Washington Prepares For Diplomatic Break With Austria-Hungary Now Certain
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AUSTRIA CUTS
ITS RELATIONS
WITH AMERICA
Charge of Austro-Hungarian Embassy Demands Passports;
Germany's Ally Declares Diplomatic Cut Was Made
Sunday; Spain Will Represent United States' Interests
in Dual Monarchy For Duration of the War
Washington, April 9.—Austria-Hungary, under pressure of
Germany, has severed diplomatic relations with the United States.
Baron Erick Zwiedinck, charge d'affaires of the Austro-Hun
garian embassy here, called at the State Department to-day, and
asked for passports for himself and the embassy staff.
Almost at the same time a dispatch was received from American
Minister Stovall at Berne, saying, the dual monarchy had broken
off diplomatic relations with the United States in Vienna yesterday.
It is presumed this was done by handing passports to American
Charge Grew. American Ambassador Penfield, who had left Vienna
on Saturday probably did not know of the government's action.
By pre-arrangement Spain will take
over the diplomatic and consular in-1
terests of the United States in Aus- j
tria-Hungary. All Austrian consular;
agents will depart from the United j
States with the diplomatic mission as I
was the case with Germany.
Up to the time Charge Zwiedinek
asked for his passports no similar ac
tion' had been taken by Bulgaria and
Turkey—Germany's two other allies,
and their representatives here dis
claimed having any knowledge of the
intention of their governments. It
is expected here they will follow by
breaking diplomatic relations.
To Declare War
Austria's break with the United
States undoubtedly is the prelude to a
declaration of a state of war. Sixty
two days elapsed between the break in
relations between the United States
and Germany and the formal declara
tion of a state of war. How many
days will elapse before Germany's chief
ally enters a state of war with Ger
many's newest enemy will be decided
entirely by circumstances. The diplo
matic history of civilization and the
precedents of centuries show a state
of war invariably follows a break in
diplomatic relations between first-class
powers.
Quite aside from this, however, Aus
tria lias subscribed even if only aca
demically, to Germany's campaign of
rutlilessness, although she has not car
ried it out against American interests.
Besides that, it is considered that it
would be quite impossible to have
abroad in the United States on a
friendly status the diplomatic and con
sular agents of Germany's ally.
Conduct Offensive
Anti-American propaganda con
ducted by Austrian agents, under Ger
man direction, has been no less of
fensive and scarcely less effective than
the German propaganda itself. A clean
break between the United States and
Austria was some time ago recognized
as the logical development.
It is quite possible however, that
there may not be war-like operations
between the forces of the two govern
ments unless Germany carrying
further her domination of the Vienna
government should force it.
Charge Grew at Vienna also will
turn over to Spain, British and Jap
anese interests which this country has
looked after since the beginning of the
war. Italian, French and Rumanian
interests in Austria-Hungary previous
ly looked after by the United States
were ordered turned over to the Swiss
minister.
American ambassadors, ministers
and consular officials in France, Great
Britain, Russia, Serbia, Japan, Greece,
Morocco and Egypt will stand ready
to turn over Austrian interests which
the United States has represented in
those countries, since the beginning of
the war to whatever nation the Aus
trian foreign office shall indicate.
Released of Charges
The United States by the break in
relations is released of the care of
probably 2,000,000 war prisoners. In
Russia alone it is estimated that 1,-
250,000 Austrian prisoners were under
American protection with a consider
able number in France jilso. In Aus
tria the United States had cared for all
the Italian and Rumanian prisoners.
Other small groups are thought to
bring the total well up to 2,000,000.
About 200 native Americans are
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I THE WEATHER]
For llnrrlsburg and vicinity l Fair,
continued colli to-night, nltli lon
est temperature nlimit 211 degrees;
Tuesday fair, with rising tem
perature.
For I'.astern Pennsylvania i Fair to
night and Tuesday 1 freezing tem
perature to-night; rliilng; tem
perature Tuesday.
