THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIQ-HT
AND TO MORROW
Detailed Report, Face 8
dfT*?. l^" ed VOL. 77—NO. 66.
GERMAN SUBMARINE TORPEDOES FRENCH STEAMER;
U. S. OFFICIALS STILL HOPE FOR SAFETY OF NEUTRALS
The Dinorah, From
Havre for Dunkirk.
Is the First Vessel fo
Feel the Effects of the
German War Zone
Blockade Proclaimed
in British Waters
THE BOAT KEPT
FROM SINKING
No News at
ton That the Mine
and Submarine Cam
paign of Germany is
Actively in Effect —
Official Text of the
Reply to U. S. Note
Is Awaited With In
terest
Dieppe, Franco, Feb. 19, via Paris,
4 A, M.—A German submarine tor
pedoed this morning without warning
the French steamer Dinorah, from
Havre for Dunkirk, at a point sixteen
miles off Dieppe. The Dinorah did not
sink but was towed into Dieppe. No
mention is made of the loss of any of
her crew.
A plate on the port side of the
steamer below the water line was stove
in by the torpedo. Nevertheless the
Dinorah managed fco kerni afloat toy hard
pumping, Word of the occurrence was
taken info Dieppe by fishing boah and
assistance for the Dinorah was prompt
ly sent out. She was towed into port
and her cargo will be discharged here.
The presence of a German submarine
off Cape Ailly was reported four days
ago.
The daily steamer traffic service be
tween Dieppe and England has been
suspended.,
Beldridge Strikes a Mine
Dover, Feb. 19. Via Ijondon, 3.08
1". M.— The Norwegian tank steam
ship Belridge, which sailed from New
Orleans January 28 and Newport News
February 5 for Amsterdam, struck a
mine to-day oft Do\er.
The vessel has been beached at Wal
mer. It was first reported thiyt she was
only slightly damaged by the explosion,
but later it was learned that there had !
been fear of her going ilown. Her fore
peak and her fore hold at water- j
logged and her fore deck is awash. The |
pilot on board and 18 men of her crew
have been landed. The Belridige struck
the mine at an early hour this morn
ing.
GERIIfI \N OFFICIAL REPLY
10 U. S. NOTE IS AWAITED
WITH GREAT CONCERN
Washington, Feb. 19.—Although
Germany's reply to the American warn
ing against attacks on its vessels in
the new sea war zones gave great con
cern to administration officials who
feared for the safety of American ship
ping, it was hoped that an understand
ing might yet be reached for the pro
tection of neutrals. No news had come
that the mine and submarine campaign
actually was in effect. Germany's dis
claimer of all responsibility for what
might happen to neutral ships ventur
ing in the danger zones and its an
nounced intention to lay mines in the
British waiters, served to add to of
ficial unxiety.
The contemplated action of Germany
continues to command attention here
and officials were looking forward with
unabated interest to the receipt to-day
of the official text of Germany's reply.
They already had unofficial information
giving an outline of the answer. Pend
ing the arrival of the official text, how
ever, oflicials declined to comment.
Delay in Receiving Beply
The official text of Germany's reply
hail not been received at the State De
partment to-day; in fact there were no
advices from Ambassador Gerard that
it had been delivered to him by the
Berlin Foreign Office, although officials
kni>w fr .in other advices that the Ger
man note ban been delivered to the
American Ambassador and is, in fact,
now on its way to America.
Officials explained the delay by point
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I GERMANY'S TERROR OF THE SEAS AFTER A DIVE
GERM Art SUBMARINE COMING TO THE SURFACE" ♦*
J Above is shown one of Germany's submarines after Its rise from the depths of the oeenn. Note the rush ot
water over the deck and the heavy swell caused by the sudden appearance of this strange war craft to the surface.
inig out that the ambassador has been
using the cable which comes from Rome
and goes over a circuitous route with
numerous relays, while the unofficial
information about the correspondence
has been sent from Berlin to London
through neutral countries and then has
taken the direct ca'ble to the United
States.
Berlin Note Considered Friendly
When the Cabinet assembled for the
usual Friday meeting, formal considera
tion of Germany's reply which hail been
expected, did not take place because
there were uo advices from Berlin be
fore the President. On the unofficial re
]»ort of the text published yesterday,
however, the general situation was dis
cussed informally and while it was ad
mittedly the subject of concern, the
general interpretation of the Berlin
note was that it was friendly and of
ficials prbfessed to be satisfied that no
American ships would be destroyed by
German war craft.
