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Universal Military 1 raining Is Favorably Repzrted to Senate by Military Committee
HARRISBTJRG tSSlilll TELEGRAPH
LXXXVI — No. 36 28 PAGES
GERMANY
HOPES TO
PREVENT
U. S. WAR
Understood to Have Addressed Communication That Two
Governments Discuss Ways and Means of Preventing
Actual War Between Them; Believed Coming by
Way of Switzerland
KAISER DESIRES PEACE ALTHOUGH
RELATIONS ARE BROKEN OFF
Clearly Invites U. S. to Make Suggestions Designed to
Stop Conflict; Teuton Diplomats Informed "Every
Care Should Be Exercised So That Neutral Passenger
Carrying Ships Would Not Be Subjected to Unwarned
Torpedo Attacks"
Washington, D. C., Feb..lo. —Germany is understood
here to have addressed to th e United States a communi
cation suggesting that the two governments discuss
ways and means of preventing actual war between them.
While information regarding ihe channel through which
the communication was addressed is lacking it is probable
it is being forwarded by th cgovermnent of Switzerland.
Germany is understood to have made it clear that al
though diplomatic relations have been broken she greatly
desires that peace be maintained. PreTinTinary outlines
regarding the communication do not indicate that it car
ries with it any suggestion t hat Germany-may modify her
submarine war. However, t lie whole communication is
said clearly to invite this government to make suggestions
regarding steps it thinks mig hi prevent wait.
To Exercise Care With Neutrals
In connection with the coming communication, information
obtained here is to the effect that while Germany was arranging for
her new campaign, of unrestricted submarine warfare, certain Ger
man diplomats in various parts of the world wire informed that
while "military necessity ' prevented the granting of a period in
which neutrals might adjust their maritime interests every care would
be exercised so that neutral passenger-carrying ships would not be
subjected to unwarned torpedo attack.
THREE MORE
SIEAMERS ARE SUNK
Three more steamers, aggregating
12,25$ tons were reported sunk to-day
by the Germans in their new sub
marine campaign.
Definite announcement was made of
the sinking of two of these vessels,
the British Mantola, of 6,826 tons, and
the British Lulllngton, of 2,816 tons.
Only the Norwegian Solbakken, of 2,-
616 tons is still on the "believed sunk"
list.
The tonnage of the three steamers
is greater than the total reported for
the entire day yesterday, which was
1,424 tons.
A news agency from Madrid reports
that one American, a negro member
of the crew, was one of four survivors
of the British steamer Dauntless
(previously reported torpedoed) pick
ed up at sea from a small boat by a
trawler.
Much Activity Around Verdun
The military field of operations was
barren of developments of prime Im
portance so far as the official state
ments indicate. Paris reports several
successful raiding operations along the
French front, with violent artillery
activity north of Verdun. There has
been comparative quiet all along the
UNIVERSAL MILITARY
TRAINING MEASURE
IS REPORTED OUT
Washington, Keb. 10. A universal
military training bill was favorably
reporter! to the Senate to-day by the
Military Affairs Committee. Chair
man Chamberlain submitted the bill
without comment, asking that it go
to the calendar. Senators Thomas,
Democrat, and Drady, Republican,
members of the committee, reserved
the right to submit minority reports
Primarily the bill provides that ali
men citizens or those who have de
clared their intent to become citizens
shall undergo six months' military or
naval training in the year in which
•hey reach the age of nineteen or in
Hie year when they first become liable
to such service up to age of twen
ty-six. All men receiving such train
ing would be held in army or navy
Reserve until they reach the age of 28.
Differs I'i-om staff Plan
The bill submitted by the commit
tee differs in mnny respects from the
plan being worked out by the arrgy
general staff and was prepared by a
subcommittee with the assistance of
''aptain George V. H Moseley, who
was for a time a member of the gen
eral staff.
The measure at tho outstt contains
line on the Russian and Rumanian
fronts, as well as in the Caucasus,
Petrograd announces. An entente air
plane attack on Zeebrugge on the Bel
gian coast is reported through Hol
land, German aviators have attacked
Dunkirk and Amiens, while a French
aviator carried out a successful raid
on military objects at Karlsruhe,
about fifty miles from the French
frontier in Germany, according to
Paris.
Washington, Feb. 10. Late re
ports of ships sunk by German sub
marines were scanned eagerly by gov
ernment officials to-day for a double
reason.
First, there was the ever-present
fear that any hour might bring a dis
patch saying an American ship had
been sunk without warning or Amer
ican lives lost thus driving the United
States to use force to protect its
rights.
