10 denting, German Chancellor, Accepts Wilson's Peace Principles, but Says Allies .Must Join IIARRISBURG |§i§l!|> TELEGRAPH M ©K Stac-3n&epcnscnt / LXXXVII— No. 49 14 PAGES HUNS WILL WIN WAR IF U. S. DOES NOT SEND ALLIES FOOD WASTE AT HOME AND MEN WILL DIE IN VAIN So Harisburg Learns From Men Who Know Seri ousness of Problem LONG WAR IS FORECAST (ircat Rally Rrings Forth a Hurst of Patriotism; Overflow Meeting A mighty audience which filled Chestnut Street Hall last night and found accommodation in over-flow meetings left the building, aftet" hearing the sit uation of the allies and of this | nation vividly and accurately described by three capable men, with feelings of anxiety and de termination. Never since the war began has Harrisburg been so drilled to understand the necessity of food conservation and demonstration of staunch l loyalty. The appearance of Howard A. Heinz, State Food Adminis trator, Was looked forward too with perhaps more concern than that of any other speaker, andj Mr. Heinz struck from thej shoulder. In one scxurnce hej drove in a wedge of fact which gave the attentive and eager audience something to think about. The reason Italy fell so deeply he declared, into the clutches of Germany and the reason for its present desperate situation is that the nation lacked food. The grain crop lacked 55 per cent, and Italy sent this country a 4Jiessage for help. Five big ships •full of grain were instantly dispatched, but each was sunk. [Continued on Page 10.] Most people buy a few THRIFT STAMPS to start, and then FORGET THEM it a business to buy i THE weather] l-'or llnrrlfthurK mill vicinity! I'nlr nnd Komenhnl •■older to-nhtht, with lonml temperature nhoiit ilr|trffi \Vednesilny fair. For Kaatrni I'onnnv Ivnnlu: I'nlr nnl NllKlitl.v collier to-night; Wrilnrniluy fair; strong north et winds diminishing Wed- j nexdiU'. Illvrr High teni|>ernture. nith moilrr ntely heavy ruin the lust twenty-four hours, have cnuit ed sahNtiintlul rises In the Sax <iueliiinnii river nnd neiirly nil Itx trlhutnrles, lint thexe condi tions were followed by colder vventher curly Tuesday morning, nnd temperature* hnve iiicnln fallen to freezing. or below, over prncticnlly nil the wiiter shed, checklnK the run off front meltlnK snow nnd lee. The Jnnintn river In near flood stage nt lluntlnKdon. hut will. It la lielleved. full alliililly ahort of that stuge. while In all other strenms the waters, while now rising, will remnin well below flood stage nt all point*. A I stage of nbout II.." feet la ex- j peeled nt Harrisburg Wednea dny morniiiK. (•enernl Conditions The cyclone that wna centrnl ! over the I'pper Mlaalaaippl Val- j ley. Monday morning, baa mov- I cd rupldly northern)! to the !St. I.nwrence Vnlley, with greatlv Incrensed violence. It wna at tended by Kales nnd rain eaat or the Mississippi river ua fur south ns .\orth Carolina, and anow wua falling nlonK the western edge thla mornlnK. Temperaturei S n. m„ 22. •Sunt Klaea, i!! 8 n. m.; acta, StXf p. in. Moon: nines, 0:27 p. in. Hlver Slngei II.S feet nliore low- i wnter murk. Yesterday's Weather lllnheat temperature, Jill, l.oweat tempernture, .17. Mean temperatare, 4(1. JVormal temperature, '32. ! "Food Will Win the War, Don't Waste It" NO one in the world doubts that , the boys at the front I will do their part; the ques tion is are you going to your j part?" "If we cannot get 75,000,000 | bushels of wheat to the allies in three months it may'spell de ] feat to the allied armies and to I us." ! "The cry from the allied coun tries is: 'For God's sake stop sending ammunition and send j food! It is food that we need.' " "It is up to you that when the supreme sacrifice is made by those men over there that it shall not have been in vain." "There are people who speak of the war being over in six months when men who know j conditions know that it means a j long struggle, possibly two or | three years." "There are lO.OOt) German propagandists in this country that j ought to be hanged on the near- I est lamppost or turned over to the rifle squad." "It is a pleasure to light un civilized Turks after being ac j customed to fighting Germans in Franco." I "Germany never will be starv ed out. Germany to-day is in better shape for food than a year | ago." j "The great German drive into Italy was made possible by a wheat shortage. Italian peopla back of the lines were dying for lack of proper l'ood. Then the Germans came through." Six More Men Added to City Police Force From New Civil Service List [ Council to-day approved Mayor Keister's recommendations appoint ing five permanent patrolmen and one detective to serve because of the absence of jone of the members of the force'who is in Army service. The officers all go on duty on Friday. The five patrolmen who were named follow; Kdgar T. Burganstoek, 2105 