NIGHT EXTRA— Sen. Weeks, Supporting Chamberlain, Scores Delays— NlGHT EXTRA HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 6tac- 2n&cpcn&cnt ® j LXXXVII No. 40 20 PAGES GERMANS WILL INVADE RUSSIA; VERNON CASTLE MEETS DEATH Eight Enemy Craft Sunk by Flotilla of Enemy Destroyers London, Feb. 15.—Eight British craft which were one a trawler, the enemy destroyers returned rapidly SJ limiting submarines have been sunk by a raiding flotilla northward before they could be engaged. The destroyer Jf; of enemv destroyers it is announced officially. After liav- raid took place in the Straits of Dover the official ail ing sunk these vessels, seven of which were "drifters" and nouncement states. _ j KAISER TO INVADE RUSSIA TO COMPLETE Trotzky and the Bolsheviki Government Having Refused Peace on German Terms, \ Teuton Forces Will Again Take Up Military Operations Against Northern Russia, Following Conference Between Emperor William and Military and Political Lead ers, Is Holland Report; Invasion of Petrograd Threatened Washington, Feb. 15.—Peace 011 German terms having been refused by the Bolsheviki gov ernment, Ormany will again take up military operations against Northern Pitssia. This '-evolu tion is reported to have been arrived at at a conference at Imperial headquarters between Em peror William and military and political leaders. Petrograd probably will the objecti/c of the new invasion. v The negotiations at Brest-Litovsk broke up in a stormy session after which Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, enunciated a plan of "no war, but no peace." This was rejected by Germany, which holds that Trotzky's declaration emWl the armistice on the Russian front. The armistice expired Thursday. It is indicated in Vienna dispatches that the central powers made peace with the Ukraine 111 order to offset their diplomatic defeat at the hands of Trotzky. It is reported that Germany will support tlie Ukraine against the Bolsheviki. One German newspaper says that the Bolsheviki are moving against the Ukraine and there is little doubt that the central powers will use all means to protect the food supplies which they hope to obtain from the Ukraine. By aiding the Ukraine Germany probably would not have to bring back from the western front more than a few of the divisions moved there recently from the ea-'. BREST-LITOVSK PARLEY ENDED WITH QUARREL Seeds of Future Discord Sown in Debate Between Participants Zurich, Fob. s.—The Munich Bavaria, correspondent of the Neue Augsburg Zcitung says lie learns j that the discussions at Brest-Litovsk last Sundr** between I)r. von Kuehl mam, ilie Gorman Foreign Secre tarj; Count Cze.nin, the Austro liungarian Minister of I-'oreign Af fairs, and Leon Trotzky, the Bol shevik Foreign Minister, were par ticularlv stormy and ended in a vio lent rupture, which sowed all the seeds ot.a future conflict. "That is why the conference at German main headquarters is dis cussing the eventuality of very cner getic military measures against the i Itussians," says the correspondent. Amsterdam, Feb. 15.—Judging from the latest indications in the German press, much dissatisfaction ' and suspicion has been aroused by the latest move of Foreign Minister Trotzkv Important political and military leaders are said to be con ferring busily to lind the best solu tion to the puzzle. rhc Kieuz Zeitung, of Berlin, on Tuesday declared "on reliable infor mation" that Trotzky s proposal is [Continued on Pago in.] r 1 Walk home a few evenings and use THE NICKELS to start a fund for A BABY BOND itSfThe Railways Co. won't mind HUNS WILL MOVE AGAINST RUSSIA, , HOLLAND REPORT Decision Reached When Mili tary Leaders Confer With Emperor William London, Feb. 15. —German}' lias resolved to renew military activities against northern Rus sia. This decision is said to have been reached at a confer ence at Imperial headquarters, dispatches from Holland say. The conference was attended i by Emperor William Chancellor Von Ilertling, Field Marshall Von Ilindenburg, General Von Lu-j dendorf. Foreign Secretary Von j Kuehlman and others. I The "no war, but no peace" plan j of Lcor. Trotzky, the Bolshevik for [( on tinned on Page 15,1 Quiet Prevails on American Sector of French Battle Front By Associated I'ress | With the American Army in' France, Thursday, Fe.b, 14.