: 4 T—:•• -TV - r,-V ~.■ !%?!*& y* •■ . - '' '*'' "- .' " *T V ' ' '*• ' "'"' ' V "" i ? ' ' "=' " T*F T T ' ' ™ "" "'"ty —y> No Prospects ofAnyModifieati Fo \ • !• '- ' ' ' '.• '• ' s* ' ' ' .'* ' * - ' '*.'%** .f V ' • ' HARRISBURG iflfpli TELEGRAPH LXX V l No. 31 16 PAGES WILSON APPEALS TO CONGRESS TO CLEAR DECKS FOR QUICK ACTION AWAITING ORDERS, SAYS GOVERNOR OF GUARD SITUATION "Simply Agents of National Government," and Ready For Instant Response NO REQUEST FOII All) Manufacturers of Munitions Have Made No Demands; State Police Prepared '•We are awaiting orders. We are simply agents of the national govern ment anil will do all in our power to back it up." said Governor Brumbaugh to-day after a conference with Ad jutant General Stewart and Secretary of the Commonwealth Woods in re gard to the German crisis. General Stewart laid before the Governor facts in regard to the National Guard, which Is prepared to answer any call on short notice, and Mr. Woods, who is a former minister to Portugal and fa miliar with foreign relations and in ternational law. discussed the general situation. "There is only one voice that should be heard now and that is the voice of ihe national government," continued the Governor. "We will be prepared, but we will not act until we are called upon or something arises." {General Stewart Ready General Stewart said that he had his plans ready for any contingency and a similar report was made by Superintendent of the State Police Groome. The State Capitol has been full of reports that applications were made for troops to guard steel works and munitions plants, but the Governor said that none had come, to him, spe cifically denying reports that troops had been asked in the Pittsburgh dis trict. Central Camp The belief is that in the event of a call for troops for federal service the men would be sent, to a point which would be designated by the War De partment and only in the event of riots or disorder with which police forces of industrial establishments, local authorities or sheriffs could not • ope would guardsmen be at all likely to be called upon to do any guard duty. No information has come here regarding troops of the Pennsylvania militia being ordered from K1 Paso other than the cntrainment orders an nounced last week. The organizations at home are prepared for service and the railroads could make ready cars on short notice. It is understood that an effort to se cure an increase of the State police force will be made in the event of the guardsmen being called Into federal service. / \ Neutrals Are Aroused by American Action Dispatches from Spain and Hol land show a disposition to follow the lead of the United States and break with Germany. Spain and Holland are about ready to act. Switzerland alone is noncommittal. The two former countries are mobilizing their land and sea forces. There is a demand that neutrals hold a conference to discuss the matter of protecting themselves— even to the extent of war. Holland is greatly concerned be cause of the presence of troops close to her border. Denmark. Sweden and Norway negotiating for a conference. THE WEATHER] For nurrlxhurK and Tlclnllxi Fair, continued void to-night, with low em temperature about /fro: Ttie*ilu j, fair and Humrnhat warmer. For Knnterii I'ennNylvanla : Partly cloudy to-night, with anon flur rle* In northern portion, nllKhll}- 'Older In coxtern portion) Tuc.s day fair with nlow Ij H-hliir tem perndirtM wmtfrly tfalea li minlNhltiK lato to-night. niv#r Fh* Simqufltanna river aiul all It* brancbe* will fall xlowly. except local rl may occur due to Ice. J "taise of nhout fvfn ffft In In dicated for llnrrlnliurß Tuexdav morning. tieneral Condition* A severe xtnrm I* puKxing ofl' the Southern New l.nglund •oant thin iiHirnlnj:. It lium mused niioh mim| rain over mom of tbe eaxtcru half of the country in the laxt twenty-four hour*, with we*t erly gale*. and Ih attended ly a cold wove, wbieli now cover* practically all the country, ex cept Jfew r.nglnnd, where the cold wave i jut beginning to be felt. The line of itero reaches Moutheant ward Into North t'arollnn and the temperature wa nil decree* be low freezing at Jaek*onville. I<"la. The lowet temperature wa* in degrees below r.ero at VVIIIIxton. Temperature! K a. m., 18. Sum Rl*e, 7:00 a. ni.i *et*, Si2U p. m. Moon) Rifles, 5i!!S p. m. Hlver Stage: 7.3 feet above low water mark. Veaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 3S. I.oweat temperature. 