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COL REPINGTON TO BE TRIED
UNDER DEFENSE OF REALM ACT
HUN REPLY TO
WILSON SPEECH
TO COME SOON
Tuesday Is Date Fixed Unofficially For Imperial Ger
man Chancellor's Reply; Earl Curzon Sees in Utter
ances of Hertling and Czernin an Effort to Separate
Allies; Austria Anxious For Peace, London Report
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 13.—According to the lobby correspondent of
the Daily News facts are known which bring the possibility cf a
separate peace between Austria-Hungary and the Entente Allies
much nearer. Great reluctance, he says, is manifested in Austria
toward the prospect of fighting British and American troops on
the western front.
Count von Hertling, the Imperial
German Chancellor, it is reported i
unofficially, will answer President j
Wilson's address to Congress in the!
German Reichstag next Tuesday. |
President Wilson saw a difference;
between the chancellor's recent 1
statement and that of Count Czer-:
nin, the Austro-Hungarian f<sreitrni
minister, and declared that Count ]
von Hertling had not withdrawn]
from his position that peace should!
be made on Germany's terms.
Challenged to move want of confi
dence in his government by Pre- 1
mier I.lovd George, the British S
House of commons yesterday failed]
to take such action. Criticism of
the Versailles council and the pre
mier's attitude concerning it was]
voiced in the House by former Pre-1
mier Asquith and other speakers. As
to reports that Field Marshal Haigi
and General Robertson had been Ois-'
missed or had resigned, spokesmen 1
for the government denied the truth
of such statements.
Premier Lloyd George in the
House, and King George in an ad
RAILROAD HEADS
ARE COMPETENT,
KELLOGG TELLS
United States Senator Asserts
That Laws Hamper
Good Work
By Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 13.—The opinion
that President Wilson's action in
taking over the railroads was un
necessary because as good results
would have been obtained by the car
riers with proper government co
operation was expressed in the Sen
ate to-day by Senator Kellogg, a
member of the Senate Interstate
I'ommerre Committee. He declared
that had the railroad heads been
given full measure of assistance the
government would have escaped the
necessity of guaranteeing the car
riers an income for the use of the
properties taken over.
Senator Kellogg spoke in support
of the committee's amended draft
of the administration railroad bill
which, he said, "reflects the best
judgment of the administration and
the committee." Although he did
not agree with the President and his
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STAR-INDEPENDENT
BUILDING
FOR STA
Will Be Remodeled and Made Fire Proof; Whole of Six
Floors to be Used by Offices of Commonwealth Now
Scattered About the City
The State Board of Grounds and
Buildings in this afternoon discuss
ing changes to be made in the old
•Star-Independent Uulldlng, which it
was announced the State had leased
several months ago. It was expect
ed that at this meeting the Board
would decide which of the many of
fices now scattered about the city
will be quartered there. The re
modeling will be done at the expense
of the owners.
The building is centrally located
and is of brick, six stories in height
It is strongly built nnd will be re
modeled by its owners, Johii L. L.
dress to parliament, asserted no
basis for a democratic peace could
be found in recent statements of
leaders of the central powers. The
premier said he could see no differ
ence in substance between the re
cent utterances of Chancellor von
Hertling and Count Czernin. Before
the Italian parliament, Premier Or
lando has declared that Italy will
light on until victory is achieved.
West Front Drive Delayed
There is yet no indication that
military operations on the western
front are about to be resumed on
a large scale. Attempts by raiding
parties are growing stronger, espe
cially in the French front near Ver
dun antf in the Woevre, but there
has been no attack in force.
"Sometime in March," according
to a German prisoner, the Germans
will attack on the British front. He
did not know if a general offensive
would be begun then but there is
marked activity behind the Ger
man lines. The weather on the
British front continued favorablo
and the fields and roads are dry
ing fast.
NOT A LOAFER
TO ESCAPE NET
SET BY POLICE
Nine Alleged Gamblers Taken
in Raid on Hotel
Room
The word has gone out from the
executive office of the Mayor to
every man in the police department
that the order of Mayor Daniel L.
Keister last night, authorizing the
arrest under a vagrancy charge of
every habitual lcafer, is to be en
forced stringently by the police.
Last night the patrolmen were in
structed to make a thorough Inves
tigation of poolrooms, cigar stores
and other recognized rendezvous of
loafers and loungers, and after as
certaining the status of the occu
pants, to arrest any habitue without
a known occupation.
