German Raider Reported on Way North 5. HARRISBURG f&mG® TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 16 14 PAGES GERMAN RAIDER IS COMING UP TO MORE TRAVELED LANES OFF U. S, I Believed Now to Have Sunk or Captured at Least Thir teen Entente Merchant Vessels SHIPS WITH OVER 400 SURVIVORS MISSING I No Word Received of Where abouts of Yarrowdale; Scores of Warships Search For Sea Wasp; Maybe Moewe On the naval side n't the war,! interest centers in ; operations of the German searaider in the South Atlantic, which has sunk or | captured at least thirteen entente j merchant vessels, and so far as is; known is still at large. Latest re- i ports were that the raider was j apparently working northward to i lanes of steamship travel more j frequently than those in which; she had been working. Nearly a score of entente warships are said to be searching for her. No news has been received of the whereabouts of the steamer Yar-j rowdale said to have on board the crews of several ships sunk or captured by the raider, in addi tion to the 237 men landed at! Pernambuco by a Japanese! steamer. Raider Reported Headed North to More Frequented Lanes 00 Coast of U. S. Norfolk. Va„ Jan. 18. Wireless! warnings picked up here said the' k German sea raider which has played! havoc with allied shipping was re- i ported fifteen hundred miles south of 1 Cape Henry, apparently working \ northward to more frequented lanes: of travel. Warnings sent out last! night said the German craft was oft Pernambuco, Brazil, last Friday. | The warning, believed to have come i from a British cruiser, also said re- j ports had been received that a sub-1 marine of undetermined nationality! had been sighted seven hundred miles ! east of the Virginia Capes. The reporting warship gave her position as about 800 miles south of Cape Henry and proceeding south, in the hope of intercepting the raider. According to wireless advices the I raider was equipped with three fun-1 nels, tw;o of which may have been false, had two tall masts and >vas ap parently speedy. The report stated • that the ship apparently was not try ing to make port. British agents here said British j warships had received such accurate information of the location of one of the German raiders as to warrant the | statement that a chase was in progress and that the capture or destruction of the vessels would be made known in a few days. Asserts Britisher Sunk Without Warning and Fear 400 Sailors Are Lost Rio Janeiro, Jan. 18. A Pernam buco newspaper, the Jornal Pequeno prints a statement attributed to the pursuer of the British steamer Netlier byhall, that the raider sank an Eng lish ship without warning and that four hundred persons are believed to have lost their lives. Thirteen Americans are among the victims of the German raider who have been landed at Pernambuco. The [Continued on Page 6] THE WEATHER For Hnrrlsburc nnl vicinity: Fair , to-niKht and Friday, ■lixblly I collier; lowest temperature to night about 2.*> decree*. For Fastera lVrinnvlvania s Fair to-nlKht and Friday, somewhat colder* fresh and ntrong ufst Hindu. HI ver The Susquehnanu river and all ita branches will fall slowly or re mnln nearly stationary without material changes In Ice condl tlons. A stage of about 5.0 feet la Indicated for Harrishurg Fri day morning:. General Conditions I rcssure ban continued to diminish rapidly over the eaittern half of the country nml 1M lowest over the Nt. Lawrence Valley, where n ilis turlianee of moderate strength la located. The area of unusually hlKli pressure t of the Itockv Mountain* baa not chanced ma terially in the last twenty-four hour*. 1 general rise of 2 to 22 deicreea In tenipernture liaa occurred, except In the I pper Mississippi Valley. In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and a few localities of limited area In the Wel, where somewhat lower temperatures lire reported. The low-cst temperature reported this morning was IS degrees below ero at \\ Inncmuccu, Nevada. Temperature! 8 a. m., 32. Sum Rises, 7i24 a. m.; sets, 5:08 p. m. Moon: New moon, January 23, 2:44) it. m. River Stngei 5.4 feet above low water mark. Yenterday'a Weather Highest tenipernture, 34. I.owest temperature, HI. Mean temperature, 25. Normal temperature, 28. ALLIES MUST WIN TO ASSURE PEACE ENTENTE REPLIES New Note lo Washington As serts Guarantees Against Fu ture Wars Impossible LEAGUE LAST HOPEi I Combination ol' Nations Only Chance of Stopping Conflict; Washington Pleased /' \ Hopes For Durable Peace Are Based on Three Conditions The fulfilling of three conditions is necessary to assure a durable peace, the entente allies believe. First, the existing causes of in ternational unrest should be as far as possible removed or weakened. Second, the aggressive aims and unscrupulous methods of the cen tral powers should fall into dis repute among their own peoples. Third, that behind international law' and behind all treaty arrange ments for preventing or limiting hostilities some form of inter national sanction should be devised which would give pause to the hardest aggressor. Washington. D. C.. Jan. 18.