J< ? wassador Gerard and His Party Are Expected to Leave Berlin Satunlay HARRISBURG ilaeg. TELEGRAPH LXXXVI — No. 35 20 PAGES GERARD TO BERLIN TO-MORROW With Suite Will Travel on Special Train to Switzerland; Newspaper Correspondents to Accompany; Passports Caused Delay FIREMAN WHO WENT DOWN ON TURINO "APPARENTLY" BRITISH SUBJECT George Washington, First Believed an American Negro Born in Alberta, Canada; V. S. Rights Technically Violated, but No Overt Act Yet Berlin, Feb. 8, via London, l-"eb. 9.—Former Ambassador Gerard and his party probably will leave Berlin Saturday evening, although the date has not been settled definitely. It is expected they will travel byway of Switzerland. N Mr. Gerard was offered the choice of leaving Berlin Saturday or Sun day and quickly decided in favor of the earlier date. The train which wilt take him to neutral soil will be com posed of sleepers and day coaches, and probably will make better time than the regular train service which no longer attaches importance to speed as in peace times. Arrangements Completed Arrangements for the departure of Mr. Gerard and his suite were pny> tieally completed to-day. The delay was caused by the number of pass ports to be made out for the am basadorial party and because of the lack of news regarding the movements of Count Von Bernstorff. The em bassy representatives will enjoy the diplomatic privileges at the frontier, and baggage inspection formalities for the others of the party will be ex ecuted before leaving Berlin so that there will be no delays at the border. A special train will leave Berlin on Saturday evening at 8:10 o'clock for Switzerland byway of Basel and Berne. The party will then travel to Spain where Mr. Gerard will embark on the first available steamer for the United States. The former Ambassador and Mrs. Gerard will be accompanied by nearly all embassy secretaries and "attaches and members of the consular service THREE NORWEGIANS ADDED TO LIST OF U-BOAT VICTIMS 1 hrec -Norwegian ships have been added to the list of victims of the new German submarine campaign. The sinking of these, aggre gating 6,030 tons, was the day's result of the operations of the under sea craft in the war zone as reported during the morning and early afternoon. The largest of the sunken vessels was the Hanskinck, of 2,667 tons, while the next in size, the Storskog, registered 2,191 tons. On the third vessel, the Ida, of 1,172 tons, the chief mate and steward are reported by her captain killed by gun tire while the submarine continuously shelled the steamer without warning until she sank. In the field of military activity the feature remains the British operation north of the Sornme in Northern France, where General Haig's troops are steadily pushing their way forward on both banks of the Ancre. Berlin to-day, while declaring the British attacks of yesterday unsuc cessful as a whole, admits the loss of some ground north of the Ancre and in the vicinity of St. Fierre-Vaaste wood, near Peronne. Only Two Kscapcd The Norwegian ship Storskog, of 2,191 tons gross, was sunk yesterday by a German submarine. The crew was aboard the submarine when a steamer appeared and the undersea THE WEATHER For IlnrrNliurK and vicinity: Fair and much voider to-night, with n cold wave, lowest temperature nhout 10 dcgreeai Saturday fnlr, continued cold, l or Ktistcrii Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy nnd inii. li colder to-night, with a cold waves proliably anon nurrlea In extreme north portion; Saturday fair, colder In NouthcaM . . n L. Mron " north went wlnda diminishing by Saturday. River Ao Important changes will occur In 'It"!"" of *.*? "usquehanna rlter system; colder during the c .t *ew days w ill i /ohahly cause an Increase In the •imuitlty of Ice. , f R ,' of " hou feet Is Indi cated for llarrlsburg Saturday morning. ' t.cnrral t ondltlona A storm of moderate enersv devel oped over the Ohio Galley Thurs day, and In now central over the Middle Atlantic State*, it ],„* cauiicd Know In northern, ruin and anow In central nnd rain In south ern districts over moat of the country east of the Mississippi river In the last twenty-four hour*. I.lglit nnow fell also in Jlf • C°lorado, Wyoming, Western South Dakota and In Saskatchewan. " Temperature) S n. tn„ 32 degree* above aero. Sun: Rises. 7:05 a. m. Moon: Klmcs, Sil2 p. in. Stiver Stage: 0.7 feet nliove low water mark. Yesterday'a Weather Highest temperature, -IK. lowest temperature, SI. Mean temperature, ML Normal temperature, -11. j. in Germany, except a few ordered to - Scandanavia or to Holland and most f of the American newspaper correspon -1 dents. The train will carry In all some •j 200 persons from the German capital. . 