—Quiet I still prevails in the American sector,' hardly a shot having been tired dur- j ing the day. The visibility is ex- ; treniely poor. Prom the sounds bo-' Ing heard the German side it is evi d<nt the enemy is taking advantagei of the Opportunity to strengthen his position, building now dugouts, andi probably new trenches and mortar emplacements. The American troops also were hard at work to-day, im proving their trenches and dugouts. American patrols last night heard the clanging of steel and much ham- , mering in German lines, hut were i prevented from investigating further! by a German dog which, as on a for mer occasion, barked and put the! Germans on the alert. Only one! casualty was reported to-day. A man was killed by a stray bullet from a marchine gun while walking be- j tween two towns within the lines. I The French authorities to-day i turned out to the Americans a tract! of land behind the lines for use as a cemetery. This is In line with the plans previously announced for the care of the American dead in France. HARRISBURG, PA.,FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1918, UKRAINE PEACE IS PLANNED FOR 1 DOUBLE PURPOSE i. _ i Breach on Eastern Front More Important Than Food Need By Associated r>ess Amsterdam, Feb. 15.—Peace with j 't!ie Ukraine was made not only so that the Central Powers might ob | tain foodstuffs, but also to effect a' I breach in the eastern front, it is in-1 ■ diceted in a dispatch from Vienna.! A statement from a well-informed j j source dealing with the conclusion I of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations and| | given to Vienna newspapers says: . "As Trotsky's attitude, particularly ! I concerning the application of the j principle of self-detsrni'nation. made j ; a satisfactory conclusion impossible, I | it became the political task oT the j : powers who were working for peace { to make a breach in the eastern front; that is, to arrange a peace with tiie Ukraine, thereby also ar-! living at a settlement t>f the Hussian } I and Uumanian questions. Peace with | the Ukraine had to be made if only t because a way was opened by it to j eastern Europe's rich granary. True, : ; the country is not yet organized I properly, but opportunity to effect' ; improvements is now given and in! conformity with tile agreement l j stocks of food will he imported here! | as far as they are available." ! The statement adds that peace with I the T'kraine was obtainable only on ■ ! condition that Cholm should be ced- ! i <:d to the Ukraine, tile desire for [Continued oil Pago 10.] "KING RAM BO," LEADER OF BOY GANG, DEPOSED Painted Same on Public Buildings and Filled Pockets With Trinkets in Store Once Too Often King Rambo has been captured! llarrisbu rg's "desperado," the mysterious villain whose name has been Haunted on the city's walls and prominent buildings has at last been caught. For several weeks the capture of small boy shoplifters has been a daily occurrence at various stores in ICE MOVES OFF RIVER WITHOUT SERIOUS LOSS Sufficient Current to Carry Off Icc Opposite This City BIG CAKES SOON GORGE Piles Twenty Feet High Above and Below Har risburg The ice in the Susquehanna from j a point below Duncannon broke at 3.13 this morning:, and passed out without having done any damage to River Front property, or to the coal; and sand fleets lining the river banks. I The ice was carried away on an eleven-foot water stage, which at 5.20 this morning had receded to slightly over nine feet. Due to the unusual thickness of the ice, and the low stage of the water at the time it broke, the ice did not move freely after it broke, and gorges are numerous. Between Muench and Herr streets there is a tightly packed gorge, and from a point below Coxestown to Riverside, j there is a long gorge in which the ice is packed so tightly and liij/h that ' great cakes are forced far up thej river banks. In some places it was! estimated this morning the gorge' [Continued oil Page 10.1 GAZETTE-TIMES IS OUT STRONG FOR PROHIBITION Will Support Only "Dry" Can didates at the Republican Primaries in May Itatification of the prohibition amendment by the next Pennsylva nia legislature Is strongly urged by the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, in its leading editorial to-day. This en dorsement, which is in line with the position taken by the Harrisburg Telegraph and other prominent newspapers throughout the state, is significant from the fact that the Gazette-Times is the leading paper of Westefn Pennsylvania and is owned by former United States Sen ator George T. Oliver. The Gazette-Times, an ardent supporter of Republican principles, announces that at the coming pri maries it will support only candi dates for the House and Senate who are pledged to vote -for the amend- [Continued on Page fi,] \ \ \ DKPAHTMK\T MAKK.H M:\V RECORD Washington, Keb. 1 Secretary Daniel? announced to-day the re ceipt of a telegram from the Marc Island Navy Yard. California, stating that the destroyer Taylor was launch ed there yesterday, 6 per cent, com plete, four months after the keel was laid. Market street. The hoys have ascrlb -1 ed the motive for their plllering to i the fact that other boys have tauarht them to steal. Yesterday tlve.