SWISS WELCOME
BRAND WHITLOCK
Belgians Give United States
Minister a Touching
Farewell
By Associated Press
Berne. April 4.— Brand Whitlock,
American minister to Belgium, reached
Berne at 6 o'clock last evening look
ing worn and weary. He admitted
feeling extremely nervous nnd fatigued
after the tremendous strain under
which he lias been working, which lias
been especially hard during the last
few weeks. Mr. Whitlock was accom
panied from Zurich to Berne by Pleas
ant A. Stovali, American minister to
Switzerland, who, with the legation
attaches, went part of the way to the
frontier with him.
The Swiss government sent three
high officers to Scliaffhausen to meet
the Americans to accompany them to
Zurich. From Brussels to the frontier
the Whitlock party was escorted by
Baron von Falkenhausen, an official
especially delegated by Governor-Gen
eral von Bissing. The party left Brus
sels on Monday night on a special
train.
Chinese With Party
In addition to sixty Americans com
prising the legation staff, consular
agents and all but live of the Belgian
Relief Commission officials, Mr. Whit
lock traveled with the Chinese charge
d'affaires from Brussels with his staff
and their families. The Chinese of
ficials had received instructions to
leave Brussels for Havre at almost the
same time as the Americans.
Mr. Whitlock described his de
parture from Brussels ns extremely
touching. The Belgans. who since the
breach of relations between the United
States and Germany have been pa
thetically anxious lest the departure
of the Americans might mean starva
tion for them, gathered by thousands
at the Gare du Nord to say farewell.
Tt was feared there would be some
demonstration which would bring
down the anger of the German au
thorities and cause some reprisal on
the Belgians, but the latter, realizing
this themselves, remained almost en
tirely silent, although many wept. As
the train pulled out of the station an
occasional "Vive Amerlque" broke the
quiot. but the majority stood with
bared heads and contented themselves
with waving hats and handkerchiefs.
WELSH SINGERS COMING
A concert will be given by the Royal
Gwent Welsh Male Singers in the
Camp Curtln Methodist Episcopal
Church, Monday evening, April 16. The
Welsh singers are making their an
nual tour of this country, and have
sung in all of the larger cities from
New York to Seattle. Dewi IJyfnwy,
one of the most famous of Welsh sing
ers, Is the conductor of the chorus.
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Harrisburg to Be Well
Represented at Convention
Thousands of Knights Temnlar from j
all sections of the State will attenfi,
the sixty-fourth annual conclave of
the Grand Commandery of the Knights
of Templar of Pennsylvania, to be held'
in Pittsburgh, May 21 to 23. Harris
burg will be well represented at the
conclave.
The Knights Templar of Pennsylva
nia date their charter origin from
May 21, 1797, when the first grand en- j
campment in the United States was I
established in Philadelphia by En-j
campments Nos. 1 and 2. of that city;
No. 3. of Harrisburg, and No. 4, of j
Carlisle, which respective organiza- j
tions took place in 1794, 1795 and 1796. i
under Free and Accepted Masonic |
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SCORES DEAD IN
U-BOAT OUTRAGES
Crews of Sunken Ships Suffer
Terribly in Open
Boats
New York, April 4.—The British
steamship Stanley, from Newport News,"
March 7, with a cargo of grain for
Cherbourg, was sunk by a German
submarine without warning on March
21 anJ five members of her crew kill
ed. Fifteen survivors of tlie ship
reached here yesterday on the steam
ship Port Albany. Two other members
of the crew, one an American, died of
exposure in open boats.
One of the small boats, containing
the captain and 18 men, had not been
heard from by the men arriving yes
terday, and they fear it was lost.
When torpedoed the Stanley was
nearing the IHsh coast, and as the men
were taking to the bo?ts the subma
rine fired upon them and the ship with
a deck gun, the survivors assert. The
men killed by the explosion of the
torpedo were three engineers and two
firemen.
Two boats were lowered. The one
containing the captain and 18 men
drifted away from the boat which con
tained thp men picked up by the Port
Albany, nd have not been heard of
since.
