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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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