Situation Not Threatening
After the Cabinet meeting, it was
said, it was considered that the situ
ation was not at ail threatening anil
that the administration had no fear
that any American ship would be sunk.
The suggestion of Germany in the
latest note to the United States that
means be found for identifying and
safeguarding American ships venturing
into the war zone was understood to
have been taken up. It was agree*!,
J however, that the American govern
ment has no authority, to order ships
to adopt such measures as taken in
Holland and the Scandinavian coun
tries which include the painting of the
nationality of the in large let
ters on each Jside. It was understood,
however, that inquiries will be sent to
maritime insurance companies to learn
if any measures are contemplated 'for
identifying neutral ships.
Much Concern at The Hague
The Hague, Via London, Feb. 19,
8.11 A. M.—The critical situation
brought about by the German naval
demonstration, which it was announced
would begin yesterday, has greatly im
pressed governmental circles here. A
reply to the Dutch protest against the
proposed submarine blockade has not
yet been received but is expected
momentarily.
Work was continued in all govern
ment offices until late last evening and
several conferences were held between
ministers. No real uneasiness is felt as
to Holland's position but every precau
tion has been taken by all branches of
the defensive forces in view of possible
eventualities.
Several troop movements are report
ed along the eastern frontier, facing
Germany, but information regarding
them is closeJy guarded. The water de
fenses are understood to be ready fbr
any emergency. New recruits for the
army reached their training depots yes
terday ami more will arrive to-day.
Many Dutch vessels are now in Brit
ish waters on their way to and from
ports in Holland. Some apprehension
is felt in shipping circles but it is
pointed out that these merchantman are
easily distinguished and consequently it
is hoped there will be no untoward
haippenings. The reported encounter of
the Dutch steamer Helena with a Zep
pelin airship in the North Sea and tho
fact that the vessel was not harmed is
regarded as indicating that Germany
does not intend to attack neutrals.
England Orders Travel Suspended
Washington, Feb. 19.—A1l travel be
tween England and the continent of
Europe has been suspended by the Brit
ish Admiralty until further "notice, ac
cording to advices received to-day at
the State Department.
LATE WAR jra SUMMARY
Germany has struck the first Wow
since her war zone decree went into
effect. A French steamer was torpedoed
in the English channel by a German
submarine. She was able to reach port
although badly damaged.
According to advices received to
day at tile State Department in Wash
ington, all travel between England and
the continent has been suspended by
the British Admiralty until further no
tice.
Berlin newspapers, commenting on
the German reply to the American note,
reflect the feeling that there must be
G'oatlnacd on Twelfth Pace.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1915-16 PAGES.
EXPECT RESULTS
FROM
President Gilbert, of
Chamber of Com
merce, Discusses
Benefits of Tour
READING WAS
THE LAST STOP
Harrisburg Party, in Twenty-five Au
tos, Taken on Rubber-neck Sight
seeing Journey Through the Parks
of the Berks County Seat
Back in Their Accustomed Places of
business to-day, the trade boomers who
made the two-day tour of Central
Pennsylvania cities, under the aus
pices of the Chamber of Commerce, ex
pressed themselves as well satisfied
with Harrisburg, although they enjoyed
the tour immensely. President Hender
son Gilbert, of the Chamber of Com
merce, the "angel" of the trip, was
asked to discuss the direct benefits
likely to accrue to this city as a result
of the sw'ug around the loop in the
special train.
"What it means in extension of
trade will, of course, show up in after
weeks when buyers in the eleven places
visited remember the Harrisburgers
they went out of their way to enter
tain," said Mr Gilbert. "We are
well satisfied with Harrisburg after
comparing it with our neighbors. We,
however, .learned something from each
city we visited, but, better than that,
we learned to know each other, which
is of inestimable value."
President Gilbert hesitated to talk
about what the party saw that Harris
burg does not have, but other travelers
were not backward about expressing
their views during the trip homeward
last night from Peading, the last city
visited. Not a few visionary city halls
were constructed for Harrisburg dur
ing conversation. The hotels in some
of the cities visited created a fine im
pression on the party and some fanci
ful plans were discussed.
Some Impressions of the Trip
The bigger cities that entertained
the loop-the-ioopers placed emphasis on
their city improvements, something in
which Harrisburg did not suffer by
Continued on Twelfth Pace.
