DetecUves Windsor' and Detective Shuler at the home of Lou Faust, 1818 Forster street, who is now In Jail with his accomplice, Mrs. Mae Hirnisey, awaiting trial in court, disclosed hidden loot valued at SBOO. I The And included one solitaire dia- { Imond ring, tiffany setting; one cluster, [Continued on I'oce 87 Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT 50 MEMBERS OF COMPANY D IN GUARDHOUSE Participate in "I-Wnnt-to-Go- Homc" Demonstration After "Taps" XIGHTLY DEMONSTRATION 1 roops Decry Washington Policy Responsible For Stay Along Border ♦ Camp Stewart, El Paso. Tex., Dec. s - Fifty members of Company D, Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Guardsmen, of Harrisburg, are, con fined to quarters here to-night charged with disobedience because tlicy parti cipated last night in an "I-want-to-go home" demonstration. Four hundred men of the Eighth regiment noisily protested against their enforced stay. They were ordered to desist after "taps" had been sounded, but the men under arrest continued the racket. They were then ordered to remain in the company street without leave. Major General Clement of the Eighth, announced that he has no ob jection to these almost nightly demon strations, so long as the men conline the protest parades to their own hours. In every district of El Paso these demonstrations have been held decry ing the Washington policy which the troops declare Is responsible for their continued stay along the border. otli cers of the Pennsylvania division have said that they believe further service here is ridiculous, and that while they sympathize with the men in the dem onstrations they cannot participate. Men of Company D, Eighth Regi ment, during the last few days have sent home many menus of their Thanksgiving dinner to show the "folks back home" that, they had a real , "feed" with turkey and all the fixin'B. The menus which were used carried a colored cut of the American flat, and on the back is a small verse of poetry. ASQI/ITII DECLINES EARLDOM London, Dec. 8. According to the Chronicle, King George yesterday wrote to former Premier Asquith of fering him an earldom and the Or der of the Garter. It is understood that Mr. Asquith asked permission to decline both honors. ENOS MYERS SQUARES THINGS 1 Chambersburg, Pa., Dee. B.—Enos D. Myers, cashier f*"f the closed Lemasters Bank, to-day with his wife, Cora, made f a deed of assignment to George A. of Lemasters. jFor the benefit of creditors he turned over two farms worth $50,000, his home in Lemasters, and mountain land in Franklin 1 and Fulton counties, an aggregate of abount $55,000. I DISCUSSES PROTOCAL WITH CARRANZA Queretaro, Mex., Dec. 7. —Alberto Pani, president of the' 4 'National Railroads of Mexico and one of the delegates to the | American-Mexican conference, was closeted with General Car- J ranza to a late hour to-night discussing the answer to the \ lAmerical protocal. Rafael Nieto, acting minister of finance, .* also had a long interview with the first chief on financial sub- f jects. 'phe Constitutional Congress Committee agreed on four * ( articles of the new constitution to-day, and it is thought that ? three of these will be passed by the convention without serious i opposition. s I GIVE MEN 20 PER CENT. BONUS '• New York, Dec. B.—Two thousand employes of the Arling- ' ton Company, of Arlington, N. H., subsidiary of the DuPont 1 Powder Company, have been granted an increase in pay in the | 'form of a twenty per cent, bonus on an annual payroll of t $1,920,000, now announced to-day. This makes an increase to / the workers of $384,000. f •! COTTON BREAKS $5 A BALE 4 New Orleans, Dec. 8. —A violent break of more than $5 a I 1 bale, pne of the widest declines ever recorded in a single ses- • sion in this market resulted in cotton to-day from liquidation / and short selling following the Census Bureau report on cot- f i ton ginned to December 1. 8 I ' I D. OF C. MAY GO DRY £ Washington, Dec. B.—Prohibition legislation was forced , into a point of vantage to-day when the Senate, on motion of Senator Sheppard, of Texas, began consideration of the bill to prevent the manufacture and sale of liquor in the National \ Capital. , tj i I CALEDONIA REPORTED SUNK ( London, Dec. B.—The Anchor Line steamship Caledonia'") is believed to have been sunk, says an announcement made $ to-day at Lloyd's Shipping Agency. The steamship Cale-3 donia has for some time been in the service of the Britishe •government. The vessel was 500 feet long. OIL STOVE EXPLODES , i An exploding oil stove caused slight damage at the home' ' of Mrs. Harry Williams, 130 Balm street, at 10.30 this morn- 1 ing. The Mt. Pic. sant Fire Company was called by telephone to extinguish the blaze. I [ MARRIAGE LICENSES I Karl Allen AVIIKIICL- nml Gertrude Winifred Troy, city. f inVb"' m