Ambassador Gerard in te De Hears HARRISBURG iSlSill TELEGRAPH LXXXVI — No. 33 12 PAGES „ GERARD BELIEVED 10 BE IN BERNE BY STATE DEPARTMENI Dispatch From Ambassador Sent From Swiss Capital to Madrid Leads to Belief That He Has Reached Safety; He May Have Sent Message to Berne For Transmission, However WAS CONSIDERED AS HOSTAGE FOR VON BERNSTORFF BY GERMANY Preparations For War Still Going Ahead; If Overt Act Is Committed War Would Be Declared at Once; Coun try Found to Be on Self-Sustaining Basis Washington, Feb. 7. Ambassador Willard at Madrid reported to the State Department to-day that he had received a dispatch from Ambassador Gerard sent from Berne, Switzerland. Although no word came from Am bassador Gerard himself or from Am erican Minister Stovall at Berne, the State Department interpreted Mr. Wil lard's dispatch as indicating that Mr. Gerard had left Berlin and gotten as far as the Swiss capital. The fact that Mr. Gerard was not expected to leave Berlin before Sun day, coupled with the possibility that he may have sent a dispatch to Berne to be transmitted to Ambassador Wil lard makes it possible, howover, that Mr. Gerard has not left Germany but officials expect further advices dur ing the day. From European sources outside of Germany the government has learned that the German government actually did consider Mr. Gerard practically as a hostage until it received advices from Washington detailing the ar rangements made for the safe de parture of Count Von Bernstorff. The State Department had sent to Ambassador Willard a dispatch to be forwarded to Ambassador Gerard In Berlin, which would be of value only in case Mr. Gerard still were in the German capital. Ambassador Willard replied he had received a dispatch from Mr. Gerard from Berne and wished instructions as to whether he should forward the de partment's dispatch to him there. The last dispatch from Mr. Gerard at Berlin was dated February 5. Carefully Guard Rights In line with its policy of doing noth ing to force further strained relations with Germany, it was officially reit erated to-day that the administration ALLIED WAR OBJECTS CANNOT BE OUTLINED FURTHER, KING SAYS London, Feb. 7.—Kins George, in opening Parliament to-day, said that the response of the allies to the invita tion of the President of the United States outlined their aims as far as could be done at present. The king added: "Threats of further outrages upon public order and the common rights of humanity serve to steel our deter mination." The opening of Parliament, always picturesque, was shorn of much of its .• lor and pomp. The peers wore none of the customary robes and regalia. The king was clad in the uni form of an admiral of the fleet and all the lords and members of the House of Commons who are entitled to wear cither khaki or navy blue followed the example of the king. There were also other innovations in keeping with the time of war. The Imperial escort consisted of officers of the overseas lighting forces. The royal gallery in the llouse of Lords was set apart for wounded soldiers. For the first time in the history of Parliament the importance of the for eign press was recognized by the al lotment of seats in the press gallery THE WEATHER l or llorrisburg ami vicinity t Un settled uentlifr, probably rain to il IK hi mill Thursday; warmer to ■lilt tit, %% it li low cut temperature about 32 ilfKrrfN. I'or liiNtcrn Pennsylvania: Snou in nortli, rain or snow in south por tion to-night and probably Thurs day j warmer to-night, eolder Thurndny afternoon or night; frenli south went to went wind*. River The SuNqaehannii river and all it* branches will probably remain nearly stationary without any Im portant changes la lee condition*. A lit nice of about tkft feet is Indi cated for llarrlshurg Thursday morning. (General Conditions Ilaia has set la over Western l.ou- Isiana as a result of n slight dis turbance, now central over South era Texan. Pressure continue* bitch over the Pacific slope. There has been a general rise of 2 to 32 degrees In temperature In all districts from the Plains States eastward to the Atlantic coast, except Northern New F.ngland. the most decided rises occurring In the Ohio uml I pper Mississippi valle>* aml the l.ake Iteglon. From the Kocky Mountains west ward temperatures genernlly have fallen 2 to 12 degree*. Temperaturei H a. m.. 21 degrees above xero. San i nines, 7 tO* a. m. Mooai