(rbys were caught in one store In the act of pocketing some small articles. The store manager in consideration of [Continued on Pngc I.] JEWISH WAR FUND IS TO ACCOMPLISH TWO OBJECTIVES Money Contributed Here Will Aid Soldiers and Suf fering Humanity PLAN FOR CAMP WORK CLEAN HANDS, PURE HEARTS i TT HAS always been notorious I that in time of war the pas sions of men run dangerously I high; and in the pursuit of the I delight of their eyes and the in clination of their hearts they . have from time immemorial been I led astray. There is in the Jew [ isli ritual for the day of Atone i mcnt an impressive prayer set ; ting forth that on that dav it is | determined who shall live and I who shall dip; who by fire and who by water; who by the sword j and who by famine. The whole world has been standing before such a Judgment Day for more I than three years, and our own boys of America are now called. Can we do less than see to it that those of them for whom the knell of doom is sounding shall, so far as lies in our power, go forth to their great adventure with clean 1 hands and a pure heart. —From a letter to Cyrus E. Sulzberger to the New York Times. . Xot only do the Jews of America propose to relieve the suffering of i hundreds of thousands of Jews in j Ihe warring allied countries of Eu j rope, but they propose seeing to it j that the American soldiers in train- I ing camps at home and abroad have [Continued on Pac 10.] LACK OF CENTRAL BODY IS BLAMED FOR WAR DELAYS Senator Weeks of the Military Committee Defends Chamberlain By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 15.—President I Wilson was charged with deliber | ately injecting politics into the con j troversy over war efficiency by Sen , ator Weeks, a Republican member lof the Military Committee, in a j speech to-day vigorously criticising i the >\ ar Department and other branches of the Government. Supporting the military commit tee's war cabinet and munitions di rector bills as a constructive, non partisan effort to aid and not em barrass President Wilson in unify ing America's war force, Senator Weeks detailed delays and difficul ties of the Government's military preparations. He declared that lack j of a central body to make and direct all of the Government's war plans is largely responsible for present and past troubles. President Injected Politics In his charge against President Wilson the Senator said: "Not a question indicating parti sanship was raised until the Presi dent deliberately injected politics into the situation by an attack upon the chairman of the committee [Continued on Pac 18.] Lieut. Bagley, Commander of Destroyer Jacob Jones, to Wed California Girl By Associated Press New York, Feb. 15.—A license to marry was issued here to-day to lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley, of Washington, a brother in-law of Secretary Daniels, and Miss Marie I.ouise Harrington, of Colusa, Calif. Lieutenant Commander Bagley was in command of the American torpedoboat destroyer Jacob Jones when it was torpedoed and sunk hy a submarine in the war zone De cember fi, 1917, with a loss of sixty, four men. VERNON CASTLE KILLED IN FLIGHT AT FORT WORTH i Famous Dancer Loses Life While Attempting to Avoid Flying Cadet WAS FAMOUS AS DANCER Made Almost 200 Flights Over German Lines; Hero of Many Exploits By Associated Press Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 13. Captain Vernon Castle, of the Eng lish royal flying corps, was killed this morning while flying fifteen miles west of Fort Worth. Castle had made over 150 flights over the Herman lines and was the | hero of many exploits in the war ! zone. His work had been especially ; on the Flanders front and covered a period of nine months. He came to Fort Worth last October along j with Lord Wellesle.v. Machine Beyond Control Castle, in trying to avoid a cadet, 1 swerved his machine beyond his con i trol, fell and was unable to right himself. The cadet was an Amer i ican but was instructed by the Brit ish. The accident occurred near the Benbrook field. The cadet was i uninjured. Castle's plane was near the ground | and he was in the front seat instruct | ing a pupil, instead of in the rear, where the instructor usually rides. I Had he occupied the run- seat ho 1 would not have been injured. When he saw the danger of a collision