Deny street. IS. U. AVaters, colored, 424 Herr street. John S. Dye, 121" North Sixth street. Kd. E. Schmehl, 81 Disbrow street. Martin L. Keys, 214 South River street. I'or detective service: David Wills, 1121 North Second street. Sow Army Service AVills has had three years' service in the Army, was on the Mexican border, and also had been on the j State Police force. Burganstock rjlso had army service, was on the Mexican border, and last summer had charge of the special guards employed by the city for duty at the reservoirs, pumping station and filter plant. Mayor Keister said he was sorry he could not appoint the entire number of applicants who had passed the civil service tests. Ho explained that the appointment of AVills would be made a permanent one in cake any other vacancies de veloped. He was given permission to fill the place temporarily by a special resolution passed to-day by Council. There are two names remaining on the eligible list for appointment, they are: C. V. Foreman, 1323 Derry street, and Frank O. Jackson, col ored, HOB Forster street. Militiamen to Visit Harrisburg Reserves One of the most important drills of the Harrisburg Reserves this win ter will he held to-night at the City Grays Armory. Members of all companies have been asked to as semble at 7.30 o'clock. The drill was postponed from last Friday and in addition to the regular work of ficers of the rteserve Militia will visit the Harrisburg reservists. Lieutenant Frank G. Fahnestock Jr., a former officer of the He serves. now first lieutenant of Com pany X, will make an address and explain the State Militia program. Mr. Fahnestock is being actively supported in his work to recruit as many of the Reserves as possible for the Militia and it is important that those wishing to join may be ready to-night. The Harrisburg Reserves, will drill Fridays, maintaining their organiza tion for instruction of men in mili tary work, especial.v young men of draft age, who have been invited through the newspapers to join the organization for training before they go to camp. This will be a distinct field for the Reserves apart from the militia. SAI.OOIVM KEPT OUT OF 1.1/.ICH\U AVllkes-Bnrre. Pn., Feb. 20. Evsry new liquor license application in I.u zerne county was refused by the Court yesterday. Three old license.-, were revoked because of charges preferred by Fuel Administrator Campbell, and six other places against which there w.ero rcriion strances were put out of business. IIARRISBURG, PA.,TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1918 "/ WANT HERE AN EAGLE* FRITZ." ASH PROBLEMS BEFORE SPECIAL COUNCIL SESSION ! Reduction Company Says It Is Cleaning Up the City _ A special meeting of Council was I held at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon I to consider the bids submitted yes-; terday for removal of ashes in thej city beginning March 1. Commissioner Hassler had the T>ids ' on his desk in Council this morning, j when when he presented them to | be read the other members decided ; j to postpone receiving them until the | | adjourned meeting late in the after- ; noon. A letter from Samuel Gardner, , I president of the Pennsylvania Be- I duction Company, announcing that a I clean-up had been started was read, j I The communication follows: "As conditions are now getting sol that we can get through the small j 1 Continued on Page 10.] ' Bids For Materials to Be Used at Middletown Aviation Plant Asked Alajor Gray and Captain Moore, in charge of Government construction work in the vicinity of Harrisburg. are asking for bids on gravel, slag j and other materials needed for the | ; big aviation depots to be erected I I near Middletown. No matter what j decision may be reached as to the j | location of the Quartermasters' de-1 j pots, work will be rushed immedi ately on the SBOO,OOO and $750,000 I aviation warehouses adjacent to the j plant built there last summer, and It may be that this program will be I I enlarged upon. j James Black, the contractor in ! charge, has been in Harrisburg a : number of times since the letting of I the aviation contract and is endeav j oring to get under way as soon as I possible. | : I 300 GIRLS ECHO WHEN VACCINE NEEDLE GCRAPEG Only One of Silk- Mill Employes Fails to Bare Arm to City Health Officers When Smallpox Is Discovered . ■ouch:" "Say, Mary, does It hlirt?" "Naw, it don't hurt none at all. All he does Is scratch your arm a little with a needle!" "Well, why'd you say 'ouch?' " "Oh. 