14. Menu temperature, 20. \iirmal temperature, SN, GERMANY DEMANDS THE ST. L 0 1 <> ' - J wsmmmm msmmm wmmmm w > mm mitmtm ■- i s \smssss£l& m i I V -1 i|: . I 1 §' i ".| ___ -._ '** - V ,v-. \*, '* *>* "" '• ''* ''' .' The American liner St. Louis was scheduled to sail from Now York for Liverpool, Saturday. February 3. The managers of the line refused to state if they would paint the vessel as was demanded in the German note. This plio to graph of the ht. Louis shows how she would look if .she were repainted in accord with tlie Kaiser's demands. The German note said such American pas etiger ships should be painted in white and red vertical stripes about ten feet wide, that they should carry large flags at each mast in white and red checks, and that the American flag should be at the stern. $7,500 ROMPER DAY FUND LEFT IN KUNKEL WILL '"810,000 Bequest Made to Asso ! ciatcd Aids; Bulk of Estate to Relatives I i The heart of thousands of Harris | burg children will be gladdened to | lemrn that their friend, tlio late Sam- I uel Kunkcl, "Father of Koniper Dy,y," ■ has made provision in his will for the | annual outing at Reservoir Park. Mr. Kunkel has directed that the sum of $7,500 be set aside as a fund J for this purpose. I The • will, which was probated to ! day, also bequeaths the income from 'a fund of SIO,OOO to the Associated | Charities, of this city, to "be dispens i ed without regard to race, creed or i color." "Romper Day" was always a big I event in Mr. Kunkel's life and he was never happier than when he was | romping with the children at their | annual exercises. A number of years I ago he began the custom of providing j a big feast for the children as a part I of the day's program and continued i it each season. Bulk of Instate to Relatives The bulk of Mr. Kunkel's estate, | which is estimated well over $1,000,- | 000, is divided among his nearest relatives. The will was filed for pro i bate to-day, and makes the following ! bequests: $50,000 to each of Mr. Kunkel's three sisters, Mrs. Annie K. Montgom j ery, of Shipp£nsburg: Mrs. Elllie K. Aughinbaugh, of llarrisburg, and Mrs. Ada ,S. Motter, of Frederick, Md. Charles A. Kunkel receives his ; brother's interest in the plot of land •at the corner of Third and' Market streets and in the Kunkel building on j which it is situated. The residue of the estate, both real and personal, is ! divided equally among Mr. Kunkel's | brother and three sisters. John C. Motter, nephew, is given the late residence of the deceased at , the corner of Second and I'orster | streets and $25,000 par value of the I capital stock of the Mechanics Trust j Company. A fund of SIO,OOO is set aside for 1011 a Elizabeth Fager and : Bella Fulton Fager, sisters-in-law ot 1 the deceased. They are also given any pieces of furniture or jewelry in the house at Second and Forster streets "they may care to have." Ex-Senator John E. Fox is be queathed the sum of SIO,OOO in recog nition "of his many kindnesses and services and assistance freely render ed to me." Mr. Fox is married to Uachael Kunkel, daughter of Charles A. Kunkel. A pro\ ision of the will takes care of a fund left to his sisters by their uncle, the late Jacob C. Bomberger, of which ; the deceased and his brother, Charles A. Kunkel were the trustees. Charles A. Kunkcl, John C. Motter i and the Mechanics Trust Company | arc appointed executors. C.KST. MCVIIXE ON WAY HOME Paris. J> eb. 5. The French com mander-in-chief, General Nivelle has been tor some days the guest of Gen ; eral Cadorna, the Italian commander at Italian army headquarters, says a j Havas dispatch from Rome. He is now on his way hack to France after |an audience with King Victor Km j manuel. 