Second, yesterday's reported falling
off of aggregate tonnage sunk, pro
duced wonder as to whether the fail
ure was only temporary, or whether
Great Britain has already done some
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a provision that in the first year of its
operation the periods of training
should be three instead of six months.
Many limitations and exceptions ure
provided.
The majority report, submitted by
Senator Chamberlain, says:
"The criticism of the advocates of
the measure, its well as its opponents,
has as a rule not been constructive,
"The committee, however, have
been assisted very materially' by Major
George V. H. Moseley, who for a time,
while the bill was under consideration,
a member of the general staff sta
tioned here, and devoted much time
and intelligent effort to the prepa
ration of a measure that would har
monize with our own institutions. The
bill as presented, the committee be
lieve, will do this.
"The committee docs not deem it
advisable or necessary at this time to
discuss the bill in detail or to do more
than to give an analysis of its various
provisions."
Exemptions
Under the terms of the bill exemp
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HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1917
An Announcement
"DEGINNING Monday next, the Harrisburg Telegraph and the Star-Independent will be
published as one newspaper from the offices of the Telegraph Printing Company in l'edcral
Square. J his necessity is the outcome of unprecedented conditions in the. printing trades,
requiring economies of the most radical nature, and with which the reading public is more or
less familiar.
It is in line with what has happened recently in many other cities where newspapers have
joined forces in order t*> maintain their standards and make ends meet in a business way. The
Star-Independent has had an honorable place in the life of the community ever since its incep
tion. Its publishers and editors have wielded a constant force for good in the affairs of the
city. It has an army-of readers unswerving in their loyalty. The step which brings the Star-
Independent beneath the roof of the Telegraph was carefully considered from the standpoint
of these readers. 1 hey will find in the Telegraph from this time on under the new arrange
ment all of the best features they have known and liked in the Star-Independent and in addi
tion many new and delightful features which have made the Telegraph the most widely read
newspaper in Central Pennsylvania. The two papers have had many things in common. Both
arc served with the same full Associated Press dispatches, both carry full reports of State,
county and city activities in Harrisburg, both specialize in church news, social a%d personal
news, sports, the railroads, real estate, labor, industrial, Central Pennsylvania and suburban
news. Both aspire to serve the best interests of the people in Harrisburg. In brief, the two
newspapers have been striving very largely for the same ends. Under the new management
thej' will be able to do this much more efficiently and effectively, and at the same time bring
about those economies in management so vitally important under conditions which have arisen
out of the war and are almost daily adding difficulties to the financial problem of news
paper making. '1 he result will be a newspaper bigger and better in every way.
1 he two newspapers join in the hope that their readers will appreciate the situation which
has made it necessary for them to unite forces and to continue the generous patronage which
has made their publication possible in the past. After this date readers of both the Telegraph
and Star-Independent will be served by the Telegraph, which lias just entered upon its 86th
year.
As an equitable consideration and in lieu of the customary notice of two weeks, those
employes of the Star-Independent who cannot be cared for in the present organization of the
Telegraph will receive their usual compensation for the next two weeks at the cashier's office
in the Star-Independent building. This has been arranged so that all such employes may
have leisure and full opportunity to secure permanent employment without financial loss.
JITNEYMEN FILE
ANSWERS TO THE
H.R.C. COMPLAINTS
Deny That They Are Subject to
Company Service Law or
That They Compete
The lirst ten jitneymen charged be
fore the Public Service Commission
with operating jitneys illegally, with
out State certificates and when there
is adequate service, to-'day filed ans
wers before the Commission. The at
torneys for the jitneymen are George
R. lleisey and Oscar G. Wickersham.
The answers are the strongest tiled
by any persons complained against by
any of the street railways whether
in Allegheny, Luzerne, Lackawanna or
other counties where the trolley com
panies are lighting the jitneys. The
Harrisburg men deny that they are
subject to the public service acts of
1913 or 1915; deny that the Harrisburg
Railways Company gives adequate
service; demand proof as to whether
the company ppys for the paving work
and the refl&ir of bridges which it
claims: demand proof that it pays
taxes and that the city gets three per
cent, of the gross receipts under the
city ordinance enacted a number of
years ago.
It is further set forth that the jit
neymen accused of failing to compiv
with the law do not have fixed routes,
regular schedules, established rates of
fare or maintain such common carrier
service as alleged. It is also declared
that they do not compete with the
trolley company and alleged that they
serve portions of the city not reached
by the Harrisburg Railways Com
pany.
The Commission will fix a date for
the hearings.
