Mt| HARRISBURG QSSg&I TELEGRAPH M\ ®&c Stor-lnftcpajdnii * • LXXXVII— No. 39 16 PAGES HOG ISLAND I SCANDAL TO BE I INVESTIGATED I BY U.S. ORDER Vresident Wilson Directs At- I torney General Gregory to I Begin Examination Into I Much-Discussed Contract VANDERLIP'S NAME FIGURES IN RECORDS Shipbuilding Company Was I to Receive Immense Sum I For "Knowing How" to I Build Yards /?> Associated Press ■Washington, Feb. 14.—Presi- Hnt Wilson to-day directed At- Hrney General Gregory to in ■stigatc tlie much discussed Island shipyard contracts, Hiich have been adversely before the Senate Hmniercc Committee, and de- H*minc if tlicre has been any misuse oC government Kite President also directed the! general to work in conjunc- I ■i with Chairman Hurley of the Hoard, in his investigation. | Inev has been iuvolved in the Hog project in which the Amer by Frank A. Vanderlip, of the National City Bank, figured. ilog Island shipyard on the river near Philadelphia is to be the greatest in the with more than fifty ways to lay down ships. American International Cor- Hitloii. through its subsidiary cor- the American International Company, has contracts ■ its construction and for shlp- there, from the Emergency H>t Corporation, acting for the States Shipping Board. of the principal points of at ■c on the International Shipbulld- M Corporation in the Senate com- Hce's investigation has been that Hts contract with the Emergency H-t Corporation it would receive ■c of $6,000,000 for the "know of building the shipyard and out the ships. , ■r. Vanderlip's name was brought ■ the investigation as being pres ■ t of tbe mother corporation and countersigned the con ■ts. ■ has developed among other at the Senate committee's that Colonel Black, of Phil- one of the former owners ■log Island, got $2,000 an acre I [Continued on Pnpc 12.] I When the State Booms War Savings Shouldn't You? 'Tell your neighbor ME WEATHER B- Hiirrlnl>tirg nnil vlrlaltfi Fair ■< l Hiirmfr o-nlKht| Kriduy rnln nntl wnrmrri ■ tronK Moalli wliiilhi lonrm trm- to-nlsht about 3H le- Hn m. H Kuteri I'cnnoj lviinlni Fair ■id warmer o-iil*hi, Friday rnln and warmer! ■ truni; sooth winds. Illvrr movements occurred Wcdnes ■n; In the Wm( Brunch and Its uhave Wllllumnport Htuniln on well lielovr point*. Warmer weather Hurlnx ine next thlrty-nlx hours, with rain, will cause ■aplil meltlnar of snow and like. H)r result In a flow sufficient to Harrr the lee out of all streams ■if the Nuaqnehnana river ny H . ■en. A atane oI about 7.5 feet Hlnjr morning- General Condition* ■atorm of great magnitude from ■hr Northwest la now central ■nter Icwn. It la caualiiK annw Hn the Middle Mlaaourl and lip. Mississippi valley* n„d ■ilanu the northweat border of tireat I.akes, ami strong ■! nd* nnd Kale* In the l.ower Middle nnd I'pper Ml**| n . Blppl and Ml**ourl valley*, nnd attended by hlKher teuiperii- on Ita front, with decld- colder weather In Ita wake. Hreiuprralurm are again below Manitoba, a reading Hif 24 deicree* below aero una ■cparted thla morning. 8 a. m., 2 8. Itlaea, (i 44 a. m.| Beta, CilO ■ m. ■Wbi First quarter, February 17, ■, "mi P. m. BUr Staicei 5 .2 feet above low- I Iter mark. Yesterday's Weather HHitat temperature, 411. Hl'Ott temperature, 4(1. HMe'ttnperature, 43. H Sail temperature, SO. THE NEW VALENTINE | MY VALE J~y OMANCE and love. make. our lives worth while JL I On this weary old work-a-day earth. jpij The throb in a voice, the light of a smile 55 Are things of immeasurable worth. And strange as it is, the older we grow I' The more do we feel this is true. !