Numerous places were entered by
the police last night. Chief Wetzel
said this morning. Owing to the
fact that the policemen make it a
point to keep well posted on the
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Kuhn and W. K. Meyers, to meet the |
needs of the State. All the floors 1
will be torn out and replaced with !
concrete, lire proor construction. ;
The partitions will be replaced to j
meet the needs of the Common- I
wealth. Th work will be done as i
quickly as possible in order to per- !
mit the concentration of widely scat- |
tered office. It is understood that
the State will occupy the building
until the new buildings in the Capi
tol Extension zone are completed.
The building will be transformed
from top to bottom and the improve
ments contemplated will make a
modern, lire proof structure of it, i
with large basement and two Are- |
proof storage vaults for State rec- >
ords.
HARRISBURG, FA.,WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1918
171TUSCANIA
VICTIMS BIIRIED
ON SCOTCH COAST
Latest Records, Compiled One
Week After Disaster, Be
lieved Reliable
VILLAGERS PAY TRIBUTE
Americans Sang "Star Span
gled Banner" at Side of
Companions' Graves
By Associated Press
A Scotch Seaport, Tuesday,
Feb. 12.—Up to Tuesday night,
a week after the disaster, 171
victims of the ill-fated Tuscania
had been laid to rest at different
points on the Scotish coast.
These were divided as follows:
Americans 131. identified and
33 unidentified.
Crew, 4 identified and 3 uni
dentified.
The Associated Press corres
pondent co-operated with the
American Army officers in obtain
ing these figures which go forward
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HEADLESS MAN TAKES HAT
IN HAND AND DEPARTS
Refuse Found in Charlie Flee
aetly Bones," and Ball of Fi
B. H. Corby and members of his
family, residing in the haunted
house, at GSO Verbeke street, have
made an interesting natural history
discovery, namely, that headless In
dividuals do not care for publicity,
and do not court popularity in the
eyes of the public.
The Corbys said this morning that
a curious public which visited their
house in streams yesterday to see the
plaee which was haunted by a man
whose head was missing, have put
the place in disrepute as far as the
ghostly visitors are concerned. Not
a headless man appeared last night,
not 'even a headless child, said the
Corbys.
Chancellor Bonar Law
Defends Shipping Program
in House of Commons
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 13.—During the year
1917 there was built in Oreat Brit
ain 1. 163,475 tons of shipping aiyi
170,000 tons were secured abroad, i
Mr. Bonar Law announced.
During 1917 the National Service
Department had nut into the army
820,645 additional men and placed
in employment at home 731,000 men
and 804,000 women. Mr. Bonar
stated. He made these announce
ments in replying to criticisms of
the government's home poljcy.
The Chancellor explained that
Premier Lloyd George's estimate of
Great Britain's ship construction
was not realized because the govern
ment had arranged to have a large
quantity of tonnage built in the Unit
ed States and when that nation came
into thewar she preferred, "as we
would have," to take the tonnage
herself. The tonnage, however, was
there, the Chancellor pointed out.
THE WEATHER
(WHEATLESS DAY)
For fftirrinliurK and vicinity: hiir
ami colder to-nljclit, with low
cut temperature about frec/.liiK;
Thiirndny fair.
For Kuntcrn Pennsylvania i Fair
11 ml colder to-nljcht; Thurndny
fairs dimlniNhiiiK nortliv*e*t
windM.
WHY
Not Give the Children
Thrift Stamps
Instead of Valentines
Tomorrow ?
That would be
Real Thrift
COAL FAMINE
IS SOON TO BE
THING OF PAST
Railways Able to Make Heav
ier Shipments Into
City
CONGESTION IS RELIEVED
Promise of Further Improve
ment Is Given Fuel
Administrator
Mild weather which has relieved
railway congestion during the week
has relieved anthracite conditions in
the city considerably, retail coal
dealers report this morning.
While the amount of hard coal in
Harrisburg is not large, the ship
ments during the last forty-eight
hours have been heavier than at any
time in the past six weeks. Twenty
eight cars of hard coal have arrived
over the Pennsylvania and P. and R.
railroads during the last two days.
Eight cars of anthracite arrived over
the Philadelphia and Reading and
nineteen cars over the Pennsylvania.
The shipment of eight cars of an
thracite that arrived in Harrisburg
for Reading dealers yesterday was
the largest in two months. The
Reading dealers have been selling
bituminous coal, and the arrival of
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k's Refrigerator Wasn't "Ex-
re Was Only Reflected Light
As for "the refrigerator' that this
Fleck buried thirty-seven years
ago,'" said the Corbys, "why the
thing would be rotted by this time."
