Tremendous February Furniture Sale NOW | GOING ON * fej That the furniture offered by this store is of the finest, has been ▼' proven by years of ever-growing business in this city. We have been unable to find sturdier, more artistic furniture. But we have been able to lower prices to an unusual extent. And so, even in regular season, we have been able to offervalues that arc unequalled in this city. This sale, then, is a series of Reductions on Reduc tions! You get furniture that is worth far more than regular prices. You get this furniture at prices that are nothing short of sensa tional. Our Credit Plan Holds Good on Every Purchase, Too! MILLER AND KADES Furniture Department Store 7 North Market Square 11- J The Only Store in Harrisburg That Guarantees to Sell on Credit J " B at Cash Prices IK MAKE RECORD EARNINGS New York, Feb. 2.—The Republic Iron and Steel Company, ono of the 4many industrial corporations which have profited largely by war contracts, ' reports not earnings of $16,544,636 in its Annual statement for 1916 issued io-day. This is an increase of sll,- 105,038 over the previous year. The balance available to the common stock after deduction of preferred dividends and charges is equal to 4 7.95 per cent, on that issue compared with 8.56 per cent, last year. AMUSEMENTS REGENT THEATER TO-DAY ONLY The Sensational IMny, ♦♦NEW YORK" Featuring' the I'sunous I'liiotioiial Actress, FLORENCE HEED. TO-MORROW OXIiY MARY >IILES MINTER In ••THE IWOCENCE OT LIZETTE" An odd and wholesome Ntory of innocent ehlldhood. -* r 1 i Double Ileinllluc llill Now Playing Bream of l McCart —tlie— AXD ORIENT Bradford A CioriteotiM . Spectacle with | In " C,c>er I'fctty Ulrlw. I tonicity Sketch. It Other Splendid lielth lilt* Cotning Monday "POLISHING PAPA" HRPHEUM TO-DAY ri',7h, TO-MORROW ROBERT SHERMAN CORBY & RITER t'reaenta Preaent THE C'BL "I.THO" Mrs. Fiske A model mid lenrlM* pirn for the "FRSTWHII.E SI SAX" betterment of younic Klrl* who nre Founded ou Hrlm R. Martlu'* without inrriil* iind homex. Ity novel, "Baruabcllu." WHITNEY COLLINS. 1)y Marllln de Kor-st. All Matinee Seals % I'rlcea Matinee -.V to WL.'O NlKlit Usc, 50c, 75c, *l.Oll Nlicht -.-><• to *2.00 Tues. and Wed. Feb. 6th, 7th, Mat. Wednesday I John Cort —PreMenta— ' / Mother Carey's Chickens A COMEDY OF HOME lly KATE DOUGLAS WIG (J IN anil RACHAEL CROTHEHS From the Hook of the Same Title ny KATE BOUf.LAS WltitJlX. Anlhor of "Bebccea of Sunnybrook Farm." PRICES— I'.veillntCN, 25c to *1.50| Mnllaee. 25c to <11.(10. V WILL ENTERTAIN PANAMA PARTY Dinner For Sixly Will Be (liven at the Executive Mansion Governor and Mrs. Brumbaugh will give a dinner at the Executive Depart ment to-night in honor of the mem bers of the party which madp the j trip to the Panama Pacific Exposition j last summer. It will be the largest I dinner given at the Mansion under the | present administration, covers for | sixty being laid. 1 Several of the items carried in the general deficiency bill as submitted | to the Legislature are to be thrown | out by the appropriation committees i and allowed to take their chances in j separate bills which will be presented later in the session. This plan has ! been adopted because some legislators do not regard the items as proper to | go into a deficiency bill. Adjutant General Stewart to-day declared that the organizations of the National Guard to attend the inaugur ation had not been selected and would not be for some days, Reports that organizations <now at the border would ibe sent to Washington failed to got | even serious comment to-day. j A charter was issued to-day to the j State Bank of Eock Haven, capital ! $50,000. Prominent residents of that I place are incorporators. Adjutant General Stewart to-day announced the following appointments in the Second Pennsylvania artillery, | all the men named being Philadel i phians: To be captains, W. A. March, i Mattery C; Romans Felman. liead | quarters company; Joseph K. Kor ! nance. Battery B: first lieutenants, George E. Koth, Battery 1); Robert [ Adams, Jr.. headquarters company; George S. Stewart, Battery D; to be sec-ond lieutenants, Charles J. Jordan, Battery D; C. P. O'Connor. Battery E; E. C. Glenn, Jr., Battery B. Commissioner John Price Jackson, of the Department of Labor and In dustry, is in Washington to-day pre siding as chairman at a meeting of the National Committee of One Hun dred, including educators and repre sentatives of industry and labor, or ganized for the purpose of promoting the Americanization of non English speaking workers in the United States. To-day's meeting will be attended by United States Commissioner of Ed ucation P. P. Claxton, and members of the United States Chamber of Com merce. Plans will be formulated for an even more vigorous "America First" campaign in view of the pres ent critical condition in national af fairs. Mrs. Byrne in Hospital After Release From Jail New York, Feb. 2. Mrs. Ethel Byrne is in a hospital to-day recover ing from the effects of the hunger strike she undertook as a protest against a