FIVE ARMY CORPS OF THE
RUSSIANS PROBAELY LOST
Berlin, Feb. 19, by wireless to Say
ville. Further reports concerning
the German victory of the iMazurian
lakes, in East Prussia, make it apparent
that the Kussian defeat was a severe
one. German military officers in Ber
lin doubt whether much remains of
about five Russian army corps. While
the Russians may have saved some of
their artillery through quick retreat it
seems certain, army men say, that Rus
sian troops to the number of at least
130,000, are no longer to be reckoned
with by the German armies.
The clearing of the Austrian crown
land of Bukowina of the invaders also
is taken by German officials to mean a
Russian defeat on the other extreme
wing of the operations in the east.
WEST ENDERS IN SCHOOL
BOARD WANT A BUILDING
Director Werner Has Prepared a Reso
lution for New School House at
Fifth and Mahantongo Streets—
May Go Before Board To-night
To care for the increase in the num
ber of grade pupils in the West End,
George A. Werner, member of the
Board, will introduce a resolution at
the regular meeting of the School
Board this evening providing for the
erection of a new building at Fifth
and Mahantongo streets, officials of the
School Board learned this morning.
It is known that Mr. Werner has
been preparing this resolution for some
time and previously mentioned this
meeting at the'tiine he expected £o in
troduce it. He was out of the city
this afternoon and it could not be
learned definitely if the resolution
would go into-night. directors Shul
and Hout/., who reside in the West End,
also favor a new building and it is
said they have urged Mr. Werner to be
the sponsor of the resolution.
There is but one school building be
tween Woodbine and Division streets
and all children in that rapidly de
veloping section must go to that one,
the Camp Curtin, at Sixth and Wood
bine streets. This building is now
crowded to capacity and many of tho
directors fell now that a new building
is necessary.
According to Director Werner's
plan, the new building will go on a
plot of ground at Fifth and Mahan
tongo streets now owned by the school
district. It was purchased in 1910,
along with two sites on the iHill, on
which t.lie Woodward and Shi mine 11
buildings have been built..
The West End plot is an irregular
triangle, fronting 285 feet on Fifth,
ISO feet on Mohantongo and 334 feet
on Reel street. It is commodious
enough for a building similar to the
Shinimell building.
There may be contention in the
Board on the location of the building,
some of the Directors favoring the
Reily plot, at Third and Reily streets,
which is also owned by the district.
This, however, is said to entail a great
expense and the plan would naturally
be for a building big enough so that
the Reilv building could be abandoned
and sold.
TOLEMLQWCHTFROF
SONGBIRDS IS UNEARTHED
State Game Commission Learns That
Blossburg Taxidermist Has Been
Killing Rare Specimens, Mounting
and Selling Them
One of the most extensive slaught
ers of song, insectiverous and game
birds ever recorded since the laws went
into effect forbidding the killing of
such birds was reported to-day to the
State Game Commission by agents in
Bloauburg, Tioga county. The killing
involved the destruction of turtle
doves, screech owls, ruffed grouse,
woodcock, brown thrushes, hairy wood
peckers, yellow-breasted woodpeckers,
red-headed woodpeckers, snowy bunt
ings, orioles, quail, sandpipers, rose
breasted grosbeaks, chestnut warblers
and cedar birds, none of which, except
the game birds, can be taken at any
season of the year.
Game Warder Joseph Smith, who
has charge of the Tioga district, was
informed that a man in Blossburg was
engaged in the business of killing and
mounting these birds and selling them,
sometimes with their . nests, for big
prices, and he made an investigation.
He reported that the story was correct,
and iu the house of the man, whose
Continued on Twelfth Pace.
Lobby Probe of Ship Bill To-morrow
Washington, Feb. 19.—The Senate
committee investigating charges of lob
bying against the administration ship
bill took no testimony to-day and will
meet again to-morrow
WON PLANT
SHIN
KEMKI
Memphis Contract,
Which Calls for 16,-
OOOTons.is Released
To-day-
GIVES WORK TO
5 DEPARTMENTS
Officials of Company Say Building of
Big Viaduct to Span the Mississip
pi River Will Keep Part ot the
Plant Busy for at Least 18 Months
At least five departments of the big
plant of tho Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany in Steelton will have plenty of
work for tho next eighteen months, it
was stated in the executive offices this
morning on the big contract for the
Memphis bridge across the Mississippi,
which contract has just been released.
