CENTRAL PA. NEWS CLASS HONORS AT DICKINSON Students Named For Officers and Orations Awarded For Commencement Exercises Carlisle, Fa., April 4. Class day officers and honors for Dickinson Col lege have been decided upon and were announced to-day. Students from this section take many of them. George C. Hering. Jr., Felton, Del., is presi dent of the class: David Weinberg, Lonaconing. Md., vice-president: Mar gery Leldigh. Carlisle, secretary; Em ory E. Donaldson. Saxton, Pa., treas urer. The following were awarded honorary orations; H. Delmar Rob inson, Winchester, Va.; Elizabeth Meek, Carlisle; Marie Wagner, Car lisle; Jacob A. Goodyear. Carlisle: Roy S. Meek, Altoona; Berkley Courtney, Baltimore, Md.; invocation, Gaither P. Warfield, Rockville. Md.; address of welcome, Robert A. Myers, Camp Hill; senior chairman, Joseph A. Hopkins, llarrisonville, X. J.; class/roll, C. B. Shelley, Steelton. Margery F. Leidlgh, Carlisle: class poem, George A. Hoov er, Penbrook; class history, Miriam Evans. Altoona; class prophecy, "Flor ence Baker, Mt. Holly Springs; Jlenry A. Rausmussen, Baltimore, Md., "Passing of the Old Stone Steps," El bert Davies, Montrose, 'Pa. SUES TO RECOVER 353 Sunbury, Pa.. April 4.—Patrick V. Biggins, a Ralpho township, Northum berland county, huckster, lias brought suit against Michael Kowaleskie. a Shamokln hotelman, to recover $385 he says was taken from under his pillow in Kowaleskie's Hotel. Accord ing to the plaintiff he put his roll of bills there upon retiring and failed to tind it the following morning. He al leges the defendant should have pro vided a safe place for keeping his < money while he slept. ELMOTT-ROESSKER WEDDIXG Waynesboro, Pa„ April 4. —John H. Elliott, of Waynesboro, and Miss Cath erine Christine Roessner, daughter o* Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roessner. of Ha gerstown, were married at the home of the bride by the Rev. Dr. J. S. Simon. 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Bell l\mc SMS WEDNESDAY EVENING, GREAT WORK OF NEW CHAMBER In Two Months Carlisle- Com merce Body of Businessmen Has Accomplished Much . ALFRED JENKINS, Secretary Carlisle. Pa., April 4.—Challenging the co-operative and progressive of larger municiplaities. Carlisle, Cum berland county, Pennsylvania, has in 'the last two months organized a Chamber of Commerce of 265 mem bers, elected a permanent secretary and put movements in operation which spell cumulative results for the whole community. Some of the things that have ac tually been done are: The observance of Pay-Up-Week, uniform advertis ing agred upon, agreement and en dorsement of charity distribution, control of the itinerant vendor, es tablishment of a credit-rating bureau, affiliated with the National Cham ber, received funds for inducing in dustries to come here, working with the State Employment Bureau, se cured option on 100 houses for pros pective renters, secured a farm bureau agent, started a survey of Wagner's Gap road opening up trade channels to SIOO,OOO yearly, held noon-day luncheons addressed by national ex perts, entertained the returning sol diers, insurance rerating applied for, plans for a Community House started, initiated the movement for county preparedness and has representatives from forty firms here investigating factory sites because of the publicity established. A record of achievement only to be surpassed by the possibilities planned and in immediate prospect. PEACE IX CARLISLE SCHOOLS Carlisle, Pa., April 4. S. ttlement of trouble in the local schools extend ing over a period of several years has been accomplished, following the adoption by the school board of reso lutions submitted by the various class es in the high school, who offer to do away with hazing, pennant and poster fights and the like if granted certain privileges and if permitted to have two regular class contests. FALLS FROM MOTORCYCLE Shiremanstown, Pa.. Apriil 4. J. Lee Thornton of St. Johns, fell from his motorcycle at Oyster Point on Sunday and received a broken leg and severe bruises. He was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital. - ■*- i a Man's Night Cap Assist Nature by taking RRANDRETH U PILLS Qon Q QuNlfkt Ton will feel better, look better and prolong your life. One of the best laxatives ever put on the market—Entirely Vegetable. We have customers who have taken them for twenty years or more and would not be without them. One trial will convince you. AT YOU* NEAREST DRUG STORE Chocolate Coaled or Plain Uncle Sam Has The Right of Way on the railroads if war is declared, and it will be harder than ever to get ccal from the mines to replenish the little supply on hand that is fast disappearing. Order whatever coal you need ijpw don't wait and run the risk of not being able to get any. It is impossible to get some sizes and kinds of coal, and with war im pending it is not diffi cult to foresee the situa tion. H. M. Kelley & Co. Office, 1 North Third Yards. Tenth and State U. S. TO STRIKE FIRST BLOW GERMANY [Continued From First I'agp] No Grudge to Pay "We, of all nations, will spend our treasure and our blood and sacrifice our lives without the thought of pos sibility of gain. We arc going to war to vindicate our honor and indepen dence as a great nation and in defense of humanity. Such quarrel as we have with Germany is not of our choosing. It was forced upon i>s and we did much to avoid it. For nearly three years the President, Congress and the American peoplo have hoped to avoid it. But one desperate act by the Im perial German government has fol lowed another. 