Klver
The Susqachannu river anil all Its
tributaries will fall slowly. A
stage of about 7.11 feet Is Indicat
ed for Harrisburg Tuesday morn
ing.
General Condition*
Hie storm Hint was central in cr the
Southwest. Saturday morning, has
moved northeastward with In
creasing strength and Is now cen
tral off the Vlrglnln coast. It has
caused general showers anil thun
derstorms In the lust forty-eight
hours In the South Atlantic and
Fast Gulf States, and snow and
rain in the Middle Mississippi and
Ohio valleys and In the Middle
Atlantic and .Southern New Fng
land States.
There has been a gcnernl fall of 4
to 10 degrees since Saturday
morning from the Plains States
eastward to the Atlantic coast. It
Is warmer In the Ilocky Moun
tains.
I'emperatiiret H a. ni., 28.
Sun: Hlses, a. m.
Moon i Itises, 0i24 p. m.
Hlver Stngei 7.9 feet above low
water murk.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 40.
I. OH est temperature, 32.
Mean temperature. HO.
Normal temperature, 48.
GERMANY LOOKS
TO U. S. FOR AID
AT WAR'S CLOSE
Hopes For Loan and Industrial
Co-operation With Com
ing of Peace
Amsterdam, via London, April 9.
Three questions in regard to America's
entrance into the war have been put
to leading German manufacturers by
the Rheinische Westfalische Gazette of
Essen, an important industrial organ.
The paper asks: First, whether unre
stricted submarine warfare has been
bought too dearly at the price of war
with America; second, what will be the
economic consequences; third, is it pos
sible to make Germany economically
independent of America? Councillor
Dr. Beukenberg, of Dortmund, answere
the first question in the negative. Dr.
Beukenberg says:
"Our early reluctance to use our sub
marines was due to the most far
reaching offense to America, with
whom we were on friendly terms, and
above all enjoyed important commer
cial relations. America never tried to
help us in our distress, caused by Eng
land's starvation blockade. Our yield
' ing to America's demands was not
} caused by fear of her military re
sources but with a view to rebuilding
I our foreign trade after the war.
Believes Wilson lllnsed
I "President Wilson's biased judgment
of the German peace proposals showed
that America does not want German
victory and prefers to aid British arms
in the dismemberment of Germany and
Austria-Hungary. We were thus com
pelled to resume unrestricted subma
rine warfare in order to force a vic
' torious conclusion to the war. Consid
i eration ot future developments of our
■ trade must wait while danger exists
of our losing the fruits of victory."
In regard to the second question, Dr.
Beukenberg, after pointing out in de
tail that American exports to Germany,
were two and a half times bigger than
German exports to America, says after
the war America will not want to cut
off her German customer. It would
harm us grievously if America were to
refuse to us later a large loan to help
us over our difficulties.
After calling attention to the huge
increase in America's financial strength
Dr. Beukenberg says, in answer to the
third question:
Need V. S. Products
"Germany cannot become wholly in
dependent. In the case of cotton, for
| instance, under the most favorable cir
! cumstances it would take decades to
meet our needs from our colonies or
Asia Minor. To a certain extent we
can be independent if we live sparingly
and use all our available substitutes,
but a large part of German Imports
are raw materials which are exported
as manufactured goods. Thus increases
[ in the difficulties of importing would
| lilt us badly. This, however, applies
equally to the United State's. Ameri
cans do not grow cotton for nothing
■ and they will welcome their old cus-
I tomer back again.
j "After all, the submarine war spells
| victory, and if we are to dictate peace,
i adequate guarantees may be negotiat-
I ed. Now that America is an open cn
! fray we no longer have our hands tied
and there is no longer the fear that
we might have to make an undignified
peace through exhaustion. The slogan
is now victory or death with honor."
