FLETCHER FACES 1 DIFFICULT TASK Native of Cumberland Valley on Way to Re-establish Rela tions With Mexico ■j vjnßf - _ ffl^H m ' n V' ; HHU .4S2?IW tf)d _,P*4 ■■> ■■i v lH .H " fr HL ; HENRY P. FLETCHER . Washington, Feb. 12. Ambassa dor Henry P. Fletcher has started for Mexico City to re-establish with the Government of that country diploma tic relations which were severed in April, 1914. when' American marines took Vera Cruz. He was accompanied by Captain Frank McCoy, as military aid, and Captain .Edward Hanna, who served with Fletcher in tho Rough Riders and who will act as secretary of the embassy. Ambassador Fletcher's instructions arc to proceed directly to Mexico City by Laredo and Monterey. Just at present some of Villa's bandits are holding a section of the national lines between Laredo and Monterey so that Ambassador Fletcher probably will be compelled to remain at San Antonio temporarily. Before sending Mr. Fletcher to the Mexican capital President Wilson gave him diplomatic powers of almost un limited latitude that he will employ in attempting to bring about a better understanding between this govern ment and the persons who are now in charge of Mexico. Dillicuit Task Alicad The Administration is satisfied that Ambassador Fletcher has one of the most difficult assignments ever given to an American diplomat. He is ex pected to "get right down to brass tacks," if it is possible to do so.and find out Just what is responsible for the unfriendly attitude which has prompt ed Carranza to insult this government on every occasion and to block every attempt that President Wilson has made to help Mexico help herself. Mr. Fletcher has been supplied with a great mass of material which he may find it advisable to present to Car ranza for the purpose of proving to liim support of every sort just as soon celved concerning the purposes of the American government by persons who are or have been in his confidence. The State Department appears to be satisfied that if Mr. Fletcher pierces the ring that surrounds Carranza at present he may be able to do the First Chief incalculable good by changing his viewpoint concerning the attitude of this government. In the ovent that Mr. Fletcher finds a responsive chord in the First Chief, he is empow ered to assuro him that the govern ment of the United States will lend liim suppor of every sort Just as soon as It has reasons to believe that such support will be welcome, and will be ■used for the benefit of Jthe entire coun try and not for the aggrandizement of a handful of political generals. 90 Per Cent, of Graft Following- the conference between the American and Mexican commis sions, Secretary of the Interior Lane, John Mott and Judge Gray frankly in formed President Wilson that the present Carranza movement repre sents about 10 per cent, of honest idealism and 90 per cent, of grafting demagoguery. The commission advised the Presi dent that the sole hope In the situ ation rested on the possibility of get ting Carranza to rid himself of the dis honest element. In the event that Carranza gets together a nucleus of honest, efficient Mexicans, the com mission reported this government should get behind him and help him organize and finance a stable republic. Ambassador Fletcher is expected to drive the opening wedge. If ho suc ceeds, the Administration hopes that the long-awaited period for establish ing a government in Mexico will have arrived. If ho falls in this, the Admin istration expects Carranza to go through the form of being elected President of the country, and then be thrown out by Obregon or Pablo Gon zales, his principal military chiefs. "What is likely to happen thereafter no one connected with the Administration is willing to prophesy. Mr. Fletcher was born in the Cum berland Valley and la widely known in the city where he has many friends. Carranza Names Member of Joint Commission as Ambassador to V. 5. "Washington. Feb. 12. Ognacio Bonillas, one of General Carranzo's representatives on the Mexican-Amerl '■an joint commission, has been named ambassador from Mexico to the United States. Mr. Bonillas is nof at Palm Beach, pHa. It 5j expected he will come to Washington this week to present his CTedentlals, at almost the same time Henry P. Fletcher, the American am bassador to Mexico is received by the Mexican government. iftcr th- failure of the *Mexlcym- commission to effect an Ad justment of the questions at issue be tween the two governments, Mr. Arre dondo was called to Mexico. It was understood at this time that Mr. Bon- J lias would be chosen as his successor, although Mr. Arredondo insisted that would return to his post. - Mr. Bonillas has been the minister of communications in GeneraJ Oar ranza's cabinet Hince the formation of his government and is one of the few jnen who is reputed to hare the entire confidence of General Carrania. He was educated at the Massachusetts In. stltute of Technology and .married an American woman. Keeps the Teeth White and Healthy MONDAY EVENING, gTOltii'lllllllllllMillllllllll'lMllil'lllHllllllMM LUXURYCARS J I ON EXHIBIT AT 120 MARKET STREET j 1 Harrisburg, Pa. ' , I McCURDY-BRAINARD CO., Distributors J J Pittsburgh, Penna. ' '.: !