1 do not mean to say Germany has desired war with us. I do not believe that. Cut the Imperial Government has been desperate, and has taken desperate chances." Neutrality Shocked American neutrality, the senator said, had first been shocked by the invasion of Belgium; then the sinking of the Lusitania almost caused war. He said, however, ho did not consider that Germany had violated anv pledges she gave after the sinking of the Lusi tania because she had expressly re served the right to revoke that pledge. During Senator Hitchcock's speech Senator l.a Follette was absent most i of the time, conferring with Senator Gronna and others who are expected to oppose the resolution. Senator Hitchcock said he had hoped armed neutrality would avert war. "Unfortunately, the opposition of the filibuster against that bill resulted in word going out to the world that the official branches of the govern ment were at loggerheads," he said. 'The result has been that our rights have been more imposed upon than ever, more American vessels have been sunk, lives of American citizens have been lost. Armed neutrality has passed as an expedient against war. n Was Opposed to War "I have been bitterly opposed to war. I have used my influence to that end. Even when I knew the people were calling for war and a majority of Congress overwhelmingly was for it, I sought out the President and begged him to remain longer, if pos sible, under the policy of armed neu trality as an expedient for peace. But the President had information in his possession which made it impossible. "The country is ready and Congress is ready. While the vote has not been recorded, the decision has been made. It is war. "I cannot vote against war," Sen ator Hitchcock concluded, "without doing a vain and foolish thins. It would only serve to weaken my coun try In the face of the enemy and the : world when war is inevitable. I am I ready now to take my place with those who will back up the President for the honor and protection of the nation." Promises Broken Senator Hitchcock spoke only about twenty minutes and was followed by Senator Swanson, of Virginia, who said the German government "has repeat edly and grossly violated its treaty obligations to us and wantonly broken , solemn assurances." "The issue is not peace or war,", Senator Swanson continued. "War al- ' ready has been declared upon us. The issue is whether we shall accept war or abject and cowardly submission." Germany in Lowest Depths Reciting the sinking of American ships. German plots and outrages in this country. Senator Swanson said the Zimmermann plot to incite Mexico against this country "reaches the low est depths of national turpitude." "We have long suspected a disposi tion by Germany to dispute the Mon roe doctrine. Now is the time to teach this mischief-making German govern ment that our territorial sovereignty cannot be made a subject of war bar gaining. "The advocates of peace now would place upon this nation the shame of a still greater submission. They would endure still greater affronts and suffer still greater submission." Nation Xot Bluffing Reciting the warnings given to Ger many against ruthless submarine war fare, Senator Swanson asked if they were "mere empty boasts and bluff or the solemn voice of a resolute people." ."No," he answered. "Congress will not by cowardly actions declare that diplomatically we roar and then when rebuffed, strike with the gentle hand of a woman." He recited the sinking of various American vessels and Ger many's barred zone decrees as "tyranny and arrogance." "We have almost forgotten the wrongs of the past in the outrages of the present," he continued, asserting that unless American rights are up held, "old glory will be sunk to low depths of shame and humiliation." Nothing Else to Do "What else can Germany do to wage war against us," he demanded. "Arm ed neutrality would now be cowardly makeshift. We cannot avoid war. When the war-mad autocracy that now rules Germany has been chastened or overthrown, ties of friendship now severed will be reunited. The clock of national patriotism now strikes for each of us in our hour of work and responsibility." Senator Lodge, ranking Republican of the Foreign Relations Committee, said: "No one is more conscious than I that this is a moment for action and not for debate," said Mr. Lodge. "But I wish briefly to state why I support it with the greatest earnestness of which I am capable. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound can do for weak and ailing women. Try it and see for yourself. All women are invited to write for free *nd helpful advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), HARRISBURG TELEOt T APB never has Congress been called to a more solemn exerciso of this great ft | ction than at this moment. We have submitted to wrongs and out rages trom the central powers of Eu rope with a long patience. Wo ha\e borne and toreborne to the very limit of endurance. Now the inevitable end is here and we are about to declare war against Germany. Party Lines Disappear v "Speaking for myself and 1 hope for my associates generally on this side of tho chamber, I desire to say that in this crisis and when the country is at war, party lines will disappear and this disappearance of the party line will, I am confident, not be contiued to tho minority. Both Democrats and Republicans must torget party in the presence of the common danger. This is not and cannot be a party war. It is a war in which all Americans must be united and no one must ask a loyal citizen, high or low, who seeks to serve his country in tho Held or in civil life to what party he belongs, any more than it would be possible to ask his religion or his race. As Americans we shall all, 1 am sure, be prepared to give to the Executive money, men, and all the necessary powers for wag ing war with energy and driving it forward to a successful conclusion. Very Small Army "We have only a very small army and we must proceed at once as rapid ly as possible to build up a large one lit to defend the country in any emergency. We must provide for the future and for the supply of men for the army by a system of universal military training. I agree with the President that this new army should be chosen upon the 'principle of uni versal liability to service." Our navy is strong in certain branches and very weak in others. It must be our busi ness to supply the deficiencies as rapidly as possible. Fortunately those deficiencies are of the kind which can most quickly be supplied. It is our duty to see to it that all the money and all the legislation necessary for both the army and navy are given at once. "The President has said that war 'will involve the utmost practicable co-operation in council and action with the governments now at war with Ger many, and, as incident to that the extension to those governments of the most liberal financial credits, in order that our resources may so far as pos sible be added to theirs. lam not only in full agreement with this policy ad vised by the President but it seems to me that nothing is more important than to follow it out. Wants Xo Alliances "I am a thorough believer in the general policy laid down by Washing ton when he advised the people of the United States not to enter into permanent alliances; but the man who won the American Revolution through the alliance with France would have been the last to lay down a hard and fast rule that under no circumstances and for no purposes were we ever to ally ourselves with other nations. Far seeing and wise, he knew very well that dangers might come which would make a temporary alliance or agree ment with foreign nations imperative. That time has arrived. It would be madness for us to attempt to make war alone upon Germany and find ourselves, perhaps, at the end left iso lated, at war with that power, when all the nations had made peace, be cause we had not associated ourselves with them. The allies of the entente, as they are called, are fighting a com mon foe and their foe is now ours." Would Send Soldiers "We cannot send a great army across the ocean, for we have no army to send. Yet I should be glad for one if we could send ten thousand men of our regular troops, so that the flag of the United States might at least be unfurled on the fields of France. I believe that the mere sight of that flag in that region made so desolate by war would stimulate the courage and help the success of those who have the same aim that we have and who seek the same victory. We can also help the allied, as the Presi dent recommends, with large credits and with those supplies which we can furnish and which they lack. We cannot do more in any direction to bring this war to a speedy end than to give those credits and furnish those supplies'." With Firm Hand Senator I.odge, referring to the President's statement concerning Ger man spies in this country, said he be lieved "the overwhelming mass of our citizens of German descent are just as loyal to the United States as any citi zens could be." but that German agents must be dealt with, to quote the Presi dent's address, "with a firm hand." Senator Lodge said one of the first acts of the United States should be to seize the German ships now In United States ports and put that tonnage in the world's service. Not Military Nation "We have never been a military na tion," Mr. Lodge continued. "We are not prepared for war in the modern sense; but we have vast resources and unbounded energies and the day when war is declared we should devote our selves to calling out those resources and organizing those energies so that they can be used with the utmost ef fect in hastening the complete victory. The worst of all wars is a feeble war. "War is too awful to be entered upon half heartedly. If we fight at all we must fight for all we are worth. It must be no weak, hesitating war. The most merciful war is that which Is most vigorously waged and which comes most quickly to an end. Things Worse Than War "But there are, in my opinion, some things worse for a nation than war. National degeneracy is worse; nation al cowardice is worse. The division of our people Into race groups, striving to direct the course of the United States In the interest of some other country when we should have