'cause 1 thought it would hurt, but it didn't; that is, not much." Almost three hundred j;irls bared their arms this morning at the Har risburg Silk Mill, and submitted to vaccination, followint? the discovery of a case of smallpox at the A half dozen doctors were required to CITY IS SWEPT BY A HOWLING 42-MILE GALE Walking Made Difficult byj Windstorm That FoI IOAVS Rain j A forty-mile gale howling from i the northwest this morning swept! ) pedestrians off tie streets into j i street cars and other vehicles and reduced foot travel to a minimum. The storm followed the rain of last night, and swept the rain clouds from the sky within a few minutes after the rain had ceased. At 7.30 this morning the wind was | at its height, blowing a forty-two .mile per hour clip. At 8 it had sub- I sided to slightly more than thirty, at [Continued on Page I.] No General Fixing of Prices, Is Hoover's j Pledge to Farmers; AVashington, Feb. 2<i. General] price fixing on agricultural productsl is not a part, of the policy of the food administration and will not be attempted. Food Administrator' Hoover said last night in a state-' nient designed to reassure farmers l apprehensive that the government might set maximum prices on what they have to sell. "There appears to be a great deal I of misinformation circulated among' the agricultural communities as to |, the policy and scope of the food administration with relation to price fixing," ?aid Mr. Hoover. "I wish to say nt onco and em phatically that the food adminis tration is not a price-fixing body, ex cept with regard to certain commodi ties which are to-day dominated by wholly abnormal overseas commer cial relations, and the surrounding factors with regard to which are such as to project great dangers both against the farming commun ity and at the same time the con suming community. ; 1 vaccinate the bevy of girls. Into the room they filed, baring their arms and submitting cheerfully to the ex amination. All the commotion was caused when Miss Orossbeck, a mill em ploye, developed a case of smallpox. The mill was quickly fumigated and measures were immediately taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Only one girl In the number refused to be vaccinated. Officials say that if she persists in her refusal to un dergo the scratching process she will be placed under quarantine, , ALLIES MUST JOIN WILSON, SAYS HERTLING jNo '1 races of Declarations From Other States Like That of President i Amsterdam, Feb. 25.—Speaking before the Reichstag to-day, the Im ! perial German Chancellor, Count | von Hertling, made this declaration: "I can fundamentally agree with the four principles which in I'resi •lent Wilson's view must lx; applied in a mutual exchange or views, and I thus declare Willi President Wilson tluit a general peace can he dis. cussed 011 such a basis. "Only one reserve need bo made in this connection: Tlicsc principles must not only be proposed by ihc President or the United States, but must also actually be recognized by all States and peoples. "But this goal has not yet been [Continued 011 Page 11.] Senators Who Defeated Armed Ship Bill Friends of Germany, Says Swanson By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 26.—Senators who participated in the iilibuster which resulted in the defeat of the armed ship bill last session were ■ assailed by Senator Swanson, of Vir- ! ginia, an administration leader, in a speech to-day. as having destroy ed "the last chance for peace" be tween the United States and Ger many. By this action, he said, Ger many was convinced we did not have the courage to defend our rights and that no injury she could indict would result in warfare. "This 'small group of wilful Sen ators'," Senator Swanson declared, "were responsible for the creation of this belief in Germany and deserve severe condemnation for misrepre senting and thwarting at this crit ical time the will of the American people. Convinced by defeat of the measure for armed neutrality that the United States was too craven to tight, hardly had Congress adjourn ed before Germany commenced the enforcement of extepded submarine warfare. Senator Swanson after reviewing the causes which led to America's entrance into the war declared there is "an insidious and treasonable propaganda now being conducted in this country designed to produce dissatisfaction and patriotic lethargy in order to secure a German-made peace." ' Engaged in spreading this per nicious propaganda he said, "is a motley crew composed of fanatics, German spies and persons corrupt ed with German gold and promises, officered by a few selfish politicians who foolishly think they see an op portunity for self-advancement, al though it may result in the wreck i of the country." e GERMAN RAIDER j ASHORE AFTER MANY PIRACIES Two Americans Held Pris oner by linns in Sea Robberies MANY SHIPS ARE SUNK j Cbief Pirate Gains Haven of Refuge After Long Voyaging Vy Associated Press Copenhagen, Feb. 26. —The steam ship Igotz-Mendi, with a German price crew from the Pacific < Iceun on prize crew from the Pacific Ocean on house. Two of <he prisoners aboard are Americans. The prisoners on the Igotz-Mendi, a captured Spanish ship, were taken from six ships which had been sunk. Several of the prisoners had been aboard the vessel for eight months while she cruised in tho Pacific Ocean. Twenty-two .persons. including nine women, two children and two Americans, have been landed by a lifeboat from the Skaw. Epidemics Alumni The Danish authorities have In- j terned the German commander of j the Igotz-Mendi. The German prize } crew refused to leave the ship. There has been an epidemic of | beri-be.ri and scurvy on board the I vessel. The steamship Igot/.