NIGHT EXTRA— Sen. Weeks, Supporting Chamberlain, Scores Delays— NlGHT EXTRA HARRISBURG fgS!§®P TELEGRAPH M\ Star-Jn&cpcntont ® / LXXXVII Xo. 40 20 PAGES GERMANS WILL INVADE RUSSIA; VERNON CASTLE MEETS DEATH Eight Enemy Craft Sunk by London, Feb. 15.—Eight British craft which were one a trawler, the enemy destroyers returned rapidly •' hunting submarines have been sunk by a raiding flotilla northward before they could be engaged. The destroyer of enemy destroyers it is announced officially. After hav- raid took place in the Straits of Dover the official an in" sunk these vessels, seven of which were "drifters" and nouncement states. 4 o j KAISER TO INVADE RUSSIA TO COMPLE TE DEFEA T 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 eminent. Germany will again take up military operations against Northern Possia. This '-esolu tion is reported to have been arrived at at a conference at imperial headq darters between Elll - William and military and political leaders. Petrograd probably will be the objecti/e of the new invasion. v The negotiations at Brcst-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 end'*d the armistice on the Russian front. The armistice expired Thursday. Jt is indicated in Vienna dispatches that the central powers made peace with the Ukraine in order to offset their diplomatic defeat at the hands of Trotzky. It is reported that Germany will support the Ukraine against the Bolsheviki. One German newspaper says that the Bolsheviki arc 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, Feb. s.—The Munich Uavaria. correspondent of the Neuc Augsburg Zeitung says he learns that the discussions at Brest-Litovsk last Sundr" between Dr. von Kuehl mann, tho German Foreign Secre tary; Count Cze.nin, the Austro- Hungarian Minister of Foreign Af fairs, and Leon Trotzky, the Bol shevik Foreign Minister, were par- 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 ener getic military measures against the' Russians," 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. I'hc Kreuz Zeitung, of Berlin, on Tuesday declared "on reliable in for mation" that Trotzky's proposal is [Continued on Page 10.1 Walk home a few evenings and use THE NICKELS to start a fund for A BABY BOND £2B*The Railways Co. won't mind HUNS WILL MOVE AGAINST RUSSIA, , HOLLAND REPORT i Decision Reached When Mili tary Leaders Confer With Emperor William London, Feb. 15. —Germany lias resolved to renew military ! activities against northern Rus r f . sia. This decision is said to have been reached at a confer ence at Imperial headquarters, 'dir-patches from Holland say. The conference was attended by Emperor William Chancellor Von Hertling, Field Marshal Von Ilindenburg, General Von Lu dendorf. Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlman and others. I The "no war, but no peace" plan , of Lion Trotzky, the Uolshe\ik for [ Continued on Page '•>.] Quiet Prevails on American Sector of French Battle Front Hy Associated Press I With the American Army in France, Thursday, Feb. 14.—Quiet still prevails in the American sector, hardly a shot having been fired dur ing the day. The visibility is ex tremely poor. From tho sounds be ing heard the German side it is evi dent tho enemy is taking advantage or the opportunity to strengthen his ( position, building new dugouts, and ; probably new trenches and mortar emplacements. The American troops , also were hard at work to-day, ini j proving their trendies and dugouts. American patrols last night heard I the clanging of steel and much ham mering in German lines, but were | prevented from investigating further! by a German dog which, as on a for- 1 nier occasion, barked and put the! Germans on the alert. Only one I 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. The French authorities to-day j j turned out to the Americans a tract ] i of land behind the lines for use as .i j cemetery. This is in line with the plans previously announced for the | irare of the American dead in France. HARRISBURG, FA.,FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1918 UKRAINE PEACE IS PLANNED FOR I DOUBLE PURPOSE t, -i Breach on Eastern Front More Important Than Food Need • Ry .Associated Press Amsterdam, Feb. 13.—Peace with j ' tlie Ukraine was made not only so - that the Central Powers might ob- j , tain foodstuffs, but also to etfjet a ! 1 breach in the eastern front, it is in- j diceted in a dispatch from Vienna. I , A statement from a well-informed | I source dealing with the conclusion I of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations and | J given to Vienna newspapers says: . "As Trotsky's attitude, particularly | | concerning the application of the l _ | principle of self-det?rni'nation. made j I a satisfactory conclusion impossible. I ; it became the political task or tho j powers who were working for peace \ to make a breach in the eastern | • front; that is. to arrange a peace with tile Ukraine, thereby also ar-! living at a settlement of tiie Russian and Humanian questions. Peace with j the Ukraine had to be made if only | because a A-ay was opened by it to j eastern Europe's rich granary. True. ' ; the country is