NIGHT EXTRA— War Boafd Gfarits"tficr eased II ./.f-RA • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ©IK Stnr- Jn&cpcn&cnt Sr J. _XXXVII— No. 41 14 PAGES BOLSHEVKI BREAK ALL PACTS MADE WITH ENTENTE ALLIES Chief of British Imperial Staff Resigns His Place London, Feb. 16. —General William Robertson, ehief of the British Imperial staff, has resigned, it was officially announced this evening. General Wilson, sub-chief of staff, takes the vacated place. General Robertson was CHARGES DEFECTIVE SHELLS WERE SOLD TO AMERICAN ARMY San Francisco, Feb. 10.—A var iant charging the forging of a gov ernment stamp used to signify that Billets of steel have been adjudged suitable for government work and that this forged stamp had been olaced on defective steel sold to the tTnited States, was issued by a United States Commissioner to-day against 'rosper J. Forrest, of the Edwin •"orrest Foundry Company. RUSSIANS DO NOT FEAR AN INVASION BY HUN SOLDIERS All Pacts With Entente Off, Insists Trotzky; Congress Backs Minister THREATEN PETROGRAD Masses in Teuton Countries Will Cheek New Move, Bolshcviki Belief Londun, Feb. 16.—Russia's' withdrawal from the war was :i| real withdrawal and the throw-1 ing away of all agreements with I her former allies, said Leon Trotzky, the Bolshcviki Foreign j .Vmister, in reporting to the All Russian Workmen's and Sol diers' Councils (the Soviet), on the result of the Brest-Litovsk I conference, according to a ILussun wireless dispatch received here. This dispatch says the councils' approved Trotzky's policy. Special dispatches from Holland : however, say Germany has resolved] to renew military activities against' northern Russia. This decision is j said to have been reached at a con ference at imperial headquarters. ! The conference was attended bv Emperor William. Chancellor von! Hertling, Field Marshal von Hinden-1 burg, General von Ludendorff, For-1 eign Secretary von Kuehlmann and others. That part of Russia dominated by the Bolsheviki has withdrawn from! the war and from Ml war alliances and has little fear of a German in-j vasion. The ail-Russian central exe- | outiye committee of Workmen's and Soldiers' Councils has approved the action of tne Russian representa tives at Brest-Litjvsk. Members of the committee said the masses of Germany and Austria would not per mit a further offensive against Rus sia by their governments. No news paper dispatches from Petrograd have been received in London for a week and it is believed that the Bolsheviki censorship has decided to suppress the activities of correspon dents. Emperor William has summoned, the heads of the Germany navy to imperial headquarters for a confer ence and it is announced that Herr von Payer, the vice-chancellor, will make an announcement shortly In the Reichstag on the government's submarine policy. The probable na ture of the announcement Is nol disclosed by German newspapers. Evidence of a probable natal en gagement in the finding of a largo number of bodies of German sail ors, apparently from warships, is reported from Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothenburg is near the Skagerrak, the vicinity of which has been the scene of important naval battles. In fContinued on Paj{e 3.] I When you get your PAY ENVELOPE to-day or to-> ight INVEST in War Savings. j&F Your country needs it Forrest already is in custody of jthe San Francisco police. His ac tions, according to a government official here "endangered the lives of | thousands of United States soldiers who have been ordered to Europe." The defective steel, it was charged ! was sold for use in crank shafts and | other parts of the machinery of ] government vessels. CHILDREN LOOK TO AMERICA FOR CRUST OF BREAD Men of All Faiths to Aid Great Jewish War Relief Fund U. S. Only Hope For the Starving I have seen children by the hundreds clamoring not even for food, but begging for a crust of bread; and to you and to those of my own people in this land where the sun shines so gloriously, and we have so much to be thankful for, I bring the message of those children begging for a crust of bread. To America they must look for help which must come— help which will lift them out of their vale of sorrows and sad ness, so that they, too, may see the light of the sun which we have and are privileged to en joy.