1 German Crews Isolated; 24 Steamers Crippled Officers and crews of twenty-five s-elf-lnterned German steamships have been "requested" to remain i on their ships in New York harbor by the collector of the port. A heavy customs guard and 100 po licemen are on guard. Removal of plates and valves from the interned Eloyd liner Kronprlnzessln Cecilie at Boston has been discovered. All the machinery and engines of twenty-three German steamers in Philippine ports have been damaged by their crews. HARRISBURG, 'PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1917. ALL GERMAN CONSULS AND THEIR AIDS TO ACCOMPANY VON BERNSTORFF HOME Washington, Feb. 5. Arrange | merits are being made for all German ; consuls and consular officials in the , United States to accompany Count ] Von Uernstorff and® the. German em bassy staff out of the country. The I whole party, more than 300 in all, | probably will go via Cuba and Spain. | Dr. Paul Hitter, Swiss minister, now |ln charge of German diplomatic inter est?. here is conducting negotiations i with Assistant. Secretary Phillips of I the State Department for the depar | tin® of the Genuau Staffs. The cpun j sellor of the Swiss legation < on for red | to-day with Secretary Phillips and it I was said that plans were being delayed i only while information of steamship and transportation facilities were be . ing gathered. The first step is to j mobilize all the German consular i forces in time to join Count Yon I Bernstorff's party. At first it had been planned for the party to leave on some steamer sail ing from New York, but after further consideration it was thought better i in view of the circumstances that the i departure be made from some less ! thickly settled community. By Way of Culm ami Spain Under the tentative plans the con FIND SICK WOMAN AND FIVE HALF-CLAD CHILDR FROZEN HUDDLED IN SHACK Five little children, all under 12 years, half clad and nearly frozen, were found huddled together with their mother in a corner of an old shed in Edgemont to-day. The mother, barely able to sit up. had just given birth to a stillborn child. The father, John Arndt, a ragman, called at the office of the Directors of the Poor and asked the county au thorities to bury the child and this led to the discovery of the desperate con dition of his family. George W. llen sel, investigator for the Directors of the Poor, and John W. Early, steward of the almshouse, went out to Edge mont ' Saturday and tried to induce Arndt to let tlieni take the children to the county home, but he refused to LATE FLASHES IN PRESENT CRISIS Quliiey, Ills., Feb. 5. Orders have been received liere from Chicago by oflioers of the l<K'al division, Illinois Naval liwervos, to rush its entire gun equipment to the East. Paris, Feb. 5. "President Wilson I in* accepted Germany's challenge,"' soys Georgs JLcyguee, president of the foreign affairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies, in a statement given out here for publication. "This act accomplished with calmness and firmness is characteristic of the emi nent statesman who presides over the great American republic. It Is an event of immense political signilicancc. Amsterdam, Fob. 4, via Jxmdon, Feb. 5. -+- A Vienna telegram says that the Austro-Hungarian foreign minis ter, Count CVomin has had an hour's conference with tlio American am bassador Frederick C. I'en field. Albany, X. Y„ Feb. 5. lf condi tions should warrant it. Superintend ent of Prisons James M. Carter will convert the Institutions under his supervision into munitions plants operated by convict labor, it was an- i nounced at the prison department to day after a conference between Gov ernor Whitman and Mr. Carter. New York. Feb. 5. For the first I time since the beginning of the war, Marine Insurance rates on American i sults and their families will go to Havana byway of Key West. from j various parts of the country, while the | embassy staff will go directly south i from Washington. A Spanish steam ship large enough to accommodate all , Germans is due to sail from Havana ; for Spain February 20, but It is con sidered probably all the party will ar rive in the Cuban capital several days before that time. From Spain it Is planned for the party to go to Switzerland, cither