Itlsen. Hi 12 p. in. Itlvcr stagei . feet ahave low water mark. lis taking the greatest care to see that no right of any foreign government or | private property is violated. It is added that the government has ! nowhere seized German ships or | claimed title of any sort to them. It was authoritatively declared on ■ behalf of the administration that the j only action taken has been to put ves i sels and their crews under such guard i and protection as to prevent anything | being done which would obstruct | navigation or in any other way violate I the laws to which they would in any I case be subject. Only the necessary j precautions, it was said, are being ] taken against violations of the law of j any sort. Baker Makes Statement Secretary Baker gave out the fol j lowing statement: 1 "In the harbors of Manila and else ! where in the Philippine Islands and at | Colon, Panama, the German merchant vessels were discovered to have had certain parts of their machinery re moved and in some instances evi dences of preparation for the sinking of these vessels had been made. "Solely i'or the purpose of protect ing the several harbors and other shipping and property therein, steps have been taken to prevent damage, but none of the ships have been seized by the government of the United States and in all cases the com manders and crews have been In -1 formed that the government of the j United States has made no seizures, j claims no right to the vessels and does not deny the right of the com- I inander and crew to dismantle the | vessels if they see fit, so long as the destruction is accomplished in a way j which will not obstruct navigable port i (Continued on Page 5) to correspondents from allied and neu tral countries. So Basis of Peace The weather was clear and crisp and as the royal procession passed from Buckingham Palace to the House of Parliament dense crowds lined the streets. King George's speech follows: "For the third time in succession I summon you to your deliberations in the midst of war. Certain overtures of which you are aware have been made by the enemy with a view to opening peace negotiations. Their tenor, however, indicated no possible basis of peace. My people through out the empire and my faithful and heroic allies remain steadfastly and unanimously resolved to secure the just demands for reparation and res titution in respect of the past and guarantees for the future which we regard as essential to the progress of civilization. "In response to an invitation by the President of the United States of America we have outlined, so far as can be done at present, the general objects necessarily Implied by these aims." Hard Work Responsible For Her 101 Years Claim; in One House 75 Years Marietta, Pa., Feb. 7. Mrs. Cath erine Woodland, a native of Gap, and who lived in the same house for 75 years, died at the age of 101 years from intirmities inctdent to lier age. Threo children, seven grandchildren and iifteen greatgrandchildren survive. She attributed Iter longevity to al ways working hard. Gold Ship Rendered Useless, Her Crew May Be Prosecuted by U. S. Boston, Feb. 7. The refugee Ger man steamer Kroiprinzessin Cecilie, built at a cost of 14,500,000, has been rendered useless for months by the disabling of her engines, it was dis covered by Captain John B. Coyle, an engineer of the Coast Guard Her vice. As a result of the discoveries, a de cision was reached to attempt criminal prosecution of those who may be found responsible for the damage. y el^rta J-'B Weather lllltlirt trmperntnre. U7. temperntnre. 10. Mean trmpfntiirr, IN. Auruiai temperature. 'M HARRISBURG, PA., EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1917 FOREIGN LINERS APPROACHING WAR ZONE DESPITE GERMAN THREAT \ —_ - - II Ml' I>W " ■ ■ — I'WIIMI tl: * "V ''i*? 1 ** 1 *' < ..'W I J |||| nUIWITMiIi cua The three preat foreign liners—Rochambeau of the French TJne, Adriatic on the White Star, and Oarmanla of the Hard L.ine—sailed away from New York after the German threat of a ruthless submarine war. Kach vessel carried lumber or passengers. The Hochamboau carried American passengers and had her gun showing plainly at her stern she sailed from New York harbor. The British boats also carried guns. 11 SHIPS OF 14,000 TONS ARE SUNK DURING THE DAY Up to a late hour this afternoon the day's reports of vessels sunk in the new German submarine campaign totaled eleven of an aggregate of more than 14.000 tons. Ihe sinking of the Italian steamer, Ferruccio, of 2192 tons, added another to the list of submarine victims and increased the total tonnage destroyed to more than 14,000. Jt is asserted in an official statement by the British government that the British passenger steamer, Port Adelaide, recently reported sunk while bound from London to Australia, was torpedoed with iout warning, by a German submarine last Saturday. The passengers were rescued and landed. 