sentence of thirty days in prison for disseminating Information about birth control. Mrs. Byrne was released from the Blackwells Island workhouse last night by order of Gov ernor Whitman. Although she did not personally ful fil! the condition of the Governor's pardon and promise in the future to obey the laws regarding birth con trol propaganda, her sister, Mrs. Mar garet Sanger, vouched for her in this particular. TO KEEP EXCHANGE OPEN New Yopk, Feb. 2. The bpard of managers of the New York Cotton Exchange at a special meeting to-day decided that it was "to the best inter ests of the trade" not to close the Ex change because of the international situation. The meeting was held as a consequence of the action taken yes terday by the Cotton Exchange in Augusta, Ga„ urging that all cotton exchanges be closed. TODAY ONLY Dorothy Dalton Charles Ray and Louisa Glaum 'TheWeaker Sex' A powerful moral piny on the matrimonial problem that will prove IntereHtlnK to both men nnd women. To-morrow—One Dny Only BENJAMIN (-IIRISTIK (Author of "Sealed Order*") In n Hplentlld NCven-purt Vltaiirnph feature 'Blind Justice' The ntory of the vengeance of outraged manhood nßalnat a noclety whose only tiod In law. '(SMiIM 1I TIL t'ommenelnK February 0, and con tinuing for fourteen weeks. cum THOMPSON KEEPS HIS RECEIVER IN Insurance Tangle Made Worse by Action of Court in Phil adelphia Yesterday In the United States Court, at Phila delphia yesterday. Judge J. Wliitaker Thompson refused to revoke the ap pointment of Samuel W. Cooper as tem porary receiver of the Union Casualty Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, thus defeating the plan of Insurance Commissioner J. Denny O'Neit to have the receivership annulled so that the State would be free to dissolve and liquidate the concern. Judge Thomp son made the Cooper receivership per manent. This company, was one of the D. Wood concerns, which was ordered closed by the Commissioner several weeks ago.- Judge ThonipHon'a decision is in dl- I rect conflict with a similar one render- I ed by Judges Charles F. Orr and N\". M. S. Thomson in the United States Dls- ! trict Court in Pittsburgh recently, | when they revoked the appointment of t Attorney Joseph H. Thompson, of Bea- | ver, Pa.. as receiver for the Pension | Mutual Life Insurance Cdlmpany, atti- i Hated with the Union Casualty Com- | pany. The status of these two Wood con- j cerns In Philadelphia. The Commis by Commissioner O'Nell n short time since. Attacks were made by both the Ktate and the insurance oflieials as to the motives actuating the inquiry. I Commissioner O'Neil yesterday issued summons for a number of men con- I nected with various insurance con cerns in Philadelphia. The commis- [ sioner Is said to be investigating rela tive to .securing Information of "hush money" being paid to an employe of the Stato Insurance Department. | The bribery charges are said to have animated from the light of the political factions in Harrlsburg recently, and were said to have been made public here within the past day of two. An employe of the department stationed in the city, lias been asked to appear . anil answer to the charge of receiving mojiey for "favors" accorded. The amount of money said to have been involved i.s about s2u(t, given, It is said, In small amounts. "I have ordered my chief clerk, W. li. 11. Baker," said Commissioner O'Neil yesterday, "to begin an investi gation Into the affairs of the Insurance department under Charles Johnson, a Penrose appointee, and the Senator's man Friday. "If the legislature proposes to In vestigate my conduct of the office, I will help to do it, hut I will also see that they go into Johnson's record. A probe of that nature would reveal some sensational things." ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED SOON [Continued Prom I'irst Page] that the agencies of the government are ready to take any steps necessary to follow a diplomatic break. It was generally expected that. som? announcement, would bo made from the State Department or the White House during the day or certainly to night. Country Anxiously Awaiting The State Department has made no reply to the telegram from the Inter national Mercantile Marine asking in structions for movements of American ships. No announcement similar to Germany's has been received from Austria. From the official refusal to affirm or deny that any message had gone forward to Ambassador Gerard, an impression grew that some such mes sage had been sent but it was thought at. most a message to outline a first preliminary statement of the American viewpoint without definitely commit ting the country till a final decision has been reached. Wilson Plays Golf Tt was pointed out <o officials that the country was waiting for some statement, or at least an official in terpretation of the attitude of the ad ministration. Officials declined, how ever, to express themselves in this maj or to say whether the situation was becoming more or less serious. While yesterday it was said flatly that no announcement