-Mendi, says a dispatch from Copenhagen to the' Exchange Telegraph Company, was j captured by tho German auxiliary cruiser nine months ago in the Gulf i of India. The German navigators; who were placed aboard had been ; following the Wolf ever since. All tlie persons who had been held pris- j oner on board the vessel, the cor-' respondent adds, have been taken ■ ashore. The Wolf, Famous Hun Raider, Makes Port in Safety After Long Trip Washington, Feb. 2fi. — Another German raider, the Wolf, has arriv ed in port after harassing entente merchant vessels in the Atlantic, In dian and Pacific oceans. The total number of vessels destroyed by the Wolf has not been disclosed, but the lbss of eleven, three of them American, in the Indian and Pacific oceans, is assumed by the British ! Admiralty to be due to her activ ; ity. ! Unable to break the British cor ! don around the North sea, the Wolf slipped into the Austrian port of Pola, on the Adriatic. She brought j 400 prisoners and a valuable cargo I taken from her prizes. A second j auxiliary cruiser, which the Wolf > equipped was sunk by her crew | which was captured by a British I warship. While Ihe Wolf was gone fifteen months she apparently did not do as great damage =l3 her more famous sistership, the Moewe, which I carried out two raids in the At- I lantic in 1915 and 1916. Artillery Duel in U. S. Sector Grows Intense as Great Guns Go Into Action With the American Army in France. Monday, Feb, 25.—Tho ar tillery duel in the American sector northwest of Toul grows more in tense daily. The Germans tired a hundred or more shells during the last twenty-four hours and late this evening began to bombard violently some of our batteries with gas and high explosive shells. The American artillery has re plied constantly, doing most effec tive work against the enemy front line trenches, bis battery positions and wire entanglements. Numerous enemy working parties also were shelled. Beyond observation by bal loons there has been no aerial ac ! tivity owing to the low clouds and i rain. American machine guns last night j and this morning tired many thou sand rounds in the rear of the Ger man positions where marked move ! mcnt of men and material progress es. The enemy tried unsuccessfully to hinder the American patrol work by hurling new and powerful flares into the American wire entangle -1 ments. Premier Praises Morale of Soldiers at the Front Following Belgian Visit By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 26.—Premier Clemen ceau, who returned to Paris last night from a two-day visit to the Belgian, British and Portuguese fronts, said to-day to a representa tive of the Matin: "My impression was an excellent one. I passed all Sunday on the Belgian front. I had pleasure in seeing how high its morale is. The army has been completely made over and is resolute to defend to the death the little remaining corner of its country. "In the morning and afternoon I visited the Portuguese and British fronts. The Portuguese troops suf fer a good deal from the biting wind blowing from the dunes and swamps. In a few weeks line weather will be gin again and the valiant little Por tuguese army will be able to repeat the exploits it accomplished in other sectors. "As to the British armies T cannot sufficiently pra'se their bearing and morale. Everywhere the defensive organizations are in admirable or der. Our friends await with phleg matic impatience the formidable shock announced by the Germans which, according to them, cannot now be long In coming. I wish par ticularly to emphasize the perfect harmony which exists between tho intenle allied headquarters." Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION BOLSHEVIK! DIG TRENCHES WHILE , HUNS TAKE PSKOV 1 Blaring Sirens Warn Petro-j grad That Enemy Forces Advance Steadily GERMANS OCCUPY HEVAIJ Rapid Teuton Advance Con-j tinucs in Southwest Direction By Associated Press l.onilon, Feb. 20.