—A. I. Elkus. American Am bassador to Turkey. Speakers at the Orpheum theater mass meeting Monday night, pre liminary to the opening of the Jew ish campaign whereby $15,000 for war relief work will be raised in Harrisburg, are to be Dr. Nathan Krass, of New York; Rabbi M. Rumanoff and Rabbi Louis J. Haas, of this city. A feature of the meeting will be the tenor singing of Rabbi M. Abramson, a graduate of one of the i largest European conservatories, who has been highly complimented ! on the quality of his voice. An or chestra has also been engaged. David Kaufman is to be chairman of the meeting, and the following are the members of the executive committee named by >lr. Kaufman: Joseph Claster, Henry C. Claster, Wolf Freidman, Samuel Fishman, M. K. Jacobson, Samuel Kades, Leon Lowengard, Simon Michlovitz, Rob ert Rosenberg, Joseph Sllberman and H. Zuckerman. The executive committee named by William Jennings is composed of J. William Bowman, H. H. Bowman, Henderson Gilbert, Paul Johnston! Carl M. Kaltwasser. Donald McCor mick, B. M. Ogelsby, George Rein oehl, David K. Tracy and Joseph Wallazz. The mass meeting will be free to the public. Xo tickets of any kind are required. Traction Company Answers Complaint Filed Against It Before Service Commission The Harrisburg Railways Com pany to-day filed with the Public Service Commission its answer to the complaint of O. A. Herring against '•ar service and conditions in which it calls upon the complainant to give time and place where people wore permitted to ride on front plat forms, where schedules were not maintained and where cars were not heated. Attention is called to abnormal conditions the last few months, especially where car tracks were the only space on which vehicular traf fic could move because of the snow fall and methods of removing it from streets and to situations creat ed by weather in operation and roll ing stock. It is claimed that the cars are heated by thermostats. Fifty-seven cars are declared to constitute the normal number oper ated on schedule with twenty-two special cars in the mornings and thirty in the evenings to care for rush hours, and the contention Is made that car hour operation was greater in the period complained of than heretofore. HARRISBURG, FA.,SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1918 SHIP CARPENTERS WILL ASK WILSON TO SETTLE STRIKE Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Will Make Di- ! red Appeal to the President to End Walkout Affect- \ ing Thousands; Increases Are Arranged by Adjust- ' ment Board For Employes of Delaware Yards By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Shipping Board's war adjust ment board to-day agreed on an increase in wages, definite work- \ ing conditions and overtime pay for all shipyard workers in the j so-called Delaware yards, comprising about 60 per cent, of ship j workers on the Atlantic coast. It does not include the striking carpenters but it is expected i to affect their strike. v. Many of the striking carpenters, however, despite the advice of their union officials, have signified their intention of accepting; the award; The strikers in the New York district have not done so but it is hoped they will. The new wage scale is not so high as the Pacific coast rate, nor so high as the New York strikers demand., but it will be the model lor settlements in other districts on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. "Washington, Feb. 16.—Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board; Gen eral Manager Piez, of the Emergency Flent Corporation, and V. Everit Macy chairman of the Labor "Ad justment Board conferred with Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy to-day on the shipyard strikes. I'resilient Wilson is preparing to lake some action to end the strikes in Atlantic coast shipyards which threaten to tie up a large part of (lie shipbuilding Industry of the Fust. The President lias given the situa tion his personal attention since yes terday. Direct Appeal to President A direct appeal to the President to intervene was made to-day by of ficers of the Brotherhood of Carpen GERMAN U-BOAT SHELLS DOVER; i SLIGHT DAMAGE Less Than Dozen Casualties; Reported; British Patrol Sunk in Running Fight j By Associated Press London, Feb. IG.