1 Two representatives of the foreign ;: office will accompany the train to the . i border which Is expected to be reached >; early Sunday afternoon. ! Washington, D. C., Feb. 9.—Secre | tary Lansing to-day authorized the j following statement: j "I am very loath to believe that the German government Inten i tionally Is detaining Ambassador I Gerard In Berlin on any excuse whatsoever. 1 should be very i much surprised if such course had I been taken." j There Is absolutely no justification !in international law. It was pointed | out, for the detention of the ambas ' j sador. Dead Fireman EngUsli i! Xo dispatch has been received from • Mr. Gerard either directly through Co -1! penhagen or through the Spanish am > bassador In Berlin this week. No : j Americans are reported to have ar ■ | rived In Copenhagen from Berlin so j far this week. ! George Washington, the negro fire j man who lost his life in the sinking of i [Continued on Page 10] boat submerged. The chief officer and carpenter were the only ones able to return to the ship's boat and they were picked up by the steamer. The Norwegian steamship Ida. of 1,172 tons, has been sunk by a Ger man submarine. Surviving members of the crew were landed to-day. The captain stated that the chief mate and the steward were killed while on deck by gun fire, the submarine firing con tinuously without warning until the vessel sank. Lloyds shipping agency this after noon announced that the Norwegian steamship llanskinck, formerly the American steamer Satilla, 2,667 tons gross, has been sunk. The Norwegian steamship Ida was built at Aberdeen in 1883. She was 239 feet long and had a beam of 33 fe^t. The Norwegian steamer Hanskinck was last reported in available shipping records as leaving New York, Decem ber 31, bound for Rotterdam She was 300 feet long and 41 feet wide 1006 Wa " bUUt at Quinc - V . *lass.. in Austria Not Concerned Much Over Severance "\ ienna. Feb. 7, via London, Feb. 9. The public and press, accustomed to new sensations beyond the saturation point, may be considered to-day to have completely relapsed into the apa thetic routine which has resulted from thirty months of warfare. T hat diplomatic relations have been broken ofT between the United States and Germany has become one of the many war facts which are borne with stoical resignation and with renewed expressions of the belief that the mon archy will finally emerge from its troubles with flying colors. The press occupied itself to-day largely with the possible action of European neutrals. The fact that some of these nations have borders contiguous to the central powers Is referred to cautiously, al though Rumania's fate is alluded to here and there, as in the Neuo Freie Presse, hitherto the leading peace ad vocate in tne monarchy. President Wilson gets scant notice, and what comment there is is decid edly mild. SWEDES TO STAY NEUTRAL Stockholm, via . Swedish government rejects Presi dent Wilson's suggestion that other neutral countries Join with the United States in severing diplomatic relations with Germany and declares its inten tion to follow ,the strictest neutrality as long as it is possible. Sweden's re ply was delivered to the American minister to-day. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1917 DAMAGED INTERNED GERMAN LINERS AT BOSTON V - *" 'J rr KOLN. WITTEKINP. CINCINNATI AnERtKA. . ( linei^ l Cinoltfniti r and C Amerik f h,?v t h?on a H..f ellt or^i t .° 1110 ? ec . ret "7 of the treasury lie lias hoard the interned German some'time after Ambassador regarding "he ORGANIZED PLAY IN SCHOOLS PLEA OF DR. HAMILTON Allegheny County Superinten dent Urges System of Inter class Contests AGREE ON LEGISLATION Seek Centralization of Rural Schools; Want Higher Occupation Tax A plea for organized play as a method of education was made by Dr. Samuel Hamilton, superintendent of the Allegheny county schools, this morning before the school directors in session here. Dr. Hamilton declared that since play and recreation have been univer sally accepted as a vital part of the modern methods of education it is an obvious necessity and a duty of the school authorities to put them on an organized basis. Interclass contests should be a part of the school curricu-, luni and encouraged by "directors amr teachers, the speaker said; but he frowned on a system that would dis- [Continued on Page 11] SHE SET FIRE TO LOVER "IN FUN" SAY WITNESSES Mary E. Washington on Trial For Murder of Henry Robinson "X only did It in run, Henry, I didn't want to hurt you." These are t lie words which wit nesses testified Mary E. Washington, colored, cried after she had poured oil over Henry Robinson, colored, and set lire to his clothing during a Quar rel last October. How