but one alliance, one hope and one tradition. All these dangers have been gathering about us and darkening the horizon during the last three years. Whatever suffering and misery war may bring it will at least sweep these foul things away. It will unify us Into ne nation. "I alco believe that on our entrance into this war under the conditions which it has assumed, our future peace, our Independence as a proud and high spirited nation, our very se curity are at stake. There Is no other way as I see it except by war to save these things without which national existence is a mockery and a sham. Still Higher Purpose "But there is a still higher purpose here aw I look upon it. The President has said with great justice that Ger many Is making war on all nations. We do not enter upon this war to se cure victory for one nation as against another. We enter this war to unite with those who are fighting the com mon foe In order to preserve human freedom, democracy and modern civ ilization. They are all In grievous peril; they are all threatened. This war is a war. as I see It, against bar barism, panoplied in all the devices for destruction of human life which science, beneflclent science can bring forth. "We are resisting an effort to thrust mankind back to forms of government, to political creeds and methods of conquest which we had hoped had dis appeared forever from the world. Wo are fighting against a nation which in the fashion of centuries ago drags the Inhabitants of conquered lands into slavery; which carries off women and girls for even worse purposes; which in its mad desire to conquer mankind and trample them under foot has stop ped at no wrong, has regarded no treaty. "Xha work that we are called upon to do when we enter this war is to preserve the principles of human liberty, the principles of democracy and tho light of modern civilization; all that wo most love, all that we hold dearer than life itself. Wo wish only to preserve ur own peace and our own security, to uphold the great doctrine which guards the American hemisphere, and to see the disappear ance of all wars or rumors of wars from the East, if any dangers there exist'. ~ „ Want World Peace "What we want most of all by this victory which we shall help to win, is to secure the world's peace, based on freedom and democracy, a world not controlled by a Prussian military auto cracy, but by the will of the free peo ple of the earth. We shall achieve this result and when we achieve it we shall be able to say that we have help ed to confer great blessings upon man kind and that we have not fougttt in vain." A burst of applause came from the galleries when Senator Lodge con cluded. Spectators Show Disgust Senator Vardaman, Democrat, of Mississippi, one of the "wilful men" named by President Wilson, said he wished he could vote with the major ity of his colleagues but that he "must follow the path of duty" as he sees it. "I must sec the path of duty through the mists of passion," said the Mis sissippi senator. Some'spectators got up and left the galleries as Vardaman spoke, and he interjected ho did not care whether they remained or not. "The atmos phere enveloping this Capitol for the past year," Vardaman continued, "has been surcharged with the spirit of prejudice, hate and love— = all good and bad passions, until men have lost their bearings and their poise. Everything seems out of joint. Of all the times when Congress and tho peoplo should keep their heads now is the time. Self assumed superiority of mind, intoler ance and bigotry are attributes of lit tle minds, incompetent in leadership for directing affairs of this great na tion. Provocation ts Great •'The provocation is great," he said, referring to German acts against this country. "The tide of passion runs high. Each senator should remem ber that he may, by his vote, be sign ing the death warrant of hundreds of thousands and burdening generations with crushing burdens endangering their very existence." Senator Vardaman said he did not question the patriotism of those dif fering with him, but predicted the wisdom of their course would be de termined by time alone. "For the life of me, I cannot be lieve that war is for the welfare of the world or the people of this nation. j|jj Fourtli M a cl e Popular | Sensational Pre-Easter | | Sale of Ladies 9 Waists | 1 TOMORROW, FRIDAY and SATURDAY 1 H] JjKk an °PP ortune ti me f° r Waist JE Vw Sale such as this with Easter p| PI —x three days off. 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I Cotton Waists Worth 59c Special,atr|fv Ten different styles to select from—all arc good, new styles and worth M {{ 59c at any time only four (4) to a customer —only 25 dozens in th ■■ [jg| ga lot. Come early for these. Specially priced for tomorrow, Friday and PS H| Saturday, at j&j After May Ist—3oß Market Street nm " 551 We move to our new building at 308 Market street, after May Ist, where the business j|n will be conducted along the identical lines that have made the Astrich name a synonym for [H Ggj Style—Quality and Modest Price. . jj|j APRIL 4; 1917. I do not condone the crimes of the German government against the peo-! plo of the United States and I would not deny that tho la,v has been violat ed and that he have the right to de clare war. I'noltlMt*