m&d George of England Is Central Figure To-icy in Eyes of A" tbi HARRISBURG tSsSIIS TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 294 18 PAGES WITHOUT REPARA PEACE IS IMPOSSIBLE, BRITISH PREMIER SAYS In Reply to German Advances Asserts England's Answer Will Be in Fall Accord With Her Allies; Only End of War Must Be Complete Guarantee Against Prus sian Militarism Disturbing Europe "MEANWHILE WE PUT OUR TRUST IN OUR UNBROKEN ARMYHE SAYS Asks if "All the Outrages on Land and Sea" Had Been Liquidated by "a Few Pious Phrases About Hu manity"; Sees Small Hope For Permanent and Hon orable Truce in Teutonic Overtures Paris, Dec. 19.—Premier Briand announced in the Senate to-day that the entente allies would send to-morrow a concerted reply making known "to the central powers that it is impossible to take their request for peace seriously." London, Dec. 19. Premier Lloyd George said in the House of Com mons to-day that it was felt that they should know before entering negotia tions that Germany was prepared to accede to the only terms whereon it was possible, for peace to be obtained and maintained in Europe. The premier said that without re paration peace would be impossible. Lloyd George said there were no proposals for peace. To outer into proposals of which they liad no knowl edge was to put their heads into a noose in which the rope end was in the hands of the Germans. Much as they longed for it, the premier added, the central powers' note and the speech preceding it af forded small encouragement and hope tor an honorable and lasting peace. Lloyd George said: Must Have Guarantee "Our answer will be given in full accord with our allies. Each of the allies has separately and independent ly arrived at the same conclusion. 1 am glad of the first answer given by France and Kussla. Lloyd George said the allies would insist that the only end of the war must be a complete guarantee against THE WEATHER For llnrrisburg; nml vicinity: Fair to-night, with lowest tempera ture about 15 degrees i Wednes day partly clouec. lit. with Profes- ! f,?,, JJ.'i.i I ' vnch burner, an expert in lang " a S e ' f us a decoy, scientists I rrom the bnuthsonian Institute and the American Museum of Natural History ?' V" their way to the French Congo. aftel " skins and skeletons of j r,oi illas for a group to bfe mounted at! . the American Museum. The party left { yesterday aboard the steamship Chi cago, <,t the French Line. | ! Professor Garner once lived for seven j 5 ears in a bamboo iiut in Africa, studv ! ;ng the language and hapits of apes. I He acquired a vocabulary of twenty ' i words, which, he said, is the limit of I l A® ape linguistic accomplishments. Armed with this vocabulary, Professor! Garner will sit as a decoy employing the language to lure guerillas to the i stand where men are to be stationed : with riilcs. Plan Warm Welcome to Governor's Troop on Return ™ e . I Gov ! rn ? r ' 8 Tro °P will be home' some time in January. Activity on the I i I'hi f? ~ K *-Members Association of | the Governors Troop, and other local ; (.amzations, lo give the troopers ai warm welcome will start at an earlv I The announcement came last 1 night in a dispatch from Washington, I I>. C„ that 1 i.OOO troop* would be sent 1 home early in January. Soldiers of Pennsylvania who will 'i?„ fr ?"' h "J' dor < lut V include! tlie 1' irst Cavalry and Ambulance Com !p?" y V, ' a . ,,d Hospital. No. 1. Phe Governor s Troop is known as i <'ompany.C, First Cavalry. • j The Sixteenth Infantry, Fourth In- • fantry, one infantry brigade headquar ters, division headquarters, and one Si-rnal battalion. The returning guards-! ( men are to be moved in three groups,! i r'acli of which will number between 5.000 to 6.000 men. The entire move- ! ment is scheduled to be completed by! January 5. riie exact number of of- ' ticers and men embraced in tile move- I ment is 10,(i t7. Their places will not ■ be taken by other units, as all guards- I failed into Federal service and mobilized last summer have been ore- ' viously ordered to the border. ! | More Pennsylvania troops than from , nnv other state will be sent home be-: cause of the great number of Pennsvl- ! ' van la (.uardsmen who liave been doing! I satisfactory work on the border. j People's Forum Will Give Candy to 500 Children The People's Forum, made up of! leading colored men and women of I llarrlsburg, will have an opn house I 011 Sunday afternoon at Wesley 7Aon j church, in Foster street, when 500 boxes of candy and 500 oranges will ' be given away to 500 little folks who might otherwise not have very much Christmas cheer. "The treat was planned and made possible by a number of contributions from both white and colored people," said Dr. Charles H. Crampton, speak ing for the league to-day. "We hope to make 500 little , people happier thereby." 