Robinson leaped from the couch on which ho was lying, his clothes ablaze; the ttormoil and excite ment caused by the burning of the man, and his death two weeks later in the Harrisburg Hospital—all were graphically told by witnesses for the Coaimonwealth. Woman Takes Stand Shortly before noon, the Washing- [Continued on Piujc 12] Germans and Austrians Here Seek Naturalization Nine foreigners within the last week have appeared before Prothonotary Henry F. Holler and declared their intention to apply for naturalization papers. Of this number, five were Germans, two Austrians, one Russian, and one Italian. Applications wore formerly through the United States courts, but recently the work was transferred to the county courts. "PORJ4" BILL REPORTED oi*T Washington, Feb. 9. The river and harbors bill carrying a total of $38,500,000, about $137,000 more than when it passed the House, was report ed to-day to the Senate from the com merce committee. Senator Kenyon, Republican, of lowa, gave notice he would light the bill and propose a substitute to appropriate a lump sum of $22,000,000 for improvements where the War Department sees (it. RYNDAM DV£ WKDNKSDAV New York, Feb. 9. The Holland- American I„ine steamship Ryndam re turning here after starting for Kotter dam via Falmouth, January 29, was reported early to-day 1,400 miles east of Sandy Hook and due to dock here Wednesday. A wireless message from the captain stating his position was received by officials of the lino here shortly before noon. The liyndam, with passengers and cargo, turned back when within about 14 hours of Falmouth. *-1,000 CAT DIES Boston, Feb. 9. Champion King Winter has won his last prize. Word was received to-day that the famous American-bred shaded Silver Persian cat which had won championships at many shows has died at the cat ranch of his owner, Miss Carroll Macey, at Ash Point. Me. Miss Macey said that at the show In this city last month she refused an offer of $4,000 for the animal. CHILDREN AMONG 41 VICTIMS ON LINER CALIFORNIA Torpedo Appeared Without Warning; Ship Sinks Fast London, Feb. 9. Forty-one lives, including those of two women and wo or possibly three children, were lost on the Anchor liner California, tor pedoed and sunk without warning off the Irish coast Wednesday morning, according to the best and probably correct figures obtainable here. Five were killed outright by the explosion and the remaining thirty-six were drowned by the swamping of a life bout. At !• o'clock Wednesday morning the California was steaming on her course through a cairn and glassy sea when Captain Henderson. 0:1 the bridge, suddenly saw oily bubbles breaking l'roin a spot on the port quar ter not more than 300 yards from the ship's side. ".Fire on that spot!" he called through the speaking tube to the crew manning the 4.7-inch gun which the California had mounted uft. But be fore the gun could be trained to obey order a torpedo struck tlia.liner on tHe port side, well abaft TneTeam, with a terrific explosion. "It seemed fairly to lift the ship out [Continued on Page 11] COMMONWEALTH HOTEL TO PASS OUT OF HISTORY? May lie Turned Into Office Building; Stores on Street Floor The Commonwealth Hotel may pass out of the history of Harrisburg, on April 1. On that date the lease now held by J. A. Clement, expires and the lobby will be turned into two large store rooms immediately afterwards. Should there be an applicant*for the lease of the top floors for a hotel the office and lobby will be on the second floor, otherwise the entire hostelry will be remodeled and made an office build ing. Announcement of these plans were made this afternoon by Donald Mc cormick, president of the Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, one of the representatives of the McCormifk Estate which owns tho hotel building. Architects are now preparing plans for the two storerooms on the first lloor where the hotel lobby is now located. These plans are expected to be ready about the last of this month. Sudden Change to Send Mercury to Ten Above Just when every fisherman In the city was beginning to take down the trusty bamboo anil carefully inspect the silk wrappings to see that it would bold a three-pounder, along comes Old .Man Winter, gloom artist, and whispers in the city's ear. "Not yet, you arc too soon." forecaster K. H. Demain makes It official by saying that the cold already making every one speak of the "nice day we had yesterday," will continue to-night, to-morrow and possibly for several more days to come. The mer cury will drop to 10 above zero to night. APPROVES SI'HOLI, RESOLUTION Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap proved the resolution presented in the •Senate by Senator Sproul and passed by both branches of the Legislature pledging the support of Pennsylvania to the President and the federal gov ernment in the German crisis. Copies will be signed by the officers of both Houses and sent to the President and the President of the United States benate and House of Representatives. TUBERCULOSIS BEATS CHAIR Osslning, N. Y„ Feb. 9.