250 Guests Flee Fire
in Fashionable Hotel
i Boston, Feb. 10. The Hotel Lenox
! in the Back Bay district was severely
, damaged by lire early to-day. All of
the 250 guests and the employes were
I able to get out but several sustained
minor injuries. The elevator walls
| were filled with smoke soon after the
; guests were aroused and most of them
' came down the stairways of the ten
i story structure. A few were taken
i down ladders by firemen.
Edwin C. Tew, of New York; H.
•Cheshire Mitchell, of Scuttle, Wash.,
| and Mrs. Mitchell, were taken to a
! hospital. Mr. Tew and Mr. Mitchell
were slightly burned. Mrs. Mitchell
j suffered from shock. Mr. Mitchell
! and his wife were taken down a ladder
by firemen from the eighth floor.
The loss was estimated by fire de
partment officials at $60,000.
Slides Down Hope of Sheets
i Joseph Collins, of Revene, whose
room on the tenth story was cut off
i from the stairway, Improvised a lad
der from blankets and sheets and
lowered himself from his window to
I the seventh floor whence he made his
way to the street. Kdward M. Morton
of N'ew York, in whose room on the
second floor the tire started was badly
burned in trying to quench the flames
Horton said that he had been smoking!
He went to the bathroom and on his
return found a brisk fire in his room
After a hasty attempt to put it out he
notified the telephone switchboard
yperator and escaped.
Offices Close Monday;
Birthday of Lincoln
State, city and county offices will be
closed all clay Monday, Kebruary 12,
Lincoln Birthday.
The day will be observed in the pub--
lie schools with appropriate exercises.
BIDS GKKAHD I'AKKWKLL
London, Feb. 10.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
The Hague says It Is reported there
from Berlin that Chancellor von Beth
mann-Hollweg sent his adjutant to
Ambassador Gerard on Friday to bid
hiin farewell.
HARRISBURG MEN
ON BORDER WILL
LEAVE FEB. 20
Five Commands to Be Located
in This City After Return
of Troops
Preparation for a reception and ban
quet to soldiers of tlic Eighth Regi
ment will lie started next week in
Harrisburg.
Orders were issued yesterday at
El Paso, Texas, for movement of the
Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infan
try, from the border on Wednesday,
February 20. The local companies
should reach home about a week later.
In all between 275 and 300 llarris
burg men will return from the border,
including Colonel Maurice E. Finney
and stuff; headquarters company, Cap
tain Harry F. Baker, adjutunt of the
Eighth Regiment, commanding; sup
ply company. Captain Edward H.
Scliell; Company D. Captain John T.
Uretz: Company X, Captain Robert D.
Jenkins, and a machine gun company.
Captain lialpli C. Crow.
-Major Frank E. Ziegler, of the
Eighth, who has been home on a fur
lough, will not return south.
Relatives and friends of the soldiers
will join with tlie members of the City
Grays veteran association in banquet
ing the regimental officers and com
panies. Tlio organizations that par
ticipated in (lie reception to the Gov
ernor's Troop will also be a part of the
big reception parade.
Official orders for mustering out the
regiment will be received here on the
arrival of the troops. It is the belie!
that the soldiers of the Eighth Regi
ment will not be continued in service
in the event of war with Germany.
This belief is based on the fact that
orders have been given to the Eighth
to return home, which would not have
been the case were the soldiers to be
continued in service.
(New York Federal Grand
Jury to Probe Alleged
News Print Conspiracy
Washington, Feb. 10. it was
stated to-day at the Department of
Justice that the Federal grand jury
in New York is about to begin investi
gating whether theer is a criminal
conspiracy in restraint of trade in the
newsprint paper situation. Bain
bridge Colby and Mark Hyman will
represent the government as special
assistants to the Attorney General.
In addition to facts collected by
the Federal Trade Commission and to
disclosures made at its hearing, the
Department of Justice has obtained
I information which is expected to show
| that print paper manufacturers have
I violated the anti-trust law in their
operations.
Big Wholesale House
Hasn't Ounce of Sugar
| Unless striking employes of sugar
: refineries in Philadelphia and New
j York soon return to work, Harrisburg
\ will have a sugar famine on its hands
At hast three-quarters of the em
! ployes of Philadelphia refineries have
1 struck, demanding an increase in wages
from 25 cents to 35 cents an hour, with
double pay for over time and .Sundays
1 On.
One local wholesale grocer said tills
morning that the present supplv of
sugar in this city is about exhausted,
with no signs of Immediate relief
Many retail grocers said their supply
was either very low or gone fntirely.
The Company
wholesale grocers, said they do not
have an ounce of sugar but that they
oxpect a shipment next week.