■ To be. gentle and kind, to give of our best; It seems such a small thing to do.' But while you are sending me tokens of love, There is one thing that I want to say: | My best valentine would be seeing you, dear, In the Service of our U. S.A.! —ANNA HAMILTON WOOD BONE-DRY STATE AIM OF WORKERS IN SESSION HERE Delegates Not.Certain if Can didate "Will Be Endorsed For Governor Whether or not the Pennsylvania Dry Federation which began its sessions in Chestnut street hall this morning, with more than 500 rep- I rosentatives and many visitors pres ent, shall endorse any one man for Governor at this time, whether the malter shall be passed up all to gether or the Democrats permitted to favor one candidate and the Re publicans another were questions that bobbed up as the delegates were getMng together. These sub jects were on the tongues of many [Continued on Page ft.] City to Face Ice Shortage Next Summer if Harvest Is Not Heavy This Winter Because there wt\l be a great scar city of ice next summer, the Food Administration urg*s all people having available facilities to harvest all ice possible. Ammonia, which is used in the manufacture of artificial lee, will be used by the Government for tile manufacture of munitions, and it will be necessary to rely upon natural ice for the summer's supply. Administrator Donald McCormick urges persons having storag" facili ties to harvest as much ice as pos sible this winter. Russian Soldiers Commit Shocking Atrocities, Report By Associated Press ~ Stockholm, Feb. 14.—Russian sol diers are reported to' be committing shocking acts of terrorism on the Aland Islands. In consequence of a statement that Swedish residents have fled to outlying islands, Swed ish rescue expeditions will be sent. The Aland Islands are in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden and belong to Russia. Most of the inhabitants are of Swedish na tionality or descent. TRIES TO ENLIST Jackson, Mich., Feb. 14.—When W. A. Clark, of Jackson, learned yesterday that his 19-year-old son Wilbur was drowned on the Tus cania, he immediately went to a re cruiting station and tried to enlist in the artillery service. Clark, who is 47 years old, was not accepted be cause of his age. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1918 CHANGE IN WAR PROGRAM CAUSES A HUGE DEFICIT J Favorable Report on Billion- Dollar Urgent Defi ciency Bill By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 14. billion dollar urgent deficiency appropria tion bill, the largest of its kind in tbe history of Congress, although cut a half billion Trom original es timates, was favorably reported to the House to-day by Chairman Sherley, of the Appropriations Com mittee, debate on the bill, which provides for the immediate needs of the War, Navy and other depart ments, is expected to begin in the House to-morrow. In presenting the measure Chair man Sherley made public testimony given to the committee by depart ment chiefs during past months of committee investigation. Huge Amounts Asked Huge amounts were asked for va rious military activities. Among these was a total of almost $81,000,- 000 for mountain, field and siege ar [Continucci on Page 12.] German Submarine Lands Crew on Ferra Island; Holds Mayor as Hostage By Associated Press .. Paris, Feb. 14.—The German sub marine which sank the Spanish steamer Ccferino near Verro Island, one of the Canary group, belonging to Spain, as reported from Madrid yesterday, landed a party on Ferro Island when It put ashoro the crew of the steamer, according to advices ; to the Figaro. The, Germans are said to have sent for the mayor of the town, to whom they declared there were two Ger mans interned on the island. The mayor explained all the Germans were on Teneriffe Island, but he arid another prominent citizen were nev ertheless taken on board the sub marine and held as hostages until a message from Teneriffe confirmed the mayor's statement, the Figaro's advices state. "Kaiser William" Wiped Off Pittsburgh Map By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Feb. 14.