—The state will not take the life of John Carni val*. murderer. Tuberculosis last night anticipated death' In the electric chair; it was learned at Sing Sing PHson to-day. Records available at Sing Sing Indicate Carnlvale is the first man to die from natural causes in the death house. Carnlvale was under sentence of death for killing Michael Carrano In Brooklyn in a quarrel over a woman PIPE BENDING PLANT OFFERED TO UNCLE SAM Harrisburg Munitions Works Ready to Devote Efforts to Government Work OTHERS MAY FOLLOW Large Number of Industrial Establishments Have Proffered Aid ; J The I larrisburg Pipe and Pipe 1-iend • | ing Works, which at the present time . | is at work on two large orders for the i | government, one'for the Army and i the for the Navy, has written the j Navy and War Departments stating : | that the plant is at the service of the government at any time. [ It is altogether likely that several ■ other local plants will otter their serv ices to Uncle Sam'in case of a decla ration of war. Kibert 11. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, has ns\ied'**'sTatenient showing the pos sible output of his company in sup plies which would be required by the [Continued on Page 11] SCORES DOCTORS FOR "LAST HOUR" RUN TO HOSPITAL Superintendent Condon De clares Some Physicians Make Practice of "Unloading" "Doctors who bring their patients to the Harrisburg Hospital when they know they are in <l. dying condition merely to get them off their own hands are criminals, actually, if not technically," said William M. Con den, superintendent of the hospital to-day. "It isn't merely because it adds an other death to our record that we mind it so much," said the superin-. tendent, "because people realize that deatiis will happen in "a hospital, ns that is often a place of last resort. It is the .principle of the thing that makes us resent it. Doctors of this city and nearby towns, when they realize that all human aid is futile, loud their patients into an automobile or oall for the police ambulance and send them to the hospital. "Of course," he continued, "in a few cases we are able to resuscitate a patient by the application of oxygen, but these cases are very far removed. A doctor knows usually when a patient is dying and he thinks that he can shift the blame onto the hospital." Mr. Condon said that he has warn ed several physicians who have made a practice of doing that sort of thing. It is probable that a list of the names will be kept in the future and made public, he declared. No Change Made in Plan For Wilson's Inauguration Washington. D. C., Feb. 9.—Despite the possibility of war between the United States and Germany the in augural ceremonies attending tho sec ond induction into ofllce of President Wilson are not to be curtailed. Robert N. Harper, chairman of the inaugural committee, after a visit to the White llouse was authorized to make the following statement: "1 am pleased to announce that the inauguration ceremonies will be held. Willie the greatest possible simplicity will be observed, it is intended to make this inauguration unusuallv im pressive in order to afford an oppor tunity for a perfectly spontaneous ex hibition of the patriotic feeling of tho country." - RERUN' PRINTS WILD REPORTS Berlin, Feb. 8, via I-ondon, Feb. 9. The United States was virtually with out mention in the editorial discus sions of the Berlin newspapers to day, the leader writers devoting their attention to a variety of subjects not related to America or the existing sit uation. The newspaper columns are still full, however, of dispatches from all sorts of sources purporting to de scribe events in the United States. TAKE OVER JAPAN OFFICE Tokio, Feb. 9. Switzerland has taken over German interests In Japan which were cared for by the United States before Its breach with Ger many. PLANNERS TERMINAL VALLEY RAILWAYS After Considering Project Commission Says It Believes It to Be Bebt Possible Solution of City's Traffic Prob lems; Municipal League Sends Letter of Commen dation to President Bishop; Hearty Endorsement by Police Chief J. Edward Wetzel and Captain Joseph D. Thompson Unanimous approval of the pro posed Valley Railways terminal at Walnut and River streets was given to-day at a special meeting of the City Planning Commission. As no definite plans have been pre sented to the Commission its action