1 he British admiralty declares that the Peruvian sailing vessel Lorton. the sinking of which was : reported during the morning, was sent to the bottom by a German submarine inside Spanish terri torial waters, on Monday. The largest of the reported victims] was the British steamer Crown Point, a 5,218-ton vesel. The probable sink ing of the steamer Azul, of 3,074 tons also is announced. Besides four steamers and a bark the sinkings included two trawlers and two lishing boats. There were two fatalities accom panying these submarine operations, two members of the crew of the Brit ish steamer Saxon-Briton, of 1,337 tons, being killed, while London ad vices state that two lives were lost from the British steamer Wartenfels, reported sunk yesterday. Two of Crow Killed The British steamer Saxon-Briton, 1,3337 tons, has been sunk by a sub marine. Two members of its crew were killed. The captain and 14 others have been landed. Lloyd's announces that the British steamer Azul, 3,074 tons, has probably been sunk and that 12 survivors were rescued by a sailing vessel. Lloyd's also announces the follow ing boats reported sunk: British steamer Vestra, of 1,021 tons gross. British steamer Crown Point, of NONPARTISAN LAW! AMENDMENT IN | . j Bill to Define Fifty Per Cent, j Clause in Judicial Elec- 1 tion Act ! A means for ascertaining what shall 'constitute one-half of the total num i ber of votes cast under the judicial j ! nonpartisan election law is provided 1 in an amendatory bill introduced into the llouse to-day by Mr. Palmer, of; Schuylkill. Tlie bill says: "One-half of tl.c total number of votes cast for such office at j (Continued on Page 5) Highly Commends Work of Army on Border Washington, 15. C\, Feb. 7. —High j commendation for the U'ork of the army on the border and in Mexico is ' expressed by Secretary Baker in let- j ters to Major-General Funston, com- ; manding the border forces, and Major- | General Pershing, who commanded the punitive expedition. Just returned I to American territory. SCHOOLHOVSE BURNS Ijattnton Youngsters Will Get Long Vacation 1 All is joy among the juvenile cle- j ment of Lawnton to-day. Their i schoolhouse burned down and they I ' will have a prolonged vacation. Smoke 1 ' was noticed rising from the roof about' 1 ti o'clock this morning. Soon the en- ■ tire building was In flames. A few ' books were saved. Mitts Kathcrine Wensell Is teacher of the school. The damage is estimated at $ 1,000. 5,218 tons gross. British bark Norton, of 1,149 tons gross. Two British steam trawlers. Two fishing boats. Two lives were lost from the British steamer WarWnfels, of 4.511 tons, re ported sunk yesterday, the agency also announces. Fifteen Sunk Last Night X'ifteen ships were reported sunk late yesterday and last night. The Russian steairier Cerera, of 3,312 tons gross, and the Norwegian bark Tamara, of 453 tons, were tor pedoed. Three Norwegian vessels, says Lloyd's have been sent to the bottom presum ably by torpedoing. These are: Steamer Rigel, 1,771 tons, 22 of crew picked up at sea; bark Wasdale, 1,856 tons, 19 of crew picked up; bark Songdal, 2,089 tons, 25 of crew picked up. The Central News announces that the British steamers Palm tons, and Cllftonian, 4.303 tons, have been torpedoed by a German subma rine and that the Norwegian ship Thor XI, 2,114 tons, also has been tor pedoed. The crews of the two steam TO WIDEN SCOPE OF PLAYGROUND WORK THIS YEAR Will Make Romper Day Climax of Seasons to Come Says Gross All future playground plans In ■ Harrisburg will be arranged to come ito a fitting climax with the big | "Romper Day" program. "With the establishment of a per manent fund to care for this event annually, .through the generosity of I the late Samuel Kunkel, we will ar range all playground work to lead up to this entertainment for the young sters." City Commissioner E. Z. Gross, Superintendent of Parks, announced. Athletic games for boys and