—An enemy sub marine bombarded Dover early this morning it is officially announced. The submarine was fired on from the shore and ceased the homgard-i ment after some thirty rounds had been lired. There were less than a ; dozen casualties and only slight dam age. Cases have not been infrequent of German submarines bobbing up off the British coast and shelling shore points. Yarmouth, for instance, was thus bombarded on January 14. It is not often however, that the Ü boats have cared to take chances with such a well-defended town as is Dover, the most important point in southeastern England, opposite Ca lais, on the Straits of Dover, across rContinued on Pago B.] Only One Remonstrance Filed in License Court Xo additional remonstrances against any applicants for liquor li censes were filed before the Pro thonotary's office closed to-day, so that for the first time in years there is only one petitioner whose case will be contested before the court. This is probably due, it was said, to the fact that there are no applications for licenses for new places as in former years. The applicant whose petition has been protested against is Harry E. Fetrow, of the Fort Hunter hotel. License court will be held on Tuesday. There are 127 applications for retail; 19 for wholesale, four bottlers' and five brewers' licenses on record. unable, the statement says, to accept a position as mili- .4' tary representative 011 the Supreme War Counsel at Ver sailles or to continue as chief of the Imperial General staff with limited power. J ters and Joiners, approximately sio per cent, of whose members in the New York district are out to-day, de manding immediate assurances of higher wages and closed shop con ditions. Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board, who last night renewed his demand that William L. Hutclieson, president of the Carpenters' Brother hood. send the strikers back to work pending a settlement of their griev ances by the shipbuilding wage ad justment board, toof up the situation again to-day in a conference with General Manager Piez, of the Emerg ency Fleet Corporation; V. Everit Macy, chairman of the W r age Ad [Continued on Page 3.] AGED CONSTABLE KILLS MAN WHO EVADES ARREST Shot Because Fugitive Always Walked Away, Out of Reach Duncannon, Pa.," Feb. 16.—Be cause of his age. Perry county au thorities this morning were uncer tain as to what mode of procedure to follow against Jacob Sterner, the 75-year-old constable, who last evening shot to death Russell Mc- Kelvey. McKelvey died a half hour later of the wound in his back in flicted by the old man who was per- j mitted to go to his home after firing the shot. The inquest on the body of Rus sell McKelvey, conducted here by Justice of the Peace H. H. Seig, this morning, rendered a verdict that death had been caused by a bullet wound "inflicted by one Jacob Sterner." District Attorney McKee [( outninod on Pago B.] City Spent $12,066 to Remove Snow From Streets The cost of snow removal from January 1 to date totaled $12,066, ligures compiled by the city high way department show. Since the flrst of the year unprecedented weather conditions with frequent snows kept large forces of men busy clearing Intersections and only during the last week have the gangs been working on the business street* removing the piles of snow which had been shov eled from the sidewalks. More than 150 employes of the city highway department were paid to-day for work during the flrst two weeks of the month. The amount needed for the payroll and for hir ing additional trucks, teams and carts will be about $4,800. RUSSIA BEGINS DEMOBILIZATION OF ITS ARMIES ON FRONTIER Amsterdam, Feb. 16. —News has been received in Berlin confirming reports that Russia had not begun the demobilization which her repre sentatives at Brest-Litovsk announc ed had been ordered, says a dis patch from Berlin to the Weser Zei tung of Bremen. DANGER OF FLOOD IN ICE-CHOKED RIVER PASSED Gorges Expected to Be Pushed Out by the Rising Water Ice from the North Branch, which reached Sunbury eariy this morning, is expected to ptish the Ice outtof the main branch from Sellnsgrovc to Luncannon, where it broke yester. day. Tile ice at Selinsgrove broke at 4 o'clock this morning, and the ice from the North Branch is expected to furnish enough force to push tl j ice out of the main stream to the bay. The river here had receded to slightly over eight feet this morning. Water from the North Branch caus ed the river to rise again and by late aiternoon or early evening an eleven or a twelve loot