—The entente allies, in a note addressed by Arthur Balfour, British foreign min ister, to Ambassador Spring-Rice, and delivered yesterday to the State De partment, amplify their reply to Presi dent Wilson's peace note by explain ing in detail why they believe it im possible at present to attain a peace which will assure them such guaran tees as they consider essential. The note also explains why the Allies de [Continued on Page 9] Germany to Send Captives to Firing Zone as Reprisal to Alleged French Acts Berlin, Jan. IS. The following official statement was issued yester day: "The recent unworthy treatment and lodging of German prisoners in the firing zone of the French district of operations was recently pointed out and at the same time it was made known that the German Government had taken measures to remedy this in tolerable state of affairs. "The French Government has been sent a note indicating the terms with in which the answer must be given, : to the effect that all prisoners of war in the districts of operations must be transported at least thirty kilometers (eighteen miles) behind the firing line; that they must be assembled in well-equipped camps and put on a footing of equality with French pris oners of war in Germany with regard to their treatment, mail service and visits by representatives of neutral embassies. It was announced that In case of a refusal several thousand French prisoners of war will be trans ported behind the German front into I the firing zone and submitted to the same conditions as the German pris ! oners of war behind the French front. "As the French Government had not answered at the end of the time set—January 15, 1917 it is an nounced that the reprisals will now be carried out. These reprisals will continue until the German requests are complied with by the French Gov ernment." The Cologne Gazette publishes state ments which it says have been made by Russian prisoners that all men be tween the ages of fifteen and forty in occupied Austrian territory have been deported to Russia. Hornberger Learned to Counterfeit by Long Study of Encyclopedia "The Sum of All Human Knowl edge," as the encyclopedia is called, contained all the knowledge that Alvin M. Hornberger, the counterfeiter, needed in his business. He told Captain Matthew Griffin, of the secret service, that a long study of articles on the art of photo engraving in an encyclopedia had given him the proficiency that enabled him to produce such good representa tions of Federal Reserve Bank notes. Chief Griffin denied the reports that I say "a woman gave the secret service men a 'tip' concerning the counter feiters." He admitted, however, that there was dissension in the gang be cause one of the counterfeiters had become too friendly with the wife of another. Griffin also said that he had come into possession of a spurious Federal Reserve note last October and im mediately recognized it as the work of Hornberger whom he had arrested five years ago on a charge of counter feiting. To Arrange Conference With Riverside Folk Plans have been started by City Council to hold another conference with residents in Riverside to reopen the entire discussion relative to an nexing the suburb to the north of the city. date has been set for the meeting. Recently a petition was presented to Council asking the Commissioners to annex the territory. At conferences held with some of the taxpayers a suitable plan could not be agreed upon and the matter was dropped. It is now hoped by the Councilmen that a plan can be agreed upon so that formal action can be taken on the annexation question. The petition of the taxpayers has not been with drawn. RI'HX HEADS WAR COLLEGE Washington, Jan. 18. War de partment orders to-day announced the appointment of Brigadier General Jo seph E. Kuhn as president of the war college and assistant to Major General Scott, chief of HARRISBURG, PA.,THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1917 COMMERCE RAIDER IS GERMAN CRUISER VINETA, SAY EXPERTS v ? , • - ••• r* -y -. ....... : j '' '•V . ' . r-r- s BATTLESHIP VINETA „ New York. Jan. IS.