Fleck scoffed when this was reported
to him. "White pine rotted by this
time," he snorted (does Charlie
snort?) "I- guess not!"
Overwrought
But the Corbys do admit that they
might have been overwraught, and
that some of the things they saw
were seen in their own imagination.
For instance, the ball of lire that
guided them to the very corner of
the cellar, turned out upon investi
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U. S. and Canada Must
Provide England With
65 Per Cent, of Foodstuffs
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 13. Sir William
Goode, who since the entry of the
United States into the war has occu
pied the important post of liason of
ficer between the British food minis
try and tiie United States food admin
istration, discussed the present food
situation in an address to-day to the
London Rotarv Club.
"Few people," said Sir William,
y . et „ grasped the fundamental
Tact that Great Britain still relies on
the United States and Canada for
J 1 " of her essential food
stuffs. I nless we can get this food,
or nearly all of it, we shall peter out.
As to how we get. popular idea seems
4 j • United States is an
up-to-date combination of miracle
lo aves and fishes and widow's cruse.
'What I want you to realize is the
amazing 1 way in which the energies
and sentiments of the American peo
ple have been harnessed to a great
national movement of organized self
sacrifice, so that the allies can have
food enough to cany on." He pro
ceeded to give a detailed account of
the steps taken by the United States
toward food productions and conser
vation.
c 7 n "; W' l , l tell you," he fa id.
that it is ridiculous to imagine that
the American people living in the
mklst of plenty, will make such sac
rifices as these for the sake of their
allies thousands of miles away. The
cynic wil! relegate President Wilson
and Herbert C. Hoover to the cate
gory of well-meaning idealists. Hut
these voluntary measures can l>e test
ed by results."
Monday Closing Order
Suspended by Garfield;
Potter Has Not Acted
Washington, Feb. 13.—Fuel Ad
ministrator (iarfteld to-<lav suspend
ed- the Monday closing order but left
the way open to put It again into
operation, if necessary.
State Fuel Administrators were
given permission to keep the order
in force in their States, if it appears
that it should Ix- done to relieve fuel
shortages, and also were authorized
to put into force any otlier restric
tive measures that special clrcum
stanees muke necessary.
Ross A. lllekok, fuel administra
tor for Dauphin county, said late
tlisi afternoon that he has received
no word from State Administrator
William Potter relative to the action
he will take In regard to Monrluy
dosing in Pennsylvania.
ENGLAND TO
ACT AGAINST
WAR WRITER
Under "Defense of the Realm" Act, Government Will
Proceed Against Charles A. Repington, Famous Cor-
respondent Formerly Connected With London Times,
and Now of Morning Post Staff, For Printing Un
censored Articles
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 13.—Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor of the exchequer,
announced to-day in the House of
Commons that action would be taken
under the defense of the realm act
against Colonel Repington, the mili
tary correspondent of the Morning
Post, for an article which appeared
in the Post on' Monday. The article
complained of was submitted to the
censor who refused his permission to
publish it. The article afterwards was
published in a different form with
out being submitted to the censor.
Mr. Bonar Law announced action
also would be taken against the ed
itor of the Morning Post.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles A'Court
Repington resigned from Lord
Northcliffe's lx>ndon Times on Jan
uary 21, after iifteen years' service
on that paper as military corre
spondent and joined the staff of the
Morning Post. In explanation of his
resignation Colonel Repington said:
"The government has lost the
confidence not only of labor but of
the great majority of the people and
if existing methods are allowed to
USE OF RIVER
PARKFOROUMP
INCENSES CITY
Highway Department Em
ployes Arc to Blame
For Outrage
Residents all over the city are in
censed because of the action of the
city highway department forces who
have been using the River Front
Park as a public dump. At Boas
street and' from Calder to Harris
streets, the conditions are similar to
those of years ago before the big
imp! vement loans were floated to
beautify the River Front.
Scores of complaints are being
made now because of the huge piles
of snow, dirt, broken bricks, tin cans
and refuse which have been dumped
all over the park, making it resemble
a public dump on the outskirts of a
city, instead of a recreation place.
Paths in the park are closed by the
waste and even part of Front street
is blocked along the curbing by the
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HAYS OF INDIANA
ELECTED HEAD OF
G. 0. P. CO
John T. Adams, of lowa, Announced Withdrawal from
Contest When Election as National Head Seemed Un
certain; Penrose, Hitchcock, Perkins and Colder
Were Leaders in Harmony Movement
St. Louis, Feb. 13. the Re
publican Rational Committee
this afternoon elected W ill 11.