is not final, but at the close of the conference to-day the following state ment was made: "The Commission considered tlic proposition for the erection of a terminal j n Walnut street, and is of tlic opinion that the plan is tile Iwst one that has been sug gested for improving tratlic con ditions. Prom the information available at present, the Com mission does not see why the sug gested plan should not meet with general approval when dclinitely submitted." The Municipal League to-day sent a letter to C. H. Bishop, president of the Valley Railways Company, call ing the attention of the company to the approval of the terminal sugges tion by the league. The next step is up to the railways directors. The letter from the league is prac tically an endorsement, of the whole plan, as suggested at a conference of members of the league, Planning Commission, city oflicials ami repre sentatives of the Harrisburg and Val ley Hallways Companies. Most Practical Solution Members of the Planning Commis sion to-day expressed the belief that the proposed terminal with the doubletracking of Walnut street of fers the most practical solution of the traffic problems in Market Square I " V:'..; \r ■ ! i" ■" ' ■, liri'ina jj La: :<v .; i C tons gross* has been sunk by a submarine j j T he !j f. -i" ■ la;.-. :u | WALL falls on two en j| Columbia, l'a., Feb. 9.—Clearing the.debris of the fire <[ ' ' .1- ook, 3„ j! yeare old, was fatally hurt, and Harry Wolf, £2 years, j| seriouiiy, when the wind blew over a brick wall. The men j! were almost completely buried beneath the masonry, Shena ][ brook dying two hours later iu the Columbia Hospital from a ' •' l II FRENCH REPULSE GERMAN AI'TACK |! region j Vaux las Palameux, southeast of Verdun, was repulsed by the French to-day's official statement \a'ys. Violent j! artillery actions occurred in the Wcevre region. Last night j| and this morning' bombs werr dropped by airplanes in the ' region yf Dunkirk. Four Chilians were killed. j! SPAIN HEAVY LOSER Madrid, Feb. 9, via Paris.—The Spanish Mercantile Mi j| rir.e, which, in July, 1914, consisted of 640 vessels with an ! aggregate tonnage of 846.491, up to January 31 had sus | taincd losses of ships to the value of about 70,000,000 pesetas by reason of the war. | RECOMMEND POSTAL KNCPCASE j • Washington, D. C., Feb. 9.—The Senate Post Office j subcommittee to-day recommended to the whole cdnttnittce > an increase in second class mail rates of cnc-half cent per ! pound for this year and an additional half cent per pound j next year. The entire tommittee already has reeeieved j many protests against such an increase. It. has not yet been ! rccv:_ r ' ;ht Senate. WILLARD AND FULTON MATCHES " ! Albany, Feb. 9. Announcement lhat Jess Willard, ' world's champion heavyweight boxer,' J-V.l Fred Fulton j had been matched for a ten-round bout, March 26, at New ' York, was made here to-day by Grant Hugh Browne, of Nev, n . ! MARRIAGE LICENSES ! . h |p S "" ,, "' , Eafceluum mill Itulh Irene Itunkrl, Wrt Hanover town- Wllllnui Krkrumon und Marguerite Waltz, Slrrlton. Harold Itlekter Helf and Huth Knlkryne MeCahnn, Hnrrlaburg. Onear Juiuea and l.oretta fanaandra Wagnrr, Steelton. tharle. William Keurnx, Mlddletuwu, aud Jlnrgnrtlte Jane Uolllnser, i lioyilton. iiiiiia Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT and Second and Walnut streets, and at the same time altonls conveniences for persons who use the Valley cars. Hearty endorsement of the plan came from Chief of Police J. Edward Wetzel and Captain ol' Police Joseph P. Thompson. It will be one of the best things that ever could be done to relieve al ready congested districts in the busi- [Continued on Page 12] Coats Longer, Trousers Wider, Decree of Tailors Columbus, 0., Keb. !). Coats will be much longer, shoulders will be wider with no padding, and coats will be high at the waistline in the men's suits this coming season, according to styles set here by the fashions com mittee of the International Custom Cutters' Association. The cutters say trousers will be wider, vests will be cut low and will be tight at the waist line, and browns will bo the proper shade for spring clothes. They also indicated that the Norfolk jacket will again be popular. llOimi:i> Willi, 10 AT CHURCH Burglars are taking advantage of people who arc attending evangelis tic services about the city. The home of S. K. Bell, 527 Camp street, Was entered last, night while ti.e family was attending the services at the Sixth Street United Brethren Church. The thieves gained entranc< by the back door and made awa> with a pocketbook containing severs dollars and other valuables. Thu thief has not been located.
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