would Ije made for tlio rest of the day, officials refused to-day to commit themselves to a similar announcement. President Wilson had no confer ences on the submarine question dur- I ing the morning but played golf for I two hours. Teuton Diplomats Confer | The first act of Count Tarnowski, the new Austrian ambassador, after installing himself in his embassy here to-day was to hold a conference with Count Von Bernstorff. It was said that Count Tarnowski would ar range to present his credentials to President W'ilson as soon as possible. The only note of dissent from the general opinion that President Wilson was preparing to meet Germany's new warfare with drastic action, came from groups in the Capitol which have been rrging peace moves upon the ad ministration. They professed to be lieve that the President's first step would be a bold stroke for peace, and they professed to believe that every effort would be made to main tain relations with Germany rather than to break them. This view how ever was wholly opposite from that of officials who ought to know the ad ' ministration's disposition. Several hundred telegrams bearing on the submarine questions arrived at the White House during the day. Signed by individuals and organiza tions, many urged the President to maintain peace while some counselled drastic action. German Nation Believes Unrestricted Warfare Is Dictated by Necessity Berlin, Feb. 1, via London, Feb. 2. The attitude of the German people in respect to the new submarine policy as far as ascertained to-day from con versations with persons in various walks of life in and out of politics, Is that the inauguration of an unrestrict ed submarine campaign is dictated by stern necessity and for self-preserva tion and that In such a life and death struggle no regard can longer be paid to other considerations. The all-ab sorbing question in every discussion concerns the attitude of America. Little criticism ot the government is heard. Even a Socialist speaker in the Beichstag committee meeting to day Is reported to have aligned the party behind the government In this decision. Don't Want Break Whatever was said in committee was confidential, but in outside circles one hears estimates of the number of submarines running to several hun dred, and the conviction is expressed that amount of tonnage sunk monthly can be Increased to approximately 1,- 000,000 tonu, In addition to a large amount of neutral tonnage which will I be deterred from entering the prohib ited areas by the submarine terror. Those who base their opinion on the merits of the decision upon such fig ures declare that two to three months of operations on this scale would provided the United States were not drawn Into the war—bring England to a point where she would be willing to discuss terms. The great likelihood that the step will precipitate a crisis •in German- American relations, severance of dip lomatic intercourse, and perhaps further consequences, is generally recognized and undoubtedly has been taken into account in the govern- H. MARKS & SON 4th and Market St. For Quick Clearance Hart Sehaffner & Marx and Society Brand SUITS AND OVERCOATS sls and $16.50 | —T|~3 Sale of Black "Narobia" Muffs and Scarfs. " Guaranteed not to fade or shed. Sole agents T>T?T\TT/"*"E*T\ in Harrisburg for these famous furs. All Furs W W SmjXJ reduced 25 to 50 per cent. SHIRTS REDUCED TIES REDUCED $1.25-$1.50 values now 95c SI.OO values now 55c I COMMENT ON G New York Globe- —The note of the German government is tantamount to a declaration of war against t his coun try, because it announces that it is the intention of the German government to commit acts of war against us. Our people will sustain the President in all measures he may take to subdue the world's greatest disturber. New York Telegram Count von Bernstorff must be handed his papers. The next step is up to the President. AH differences that may have existed now vanish. The American people stand behind him as one man. Those who are not Americans must be watched. New York Evening Sun —With our government showing a resolute and courageous front, and our people united behind it, in our best judgment we have little to fear. New York Evening Post —This does not mean that the President should meet headlong folly with rashness. Having condemned Germany for en gulfing Europe in war by a precipitate ultimatum, it is not for Americans to clamor for instant hostilities. There need be no loss of time in making our position absolutely clear, and then, on the first overt act, we can sever diplo matic relations with the German em pire. Brooklyn Eagle—The German dec laration is the last desperate recourse of a government that recognizes im pending defeat. The President has no U-BOAT WAR TO BRING PEACE DELAYED NOTE PREDICTS Washington, D. C., Feb. 2.