—Pskov, 175 miles southwest of I'etrogrnd. litis been recant llled by the llolshevl ki linil street lighting Is going on there, according to mi Kseluingc Telegraph dispatch from I'etro grnd tinted Monday. The lied (iiinrdn lire resittHm; the (lerninn advance everywhere. Petrograd, Monday, Fob. 25. Blaring sirens awoke sleeping Petro grad last evening signifying to the inhabitants that the Germans had I entered Pskov. The blast of the! whistles also served as a summons j to begin digging trenches for the j defense of the capital. Tlio district Soldiers' and AVork-' men's Councils of Petrograd were j informed over the telephone at midnight that small German detach-1 ments had taken possession of j Pskov and were moving towards! [Continued on Page 10.] British Freighter Is Sunk by Submarine New York, Feb. 26.—The British I freight steamship Philadelphia.) owned by the Leyland l.ine, has i been sunk by a submarine. She left! here with a cargo for British ports; on February 11 and was torpedoed j about February 21. News of the Philadelphlan's loss' was received to-day in marine insur-| ance circles and confirmed at the I offices of the Leyland line. 1 | *1 f 2*4 , 4 w 'l"'i , 4 e & ft 19 *** 4* b 4* STEELTON -MAN ADMITS CHIME ♦* X Harrisburjg—Andrew' Carry, Steeltor, held in jail on X X a charge cf mutdcr, this afternoon admitted in a state- T 4 ment tor District Attorney Michael E. Stroup that he 3 i *s* ** !a, shot Arthur Watts, yesterday at the lattcr's home. Carry !t I# claimed, however, that Watts had threatened his life. *4* | § £a £ Mrs. Watts, held as a material witness in the case said shj f X C rry fi ethe second shot at her husband, i? 4 BOLSHEVIK TRANSFER HEADQUARTERS X London-—The Bolshevik headquarters have been T V transferred from the, Smolny Institute in Petrogrtd to a 4* L military camp, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch X X from Petrograd dated Monday. At.this camp, the dis *7* 4* patch report., ' ::ncn of the city arc assembling c . A IT masse, carying red Karrcrs and fighting detachments aic "Y 4 being termed cbnt nually. The Council of People's Com- 4 I <-Sis j| flMSsioners, whi h forms the B dshevik governing body 2 T has decided t< remain at the Smolny Institute, it is re- ** !** ..." 1 \A ported ahheugh 'n itary-cctivities have been shifted X II el; " e:', the 1 dds. *§* ! f £ " T x PARCEL POST LIMIT INCREASED * { *P Washington—As a means of stimulating movement JL I 17 Xof farm products to the consumer Postmaster General *T, t Burl oson to-dav inc. c-Msed t'nc . :'ow*blc ' /eights cf par- ijj % j eel post pockage elective March 15. Packages when *jr mailed in the first or second zones fcr delivery in the first. . *f . T ® second or third zones, may thereafter Le as heavy as *L X seventy founds. They now are restricted to fifty. The JT weight limit for all other zones was increased from <i • X | twenty to fifty pounds. T i f GERMANS TAKE KOLENKOWITZ * -V X £* Berli;. l Via hom'-n—Genera! Lin- ,P en's forces. X X operating in Voil, ni , have captured the 1 ov.-n cf Kolen | kowitz after a ' tic, f. •. German general r.t. f announced x ? to " ciay - t, 4 SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR LITHUANIA S X | Amsterdam—The Central Powers intend to give self- X ji* government to the provinces of Courland and Lithuania. *** X ' *** *x* Imperial Chance ; r von Hertling declared in his address f to the Reichstag yesterday. T* 1 f ' ? i MARRIAGE LICENSES f CI armor llartmuti and Minnie W. \\ Miner, Ilnrri*l>urit x llrnrv trj GOVERNOR SAYS NO DECISION ON 1 EXTRA SESSION j Remarks Upon Number of ' Subjects Suggested For Con sideration by Lawmakers WOULD CONSUME WEEKS i Will Consider the Whole Proposition and Make Up His Mind Before Long "Numerous subjects have been suggested to me to be included In a cull for a special session of the General Assembly in event that I -decide to issue one, but I am con sidering (lie matter and have not reached ai)y conclusion," said Gov ernor Brumbaugh to-day when ask ed Tor a statement regarding the ru mors that he contemplated sum moning the legislature. The Gov ernor returned last night from Flor ida and was at the Capitol to-day I for the first time in over a fort j night. He said that he came back lin a "plastic" state as far ns his physical being is concerned and that he did not think he would visit | Florida again soon because of the weather. "You can say that nothing has j been decided in regard to an extra I session because there are some im portant questions to be considered lin connection with It," continued | the Governor. "Since it has been , talked and written about T have re ; celved numerous suggestions for sub | jects and it is a serious matter | whether men can be gotten here for [Continued on I'age 10.] , RKADIXG CONTRACT* )lt I>IKS Heading. Pa.. Feb. 26.—Howard E. Ahrens, aged 64 years, president of the Allentown and Reading Trac | tion Company, one of the best-known contractors in eastern Pennsylvania, and formerly operator of a largo string of creameries, died here at I noon to-day.
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