girls, folk dances, cooking and sewing classes, and all other play will be developed during the summer so that when "Hompcr Day" is announced the program will come to a whirlwind (Continued on Page 5) PICK IP RUNAWAY GIRLS Two Austrian girls. Rose Mllleretli and Mary Fink, both under 16 years, runaways from Lebanon, were picked up here yesterday afternoon and to day sent back to their homes. Employes of the Suite Employment Bureau, 143 North Fourth sjtreet, be came susplciourf because of their youth when they applied for aid In obtaining I work. John Yates, secretary of the I Associated Charities, furnished the 1 funds to send them to their homes, j According to the story told to Mr. Yates, the girls grew tired of being! forced to work and turn over their I wages to their parents. ers were landed. Tlie Swedish steamship Bravalla, 1,553 tons, lias been sunk by a sub marine, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. The crew was landed. They were fired on by the submarine as they entered the boats. A Copenhagen dispatch quotes the Politiken as saying that the crew of the Danish steamship Klampenborg, sunk on January 23, declare that when the steamship went down a French warship was approaching. The sub marine suddenly dived and they are convinced that in sinking the Klam penborg collided with and destroyed the submarine. The crew of the Danish schooner Standard, also sunk on January 23, declared that the German submarine which destroyed her flew the French flag. The Admiralty announces that the crew of the British steamship lOiit phrates, the sinking of which was an nounced February 1, has been landed at Gibraltar. Another Admiralty statement says ; that there Is only one survivor of the crew of the Lars Kruse relief ship. INo others are known to have been saved. DOCTOR BILLS MAY BE RAISED ; Physicians Appoint Committee to Consider Change of Fees Harrisburg physicians are conslder | ing raising their foes, j At a meeting of the Dauphin County ; Medical Society last night a committee | was appointed to consider the feasi i bility of raising the charges and to | arrange a schedule of rates to be pre sented at the next meeting. Physicians to-day would not say how much the rates would be In • creased. It is understood that the i night calls and telephone information j will be included in the advanced fees. i MAN.AND HOUSEKEEPER OVERCOME BY COAL GAS Mcchantcsburg, Pa., Fob. 7.—Miles j Brougher, aged 71, and his house ! keeper, Mrs. James Schultz, aged 60, were found unconscious In tho bath room of the Brougher home early this morning almost asphyxiated from coal gas. When the pair did not make i their appearance this morning, Mrs. I John Myers, a neighbor, became alarmed and with the aid of other neighbors broken, window to gain ad mittance to the house. Doctors have been making efforts to resuscitate the pair and until noon to-day were un successful. JITSKtK* TO AAMYER Oscar O. Wickersliam, attorney for! local Jltneymnn. .Saturday will file an answer to complaints matin by tho liar- I rishurg Hallways Company. Tho com- ! plaint against the Jitneymen is that i they arc operating Jitneys without cer tificates of public convenience GOVERNOR SAYS j RURAL HIGH IS i BIG STATE NEED I j Tells School Secretaries There Should He Increased Activity in Work j MORE MONEY NEEDEDj I Urges More Extensive Con-, tinuation School System Throughout Penna. More extensive continuation school work and greater activity in the de velopment of rural high schools were urged by Governor Martin G. Uruni baugh in an address this morning be fore the annual convention of the As j soclatlon of School Board Secretaries I of Pennsylvania, which opened In the j Technical high school. The Governor told the secretaries he favors increased school appropriations! and lauded the secretaries for the j work they are doing to maintain a [ high standard of education in the I J school system of the Commonwealth. ] l Nathan C. Schaeffer, State Superin- ' j tendent of Public Instruction, another! . speaker, also pointed out that in-1 creased appropriations are absolutely necessary if the standards are to be I maintained. The meeting was pre sided over by Cliarics H. Meyer, of i Johnstown. Welcome by llammclhaiigh Daniel D. llammelbaugh, secretary of the Harrisburg School Hoard, vice- | [Continued on Page 7] No Immediate Prospects of Cheaper Print Paper | New York, Feb. 7. There is no i I immediate prospect of cheaper paper, | according to reports made to-day to ; I the National Paper Trade Association : , and the American Pulp and Paper As sociation. which arc holding annual I conventions here. "The snow is hampering cutting in i the pulp districts of Canada," said Frank U Moore, of Watertown, N. I Y„ vice-president of the pulp and j paper association. "Where wood is cut theer arc not enough cars to haul I it out, and there Is a great shortage |of motive power on Canadian rail | roads. Everything that enters into paper has gone up." i i , - S "Ol 1.. !