Hays of Indiana, chairman. lie
was placed in nomination by
J. T. Adams, of lowa, and the
nomination was seconded by
Committeeman King, of Con-!
necticut.
The resignation of all mem-;.
bers of the executive committee was
accepted. The committee adopted j :
a resolution that national commit- i
teemen' should be regarded as the
head of the party In their respective ,
states, and decided that the national j •
committee should meet once a year.
Fred W. Upham, of Chicago, was i ,
elected treasurer of the National ;
Committee. He received 34 votes;
George It. Sheldon, of New York, s
received twelve votes.
K. P. Thayer, of Indiana, was
continue will succeed In wrecking
both the military and naval services.
The great crime of the (British)
government is that it will not tell
the nation the truth."
The edit<# of tht Morning Post
against whom Chancellor Bonar Law
announced action also would he
taken, is H. A. Gwynne. In an inter
view with Lieut. Colonel Replngton
cabled to the United StAtes last
month the military critic said:
"I have to thank Lady Bathurst,
proprietor, and H. A. Gwynne, ed
itor, of the Morning Post, for the
fact that I am no longer muzzled and
that 1 can now tell the British public
and the American public the truth
about our armies in France. They
have done a' public service in en
abling me to tell the truth, and I
may say that Mr. Gwynne risked his
personal liberty in so doing. Under
the defense of the realm act you
can lock a man up for nearly any
thing, and if our war cabinet did
not know that the case which I pre
sented on Thursday, (January 2,4),
was fairly stated. 1 make no doubt
that both Mr. Gwynne and myself
would be in jail already."
BAKERIES MAY
CLOSE FOR LACK
OF MATERIALS
Flour on Way to City For
Weeks Lost in Traffic
Maze
That Harrisburg is in actual dan
ger of a bread famine, was the opin
ion of bakers here who have not
been able to get in supplies of wheat
flour, rolled oats, rye or corn meal.
Bernard Schmidt said this morning
that he could not promise to continue
his full output more than one day.
and this depends on the arrival of
100 barrels of flour from the Mul
grew Baking Company, of Carlisle.
At the Bricker bakery It was said
that so far as the supply of ingredi
ents is concerned, this flrm could not
promise to keep up the normal pro
duction. "Congestion of traffic is to
blame," was the reason given for
this wholesale ly.ck offbreadstuffs.
"There Is plenty of material but It
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elected sergeant-at-arms to succeed
the late William Stone.
Guy V-. Howland, Minnesota,
was elected assistant sergeant-at
nrins, and James l:. Keynolfl.*, of
Washington, was re-elected secre
tary.
John T. Adams of lowa, this aft
ernoon announced his withdrawal
from the contest for chairman of the
Republican National Committee.
Will H. Hays, of Indiana, will be
placed in nomination by Mr. Adams
and his election by acclamation
probably will follow. Mr. Adams
his position as vice chair
man according to the compromise
plan.
Mr. Adams stated that his with
drawal was made unconditionally.
The question of whether he would
remain as vice chairman was not
considered, he said.
Asked New I leadership
Governor Goodrich, of Indiana,
said he expected the national com
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COAL DEALER HELD FOR COURT
T Harrisburg —G. Frank Milleisen wd,s held for court X
PJP under s2f hort weight in selling <L
I ' coal, following a Hilton this after* X
? noon. Two specific cases were brought against Uxß. ▼
4* Y. M. C. A. WORKERS.RETURN TO REGISTER &
4* >&
X An Atlantic Port- ' ice brought bac-: X
X to-day many members of the Young Meh'S Christian As-
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!** home • . A ipnehre
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IX Empetrr William that Germany's enemies must recog- X
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|a SERBIAN RETU : v HOMiJ VIA U. S. $
LT Peking, Saturday ~f Serbian prisoner X
<P of wfcr captured by the Russians from the Austrians, who 4*
X had c • • . 1 cen released from A
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4 AVIATION CAM!-' AT LONG BEACH T
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Loi , Beach,'' V. _Onc of the largest aviation in- 4
rtruction camps in America is to be established at this X
jummer re:,ort it was learned here to-day from army
i officers. Hundreds of stu lent aviators arc ejected soon X
|*|| to begin arriving here from the west and southwest. T
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Hurt . Ho>d, Camp Uotisn, and Snrn E. Mnrka, SKrllon.