200 EXPKCTKI) TO ATTKXI) COMMKItCIAL LUNCHEON The banquet to be given to-niorrow | by the Chamber of Commerce to the commercial travelers, salesmen and others connected with the sales de partments, will be the biggest event o! the kind ever given by the Cham ber to the travelling men who "make" llarrlsburg. The dinner will be given in the big room of the Board of Trade hall and will begin at 12 nbon. Ed ward James Cattel. the best after dinner speaker in the country will ad dress the banqueters. It is expected that more than 250 i men will be present, acceptances are still being received at the Chamber IIARRISBURG, PA.,TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1916. I ANOTHER V-BOAT OUTRAGE! V. \ >■ 'j 2 • ~ / \ <-? — ' w / V— . _M 2——/ \ VgZZ- "t V X.X UK 9 • / V-Sl • V W * • / \ GOOD SHIP POCKETBOOK V^d>C —M AND ENTIRE CREW MEET \ X f WITH DISASTER IN BRISK - SI ENCOUNTER WITH THE " jMW NEFARIOUS DESTROYED XMAS LIST. NEVER THOUGHT OF HAVING GUARD . CROSS BORDER Maj. Gen. Scott Says Year Would Have Been Necessary For Training ! Washington, D. C., Dec. 19.—Con ' grcssional committees were again en- I grossed with national defense prob- I lems to-day, the House Military and j Naval Committee dealing with neees | sary appropriations to carry forward j the upbuilding of the navy and de i velopment of the National Guard while Major General Hugh U Scott, chief |of staff, renewed his plea before a j Senate sub-committee for abandon | donment of the National Guard and [Continued on I'ase ".] Request Advancement of Their Execution So Grief Might Be Dulled by Xmas j Ossining, N. Y„ Dec. 19.—1n keep ing with their wish that they be j executed to-day instead of Friday ■ owing to the approach of Christmas, ! Charles Kumrow, 20 years old, of I Buffalo, and Stanley J. Millstein, 19, of Utica, met their death in the elec ! trie chair at Sing Sing prison to-day. j Both went to the chair calmly. Last Sunday Kumrow and Millstein requested that their execution be ad | vanecd in order that the grief of their I relatives and the feelings of their fel low inmates in the death house might jbe dulled as much as possible by i Christmas time. Millstein killed John K. Creedon, a policeman of Utica. Kumrow shot to death a barge watchman in Buffalo. Mysterious German Raider Follows in Wake of Adriatic New York, Dec. 19. An unidenti fied ship having one funnel and two masts, in general answering the de scription of the German raider of which ententa vessels have been warn ed by wireless during the past ten days, followed the White Star liner Adriatic last Friday morning, accord ing to passengers, when she arrived here to-day from Liverpool. The ship was sighted off the grand banks of New Foundland, the pass engers asserted. It appeared shortly after a wireless warning to look out for a raider had been received. The Adriatic under full speed changed her course and her wake indicated she steamed in ;> great circle. The stranger for a brief time followed the Adriatic and then bore away in u dif ferent direction. The Adriatic car ried a gun mounted astern for de fense purposes. She was three days late arriving here. "Conditions Intolerable/' Judge MacNeille Resigns < Rhlladelphia', Dee. 19.—Judge Ray mond MacNeille to-day presented his resignation as Judge of the Juvenile branch of the Philadelphia Municipal Court to President Judge Charles Brown, of the same court, and asked for an assignment to another branch of 'he tribunal's work. In his letter Judge MacNellle re quested that the resignation lie made effective Junuary 1. Ho declared In the letter that Judge Brown had per sistently obstructed the work of the juvenile branch; had persistently ig nored him as a Judge; had never con sulted htm about the needs of the system, and had not listened to any suggestion from him. As a result. Judge MacNellle snid, conditions have become intolerable RUSSIANS ARE NOW PREPARING TO MAKE STAND Throwing Up Strong Defensive Line in Southern Moldavia Military developments of the past 24 hours have been fe.w in number and unimportant for the most part. In France, on the Verdun front, there have been only bombardments since the French attack of yesterday which Paris reported as winning back the Chambrettes farm which the Ger mans had taken in a counterattack. In the Rumanian war theater, the latest reports indicate the preparations by the Russians to make a definite stand in