with ! the approaching plane, Castle un j dertook what aviators know as an I Immelman turn. The plane failed to j respond. Castle never regained con sciousness, but died in the field hos pital twenty minutes after the fall. Castle's pupil was R. Peters. His only injury was a black eye. Castle belonged to the Eighty-fourth Royal Flying Corps Squadron. The plane was only fifty feet above I the ground and was going rapidly. The machine with which the colli sion was threatened was just rising. The Immelman turn, in which Captain Castle met his death was named after Lieutenant Immelman, the German flier, who downed many allied airplanes before being shot down himself, according to flying of ficers. "It is a combination turn and twist while diving," said an aviatoin offi ce r. "Captain Castle evidently tried to dive under and around the other machine but was too close to clear his own." Castle was wounded but once in the allied service and then but slight ly. Ills flying in and about Fort i Worth was as famous as his dancing, for his spectacular movements in the air had held thousands of sol diers and civilians spellbound day after day. Castle Had National Fame as a Dancer , New York, Keb. 15.—Vernon Cas-! tie had a national reputation as aj dancer. His home was here. With | his wife, also a graceful dancer, he! attained great popularity several! years ago as a teacher of modern! dances. When the war broke out; both of the Castles became inter-1 ested in war work and Mr. Castle | took up aviation. He was granted' an aviator's pilot license by the Aero I <'hib of America February 9, 191ti,| aPter having made a satisfactory! record in test flights at Newport News, Va. He was born in Norwich, England, May 2, ISB7. His right name was Vernon Bly the. Soon after receiving his avia tor license, lie sailed from New York for England to join the British aerial service. In March of 191K he wasj appointed a temporary lieutenant in] the British Boyai Flying Corps.' Shortly later there came a report l of his death while flying in France, j Mrs. Castle, professionally known i as Irene Castle, followed her hus band abroad to visit him. Returning from a second visit a year later she announced that her husband had received the Cross of War for valor ous action on the western front. THE WEATHER I''r llnrrlMimru iinil vicinity! Knlr i ■mil decidedly colder to-nlttlK mid Saturday, with a i-nld nair fo-nlKhtt lovreNt tent pern tun* about 10 ilFKrrm. l'or llnxlern I'fnn")lvanln i Fair and much colder to-alKht and Saturday| eold wnve to-nlKht In ] north and neat portion*) mod erate northwest wind". 1 • Single Copy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA I LATE NEWS I ± I ? ? 4 COULD NOT ADDRESS STRIKERS j§ *s* *r -1 ig the ship • £ 1 * mL 4j c t 5 '* Dr. Eaton went to the strikers' 3) r-t of the men and *** 4 "f* j f |i ** o; *f* ~ T J . :ER • ETS 42 MONTHS J ' ' .4* i € * rf? * *\? *r on a mctai L !* £ is * ■ and specialti- £ 3! • the last he 4 1 continued <>:• mm w 1 ' - ••>■ ' U first 4's froni ? 1 * T . ♦£ y • -m t roved rail A * * i ♦ *& * lated 675,00< fa 4. * 'he western X X raid m yin tin Gt-r;van J, X 5 10,000 SHIPWORKERS MAY BE AFFECTED <f It peal of Chair- ! j ing Board, *f* n here said Jl *' *f* shipyard carpenters, ▼ - * Hp .jj n ired yards in th • £ nine unless dc- *s c *?■ !& r "■ intinir granted. | 6 4 4* *** 4 RISONERS f X peneti ted the German <| 4* '• • Courcy on the Aisne front and rc_ i Jl tut , the reach war of- X 4* fit: u*i w c \ rl\ i • lory >lnel was main- T X'.tained i:: the Champagne, notably in the sector of Butte ffe *f 4 stationed. The 5T 4 ni - I 1" the right ♦£* i *Jr* Ji the Woevre region, the French repulsed x {s '; ' t ■•:'h of Seppois. ♦, | h ♦£* J MAY LEAVE HOSPITAL SOON ? 1 V ./.ere R i-sevclt has so f T 4 • for abscesses thit 4* The will be abie to leave the hospital for his hotel within X 4 two weeks and nto his home in Oyster Bay ten days ▼ T later. .T!:;s was announced in a bulletin issued by his jt' i -j* *v £ ;ti evclt Hospital where he 4 I? is convalescing. Col< nel Roosevelt was able to-day to [w read some ft it was learned ♦s iX at the hospital X : >4* PEACE TALK INFLUENCES BONDS 4* <■£ *r furnished the basis for consid- 4 *' the Stack Exchange to-day. In place of the recent low records all three issues l ff, fl 4 * >N di*plajyd ui rength, completely dominating the L • bond list. J* I* TWO-MILE ADVANCEkIN PALESTINE f idon—The British forces in Palestine yesterday X made an advance of two'miles on a front of six miles T . | northeast cl Jer. office announces. 4* _ + ? 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