stage of high wa ter is expected. Flood dangers, it is announced by the State Water Sup ply Commission, are practically past. There was a free channel in the main stream so far as Pequea, two and a half miies below Falls Ferry, this morning. The ice situation be low Selinsgrove in the main branch had not changed this morning. The gorge at the mouth of the Juniata remained as tight as ever this morn ing, as did the gorges from Coxes town to opposite Jierr street. The cold weather of last night has tight ened the gorges considerably, and the information given out at the lo cal branch of the Federal Weather Bureau is that it will take strong pressure to force them out. West Branch Bad The worst conditions are on the West Branch, where the ice has gorged at the mouth of Pine creek, near Jersey Shore, and dammed the water behind it. The penned up stream has raised to a llood level, the gage pointing at 22.7 feet. The water has backed so much that at Lock Haven, twelve miles up the stream, there is two feet of back water. From Williamsport the ice has broken for a distance along the stream, and been carried down. When the ice at Jersey Shore breaks it is thought that the volume of wa ter released will be sufficient to carry the remainder of the ice in the West Branch to the main stream. Jersey Shore, which lies only a few feet above the river level, is ex periencing flood conditions, and much of the lowlands between Jer sey Shore and Bock Haven is under water. The State Water Supply Commis sion stated this morning that the volume of water In the Susquehanna has not been sufficient to carry the heavy ice out of the stream. It was said that the cold wave of last night tightened the gorges considerably, and that they may not go out '..•hen i expected. Phila. Food Administrator Takes Drastic Measures to Prevent Hoarding Philadelphia, Feb. 16. —A drastic ruling to prevent the hoarding of food in the home was issued this aft ernoon by Jay Cooke, Philadelphia food administrator. Consumers mint not purchase more than forty-nine pounds of wheat flour, and are for bidden to hold in excess of thirty I days' supply. Homes with such an excess must return It or register their holdings with the food admin istration. Violation means $5,000 tine or two years in prison or both. Weds Two Days After Divorce Is Granted Divorced two days ago after his second marriage, Blias Dechert, of Steelton, to-day applied for a mar riage license to wed Mrs. Klizabeth Field whose husband died four years ago. Mr. Dechert's first wife died twelve years ago. he told the mar riage license clerk. William Brlndle, aged 73, and Frances M. Westfall, aged 60, both of Mechanicsburg, also took out a license. On the other hand the Vienna cor respondent of the Vossische Zeitung reports he has been informed by Talaat Pasha, the Turkish premier, that Russia was demobilizing in the Caucasus and that the portion of Armenia occupied by Russia was in the process of being evacuated. COL. ZIEGLER IS LAID TO REST WITH TRIBUTES Soldier-Lawyer Honored by Men With Whom He Served ACTION BY COUNTY BAR His Regiment Sends Repre sentative to Quiet Funeral Lieut. Colonel Frank E. Ziegler, soldier and law'yer, to-day was laid to rest in the family plot in the Harrisburg Cemetery after he had received the silent tribute from the men with whom he had served at home and in the field before he gave his life in the service of his country. The funeral service was very quiet yi accordance with his wishes. Six sergeants from the United States Army served as pallbearers. Vet erans of former wars, members of the old military organization with i which Col. Ziegler was associated and fo-.r.er members of the National Guard unit attended the service. . Members of the old Company I which marched to the President's call during the Mexican trouble be hind Col. Ziegler then company commander and the officers and men of the IX2th regiment of Camp Han cock to which unit. Col. Ziegler was attached were represented at the fu neral by Lieutenant Merle 15. Coover, of Carlisle. Many Attend Service Many of the most prominent men of the city attended the service, conducted in the home, 106 State street, by the Rev. S. Winlleld Her man, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church and Rev. Dr. Kills N. Kremer, oastor of Reformed Salem Church. The service was begun at 2.30 o'clock and was open to the