—A sec ond memorandum delivered with tlie German note was made public late yesterday by the State Department. It differs in some respects from the sub stance of the note itself. The under standing is that it was prepared at tho German embassy on instructions from Berlin prior to President Wilson's peace address to the Senate and with held then on account of the address. When Count von Bernstorlt received the note l and memorandum yesterday from Berlin he dcided to deliver with them the original document prepared by him The memorandum follows: "After bluntly . refusing Germany's peace offer, the entente powers stated in their note addressed to the American government that they are determined to continue the war in order to deprive Germany of German provinces in the West and East, to destroy Austria- Hungary and to annihilate Turkey. In waging war with such aims the en tente allies are violating al'. rules of international law, as they prevent the legitimate trade of neutrals .with the central powers and of the neutrals among themselves. Germany has so far not niade unrestricted use of the weapon which she iiossosses in her submarines. Since tiM entente pow ers, however, have made it impossible to come to an understanding based upon equality of rights of all nations, as proposed by the central powers, and have instead declared only such a peace to be possible which shall be diftated by the entente allies ahd shall result in the destruction and the humiliation of the central powers. Ger many is unable further to forego the full iise of her submarines. "The imperial government, there fore, does not doubt that the govern ment of the United States will Under stand the situation thus forced upon ment's calculations. But tho belief often expressed that the situation is not hopeless, and that the institution of an unrestricted submarine cam paign may perhaps after the recent peace discussions not lead to a break with the United States—a consumma tion which would be hailed with joy by an overwhelming majority in the nation. Discussions in the Reichstag com mittee revolve largely around the question of prospective reserve of a campaign based on the new and effi ciency of the submarines. Americans Rash to Get Ships For Home London, Feb. 2. The German note has resulted in a rush of Ameri cans to procure pass:iga to New York on the first available boat. Large numbers who expected to sail within a fortnight have decided to leave Sat urday and before noon all the first class accommodations on the steamer ( ) were booked. Among those applying for passage are 120 persons who intend to sail on the Holland-American liner Nieu amsterdam, which was to have left Falmouth on Tuesday. This vessel, however, has been recalled to Hotter dam, whence she sailed two days ago. GERMANY'S LAST CARD Paris, Feb. 2. Germany's last card is the caption under which sev eral morning newspapers print Ger many's note to the United States I Chancellor Von Bethnuinn-Hollweg's I speech, etc. The editorial. comment other choice at this time but to send Count von Bernstorff home or to swal low his own words, Washington Times—Germany's note shatters a forlorn and flimsy hope that the nation that violated Belgium and threw to the winds all other "scraps of paper" would stand by her reluctant half promises to this nation. Boston Transcript —Germany has replied to the American ultimatum of last April by action, and action is the ony answer America can make if it would conserve its self-respect or re tain the respect of the world. The case is simple and the course is plain. Providence Tribune —The situation has now been made more acute than it was when the Lusitania incident shocked the whole American people, and it must be met in more effective manner. St. 1/Oiiis Post-Dispatcli—lt is in conceivable that any self-respecting nation will accept the conditions laid down by Germany. Neither the Presi dent nor Congress can withstand the force of the storm of public opinion which is rising from every quarter of the land. Cincinnati Times-Star —On the face of the German note it appears that the only way the President ci.n continue friendly relations with Germany is by an abject surrender of American rights and a humiliating backdown from a position taken by our government pub licly and solemnly before all the world. i Germany liy the entente allies' brutal | methods of war and by their deter mination to destroy the central pow ers. und that the government of the I United States will further realize thut ' the now openly disclosed intention of j the entente allies Rives back to Oer | many the freedom of action which she ' reserved in her note addressed to the i government of the United States on ■ May 4, 1910. "Under these circumstances Ger | many will meet the illegal measures | of her enemies by forcibly preventing, | after February 1, 1017, In a zone | around Gret Britain, France, Italy and I In (he eastern Mediterranean, all navi { gat ion, that of neutrals included, from ! and to England and from and to | France, etc, All ships met within that : zone will be sunk. "The imperial government is con j fident that this measure will result in a speed termination of the war and in 1 the restoration of peace, which the government of the United States