Not Hamburger Any More
Harrisburgers Instead
Williamsport, Pa., April 9.—As an
evidence of his patriotism T. O. Lapp, a
Newberry restaurant proprietor, has
erected a sign that hereafter In his
eating house "Hamburger" sandwiches
will be known as "Harrisburgers."
SEIZE STEAMER
By Associated Press
Newport News, Va., April 9.—The
Austrian steamer Budapest, tied up
here since shortly after the outbreak
of the European war, was seized
about 12.30 to-day by Federal officials
following receipt of advices that Aus
tria-Hungary had severed diplomatic
relations with the United States.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1917.
EASTER IN CAMP OF SOLDIERS
GUARDING ROCKVILLE BRIDGE
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Eastor in the camp of the soldiers guarding the Rockviile bridge was spent in drilling, "setting up" exercises and
>ther camp routine. This morning the troops were forced to break ice to get water. Several are in the Harrisburg
hospital threatened with pneumonia.
CULTIVATION OF
VACANT LOTS IS
WIDELY URGED
Agricultural Committee of
Chamber of Commerce Seek
ing Names of Owners
The Agricultural Committee of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, of
which Donald AlcCormick is
chairman, is interesting itself to see if
the cultivation of vacant lots in the
city of Harrisburg can not be stimu
lated during the coming season.
An effort is going to be made to
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COTTON JUMPS UPWARD
By Associated Press
New York, April 9. One of the
most sensational advances in the cot
ton trade occurred at the market's
opening to-day. Many contracts sold
up to $5.55 and July $7.80 a bale
above Thursday's closing prices.
HARDSCRABBLE
CASES MAY BE
SETTLED SOON
City Solicitor Fox May Ask
Special Session of Court
to Try Appeals
City Solicitor John E. Fox may ask
: the Dauphin county court to set a
| date, probably for early in the fall,
for a special session to hear all evi
dence in the appeals of property own
ers in the Hardscrabble district, who
claim the awards in the viewers' re
port are insufficient.
Application was made to the court
this morning to have isues awarded in
all the appealed cases, which total
more than twenty, so that they can be
tried before a jury. This was opposed
by attorneys for the property holders,
who contended the city had filed no
bond as required by law, with the re
sult that their clients had no pro
tection against further damages which
might accrue.
City Solicitor Fox, while he admit
ted the law makes it mandatory on
municipalities to lile a bond, declared
no time is set and that this can easily
be done just before taking over the
1 properties.
Safest Way For City
He consented, however, to meet this
requirement, after President Judge
George Kunkel advised from the
bench that the safest way for the city
to proceed, would be to adhere
strictly to the law.
Senator E. E. Beidleman, represent
ing some of the appellants, agreed at
once to accept the city's own bond ana
not put an added expense on the muni
cipality by requiring security through
an outside bonding company. Later
other counsel agreed, to this also.
City Solicitor Fox will make arrange
ments at once, he said, to determine
the amount of the bond, file it, and
then ask the court to award the issues.
Solicitor Fox in speaking of a prob
able request for a special hearing of
the cases, declared he was anxious to
have tho claims settled so that the
city could proceed. By having the
cases set down for trial in regular or
der they might not be reached for
[years, he pointed out
BRITISH GAIN IN
OPENING OF NEW
OFFENSIVE DRIVE
Penetrate Into Strong German
Lines on Ten-Mile
Front
By Associated I'rcss
♦sondon, April 9. British troops
to-day penetrated the German, lines i
all along a wide front from Arras to
Lens, the war office announces.
The statement says that in the di
rection of Cambral the British have
stormed the villages of Hermies and
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LAND FOR LABOR CLASSES
By Associated I'rcss
Petrograd, April 8, via London,
April 9. A congress of the constitu
tional demorcats has declared in favor
of the principle that the land ought
to be handed over to the working
classes.
RICHARD OLNEY,
EX-SECRETARY OF
STATE, IS DEAD
Won Fame by His Handling
of Wrangle With
England
By Associated Press
Boston, April 9. Richard Olney,
Secretary of State under President
Grover Cleveland, died at his home
here last night.