| OFFICIALS DISTRUST KAISER'S PEACE PLEA [Continued From First Page] which has been delayed here for the past week aboard the St. Louis. Major Spencer Cosby, former mili tary attache of the American embassy in Paris, who recently suffered tem porary loss of his voice as the result of an experiment with asphyxiating gas was a passenger on the New York. He said he was going direct to Wash ington and would not talk of his ex periences. The fourth ship under the American flag to sail from this port for an Eu ropean destination since Germany's renewal of unrestricted submarine warfare got away last night. She is the 32 5-foot freighter Owego, of the Federal Forwarding Company, bound for Genoa, carrying a general cargo of 2,500 tons. Her master and many of her crew are Americans. Get Official Reports on Sinking of 8 Ships Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—Sink ing of eight British and neutral vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 15,762 by German submarines was reported in a dispatch received at the State De partment to-day from Consul-General Skinner, at London. All the vessels previously had been mentioned In press dispatches, but additional details on the sinking of some of them came in the Lloyds report. The British steamer Beechtree, which press cables said was believed to have been Bunk, was torpedoed and sunk In seven min utes. Her crew was landed safely. The Norwegian steamer Solbakken, carrying a cargo of wheat from Buenos Ayres to Cherbourg, was torpedoed off Flnlsterre. Two of her crew died, one from cold, and a boat containing the captain and fourteen men Is missing. The British steamer Sallag, about which there was doubt of identifica tion, is given as a 826-ton vessel. SHIPS CARRIED VICTUALS Berlin, Feb. 12, via Sayvllle.—Of seven 'steamers and three sailing ves sels reported sunk by German sub marines on February 9, says the Over seas News Agency, two steamers car ried metal and three were laden with either corn, nuts or provisions. Two of the sailing vessels carried victuals for England. Reports from Chrls tiania say that the Norwegian steam ship Sorland was fired at by two Brit ish torpedoboats while in Norwegian territorial waters. WOULD MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR MERCHANTMEN TO ARM Washington, D. C„ Feb. 12.—Sen ator La Follette to-day introduced a resolution to make it unlawful for any American merchant ship in time of peace to depart armed from any port of the United States to any port in an other country. It was not debated, but put on the table subject to call. U-Boat Enters Nentral Harbor and Sinks Ship New Tork, Feb. 12. —A German sub .marlne entered the neutral Spanish harbor of Ixis Pal in as, Canary Islands, on December 6 nnd sank the Greek steamer Spyros, according to two of the freighter's seamen who arrived here to-day on the steamship Morro Castle. Recent maritime records told of the Spyros being towed "to a Span ish port" after being torpedoed. The sailors arriving here said the Spyros put into Las Pal mas on her voyage from Buenos Ay res, carrying grain for Hull, Bngland. The U-boat entered the harbor, they asserted, and notified the captain to abandon his ship within forty hours, at the end of which time it would be destroyed, and the threat was fulfilled. 31 Americans Face Death as Three Ships Are Sunk London. Feb. 12.—Thirty-one Amori cans facce primarily to determine If there have been trust law violations. The Department of Agriculture's part will be to assemble statistics. In ordering the Investigation Presi dent Wilson asked the commission to pay particular attention to manipu lations, controls, trusts, combinations, conspiracies or restraints or trade out of harmony with the law or the public Interest. Plans for the investigation, it was said to-day, are not complete. They will be worked out in conferences be tween Trade Commission officials and Department of Agriculture officials as soon as the appropriation Is made available. EXPHOT I!"f■TIIUOTIOJfi Chicago, Feb. 12.