—Naval authorities here believe that the German commerce raider which, according to re ports from Buenos Ayres and Pernambuco, Brazil, sank nineteen merchant steamships and two schooners In the South Atlantic, is the German cruiser Vineta. If this is the case, the Vineta must have by some unaccountable means slipped by the British blockade. Descriptions of the raider as being a vessel carrying twelve guns and four torpedo tubes would lead to the belief that she is a warship rather than a converted merchant vessel. According to Captain Blackwood. Naval Attache of the British Consulate-General here, the raider is a vessel which was especially con structed for the commerce raiding expedition. Some of the victims of the raider describe her as fairly bristling with guns. FAVOR COMFORT STATIONS UNDER THE SIDEWALKS Many People Oppose Market Square Location; Court house Suggested SQUARE IS DANGEROUS Experts Believe Some Artistic Treatment Should Be Given Just how to treat the Market Square problem, which has been agi tating the municipal authorities and civic bodies for many years, is the puzzle that is now likely to reach solution through the ordinance intro duced in City Council yesterday by Commissioner W. H. Lynch. Prim arily the main object is the creation of an isle of safety and a change in the manner of running the street cars through the plaza. Generally speak [Continued on Page 6] Receive $14,896.91 For Dismantling Chesapeake Nail Works; Cost $3,915.70 In a statement to the Dauphin county court signed by C. L. Bailey, Jr., J. V. W. Reynders and J. M. Cam 'eron, as receivers for the Central Iron and Steel Company, it was shown that the cost of dismantling the Chesa peake Nail Works was $3,915.70, and the value of the scrap obtained $14,- 896.91. The cost of the dismantling is to be paid out of the sum obtained for the scrap, and the balance to be used by the Central Iron and Steel Company for improvements to open hearth fur naces. The statement was ordered tiled by President Judge George Kun kel. FOUR TIMES HE PULLS TRIGGER TO KILL SELF Thrice Hammer Fails to Ex plode Cartridge, but Amos Pearson Tries Again One-two-three-four times the ham mer of his revolver fell before Amos Pearson, an engineer on the Penn sylvania railroad succeeded in ending his life early this morning in a board ing house at 63 4 Verbeke street. The suicide was discovered when a P. R. It. caller asked for Pearson shortly before 2 o'clock. Members of the family of' A. M. Bowers found the body lying prostrate on the bed when they went to the en gineer's room. At first sight he seem ed to be sleeping, but investigation showed blftod streaming from a wound in the right temple. A revolver lying by his side told the story. Three shells showed the marks of the ham mer, but all three were unexploded. The fourth pull of the trigger made good the man's still unshaken deter mination to end his existence. Pearson was lust seen alive about 7 o'clock last evening when he went to his room. No report of the shot was heard. Passes were found on his person for himself and wife. The po lice say his wife died two years ago. Correspondence found in the room in dicated that Pearson was a member of the Order of Owls. Several members of the detective force are investigating the motive of the suicide. It is said that Pearson has been drinking for some time while off duty and that he feared losing his job. He had been dismissed from the service once before and was reinstated. Fear of another dismissal evidently brooded on his mind until he was prompted to commit suicide. SEES DIVIM2 HINT London, Jan. 18. Dr. Roesike, president of the German Farmers' Union, is quoted in an Amsterdam dis- i patch to Ileuter's as saying in an ad dress to the Schleswlg-Holstein Union: "God has given us a hint. He caused the harvests of the world to be so bad that Great Britain finds it difficult to feed herself. Therefore, if we do not prevent the wheat-laden ships from Australia and India reaching Great Britain it is doubtful whether God will again give us such an opportunity be cause He demands that the hand shall be seized whicH He stretches out to us." FUNERAL OF CITY COMMISSIONER TO BE HELD MONDAY Superintendent of Public Safety Bowman Dies After Month's Illness HARRY F. BOWMAN City Commissioner Harry F. Bow man, ex-Select Councilman and for mer city assessor, died this morning at 12:45 o'clock at his home. 1306 Ver non street, after a month's illness, suf fering from two attacks of apoplexy. He was 54 years old. Funeral services will be held at the home on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Thomas Reisch, pas tor of Christ Lutheran Church offi ciating. Burial will be made in the Paxtang Cemetery. Pallbearers had not been chosen io-day. The body may be viewed on Saturday evening from [Continued on Page 6] PERKINS TURNS DOWN PEACE PLAN Tells Republicans Their Pro posal Is Not Acceptable to Progressives New York, Jan. IS. Fortified by telegrams and letters sent to him by Progressives from many parts of the country, George W. Perkins late yes terday laid down an ultimatum to the Republican leaders that the harmony plan proposed Tuesday by the sub committee made up of the members of the Republican National Commlt [Continued on Page 0] BIRDS STORM SEATTLE Seattle, Wash., Jan. 18. Speeding northward in dense clouds, a gigantic host of sparrows and robins, number ing at least 25,000, according to the best estimates, suddenly appeared and passed over Lake Washington. They moved in great phalanxes several blocks long, the sparrows appearing first in tremendous numbers, while be hind them came regiment after regi ment of red breasted robins. At Leschi Park thousands of robins rested for a