I VW COMMITTEE TO MEET
Members of the law committee of the
Stale Association of County Commis
sioners will meet Tuesday in the grind
Juryroom lit the Courthouse. Action
will be taken on proposed amendments
to laws ielative to the County Com-'
tnissioners.
SENTENCE FOUR
MEN TRIED ON
MURDER CHARGES
Two to Bo Electrocuted; Other
Pair Get Terms in the
Penitentiary
Dentil sentences for Elwood Wilson
and John Robinson, colored; not less
tlian ten nor more than twelve years
Tor lada Yovonovlc, and not less
than nineteen nor more than twenty
years for James White, colored, were
four sentences doled out tliis morning
in Dauphin county court by President
Judge George Ktltikel and Judge
Charles V. Henry.
Sentencing the convicted men, three
of whom were colored, marked the
close of the Hist week of the special
"murder" court.
Yovonovlfe was the first to-be called
for sentence, and Judge Henry, as he
pronounced it, remarked tl at "There
were a good many killings in Dauphin
county coming from the same class of
people" as a reply to a plea for
leniency from Robert D. Stucker. at
torney for Yovonovie.
% "May God be with you all. I hope
to meet you up front. Good-by. I'm
-loing. Good-by," were the last words
of Uobinson as he passed out of the
courtroom after the death sentence
was imposed by Judge Henry. Rob'ip
son was convicted of first degree'mur
der, charged with shooting Touio
Pakovio last October.
One Only 19 Years Old
When called before the bar and
asked what he had to say before be
ing sentenced, Uobinson pleadingly
said: "If your Honor can give me a
lifetime, I'd be satisfied, on account of
my sick mother. I got a letter from
her-and she hopes that 1 get out all
right. The Eord has blessed my soul
and forgives me for what 1 have done.
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THE WEATHER!
For Harrisburg nn<l vicinityi Fair
and continued cold t-niKlil. wltli
lonml tempernture about 12 df-
Itrecst Simony fair and somenlint
warmer.
For Hnstern Pennsylvania: Fair to
night H nd Sunday, not mo cold
Smidny t moderate In fresh west
winds.
■liver
No material changes Mill oeeur In
general rltcr conditions. • local
rises mid falls may he expected,
due to Ice, The river nl llarris
hui'K Mill probably remain nearly
stationary ut a staae of near 7
feet.
<eneral renditions
The Mtorni that was central over
the Middle Atlantic const, I'rlduy
niornlnK, hits moved northnurd
ilh litereusliiK force and is non
central on the North Atlantic
const. It caused light precipita
tion. mostly snow, front tlic Lake
HeKlon eastward to the Atlantic
coast and Kales nlotiK the coast
front llatteras northward. From
the t'pper Mississippi Valley east
ward to the Atlantic coast and
south and east or the Ohio river
there has liern n general fall of 2
to 32 degrees In temperature, he-
Ink most decided in the Atlantic
States.
Temperature! S a. m., 10 degrees
above xero.
Sum lllses, 7t04 a. m.
Mooni ItlscH, 0:11 p. in.
Hltrr Staaci 7.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 37.
I .ovi est temperatnre, 15,
Mean temperature, 2U.
Normal temperature, "0.
SEED SHIPMENT
FOR HOLMES CO.
ON SEA BOTTOM
Harrisburg Firm Suffers From
Ruthless War Policy of
German Government
COUNTRY TO SUFFER
Prices of Vegetables to Go
Higher Because of Enforced
I
Shortage
j As a result of Germany's ruthless
war on merchant shipping, Harris
burg' will suffer in an indirect way.
Announcement was made to-day by
M. L. Holmes, president of the
Holmes Seed Company that a large
consignment of rare flower and veg
etable seeds from Holland was lost
when the steamer Crown Point was
sent to the bottom by a German
U-Boat several days ago.
The consignment included seeds
which cannot be produced successfully
in this country, including spinach,
wurtzels mangels, extra line turnips
and herbs. The shipment was valued
at thousands of dollars. Part of it
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Instantly Killed When He
Steps in Front of Train
Stepping from the tracks in front
of an approaching engine directly In
to another, Raymond At. Dutrey, aged
32. 112 Linden street, signal and switch
maintainor on the Philadelphia and
Heading railway, was instantly killed
shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The accident occurred in the Harris
burg yards near Cameron and Uerry
hill streets. He is survived by his wife.
The body was badly mangled.
TRAI.V HITS TRUCK I'll,l. OF
SUMMERS) - Dill, a IIYIXC.