Mr. Olney, who was 82 years old, has
been ill several weeks, although it was
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City Notifies State
That It Is Carrying
Workman's Insurance
By Associated Press
City insurance problems are ended
so far as the city is concerned. City
Solicitor Fox said to-day.
"The State has been notified tliat
after April 1, Harrisburg will carry
its own insurance risk, and that for
the three months prior to that time
the United States Fidelity and Guar
anty Company is to receive SI,OOO for
carrying the insurance.
"There has been no actual contract
witli either the State Insurance Fund
or the stock company which was flrlal
ly approved, and neither can present
bills for that reason."
House Asked to Convey Its
Greetings to the Entente
By Associated Press
Washington, April 9. The House
was asked, in a resolution introduced
to-day by Repreesntative Medill Mc-
Cormlck, of Illinois, to convey to the
legislative chambers of the entente na
tions its greetings and "the hope that
peace shal,l witness the restoration of
Belgium and Serbia and the establish
ment of a united and self-governing
Ireland and Poland."
The preamble to the resolution re
cites the fact that the Unttfcd States is
now at war with Germany and de
clares that tho other great powers at
war with Germany "have voicod their
purpose to secure the rights of tho
small peoples, no less than of the
great' j
GROSS REQUESTS
ASH COMPLAINTS
AS LAST RESORT
Will Re Used in Penalizing
Reduction Co., Commis
sioner Says
Each resident of th<s city whose
ashes and garbage have not been col
lected for a week or more is asked to
sertd a card to Dr. J. M. J. Raunick,
city health officer, giving full name
and address, an dthe exact date, if
possible, of last collection.
This ealle was made to-day by Com
missioner E. Z. Gross, who declared
he wants this information to be used
in penalizing the Pennsylvania Reduc
tion Company because it is not making
regular collections."
City >la,v Take Over Collections
If this last resort does not prove
effective, Commissioner Gross said,
the city will end t he entire question
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FEARED CROPS
ARE DAMAGED BY
SEVERE COLD
j Relieved Peaches Affected;
Colder Weather Predicted
Tonight
Just when the Easter parade was
at its height old man Boreas played
his last card, it is hoped, by showering
Harrisburg with a snowstorm that
drove the Easter paraders from the
streets in short order.
The morning weather however, did
not prevent Harrisburg from turning
out en masse in a regular Atlantic
i City parade. Front street as usuaJ
: was crowded during the morning and
early afternoon. When the snowflakes
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Council Meeting This
Afternoon to Discuss
Naming Commissioner
City Council met informally this
afternoon at 3 o'clock to take up the
question of naming a successor to fill
the unexpired term of the late Com
missioner Harry F. Bowman.
The meeting was held at the office
of City Solicitor Fox, in the Kunkel
building, and as it was not a staled
or a special session, was not open lo
the public.
it is. understood that Commis
sioners Lynch, Gross and Gorgas will
probably discuss all the candidates
who have been talked of as possible
successors. ;.l
Ash troubles, insurance and othetf
questions pending in council will bet'
taken up also.
Minimum Wage Law For
Women Upheld by Court
By Associated I'rcss
Washington, April 9. Oregon's I
law Axing minimum wages for women, !
the ttrst compulsory minimum wage
statute ever before the Supreme Court,
was to-day upheld as constitutional by
an equally divided court. Bimilar
compulsory laws of Washington, Col
orado, Wisconsin. California, Utah,
Minnesota and Ohio were likewise sus
tains
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
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COMMITTEE TO
CONDUCT WAR
Congress Studies Plan Whereby Body of Twelve Would
Confer With President and Executive Heads of De
partments; Widest Powers of Investigation Given;
Democrats to Have Majority of Two; Is Republican
Plan
jt
Washington, April 9. A decision to introduce the
$5,000,000,000 bond issue measure on Thursday in the House
was reached to-day by Secretary McAdoo and Representa
tive Rainey, of Illinois, ranking Democratic member of the
Ways and Means Committee.