This bridge will span the Mississippi
river from 'Memphis, Tenn., and 16,000
tons of steel will be required to com
plete it. All of this will be rolled in
Steelton. The bridge will be approxi
mately 2,500 feet long. It will be a
cantilever structure connecting Ten
nessee with Arkansas for railroad pur
poses. The work began this morning
and will be rushed right through. An
advance crew has been sent to
Memphis to erect the false work from
which the superstructure of steel will
be made.
The departments of the Steelton
company which will turn out the steel
for the bridge will be open hearth;
new "I" beam mill, recently com
pleted; the steam presses, tho steel
foundry and the bridge and construc
tion department In the latter place
the various sections of the bridge will
be assembled and as fast as completed
will be forwarded to Memphis.
Although the cortpanv ol>taio«d the
Memphis contract last September,
work on it was held up and the order
to go ahead was not received in Steel
ton until yesterday.
The new 44-inch roughing mill, now
known as No. 3 blooming mill, is run
ning full time, making billets and
blooms of open hearth steel. This mill
is equipped with a reversible steam en
gine to drive the two-high roll train
and the four soaking furnaces consist
of four pits to each, with each pit sev
en feet by eight and one-half feet
square. The capacity of this mill is
such that it can consume all the steel
that can bo turned out by the eight
open heart furnaces and Bessemer com
bined at all times.
The rail mill is busy rolling test
rails for the Pennsylvania railroad and
the outcome will not be known until
the inspectors are through making
tests. The frog and switch department
is being operated on reduced time.
Work on the new blast furnace is being
rushed and four stoveß have been com
pleted.
28 DRAFTSMAN TO BE DROPPED
Steel Company Will Lay Off Men Em
ployed on Special Work
Twenty-edght draftsmen employed in
special work on the plans for the now
building now being constructed at the
plant of the Pennsylvania Steol Com
pany, in Steelton, for the last twio or
thre'e years, will be dropped by the com
pany at various times during the month
of March. They will not all be dlropped
at once, according to an an
nouncement made this morning.
A few of these employes, however,
have already been notified that their
services will not be needed after March
1. These will be followed by more lay
offs each week during March.
The dropping of these men will not
affect the regular force of draftsmen
employed by the company.
ONCEFAMOUSBANDIT DIES
Frank James Kept Promise That He
Would Never Write Book and
Refused 910,000
By Associated Pross.
Kansas City, Feb. 19.—(Many stories
about Frank James, the former outlaw
and member of the notorious Jesse
James gang, who died at his 'home near
Excelsior Springs yesterday, Which
clung to him after his surrender, were
told hero to-day. A writer, long a
friend of tlhe former bandit in company
with a publisher, visited James several
years ago to get information to be used
in a book.
"I promised the Governor of Mis
souri when I surrendered to him,"
James told the publisher, "that I would
never write a book about myself or per
mit it to toe written."
Though he was said to have been
offered SIO,OOO, .1 pines kept his prom
ise and his knowledge of the details of
seventeen years of wild life will be
buried with him. Much has been writ
ten about the James boys, but accord
ing to Frank no word of how they
robbed ever came from him. Nor did
he ever tell what became of vast
amounts of money they were supposed
to have stolen.
RUSS FISH MARKET GIVES
TON UF FISH 10 CITY POOR
Pinched Faces and Shabby Clothes Evi
dences That Bight Persons Were on
Hand—City Police Conduct Eager
Crowds
Crowds which ahoiwed evidences of
being pinched with the necessities of
Wo began gathering shortly after the
dawn of (l»v this morning in front of
the Ruts Fish market on Market square,
w<here an hour or more la/ter a ton of
fish was in store for them.
it was announced yosteHdlay by the
proprietors of the market, A. B. Buss
and J. B. Windsor, that they would
give away a ton of fish to the city's
pooT who called at the market wfhen it
opened at 8 o'clock this morning. How
ever, some three hundred did not wait
until this time for when "Big Ike''
started weighing out the fish he found
the crowd a little too much for him.
Thiß part of the Mbnation was well
taken care of, for Chief of Police Jo
seph B. Hutchison also know what was
going on and ordered a sergeant and
four police to keep thing* going or
derly. With the exception of minor
incidents, suchi ais keeping the crowds
in a single lino for fear the supply
would give out, no trouble was reported
at the police station.