El Paso. Tex.. Feb. 10. Private
Charles Eaton, of Company l„ Fifth
Ohio Infantry, and Sergeant Karl
Eisenhart. of Company K, Fifth Ohio
Infantry, were killed yesterday, when
the Golden State Limited, from Chi
cago, struck a motor truck, in which
they were riding downtown from Camp
Pershing. Private Eaton was from
Conneaut, Ohio, and Sergeant Eisen
hart was from Cleveland.
Private Rudolph J. Smith, of Com
pany K. and Private Dan T. Toomey,
of Company L, of the Fifth Ohio, were
fatally hurt. Ten other members of
the regiment were seriously injured.
TO VIGOROUSLY PRESS R. R. LAWS
Washington, Feb. 10. Chairman Newlands of the
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee gave notice to the
Senate to-day that the administration railroad legislation
" program would be actively pressed from now on and that
the Senate would have opportunity to vote on the ques
tion of enforcing suspension of strikes and lockouts pend
ing investigation.
1100 UNARMED VESSELS UNHARMED IN ZONE
New York, Feb. 10.—More than 1100 vessels arrived
at or sailed unharmed from United Kingdom ports dur
ing the first nine days of Germany's unrestricted sub
marine warfare in British waters, according to an an
nouncement made here to-day by Germans in authoritative
touch with British admiralty officials.
U-BOAT BACK WITH HIGH MARK
Berlin, Feb. 8, by Wireless to Sayville, Feb. 10.—A
German submarine has returned from the Atlantic, where
she sank ten ships of an aggregate tonnage of 19,000, the
Overseas News Agency says. In addition she sank, in the
North Sea, a British steamer of about 3,000 tons, the
British trawlers Shamrock and Thistle and two other
trawlers, one British and one French.
FLEET OF AIRPLANES SHELL ZEEBRUGGE
Amsterdam, Feb. 10, via London.—The Telegraaf says
that a fleet of airplanes at dusk yesterday attacked the
Belgian coast town of Zeebrugge. The Germans fired 300
shells from anti-aircraft guns in an attempt to drive off the
attacks.
I
EIGHT BELIEVED DEAD IN FIRE
South Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 10. Fire early to-day
completely destroyed a Greek boarding house here. It is
believed that seven or eight lives have been lost, as five
bodies, four men and one woman, have been recovered.
The dead are Greeks.
INSPECT REPRESENTATIVES' ACCOUNTS
Washington, Feb. 10. lnspection of members of
Congress Stock Exchange accounts to ascertain if possible
whether official information has been utilized in trading,
was the principle business before the congressional "leak''
inquiry committee to-day. The examination is based on a
Washington broker's testimony yesterday that certain
members of the House have traded through him.
U. S. STEEL ORDERS DECREASE
New York, Feb. 10.—The unfilled orders of the United
States Steel Corporation on January 31 last, were 11,474-
054 tons, a decrease of 73,232 tons compared with Decem
ber 31. The January statement is the first in several months
that has not shown an increase. The December of 11,547 -
286 was the high record for unfilled orders.
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AUTO SHOW TO
OPEN TONIGHT IN
EMERSON BLDG.
12a Models From 42 Manufac
turers Will Be on
Display
LOW TO HIGH PRICED
| Motor Club, Commerce Cham
ber and Rotary Club to Be
Guest of Dealers
Ilarrisburg's big auto show opens
at 7 o'clock to-night in the Emerson-
I Brantingham Building, Tenth and
| Market streets.
Read class in decorative scheme and
. the classiest designs in automobile
! construction, covering a greater area
j of space than ever before, combine to
j make this year's automobile show the
j greatest and most attractive exhibition
of motorcars ever assembled in Har
risburg. Whether one has the price
to buy the most luxurious car on ex
hibition or simply enough in the
pocket to pay the price of admission,
; the display is well worth seeing. Rep
resenting as it does the most advanced
in motorcar construction, produced by
! the world's leading makers of motor
| cars, and accessories which represent
|an immense industry made possible
! by the motorcar, the display is an in
j teresting one and educational from a
; social and economic standpoint as well
' Continued on Page 2—Second Section
Driver Knocked Unconscious
in Runaway Accident
Edward Stroup, 1337 Howard street,
a driver l'or the Merchants' Ice Com
j puny was knocked unconscious in a
I runaway this morning in Grace street.
The ice wagon was standing in
i Grace avenue while Stroup was load
ing the refrigerator at the Greek-
American restaurant. A team belong
ing to J. E. Rhoads, a contractor at
Cowden and Forster streets, became
frightened and ran up Grace avenue.
The wagon collided with the rear end
of tl.e ice wagon throwing Stroup to
the pavement. He is badly bruised
about the body.