not yet organized j ■ properly, but opportunity to effect' '; improvements is now given and in; conformity with the agreement stocks of food will be imported here ! i, as far as they are available." II The statement adds that peace with 1 the T'kraine was obtainable only on ' condition that Cholm should be ced ' cd to the Ukraine, the desire for! [Continued on I'agc 10.] } u KING RAM BO" Li GANG,DEPO. Painted Name on Public Built Trinkets in Store King rtambo has been captured! Harrisburg's "desperado," the i mysterious villain whose name has j been flaunted 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 dally 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 Hur risburg The ice in the Susquehanna from J a point below Duneannon broke at j 3.13 this morning, and passed outj without having done any damage to! River Front property, or to the coal j and sand fleets lining the river banks.! The ice was carried away on an j j eleven-foot water stage, which at 1 i 8.20 this morning had receded to j 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 ico did not move freely after it broke, : and gorges are numerous. Between ; Mueneh and Herr streets there is a j tightly packed gorge, and from ai ] point below Coxestown to Riverside, j j there is a long gorge in which the | ice is packed so tightly and liiirh that' great cakes are forced far tip tliej river banks. In some places it was! estimated this morning the gorge' [Continued on Page 10.] 1 GAZETTE-TIMES IS OUT STRONG FOR PROHIBITION Will Support Only "Dry" Can didates at the Republican Primaries in May . I Ratification of the prohibition ( I amendment by the next Pennsylva nia legislature Is strongly urged by the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, in its | loading editorial to-day. This en ' dorsement, which is in line with the position taken by the Harrisburg! I Telegraph and other prominent { newspapers throughout the state, is ; significant from the fact that the ' | Gazette-Times is the leading paper | !of Western Pennsylvania and is j | owned by former United States Sen- : 1 ator George T. Oliver. The Gazette-Times, an ardent! supporter of Republican principles, | I announces that at the coming pri maries it w ill support only candi- j j dates for the House and Senate who are pledged to vote -for the amend- j [Continued oil Page 6.] IIKPAHTMKVT MAKKS NEW ItECORI) j ; Washington, Keb. IS. Secretary Daniels announced to-day the re- ' eeipt of a telegram from the Mare | Island Navy Yard. California, stating that the destroyer Taylor was launch- I j <>d there yesterday, fit! per cent, com plot", four months after the keel was ' laid. EADER OF BOY >SED BY FATHER I I dings and Filled Pockets With ! ; Once Too Often Market street. The boys have ascrib ed the motive for their ptltertng to i the fact that other hoys have taught them to steal. Yesterday flve.\>oys were caught in one store In the act of pocketing some small articles. The ■ store manager In consideration of i [Continued on Pfigc •.] 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 | TT HAS always been notorious I that in time of war the pas sions of men run dangerously j high; and in the pursuit of the | 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 j ish ritual for the day of Atone ! nient an impressive praver set j ting forth that on that day it is | determined who shall live and who shall die; who by fire and who by water; who by "the sword I 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 • hands and a pure heart. —From a letter to Cyrus L. Sulzberger to the New York Tinles. | — Not only do the Jews of America propose to relieve the suffering of of thousands of Jews in | Ihe warring allied countries of Eu rope, but they propose seeing to it I that the American soldiers in train i ing camps at home and abroad have 1 fContinued on Page 10.] LACK OF CENTRAL BODY IS BLAMED FOR WAR DELAYS Senator Weeks of the Military Committee Defends Chamberlain I By Associated Press Washington. Feb. 15.—President I Wilson was charged with deliber-j | ately injecting politics into the con troversy over war efficiency by Sen-) i ator Weeks, a Republican member jof the Military Committee, in a | speech to-day vigorously criticising I the A\ ar Department and other j branches of the Government. Supporting the military commit j tee s war cabinet and munitions di- I rector bills as a constructive, non partisan effort to aid and not em- I barrass President Wilson in unify ing America's war force. Senator | Weeks detailed delays and difficul ties of the Government's military ) preparations, lie declared that lack j of a central body to make and direct i all of the Government's war plans |is largely responsible for present I and past troubles. President Injected Politics ; ' n ' ,is charge against President j Wilson the Senator said: "Not a question indicating parti-1 I sanship was raised until the Presi dent deliberately injected politics into the situation by an attack upon i the chairman of the committee! [Continued on Page 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 iu-law of Secretary Daniels, and. Miss Marie Louise