—"Kaiser Wil liam" was wiped off the map of Pittsburgh to-day, when Council adopted a resolution changing the name of "Kaiser William street" in Mount Washington, a residential suburb, to "Marne Way." HOW PARK IS USED Some of the piles of snow and ice in River Front Park, hauled there by highway department forces ind private residents, are shown in the view above. The snow lias been dumped in all parts of the park rom Calder to Harris streets. ICE TO MOVE OFF SUSQUEHANNA IN NEXT 48 HOURS Continued Thaw and Kx pected Rain to Cause Breakup The ice in the Susquehanna and its branches probably will K o out with in forty-eight hours at the most, ac cording to Weather Forecaster De main. Rain is forecasted to-night or to-morrow, accompanied by a rise in temperature, which will raise the water to a sufficient depth to carry the ice out. Without rain to-night or to-mor row, the rise in temperature will bring enough snowwater into the [Continued on Page 14.] Robertson Will Remain Chief of Imperial Staff, Daily Chronicle Declares By Associated Press .. London, Feb. 14. Major-General William R. Robertson, the Daily Chronicle declares on its own infor mation, will remain Chief of the im perial Staff with the full approval and confidence of the war cabinet. Ma jor-General Wilson, the sub-chief, will continue to be the principal British representative at Versailles. Tiie Chronicle adds that if. as has been reported, an exchange of offices between Generals Robertson and Wilson was contemplated at any time, it has now been abandoned. French Wheat Crop Breaks All Records By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 14.-—The condition of winter wheat in the departments of I'ranee which give the largest yields Is reported by an expert who has just finished a tour of inspection to justify fully the most optimistic hopes for the 191S crop. Nowhere did the frost do any damage and the prospects are good for a greater crop per acre than in any year since 1914. Preparations for spring seeding are well under way and it is prob able the acreage will exceed that of last spring by nearly one million. There is an equal increase in the acreage of winter wheat over 1917. AMERICAN JOIN FRENCH INTHECHAMPAGNE In First Official Record of an Appearance on New Front, United States Batteries Give Effec tive Service. By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 14. —American batter ies took part in the artillery bom bardment in connection with the large French raid in the Champagne yesterday, it is announced officially. Effective assistance was given by the American gunners. (This is the first mention of American batteries on the Champagne front). American gunners are trained by the French before going Into active service on their own front. The American batteries referred to in the French official report evidently are some of those undergoing this In struction. The official French statement of latft night reported a lnrge raid on a front OT about 1,200 meters In the Champagne near Butte du Mesnil, in which the French penetrated aa far as the German third line. The American sector is in Ix>rraine, some distance to the east of this point. APPROVAL IS GIVEN JEWISH RELIEF FUND Citizens Generally Willing to Give Assistance to Good Cause m DR. NATHAN KRASS "Tliclr liltlc children have be come so famished that their joints have become nvoUen. They have iKVonie so anaemic that, as lias been told us by ob servers, there Is no child in some communities which lias reach ed Hie age of six or seven years that ean walk—it has forgotten Ut walk —and all lliat we ean <lo Is to give them ciiouvli food, the simplest of food, to keep Iwxly and soul together until the war is over." The fathers and mothers of Har risburg children who read the pre ceding paragraph, and who to-day watched their own children romp ing, red-clieeked, away to school may at the Orpheum Theater Mon day night hear more of the Jewish [Continued on Page ll.] interesting developments have grown out of the big French raid in the Champagne region yesterday. Primarily it has been revealed in this connection that American artillery men arc in action on the f'hampagne front. The French oftlcial statement of to-day noted the presence of American batteries and announced they had given "very effective sup port" to the raiders. It had not been previously known [Continued on Page 14.] COL. ZIKGLKK'S FUNERAL Funeral services for Dieutenant Colonel Frank K. Zlegler, who died at Fort Sam Huston, Tex., as the result of a fall from his horse, will be held at the home, 106 State street, Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The Rev. S. W. Herman, pastor