few minutes in the trees. N Ashes Once More ! ! Ninth Ward Man Says "Same Thing on Hill" To the Editor of the Telegraph: I noticed in this evening's paper a communication from one of your renders signing himself "Eleventh Warder," relating to the abounding of ashes in liis district and the ques tion at once came into my mind, How long must the public endure this inlolerable nuisance? I am living on the Hill where conditions seem to lie about the same as de scribed by your Eleventh ward cor respondent. Can it lie that our city authorities arc unable to do any thing for the relief or a "long-suf fering public?" May we not hope that the Telegraph will take this matter up iu our belialr und stir up the City Fathers to sueli a sense of duty as will bring relief.' Yours for relief. NINTH WARDER. RUSS STILL ON OFFENSIVE ALONG RUMANIAN FRONT Strong Attack in Oituz Valley Region Is Repulsed by Teutons BRITISH DRIVEN BACK Fail to Hold Ground Near Loos After Advance Following Mine Explosion The Russians apparently still are on the offensive along the Rumanian front. Berlin in its official report to day records no aggressive activities by the Teutonic forces, except for a raid ing operation on the Moldavian fron tier, while mentioning the repulse of a strong attack by the Russians in the Oituz valley region. On the Franco-Belgian front, the driving back of the British near Loos after an advance in connection with a mine explosion, is reported by the German staff. The recent British at tack near Serre was made upon an advanced position which had been evacuated by the Germans, it is de- I flared, the British attacking after the empty trenches had been bombarded I for several days by their artillery. Elsewhere the military operations as indicated by the official reports, I were of a minor nature. ICE CHOKES SUSQUEHANNA : Gorge at Washington Causes Ten-Foot Rise in River at Columbia i Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 18. lce in the Susquehanna River is breaking up ! again, and at Washington a gorge has • formed which has backed up the water | to such an extent that there was a | ten-foot rise in the river at Columbia. | On the islands below Columbia the ice is piled thirty feet high. The ! gorge at Safe Harbor Is intact, but it he residents are fearful of back water I causing a flood. NEWSIE CONCERT WILL BE SOCIETY EVENT, BOYS SAY | Many Prominent Ladies of Har risburg and Vicinity Will Act as Patronesses Judging from the list of patron esses, made public to-day, the con cert to be given under the auspices of the Newsboys' Association for the benefit of the building fund, will be a social event of no mean import ance. The concert, which is to bo given in Chestnut Street Auditorium on the evening of Thursday. January 25, will be well worth attending. Not only will society be out in force, but some of the very best talent in Cen tral Pennsylvania will take part. Among those who have consented to grace the program are Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris, vocal soloist; Miss Vaughn, j harpist; Miss Claster, violinist; George Sutton, vocal soloist: Wm. C. Wan baugh, violinist; William A. Kitchen, [Continued on Page (I] Wedded Less Than Month, Newly weds Hale Each Other Before Aldermen Married less than a month, each of ! a newly-married Steelton couple has ; haled the other into court. Mrs. Virginia Fernsler has charged her husband with nonsupport and Mr. | Fernsler. It is understood, has charged I his wife with perjury. At a hearing before Alderman [Charles E. Murray this morning Ferns ler, 237 Walnut street, Steelto,n, was held for court under S2OO bail on a charge of nonsupport. Fernsler gave bail for his appearance at court. Fernsler. report has it, made infor mation against Mrs. Fernsler before : a Steelton justice on a charge of per- | jury. Mr. Fernsler is employed at the I Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Mrs. Fernsler. prior to her marriage, was Miss Virginia Schoffert i of Harrisburg. ' 1 TO MUSTER OUT GOVERNOR TROOP NEXT MONDAY Captain Alexander G. Pendle ton, U. S. Officer, Reaches j City Today FINISH BY TUESDAY Troopers Report at Intervals at Armory; Eat and Sleep at Home Members of Troop C, First Pennsyl vania Cavalry, better known as the • Governor's Troop, will be mustered out of the United States service some time Monday. Captain Alexander G. Pen dleton mustering officer of the United States Army, reached Hariisburg to day. He hopes to complete his mus tering out duties by Tuesday. Pre i liminary to the mustering out, consid- I erable clerical work is necessary, i Captain George C. Jack, whose fur ; lough expired yesterday, is again in j charge of the Troop. He appointed j details this morning to make an in ventory of the property to be turned over to the State. Reports are also in . preparation, covering time and allow ances due each member of the Troop. I It will require until Saturday to get all [Continued on Page !)] Fears Baby Will Get