—Agents of the Fed eral Department of Justice expect to receive Instructions today from Wash ington to continue an Inquiry into food prices here In connection with the In vestigation which the Federal Trade Commission and the eDpartment of Ag riculture have been directed by the President to make. Agents of the De partment of Justice hare already col lected a quantity of Information here along this line and have forwarded It to Washington. STRICKEN OS CAR C. Nelson Hamilton, aged <7 years, dlde this morning at the Harrlsburg Hospital. He was stricken with apo plexy on a Third street car late Sat urday night. Mr. Hamilton was taken to the Harrlsburg Hospital In an un conscious condition, where he died this morning. Funeral arrangemenUi have not been made. iMiUttW Your eyes are worthy of the best attention you can (Ire them. Det ainer glasses can be ted as low 205 locust Sr. Optometrists Opp. Orpheum Theater Eyes Examined No Drops MSMsawMasasss FEBRUARY 12,1917. Submarine and Convoy Are Sighted in Midocean New York, Feb. 12.—Two mysterious vessels, one slald to have been a sub marine, the other having every appear ance of being a raider or submarine supply ship, were sighted In midocean, Monday, February 6, by oHcers and pasengers of the American Line steam ship Kroonland, which arrived yester day from Liverpool. On February 11, one day out from Liverpool, those on board declared they witnessed the de struction of a Dutch freighter by shell Are from a submarine. The Kroonland then was about eleven miles oft the Irish coast and opposite Fastnet light. The crew of the ship sunk took refuge In a lifeboat and were towed away by the submarine, it was said. The Kroonland .was within five miles of the Dutch steamer, and her crew and passengers declared they saw the sub mersible come to the surface, approach the freighter, then sink her by three shots from a dack gun. The Dutch ship went down In about five minutes. THIRTEEN COWS DIE IN FLAMES Lancaster, Feb. 12.Fire of Incendiary origin Saturday night destroyed the barn on Ivan Krelder's farm, near Bridgeport. Along with much grain, thirteen cows, two horses and a mule perished. Loss, $9,000. PAHMEK, CUTTING WOOD, DIES AS HE LEANS AGAINST WAGON Tork, Feb. 12.—Alonzo McAllister, of Fawn drove, was found dead In a woods near his home. His body was In a standing position and leaning against his wagon. Death is supposed to have been due to heart trouble. He had gone to the place whero he was found to cut wood. He had died after half filling the wagon with wood. By Actual Test the Ferro- Jackson Motor in the "Wol- I / verine Eight" is the most f m • powerful for its piston dis \J T?T?-r placement and the most ottoi economical Eight-Cylinder ***—*" motor built. FOOT Models: FWe-Pasaenger Touring Car $1295. Four-Paaaenger Cruisw, including five wire wheels $1395; wood wheels ■ SIOO less. Two-Passenger Roadster $1295- Fire-Paa icncnr Sedan (Demountable Top) including regular topIISOS. All prices to.b. factory. P. H. Keboch, District Sales Manager J 15 S. THIRD STREET 8011, 572-W Harrisburfir, Pa. IT is difficult to describe —in • words —the sensation en joyed by a ride in an person Roadaplane. The roads seem to be K. L. COWOKN Central n jWlvani^^atrlbutor Two Classes of German Ships in American Ports Washington, Feb. 12. There are two classes of German ships in Amer ican ports. Those interned are war vessels, such as the commerce raiders Prlnz Eitel Frledrich, Kronprjnz Wil helm and such naval vessels as the gunboats Cormorant at Guam and Grler at Honolulu. The crews of these vessels, as well as the ships, be ing part of the German naval forces which have taken refuge in neutral harbors are interned as prisoners for the duration of the war under provi sions of international law and The Hague conventions. The status of the war-bound Ger man merchantmen is different and HO is the status of their crews. The mer chant ships are not interned in any sense of the word, but are remaining in harbor of refuge. They are free to pass to sea at any time and take their chances with the enemy •war ships. Their crews are in the same status as any other aliens coming to the United States. Any one of them may be admitted to the country upon fulfilling the immigration require ments. While they are in the status of aliens they are for the present con fined aboard their ships by the im migration authorities in accordance with the steps taken against the destruction of property or menaces to navigation In American harbors. It is believed that Germany's in quiry is to clear up misconceptions widely circulated there that Germans in the United Strifes hcive been Im prisoned and that German property has been confiscated. President Wil son has announced that all foreign rights are to be respected in every sense. 11