by rail through France. r>v by steamer to .Italy and then by rail.. Jn either case l ' safe conducts will be required for the party and probably will be secured by j the United States. It also was learned to-Uav that Count Von Uernstorff and member of ; his staff will take with them when they depart only their personal be- ■ longings. All the furniture and fix- 1 tures In the embassy will be left be- [ j hind. While the Swiss minister has not i been authorized as yet by his gov- I eminent, to take over the affairs of I i the embassy, it is not doubted that authorization will be given. The mill- : I ister probably will install several I Swiss clerks In the embassj ollices to carry on necessary business. part with them. An order for a ton of coal and a quantity of groceries was given to Arndt. Mrs. Arndt, a mere shadow of a woman, has been ill with tuberculosis for two years, and Arndt, because of Injuries received in a street car acci dent several years ago, has been un able to secure steady employment. They have been living in the shack, a dilapidated one-room structure fif teen feet long and about eight feet wide, since last October. The furnish ings consist of a small stove, two beds, a table anil three chairs. The bed clothing, lilth.v and ragged, was wrapped around the shivering mother and her youngest child, a 2-year-old girl, while the other little ones were standing In a corner by the stove. ships wore to-day placed 011 a level with those for ships or the entente allies. The rates were advanced, it was learned from underwriters, from the average of 2 to 3 jmt cent, prevail ing last week to 10 per cen*., the same rate which has been in force for some iime 011 ships of t;rcat Britain and France. TiOndon, Feb. 5. The American ambassador. Walter H. Page, had a prolonged interview this afternoon I with the ltritl-.li Foreign Secretary, A. IJ. I tall our. The Spanish ambassador i ulso called at the foreign office. Washingtoii, Feb. 5. ln line with i the |K>licy of abandoning public func 11ions wherever possible, I'rcsident Wilson lanicled the armv and navy I reception at the White House set lor | to-morrow niglit.. Pressure of luisi j ness wa.s given as the oflicial reason, i The question of abandoning public in auguration ceremonies still Is under consideration. VI ashington, Feb. 5. Democrats of tlic Senate Finance Committee went ahead 011 the House emergency reve nue bill irrespective of possible devel opments in the international situation which may demand extraordinary fin ancing.. The committee hopes to have the bill ready for a Democratic cau cus by Thursday night San Antonio. Texas, Feb. 5. Or ders for the homeward movement of •he Second Wisconsin infantry, at San Antonio and and the Fifth Mary, land infantry at ICaglc Pass have been canceled. SPECIAL GUARDS WATCH RAILROADS AND LOCAL PLANTS Men Police Hockvillc and Cum-j bcrland Valley Bridges Day anil Night Entrance to railroad property or local industrial plants until "further notice will require special permits. To-day guards are on duty in the Pennsylvania railroad yards in llar rlsburg, Enoln and at Marantic. They rile also patroiing the < 'umbcrland i Valley and RockvtUe bridges. At the Harrisbiinr Pipe and Pipe Bending Company's plants special ofli cers are on duty night and day. General Superintendent W. IT. Kefier was expected to issue orders some time to-day for special guards in all railroad 'yards on the Reading Hallway system. In tlie meantime Kden H. Hooser. chief of police in charge of the local forces will have [Continued on Pane 11 ] Family of Six Trapped by Flames and Killed Philadelphia, Feb. 5. A family of I six—mother, father and four children —were burned to death in their home at Fifth and Green streets early to day. Trapped in their bedrooms on the third lloor of the four-story structure, they perished as they slept, suffocated , and were found dead in bed. The | dead: Max Pomerants, 4 7 years old. pho tographer; Mrs. Max Pomeruntz, 45: : Samuel, 18; Benjamin, 16; Meyer, 13, | Est her, 11. The only member of the family who escaped was Jacob Popuerantz, about !23 year* old. He is a profesionul i piano player and had an engagement I last night which took him away from I home. While the fire was taking its toll of I lives in the Pomerantz home. People's Hall, next door, was crowded with 250 persons at. a wedding party. The i festivities went on there until, with ! Hames eating at the very windows, po licemen rushed up and warned the , merrymakers. HOT BRICKS Foil GIRLS' IK FT Restaurant l\-'|>* Tlicni Warm While Tlic.v Eat 1 Chicago, 111.. Feb. s.