has ; so much at heart. I.lke the govern ment of the United States, Germany and her allies had hoped to reach this goal by negotiations. Now that the j war, through the fault of Germany's enemies, has to be continued, the im j perlai government feels sure that the ! government of the United States will understand the necessity of adopting such measures as are destined to bring about a speedy end of (he horrible and useless bloodshed. "The imperial government hopes all the more for such an understanding of her position, as the neutrals have, under the pressure of the entente powers, suffered great losses, being forced by them either to give up their trade or to limit it according to con ditions arbitrarily determined by Ger many's enemies, in violation of inter national law." for the most part is also along the line indicated. Germany has contracted formal en gagements with the United States says the Petit Parisian. "It is these en gagements," continues the newspaper, "that she is violating to-day, so that it would seem as if she wishes to force America into a rupture of rela tions for it would not be easy for Pres ident Wilson to tolerate such insolent laceration for a contract almost solemn. . . . The Gorman Em- peror's game is dear. He puts his knife at the throat of neutrals to force them to intervene in the Euro pean conllict and to impose peace, but the maneuver may prove a singularly dangerous one for him. For as a matter of fact he is driving neutrals into the camp of the allies by showing them that their interests are identical with ours." INTRODUCES PEACE HILL Washington,. Feb. 2. A resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Sen ate that the President at the close of the European war should endeavor to negotiate a treaty with the powers of the world to constitute an inter national judicial tribunal to settle dis putes, was introduced to-day by Sen ator Shafroth and referred to the Foreign Rolanons Committee, without date. ' OHIO BACK TO WILSON Columb.S, 0., Feb. 2. By a unanimous vote, the lower House of the Ohio Legislature adopted a resolu tion introduced by a Republican, call ing upon citizens of Ohio to stand behind President Wilson during the present international crisis. Spain Faces Difficult Problem in U-Boat Crisis Madrid, Feb. 1. via Paris. l'"eb. 2. The minister of the interior has announced that the war and the navy departments have given the naval and military authorities instruction re quired by the gravty of the circum stances. Premier Itomanones was in conference with United States Am bassador Jose pit E. Willard from midnight until 2 o'clock. lie also received the president of the Mediterranean Maritime Federa tion who informed him that the Fed eration had ten ships at sea with safe conducts given by German consuls. Later the premier announced that although .Spain had entered a diffi cult hour the government would neith er close parliament nor suspend the constitutional guarantees, lie declar ed, however, that the administration would refuse to discuss the German note in either House and urged everyone to keep calm. A subsequent conference was held between tho premier and tho president of tho Chamber of Deputies after which C'ouftt Itomanones stated that it was useless to deny that the country faces a very difficult situation. No Efforts of Germans Can Prevent Allied Victory, French Rear Admiral Says Paris, Feb. 1. Hear Admiral La caze, minister of marine, speaking in the Senate to-day declared that only one-half of one per cent of all the tonnage which entered French ports during the last 11 months have been sunk by German submarines. lie said that this percentage might be a little higher in tho future, but. that no efforts of the Germans could prevent the final victory of the allies. Admiral Dacaze spoke in reply to an interpellation by Senator D'Estourn elles De Constant in regard to the responsibility of tho government in the submarine warfare. Senator D'Estrournelles criticised the admin istration for allowing the Germans to take the upper hand in the submarine campaign. KUSPKXI > CNDERWIIITIXG London, Feb. 2. A Copenhagen dispatch to the Time says that un derwriting has been temporarily sus pended by the Danish war insurance office. The United Shipping Company has ordered ships in English ports to leave before Sunday if possible. The Scandinavian American liner Ilelllg Olav, now in New York, has been ordered to remain there. A Winsome, Bonny Complexion Produced by Using Stuart's Cal cium Wafers After Meals. They Purify the Blood and Re move All Skin Blemishes. Trial I'arkuKt Mulled Free In a few days after using Stuart's Calcium Wafers you will be overjoyed to see those pimples all gone, the red ness disappeared, new skin gradually covering the cheeks, neck and shoul ders. free of bluekheads, blotches, liver spots arid those other eruptions that have been such a plagued annoyance. The reason for all tills is the cal cium sulphide, the principal agent of these Wafers. 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