| <•'•♦(••: _<f the |! • V.'.i'.cy II Railways Company, a lettci was sent t the members*of jj it- C.tv Fanning Commission to-day, as ittg their approval !' ' ' ' mil ! Second and fhe ejection of :: terminal station on' the site of ][ the old prage in rear 4f the Public Library for the use |j of the Valley lines. This the company is ready to do in | order to help soive the trail ice difficulties in Market Square. ;! Harrhdjurg. Representative Heck, Philadelphia, said 1 1 to-day that in the event of the Sproul probe resolution going ] through a taxpayers' suit to test the legality of the appropri i! j| Washington, Feb. /. —President Wilson left the White ! j : anu ;! . • : c j| Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 7, via London.— Norway and j| 't W . tO |! ;ill, r I j| PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY ELECTS ;! • ' State I. ' .■(£.: eta: ■'i. < :on - w® clinet re-election as preside . These officer'; wettt lected: President, John S. Rilling; vice-presidents, Henry Houck and John Price Jackson; secretary, Arch. B. -incr. Robert K Youn?'. (.'• •' •••] Kvlb notified th:it the G. % i • staff will ut him with •••- .• I • enl.tti ' :;:,idc at a din r of the society irri HI A resol'ition will 1 pre cnted in the HHI thi.. . fterncun proti ng for a N ,u>e I <dng com* t • ens •* <>i nen of •i. ■ rittee's on ' ' ' ■ v " -Mid n "-ins, educat. r. ■ oads of the l lr ■ •r : Srn^t.c. lV':*ko, held or cl, ,e of mur.- der, < . putted thus aft noon. The uia! ....f Warren* Qhy hud for a Steeltor Murder, w • started. .Nj / York The 31 G*—man ships interned here have J>ee; •'(. iJi'v damaged. MARRIAGE LICENSES WIIHOII Joseph .MrCllnlo.K, llnrriaburtt. anil Marearrt Jlunrr Harder. • Camp illll. Heury Mdnln I'lirnon, HarrUhurß, iiud Knnnlr Jnt'luon, MwltM. PHUI I.eatcr Wolfe HIHJ Uelta .Naomi Lucknoail L'hroulalrr, Malre- Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT THREE MURDER TRIALS ON IN COURT AT ONCE I Yovohovic Convicted of Volun tary Manslaughter; Misko Case Opens I ♦ | START WHITE DEFENSE j Negro, Held For Shooting . Officer Hippie, Begins Fight For Life Vlada Yovonovic, charged with killing Nickolo Skara last July 4 in a light in Steelton, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a jury after less than - two hours' delibera tion. Judge Charles V. Henry, presiding in courtroom No. 2, granted Robert Stucker, attorney for Yovonovic. four days to tile a motion for a new trial. I During the morning three murder I cases were on in criminal court. The I jury in the YovonqVic case was out I considering a verdict; the defense in ] the case against James White, held for ; participating in the murder of Officer I Lewis C.Hippie, prepared to call wit i nesses, and a jury was picked to pass I between the Commonwealth and John I Misko, a young foreigner from Wil [Continued on Page 7] Sproul Investigation Resolution Reported Out ! The Sproul resolution for the inves tigation. of government in Pennsyl | vania, which re.aeheU the House this I morning, will be reported to the lower : branch of the legislature late to-day. I The resolution was favorably recom | mended by tile House appropriations committeee at a session held after the adjournment of the morning session of l the House and debated a bit. Messrs. i Cox and Hecht. Philadelphia, adminis tration supporters, opposed reporting out the bill, but all of the others voted for it. If a session of tlie House is held to-morrow the probe resolution will be passed for the first time. ANOTIIICIt IXNAH HAI.O Another lunar halo, similar to the i one which appeared Saturday night,. was seen last night for a few minutes, i The rings around the moon were noi • as bright nor as large as on Saturday i night, but could be seen plainly froii all parts of the city.
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