Harrington, of I Colusa. Calif. Lieutenant Commander Bagley was in command of the American torpedoboat destroyer Jacob Jones when It was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the war zone De cember 6, 1917, with a loss of sixty. [ four men. VERNON CASTLE KILLED IN FLIGHT I AT FORT WORTH i I Famous Dancer Loses Life While Attempting to Avoid Flying Cadet WAS FAMOUS AS DANCER jMade Almost 200 Flights Over German Lines; Ilero of Many Exploits By Associated rrcss Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 13. — Captain Vernon Castle, of the Eng ! lish royal Hying corps, was killed this morning while flying fifteen miles west OL Fort Worth. Castle had made over 150 flights over the German lines and was th 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 Octe>ber along i with Lord Wellesley. Machine Beyond Control Castle, in trying to avoid a cadet, ' swerved his machine beyond his con i trol, fell and was unable to right | himself. The cadet was an Amer | lean 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 j and he was in the front seat inatruct- II ing a pupil, instead of in the rear, l' where the Instructor usually rides. I; Had he occupied the reiir seat he -| would not have been injured. When t he saw the danger of a collision with -I the approaching plane, Castle un iidertook what aviators know as an I Imnieliwan turn. The plage failed to I 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 j belonged to the Eighty-fourth Royal j Flying Corps Squadron. The plane was only fifty feet above' the ground and was going rapidly, j The machine with which the colli-1 I i sion was threatened was just rising. . The lmmelman turn, in which I Captain Castle met his death was named after Lieutenant lmmelman, the German flier, who downed many allied airplanes before being shot r down himself, according to flying of ficers. "It is a combination turn and twist while diving," said an aviatoin ofll cir. "Captain Castle evidently tried ! to dive under and around the other | machine but was too close to clear j his own.*' Castle was wounded but once in I the allied service and then but slight lly. His flying in and about Fort 'I Worth was as famous as his dancing, ■ for his spectacular movements in .(the air had held thousands e>f sol , diers and civilians spellbound day after day. Castle Had National Fame as a Dancer | New York, Feb. 15. —Vernon Cas tle had a national reputation as ai dancer. His home was here. With I ; his wife, also a graceful dancer, he attained great popularity several' I years ago as a teacher of modern j I dances. When the war broke out' ! both of the Castles became inter- II ested in war work and Mr. Castle took up aviation. He was granted [an aviator's pilot license by the Aero i Club of America February !t, 191 ti. 1 aPter having made a satisfactory I record in test flighfs at Newport News, Va. lie was born in Norwich, F.ngland, May 2, ISB7. His right name was Vernon Bly- I the. Soon after receiving his avia- I tor license, he sailed from New York | for England to join the British aerial j service. In March of 191H he was| ; appointed a temporary lieutenant in j the British Koyal Flying Corps, i Shortly later there came a report | of his death while flying in France, j .Mrs. t'astle, 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 For llarrlxliiirK and vicinity! Fair mill decidedly i-older to-nlKlil j mid Saturday. with n cold nnir to-niKhti lowot temperature iihunt 10 deftree*. l-'or Knxtern Pennsylvania: Fair nml much eolder to-nlli< and Saturday! cold wave to-night In north and t portions) mod erate northwest winds. I ♦ Single Copy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA I LATE NEWS ! * i I $ 4 COULD N SS STRIKERS J A 4 s <■ -s, ui ing the ship -5* {I $N ,ij g .; 1 t■' the strikers' X 4 , the men and *f* need to prisoi X : "• t sentence *l* * T * 1,11 a mct,/ t |L X • i car. T ; ONG 4 jy L • d specialti I 3! the last he 4* V" ' continued ac 2 * .....' i.4 i r'. t4" fro'.' 1 '; *3 ' * 2to 96.08. Peace F "* < ed rail X !! * * imated 675,00< i T c * ■ *>r M ' '■ ' : ' n : { 10,000 RKERS MAY BE AFFECTED ? he appeal of Chair- JJj? \4* iing- Board, 4* I , here said I! hipyard carpenters. T '* g 10,000 men in nearly one hundred yards in this - y * * ning unless d?- *y tjn intime granted. *i * i k 4 FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS & jf* ' nctr ted the German jj 4 h:. r 1 1 the Air,re front and rc- j| X ench war of- £ 4 fic: \ >r* W-rv .!nel was main- T J* the sector of Butte ♦£ T T ci ;re tavioned. The *?* its on the right *Vr > JL *jj F • * ' vrc region, the £ th 'rrr. h repulsed T ]§♦ th r Seppois. 4 jj I ' . DSPITAL SOON f ®f* elt has so 1 4* perations for abscesses that *§► T he v. ill be able to leave the hospital for his hotel within ; )9 $ two weeks and return to his home in Oyster Bay ten days HP later. .This was announced in a bulletin issued by his 4 £* 1' to-day at Roosevelt Hospital where he * '* evelt was able to-day to ad aome from books an* it was learned *t* at -.he hospital X • PEACE TALK INFLUENCES BONDS 41 the basis for consid- ** ® * on the Exchange to-day. In pl