The other drifted for 76 hours be
fore being sighted by the Port Albany. '
This boat had on board Chief Office*
Cole, Chief Engineer Jenkins and 15 '
of the crew. They were all but ex
hausted from exposure. Two of their
number, including tlie American, dlted
and more would have soon perished,
officers said, liad their rescue been long,
er delayed. The officers said they could
not recall the name of the American,
j His home was in Newport News.
I The British steamship Cannizaro.
| which left New York March 14 with a
I general cargot of grain and freight, has
been sunk, according to word received
here yesterday by New York agents'
of the owners, the Wilson Steamship
Line. The crew, about 40 in number,
was safely landed at Falmouth.
One hundred and ten persons, includ
ing two women and one baby, ftre miss
ing from two British steamships, the
Trevose and the Alnwick Castle, each
torpedoed without warning by German
submarines. There were no Americans
on either vessel.
Knights of Malta Pledge
Support to President
At a regular convocation of Star of
America, No. 113, Ancient and Illus
trious Order Knights of Malta, last
evening, in their council chamber, No.
26 North Third street, the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That Star of America
Commandery, No. 113, Ancient and
Illustrious Order Knights of Malta,
do hereby pledge the support and
loyalty of its members to the Pres
ident of the United States, and to
the Governor of the Commonwealth
in the impending crisis which now
confronts the nation.
1,000 LABORERS VOLUNTEER
Melbourne, Australia, April 4.— A
thousand laborers are to be despatch
ed to England by the Australian gov
ernment at the earliest moment. The
commonwealth authorities lately re
ceived cable advices from the imper
ial authorities that there was in Great
Britain a serious shortage of strong
laborers for construction work and
I help in that direction would be wel
| corned. The commonwealth offered
! 1,000 men. Railroad construction
hands and the like will be given the
I preference. They will be exempt from
I British military conscription. Free
I steamer passage to and from England
; will be granted. The rate of pay will
I be approximately 18 cents an hour for
a 54 hour week.
| NAVY WANTS HONEST MEN
By Associated I'ress
Hoboken, N. J., April 4.—Lieuten
ant W. J. Moses, U. S. N., In charge
of recruiting in New Jersey, protested
yesterday to Mayor Griffin against the
action of City Recorder Adolph Car
sten in sending a young man who had
j been charged with larceny to the
naval recruiting station in Newark.
The lieutenant characterized this step
as "an insult to the navy," and said
he had reported the case to Governor
Edge and to the authorities at Wash
ington.
$2,500,000 FOR DEFENSE
Albany, N. Y., April 4.—A bill ap
propriating $2,500,000 or as much of
the amount as needed for the payment
tor land required by the government
for fortification purposes at Rock
a\vay Point, will be signed by Gover
nor Whitman to-day. Thif, he de
clared,- would remove all obstacles that
have prevented the State from seizing
the land.
PICTURE rUZZIiES
Attaches of the Bolton are puzzling
over how a picture of two foreigners
In uniform found Its way to a corner
i of the writing table. There are no
I marks on it.
HA RRISBURG SlSSfe TELEGRXPS
V. M. C. A. TO HELP
By Associated Press
New York, April 4. The Young
Men's Christian Association has or
ganized its forces and is prepared to
offer the services of 800 trained men
and to spend $3,000,000 in welfare
work for the army and navy in the
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war, according to an announcement
made here to-niglit by J. S. Tichener,
chief of the Army and Navy Depart
ment of the International committee
of the association. The proposed wel
fare work will follow closely along
the lines of the successful Y. M. C. A.
stations established in all the camps
'APRIL 4, 1917.
along the Mexican border after the
National Guard mobilization.
RECOVER THREE BODIES
By Associated Press
Indiana, Pa., Aprtt 4. —The bodies of
three coal miners, who were entomb
ed in the IVobindale mine of the Cone
maufjh Smokeless Coal Company at
Itobindale, near here, as a result of a
gas explosion, were removed last
night. Rescuing teams, composed of
company employes, worked more thini
twelve hours digging through tons of
slate and debris before they reached
the victims.