soldiers, businessmen and members of the Dauphin county bar, who were friends of the flrst officer Harris burg has given as a victim to the war- Private services were held at the cemetf ry Col. Ziegler's body was brought to his home here last evening from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., where he died Monday night from the effects of a fractured skull received from a fall from his horse. Col. Ziegler had been transferred \o the fort a short time before from Camp Han cock, Ga., where lie was stationed with th? 112 th infantry. The committee of the Dauphin County Bar appointed to write an appropriate mifiute as a tribute to Colonel Ziegler included the follow ing: John T. Brady, Charles H. Berli ner, Col. Frederick M. Ott, William M. Hain, Philip T. Meredith, Frank lin J. Both and Charles C. Stroh. The following tribute will be presented to be llled on the court records: "Frank Eugene Ziegler, son of Kiehaid B. and Sally J. Ziegler, was born In Harrisburg August Bth, 1873, and died February lltli, 1918, at San Antonio. Texas. ll e was a lineal de scendant of Baron von Steuben, In spector-General of the Continental Army under General Washington at Valley Forge. "His whole life, except when ab sent on military duty in the service of his state or country, was passed in the city of his birth. He was edu cated in the public schools of the city and was graduated from the High School thereof In the class of 1890. During his term in the High School he began the study of stenog [Contniucd on Pago a.] THE WEATHER For llarrlttbnric and vlrlnltyi Generally cloudy to-night and probably Sunday) continued cold) lowest temperature to night ahoot 20 degrees. Single Copy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA | LATE NEWS 1 A* - > i T SAYS PROHIBITION IS VOID 4M Evansville, Ind.—lndiana's state- wide prohibition law Jj * - ■■ as held to be u •*. ional and void by Judge F. M. * T Hostcttter of the Vanderburgh county Superior Cour here to-day. *£ J AUSTRIA BACKS GERMAN PLANS ef* * * well-infc j{ German * ;4 resumes military operations against Russia the attitude J J Jg of Austria-Hungary will not be influenced thereby. A *!*• Jr full agreement on this point, is said to have been reached * hy the central powrs. *§* 4* 'mmmrS | 4* BULGARIA FRIENDLY WITH RUSSIA J " * Amtserdam—Bulgaria ned diplomatic rela *® ,4 tions v published i- * German newspapers. *2* 4 ) WORK et other idlers now '!! # 4 * Jersey. This was settled * f # 4* • passed '* ' J* by the 1 gislature providing that such persons would be >* * fi , the war. * t Wa French armies, J * Friday • 1 they would at 4* <# ' 1 * L | fl I e * 1 han usual in '• & 4* 1 a | I 4 *■ •* Yr. * ' ♦ < d unt uns the oppos- *£. * ' ' ' % % front r —r I £ 4 GERMAN COMMISSIONERS LEAVE PETROGRAE ► X 1 Berlin /ia L —Thf con oners represent- Jj 4 wg the Central Powers left Petrograd yesterday and a A crossed the German lines this morning* it is announced j jj* 4* officially. * * X BANK STATEMENT 4 * New York—The actual condition of Clearing House * * janks and trust companies for the week (five days) shows | || || they hold $29,251,200 reserve in excess'of legal require- , 4 * ir.ents. This is a decrease of $60,054,080 from last week, * ' 0 COL. LITTEL ADVANCED I I \ J Washing to n Lieut. Colonel R. J. Marshall, Jr., ha.-, J * * * been placed temporarily in charge of the cantonment con- *■ € * # * t * Stnictic ;. m place of C W. Littel, who yesterday 1 a * * was promoted to be ! general in Regular Army * ' PRINT PA I • DUCTION REDUCED * I | J Wa.-1 luction of news print paper was con- JJj 4* side:: f the fvcl re- 4' Iju strict . jed 3 750 tons a day against a a normal 4,500. • * j4 *: ! <-*♦ |4 GEN. KALEDINES DROPS FROM SIGHT • I 4# # g* v ' -n—The con ul at Tiflis to-day ' T| transmitto 1 an unconfirmed rei General Kale- J*. 4* n a strike this morning. They arc *j a * getting SI.BO for a nine-hour day and they are striking * J * *%for $2.00. They will be organized by a union organize **, e|, this afternoon. # J J J FRENCH MAKE SUCCESSFUL RAID T Paris -The French hist night made a successful raid 4 14 4 near Vauquois and repulsed German reconnoitering |j * * parties in the Champagne and Upper Alsace the War J|] Office rep rts. German aviators v,;am dropped bombs in the vicinity of Nancy. V 4* 4 i.— v t MARRIAGE LICENSES t T 4* Kllnii Oeohert nntwni Jorl IJ. ~ 7* Hrlnhnr