southern Moldavia, where they are reported to have made a strong defensive line. Petrograd yes terday reported a holding up of the Tuetonic offensive and Berlin an nounced no new advances, except in Dobrudja, where the liusso-Ruman ian forces have fallen back some dis tance to the north, conforming to the retreat across the Danube in Wai lachia. (Continued on Page .") Commissioner Bowman Stricken With Apoplexy < ' <5. COMMISSIONER BOWMAN While sitting at his desk shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, su perintendent of public safety, was suddenly attacked with a stroke of apoplexy and was removed imme diately to his home in a serious con dition. Clerk Warren E. Byrne was called from the telephone in an adjoining office by Mr. Bowman's call for as sistance. The commissioner had struggled lo I.ls feet and groping for a chair. "Help me to this chair," the superintendent begged. Prompt cals for' the police ambu-| lance and for Dr. J. B. McAllister were I sent in and a few minutes later the commissioner was taken to his home. Dr. Mc.Alllster admitted that the c®mmissioner'a condition was serloitß. The water commissioner's sudden attack stirred city and county circles profoundly as Mr. Bowman had lecn in excellent spirits all morning. COUNCIL DEBATES 1917 CITY BUDGET; TAX RATE CUT Commissioner Bowman Intro duces Tax Rate; Riverside Withdraws City Council this morning debated the problem of 1917 revenues and ex penditures. Mayor E. S. Meals started something that Commisisoners Bowman, Lynch, Gross and Gorgas had to finish, when he offered an ordinance appropriating to the general fund all revenues from various city sources except license fees and forfeitures, paving improvements, health board lines, etc. Commissioner Bowman promptly followed with an ordinance authoriz ing the transfer of approximately tbz,- 000 from the water department sur plus to the general fund provided the total tax levy for 1917, after the ad dition of the water departmental funds, shall not exceed eight and a half mills. In effect this will mean a [Continued on Page 13] Many Christmas Presents For Men in Trenches, but They Will Fight All Day With the British Armies in France. Dec. 18 (Via London from a Staff Cor respondent of the Associated Press) Thousands upon thousands of pack ages from "home" are pouring in for the soldiers of the British empire fighting in France, as harbingers of Christmas, but the usually glad sea son of "peace on earth, good will to men," will bring no cessation of hos tilities this year, and Christmas day promises to go down in history as Just another twenty-four hours of cease less shelling and war activity all alon the line. This promises to be the most bounteous Christmas of the three the British "Tommies" have spent on the foreign field of battle, and the prob lem of transporting the bin and little parcels cross channel and through the various stages of progress to the very front trench itself has been one not easy to solve for even Christmas tokens cannot be allowed to interfere with the real business of the war the constant bringing up of shells, shells, shells. Through rain, fog and darkness, by day and by night, the British guns ceasely pound the German trenches. Prisoners recently captured say that the effect of the everlasting drumming of the guns almost drove them insane. Captured letters written from the trenches also speak of the (errors of the constant shelling. "Death is far better than this," wrote one private to his wife. ' Lively Fight Over Liquor Question on in Boston Boston, Dec. 19. The liveliest fight on the liquor question that Bos ton has experienced in Its 41 years of license was on to-day. At the opening the balloting was about normal but before noon at al most all of the polling places voters were in line in greater numbers than in the corresponding hour In other years. Hundreds of automobiles public and private about equally di vided between the two factions, searched out apathetic voters and j rushed them to the polls. There were 118,110 men registered i and 10,94t! women. The women voted I only for the school committee, l-ast | year approximately 70 per cent, out of a registration of about 110,000 | voted and the city went license by l 14,248. '| OVER-CROWDING CAUSES CRIME -DR. CRAMPTON Colored Law and Order Lea gue Petitions Mayor Meals to Close "Dens" TENEMENTS CONDEMNED | Six to Dozen Families in Quar ters Designed For One or Two, It Is Charged Petition will be liled with Mayor Meals this afternoon by the Colored Law and Order League, asking him to close a number of tenement houses in the colored quarter