—"Six for the ■ feet!" yelled William the Waiter. "Coming up," came the echo from I the kitchen. I Smilingly, Jean the Chef placed half ' a dozen hard, inedible objects in the ; oven. Thirty minutes later lie opened | the door and. wetting a forellnger,' i tapped one of them. There was a 1 sizzle and a little puff of steam, i "Hone to a turn," lie mused, j The front door opened and six merry i misses from the Monroe Telephone | Exchange entered the restaurant, 1053 Madison street. William disappeared in the rear and re-entered, struggling with a heavily laden tray, a broad grin on his face, which was red with exertion. Beneath each small table he placed two hot bricks, which chased the chills from tlie neat feet resting comfortably upon them. "Some service," said the owners of these extremities, beaming thanks. """ " " 1 ——.^ Submarine Operations Black Page in History Two hundred Americans, prob ably more, have, through German and Austrian submarine opera tions. gone to their deaths. These Americans. believing themselves secure under the prac tices of international law and hu manity, were traveling on unarm ed merchant ships. It was on Marc h 27, 1913, that the issue with the Central Powers first arose through the sinking of the British liner Falabn. The ! Falaba was sent down while boats were being lowered and passen gers still were aboard. Since then j' there have been a number of simi lar cases, an exchange of notes and remonstrances until now, after almost two years, the United States has broken.with Germany. HOPES FOR PEACE BUT TAKES STEP TO PREPARE FOR V/AR President Asks Legislators to Dispose of Routine Business and Make Ready For Any Eventuality; Wants Instant Action if Necessary to Again Appear Before Them to Ask For Authority to Use All Resources of U. S. to Protect American Ships and Lives on Peace ful and Lawful Errands on High Seas Washington, Feb. s.—Still fervently hoping fur peace but tak ing every possible step to prepare the country for war, if it must come, President \\ ilson to-day appealed to Congress tu quickly dis pose of all routine business, appropriation bills and pending legisla tion and clear its decks for action to meet any eventuality. I lie 1 resident wants Congress ready to act if it becomes neces sary for him to address it again and ask for authority to use all the icsouiees of the I nited States to proiect American ships and lives on their peaceful and lawful errands on the high seas. Safe Arrival of Ships Brings Relief The safe arrival of American ships in Fnglisli harbors, reported this morning, brought an air of relief to the tensity which has pre vailed everywhere. Officials still hoped Germany would not violate her pledges to the United States, despite her threat. All officials realized that the situation has resolved itself into one of tense waiting and careful preparation. They realized that the hoped-against overt a,ct may come soon or be long delayed. Mean [Continued on Page ll] 1"! I■ I' K ' '.ON j| im FEB. -ACCORDING TO INFORMA- ] TION OBTAINED IN OFFICA£ QUARTERS THERE j fePECTS OF ANY MODIFICATION OT || jj Tin >TO SL BMARINES. i | n, New Zealand, Feb. 5, via London.—Seve !; !' !' ;! ;! !; 1• u • ■; '• <> 1 ! '! !> J | * | 1 MATOR, SMITH IN THE CITY g 1' t i • ! ;; V |; !! |! i ! ■ -\v.s: |! I !' r, "• . jj I I.' ■ ' ha : ii ; no appointments to meet the Governor and the Governor if | I iiu that he had not been aware that the mayor wa£ <omihg. jl ; Harrisburg.—The policy to be pursued by the State of jl i • ; ;i !> ; • ;! '< j I j : : ' ; I Mi- i- ■■ -i! -u 1i . the 1 j jj subject of the guard and the. police in emergencies. 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