NIGHT EXTRA— Sen. Weeks, Supporting Chamberlain, Scores Delays— NlGHT EXTRA
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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
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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
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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
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"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'
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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-
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\ \ \ 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
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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
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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
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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.
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I''r llnrrlMimru iinil vicinity! Knlr i
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mid Saturday, with a i-nld nair
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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
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