Mixed With Others So Puts Coat of Arms on Her San Francisco, Jan. 18. His coat of arms sketched in indelible ink on the wrist of his baby daughter, gives i assurances to-day to Lieut. G. W. Von ; liricken, military attache of the Ger | man consulate here that his young [ wife will carry away no other couple's child when she leaves the hospital | where their first born came into the world yesterday. ! In a panic at the sight of numerous other infants in the hospital nursery Von Brincken, lately convicted of com plicity in the munitions plots involv ing the German consulate here, cate chised the nurses on their methods of identification. Not satisfied with their system, he called for ink and pen. The mother was Milo Abercrombie, daughter of a San Francisco family. L BURLESON ENTERS LEAK PROBE ■ , Washington, Jan. 18. Entrance of Postmaster Gen \ oral Burleson and Solicitor General Davit, tutu conferences' ' to-day of Democratic members of the Rules Committee dis- 1 ! cu: • the future conduct of the inquiry into the leak ot ■ President Wilson's peace note into Wall street and the j I selection oT counsel for the committee, caused a stir at the I Capitol, Chairman Henry declined to say what feature of I the discussion brought either Burleson or Davis into the i conference. Doubt was expressed in some quarters whether " | ; the hearings would be resumed before nc:;t we* k. I GRAEKF TO SUCCEED B. J YOST • Potts ville, Pa . Jan 15. The. Republican county coin | mittee to-day decided to nominate R. J. Graeff, a Tamauqua ( attorney, to succeed B J. Yost, deceased, as representative ; to the State Legislature from the Third Schuylkill district. ' , The election will be held in February. t. i I i MILLER MUTUAL ELECTS At the annual meeting of the Millet Mutual l'ite In | surance Company, this afternoon the following directors < were elected: John M. Haves. Montoursville; W. T. Knee lit, ' Loci? Haven; E. A. Seight, Frankton, Ind"; Lee K. HUht i zingcr, Werncrsville; 13. F. llartzell, Chalfont; A. C. God shall, Lansdale; H. V. White, Bloomsburg; Charles iR..J Crousc, Erie, William N. Allison, Spring Mills. The ol: >•. were chosen: John M. llaycs, president; A. C. God f shall, vice-prc ,ident; Joseph H. Kreider, ticasurcr. FLAG TO FLY AT HALF MAST Harfisbarg —Postmaster. Frank C. SitCb was notifredf ' this afternoon to keep the flag on the 1 ederal building at ( half mast until after the burial of Admiral Dewey. l Harrisburg The Stale Agricultural Bureau to-da*' ' 9 announced that the persons bitten and scratched in thai Maty ville rabies case are receiving the Pasteur treatment. ' They are: Postmaster Elias Lciby,'Ralph llciuh and Mis I | ' ■ M I 00. c. The cat belonged < j Mrs. J. P Lillie, MARRIAGE David SylvMter Carberry and Catharine Count ante Miller, city. Cloyd Is-. Wertx and Myrtle M. J\olllt, I Iniu-rx i 11,.. I Walter M. Spott* and tilith K. Kupenhuver, Itlfe, l*. i Clayton linker Keller, Mt. Joj, uud Alma I,yd la llrlnncr. IfuninielM- Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT RABIES IS FOUND SEVERAL PLACES IN PERRY COUNTY State Livestock Sanitary Board Orders All Stray Dogs Killed at Once | CAT AND COW AFFLICTED Three People and Several Dogs Were Scratched, It Is Believed Babies was found in several points within a forty-milo radius in Perry county ns the result of an outbreak among dogs in Marysvillo and to-day State Livestock Sanitary Board au ! thorities issued orders for strict en j forcement of the act of 1915 for kill- I ins of stray dogs and called upon I authorities of West Shore towns to | pen \ip dogs and cats and co-operate j in an effort to check thi outbreak. I The Board's experts to-day declared | that the head of ,a eat sent to the laboratory by Dr. C. It. Snyder, of Pottsville, showed evidence of rabies, his cat Is said to have scratched three people and to have fought several dogs. One of the dogs turned up at Blaine, thirty-five miles away, and a cow of M. T. lless. who was acting strangely, was killed and an examin ation showed rabies. Other cattle in the neighborhood which were bitten are said to show the same symptoms. Practically every dog in Marysville and vicinity is penned up and in Dun cannon and other towns the animals are being rounded up. Perry county farmers are watching for stray dogs with shot guns. SICK THE MAY QUARTER? First National Bank Receives SIOO in New Coins New quarters, coinage of 1917, reached Harrisburg to-day. They were in great demand. President William Jennings of the First National bank received SIOO worth of the new coins, and in a few hours all were gone. The new quarters are very attrac tive like most money, eh, what? On the face is tho Goddess of Liberty with shield and sword, the inscription "In God We Trust," and thirteen stars. The other side includes the inscriptions, "United States of Am erica," "E Pluribus Unum," an eagle in flight, thirteen stars, and the value 'of the coin.
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