of Zlon Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be made privately in Harrisburg Cemetery. THAW EXPOSES DIRT PILED UP DURING WINTER City Officials at Fault For Ash Muddle and Park Dump Failure of city council to provide for ash collections when the con-1 tract with the Pennsylvania Iledue- I tion Company expired, and also to enforce the provisions with that firm when it was doing the work, is largely responsible for conditions in | the city many residents and officials siiid to-day. Commissioner Gross yesterday is sued an order that all dumping in Rivert Front park must be stopped. Highway department forces used the park to dump snow hauled from uptown streets. Other residents see ing the carts and wagons dumping snow there decided to use it for a public dump with the result that piles of refuse are appearing. Commissioner I.,ynch is having trouble also because residents in s-ome sections of the city are dump ing ashes and other waste In the street. In the vicinity of the Shim mell school building. Seventeenth and Catherine streets, at Seventeenth and Herr streets; along the street intersections in South Cameron street, and in River Front park south of Paxton street the worst condi tions exist. "A general cleanu of the en tire city will be the only remedy," officials said to-day. Whether the Pennsylvania Re duction Company will comply with the request of council to make a cleanup or will ignore the action of the commissioners will determine how this work will lie done. It was intimated at Council that the bond ing company furnishing surety for the reduction firm will be hold for tbe expense of a cleanup if the city must do the work. Sparks From Furnace Set Fire to Cellar Woodpile Sparks from a furnace in the cellar of Charles 11. Chief's garage and motorcycle and bicycle repair shop, started a fire in a pile of wood near by that caused a hot fifteen minutes for the tire department at 9.30 this morning. The repair shop is a one story frame building located at Car lisle and Ilerry streets. Charles 11. Uhler, proprietor of the place, said after the fire, that he was called from the cellar to the tele phone. Upon his return from tbe telephone, he found his place filled up with smoke. An alarm was turn ed in from the box at Fifteenth and Derry streets at 9.26. The combined efforts of the fire men confined the blaze to the cellar where much wood was destroyed. Nothing else of value was in the cel lar, Mr. IThler said this morning. The property ' damage is covered by insurance. , , State Food Administrator to Speak in Harrisburg In co-operation with the food con servation drive to be launched here George Wharton Pepper, chairman of tbe Pennsylvania Committee on Public Safety, and Howard llelnz, State Food Administrator, will ad dress a meeting in Harrisburg, Feb ruary 2H. The speakers' bureau of the Dauphin county committee, with C. C. Stroh as chairman, is making arrangements to have other prom inent speakers present. Austro-German Peace Affects Polish Interests By Associated Press London, Feb. 14.—Count Sobanski, representative in I,ondon of the Polish National Committee, In a statement Issued to-day declares the Austro-German peace with the Ukraine affects the interests of Po land. The peace conditions concern ing the frontiers, not Only between the Ukraine and Galieia. but also be tween the Ukraine and Russian Po land, change the frontiers to the det riment of Poland, he said. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION RUSSIAN SITUATION GIVES HUN LEADERS GREAI UNEASINESS Future Attitude of Trotzky and Bolsheviki Government Said to Be in Doubt; Probable Fate of Many Austro- German Prisoners Is Cause of Grave oncern; Hert ling Speech in Reichstag Expected Tuesday London, Feb. 14.