which the olticers ol the organization have investigated and declare to be over-crowded and unlit for human habitation. "The Colored Law and Order League has made a careful study of the housing situation," said President Charles It. Crampton to-day. "We have found a number of 'dens' where from a half dozen to a dozen families are liudled together in unsanitary con ditions. We have brought suit in one case and are willing to do our part, with the help of the Mayor, to eradi cate the frightful conditions that ex ist. lam convinced that the shooting of last night was largely the result [Continued on Page 13] Girl Awarded $170,000 in Breach of Promise Suit Against Aged Recluse Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. ]!). Miss Nettie Richardson, aged 40, former cashier in a Pittsburgh hotel, was to day awarded a verdict of $170,000 in her suit for $500,000 for breach of promise against Henry Deniston, aged 78, millionaire recluse of Swissvale, a suburb. The case went to the jury late yesterday after being on trial in the common pleas court for a week, and a verdict was reached soon after ward. It was sealed and read when court convened this morning. Deniston, who belongs to an old Pittsburgh family and whose fortune is estimated at several million dol lars of which half a million is in cash, lives in a little house on his farm al most within the city limits, although there is a handsome residence on the place. I' • G i- ' , noon that there was no truth at all in the story printed in j I I J itt- " ■ ' -ted V makiiu, c. s.< tl =-• h c : bt.ui Department of monwaelth When asked if he had any intention of making i i I changes no truth in that report. I do not contemplate making ' i than, c, i cither of those officials." BANDITS CAPTURED TWO TOWNS ? into the hands of soldiers ut helix Diaz and Jalapa is in the ■ 5 received to-day by United States Government agents here, f 5 I * ZOO MINERS ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION 1 • ' ed in the Btuceville mine, nine miles from Vincennes by anjj explosion si tly after 1 o'clock 1! is afternoon. One hour d later only ten men had been rescued, according to reports ! I received he: ■ ;• j i , £ 1 •' ! At 4 this \fte; noon City Com- * ; 1 mis * ! | alth I IGI TO L/ . F vTAN I ► T London, Dec. 19.—1n the House of Lords to-day the | marquis of Crewe, "We mu , | can • i-, th< ' !in " 1 I JICANS GO DOWN WITH SHIP , P I been killed and elev :n • cre\ the British horse L >hip Russian, which \yas sunk by a submarine in 1 p I the Mediterranean on December 14. The British Admiralty \ C, make :u .ecu • ' > [ MARRIAGE LICENSES '' | Albert McDonald Jonon, Went Uecalur, mid Lillian llrutvn, riiilllps- ' I burn. I ' wyu.>iHJlimii /u. N>l i Single Copy, 2 Cents DISSOLUTION OF TWO INSURANCE FUNDS ORDERED Decrees Handed Down Today Put Liquidation of Affairs in O'Neil's Hands ,JU RI SDI C T ION IIEIIE I Dauphin County Court One to Handle Cases Decides Judge Kunkel The Union Casualty Insurance com pany, of Philadelphia, and the Pen sion Mutual Life Insurance company, or Pittsburgh, were to-day placed in the hands of Insurance Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil as receiver and de crees of dissolution made by the Dauphin county court. This action followed appointment of receivers in the federal courts at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon and the State will seek to obtain sole juris diction over the companies by asking that the appointments of federal re ceivers be revoked. The order In the Union Casualty came this afternoon when Joseph W. | Shannon, of Philadelphia, counsel for I I'nion, stated that lie did not desire j to continue the case any further, ex- I cept to lile notice of the naming of the federal receiver. The State innncdiate [Continued on Page I<>] Attempt of Adamson to Prolong Life of R. R. Body Defeated in House Washington, Dec. 19. Opposition i by Representative Kayburn, of Texas, I to-day defeated the attempt of Chair j man Adamson of the Commerce Com , mittee, to obtain immediate consider j ation of his resolution to extend one I year the life of the Newlands com i mittee now studying all phases of the ] railway situation. Mr. Adamson then | introduced a rule by which he hopes 1 to obtain consideration of the resolu tion before the House recesses next Friday. Replying to questions by Mr. Ray burn, Chairman Adamson said tho Newlands committee could complete its work in thirty days if members were permitted to give all their time to the inquiry, hut pressing legislative duties had prevented their taking more testimony than they have. POSTSCRIPT