The rank of brigadier general in the regular army of
the United States is abolished by a provision of the army
appropriation bill taken up to-day by the Senate. All gen
eral officers after its enactment would have no less ran':
than that of major general.
Washington, April 9.—A joint resolution for a Congressional
"joint committee on the conduct of the war" was introduced sim
ultaneously to-day by Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, and Repre
sentative Madden, of Illinois, both Republicans.
The committee would be composed of six members of the Sen
ate, including four Democrats and two Republicans, six from the
House, evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats
The resolution provides that the
committee shall bo knowr as the
.loint committee on the conduct of the
war and "shall sit during the sessions
or recesses of Congress, shall make a
special duty of the problems arising
out of the war, shall confer and ad
vise with the President of the United
States and the heads of the various
1,000,000 PROPOSED FOR BELGIUM • J
Washington, April 9.—Stnatoi Sterling, of South Da j
11 to-day to appropriate *
relief Belgians made dependent by the. war, to be j
I M/fYOR MEALS IN FINE SPIRITS
Harrisburg^—Mayor Meals, who yesterday was in a ser- .1
icus condition, was to-day j>o far improved as to be . blc t
be out of the hospital in a wheel chair, bundled ut igainst i
the ccld, but in fine spirits. "I'm feeling fine," he told Com
'
missioner Lynch and others who called on him. "5 am go- B
ing to get well and fool the doctors. I have a lot of thing r
to do few years and intend to be a very
citizens during the remainder of my o cial term " £
TENT IN MAJESTIC THEATER
sburg.—Captain Han-all, recruiting o ter here; K
will have a tent erected in the lobby of the Majestic theater &
where recruitting will be actively carried on J
M. Stine procured the tent from the arsen;;! to day and it 1
N. i .J.V mornlfig. j
AGED WOMAN BEATEN AND ROBBED
Harrisburg,—Report has been made to the Harri "
police department of the assault ana robbery of Mrs.
Moycr, of New Market, late Saturday night. Mrs. Mo e . \
1 who is 70 years old, was alone when a stranger broli |
I the door, assaulted and beat her and fled with S4OO, hi
i
ings of years.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER ARRESTED |
Harrisburg.—Assistant Postmaster Edward A. Attick.-,
of Steelton, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by the
federal authorities charging'him with embezzlement. Th-- K
hearing will be held before United Stats Commissioner:* M
Leßoy J. Wolf, to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
30 YEARS FOR DESTROYING MUNITIONS 2
Washington, April 9.—The administration bill impos- ■
ing a penalty of thirty years impnsonment on any person ■
t who destroys an ywar material in the United States in time C
of war passed by the Senate to-day in five minutes without. ■
debate. M
MARRIAGE LICENSES ]
Harry Selbert Howe, llnrrlxliurK, nml Sarjili Kllialiclh Uaranrb, Har- 1
bronek Helichtii, Hi, J.
Howard l.elnnil MrDonrll, I.lttlenlon n, anil Florfiicf Knimn Klnnk,
Hanover. t)
I Albert Kitifrrald Sonrbrrr anil Charlotte Hull, Albright, llarrlahurit. 1
Frank Kuhti anil Pauline Marie I'nlM, Kiibiiul. J
I'aul Haaa Walker and Corn Hell Ho,very, tlnrrlnbnrg. 1
I Harry B. Bnncbmojer and lllanehe K. Noll. >llddle<on. V
Hoy Henry Walter, Camp Hill and Ada Uatella .Morgan, Enoln. J
phi mt m aI
executive departments and shall re
port to Congress from time to time m
its own discretion or when requester
to do so by either branch of Con
gress."
The committee would be clothe
with the widest powers of investigi'
tion, compelling testimony undt
oath.