—An important peace debate will begin in the German Rcichstr.g on February 21, according to a wireless dispatch from Amsterdam. Chancellor von Ilertling will dis cuss the treaty with the Ukraine and will reply to President Wil son, Premier Lloyd George and Premier Orlando. An Amsterdam dispatch received in London Tuesday reported that Count von Rertling intended to answer President Wilson's message in the Reichstag next Tuesday. ' Uneasiness over the Russian situa tion in German and Austrian official circles is indicated In reports in the German press. The Central Powers ire said to be uncertain conceding "•he future attitude of Foreign Min ister Trotzky and the Bolshevik gov ernment, and one Berlin newspaper says that the announcement that the Russian army had been ordered de mobilized was a "sham maneuver." Concern Over Prisoners German leaders are said to have held conferences as to the best course to pursue. One report is to the effect that military operations against the Bolshevik m"ght lie re sumed, but both Berlin and Vienna appear to be anxious over the prob able fate of the .mil/ ibi-usands of Austro-German prisoners n Russian hands. Circulation of the message order ing the demobilization of the Rus sian army, thp German papers say, was halted three hours after the or der was sent out. Concerning situation in Fetrograd, thre .ia/3 teen no press reports since early last Tuesday. Dispatches last Thursday t * § DRAFT MOVEMENT EXTENDED lb 4* ▼ first draft, beginning on. 1 5 • within the fol • . xallj X I X planned, but will extend ovei i lto March. A movement tt | *6* 4 not in -aided in pre vie v..; an it will be [in Match A X 4, moving 10,077-men to Fc.r* Ogelthorpe, Ga., and Camp T Funs ton. Provost * 31 JS|- notJiicd Governors that classification of selected men vv V X *£ X tually I) <■ 4 a £ X drawing of units frbm their..respective comnutmtion and <4* ♦ reclassification of men undergoing change of status. X X LINES WILL BE MAINTAINED ? T *s If* Amsterdam—The line o: demarcation along the east- *r v'* 1 . \JL ern front must be-maintainc . *s* ± y X siar.i ' : -fir ;o . i ' hto *2* iji tic Loksl Am:ci;;cr of Berlin Turkish troops will IJL take possession of all Turkish territory erto Y. i has been cccuj icd by Russu t ! $ ■ ± +. SHIPBUILDERS DEMAND $6.00 SCALE L New York—A strike .f about. 200 .shipbuilding X <• T X workers- on Staten Island threatened to-day to spread ♦ e| within the next twenty-tour hours to affect the industry J' X more generally atjthis port unless the government inter- T X yenes. Tile men demand $ "and extra pay for ▼ I. overtime and Sunday work—wages they claim are ? **•' M equivalent to those paid to shipbuilders on Pacific coast. X 1 JL. A number of shipbuilding employes held a meeting in HK . ■* Brooklyn last night and adonts '. resolutions providing for w ♦ X 1 L a general strike to-mori ,s the increases sought T' Jr V X are granted. A committee representing the Marin*- |" Wo:> ;worker.- Distii.-J Co> 1 v ; .'iid t • ls..v? lei ? X to-day for Washington. X DAUPHIN COUNT'/ h/\K TO MEET S X A meeting q/the Dauphin C Bar has bee a called in Court Room Number Or :, Saturday aftrinoon at £ X o'clock to pass resolutions on the death of Lieutenan Colonel Frank E. Zeigler. Xj 4 MARRIAGE LI <4 Itnl|>h B. Sleek Icy. IOIIKMIICI litotv n. mid Km .1. Illeeher, Middle j town) Vllllnm T. Kurd. Mlddlctonn. nnd Hutli A. Ivepntr, llarrlx- T* l.nrKi Henjninln K. Dlllman mid leather IM. Hcril. llnrrlnl>urKi Mel vln H. Arnold, l.ruioj ue, and Alice K. Mi'tiulrr, Knuln. ' reported rioting: in Petrogrnu, in which 120 person* were killed. Activity IncrcjtNCM In Franco there has been a slight increase in the lighting activity. On tho British front Canadian troops have carried out two successful raids and in the Ypres sector the Ger [Continued 011 Page 10.] Airplane Falls Fatal to Three Army Fliers Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 14. —lieu- tenant Wray and Cadet Porter were killed at Hicks Field, at noon ves terday, when their airplane "fell. They were engaged in gunnery prac tice at the time of tho accident. lieutenant Peyton C. March. Jr., son of Major General Peyton •C. March, the new acting chief of staff of the Army, died yesterday from injuries received Tuesday in a fall with an airplane. March was com missioned only a few days ago. He was 2 0 years old.
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