The fish were weighed by Isaac
Freedman, known by his friends as
"Big Ike/' giving each person one
fish. As the average fish weighed
aibout two and one-halif pounlds, it is es
timated that from eight to nine hun
dred persons went away happy. It is
not definitely known whether father,
mother, sister, brother and others of a
family called or whether one fish went
to each family, but this is a matter
for the public to solve, as Mr. Buss
j says hie is perfectly satisfied the way
things went.
PROMPT WORK IN FIRE DRILL
Star-Independent Building Emptied Six
teen Seconds AfteT Gong Sounds
The first fire drill since a new sys
tem of gongs was installed in the Star-
Independent building, 18 to 22 South
Third street, wa« held in the third and
fourth floors at 9.37 o'clock this morn
ing. The editorial department and news
rooms are located on these two floors
and the employes had been instructed
in their duties in case of a* alarm.
The gong was sounded tliis morning
without previous warning as to the
time, and in sixteen seconds all the em
ployes of the composing room,
those who had been ateigned to spec' 4;
duties by Foreman OJrarleg R. liip]>er—
a well trained fireman who for years
has been a member of the Washington
Hose Company—had marched onto the
fire escapes in an orderly way. Women
employes were included in the number
and were sent to the escapes first. There
was not the slightest confusion, so well
had the fire drill work been system
atized.
In twenty-five seconds, under direc
tion of Charley Kelly, a hose line in the
third floor had been attached and
spread ready for use, while in the same
time John Handiboe had a hose line
ready for service on the fourth floor.
Roy Walters and Henry Henderson were
at their assigned poets with tho hand
extinguishers.
ELIDES CAPTURE
NEARLY YEARS
Last of Alleged Dyna
miters of Los Angeles
"Times" Building is
Arrested
FOUND ON HIS
CHICKEN RANCH
David Caplan Taken Into Custody Near
Seattle, Washington, Where for Two
Years He Was in Poultry and Bar
ber Business
By Associated Press,
Seattle, Wa»h., Feb. 19. —David Cap
lan, last of the men wanted at Los An
geles, Cal., in connection with the dy
namiting of the liOs Angeles "Times"
building in the fall of 1910, was ar
rested last night on his chicken ranch,
two niile« inland from Rolling Bay,
Beinbridge
attle.
Caplan, according to Walter R. Thay
er, manager of tho Seattle branch of
the William J. Bums detective agency,
admitted his identity and expressed a
willingness to return to Los Angeles
for trial. He was taken to Port Or
chard, county seat of Kitsap county,
where he was placed in jail under an
armed guard.
B'or two years he had been living
under the name of Frank Moller on a
small chicken ranch back of Rolling
Bay. He also conducted a barber shop
in Rolling Bay. He was found, Thayer
said, through information gathered by
William J. Burns, after the arrest of
Schmidt last Saturday in New York.
Oa.plan was in bed when the officers
burst into his cabin, telling him that
he was recognizee] as David Caplan
"That's me; I'm glad it's over," Cap
lan said, according to a statement Thay
er made here to-day. Thayer said Cap-
Cuatinned OB Twelfth rase.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
DEGLAHES WOHEH
111 BEER GARDENS
INJURE mm
Salesman, in Letter
Read in the License
Court, Tells of Losing
Customers
A MIDDLETOWN
HOTEL ATTACKED
In Moming Session J idges Hear Part
of the Testimony in One Case in
Which Remonstrances Have Beeu
Piled—Many Witnesses Heard
Without disposing finally of any one
of the 173 applications for liquor li
censes—including those of retailers,
wholesalers, bottlers, brewers and dis
tillers, Judges Kunkel and McUarrell,
in the annual liquor license court, this
morning took up two of the eleven cases
in which remonstrances were filed. They
held under advisement a request to
withdraw the remonstrance filed in one
of these two cases and heard a part of
the testimony in the other.
Frod 'Miller, an attorney who filed a
remonstrance agaiiißt the application of
Theodore S. Five, for the hotel at 501
State street, asked the Court for per
mission to withdraw tlie papers. lie said
that when he filed them ho was not
familiar with certain matters pertain
ing to tho case and now is not prepared
to press tho remonstrance. Miller's
client, a local merchant, had objected
to Frye's licenso being renewed on the
ground that Frye owed him some money
ou a furniture bill.
"We will consider your application
to withdraw the remonstrance," said
the Court.
Two letters received by Judge Kun
kel within the last day or two and
which were classed by the I'rothono
tary as "remonstrances," were filed in
connection with two license applica
tions. One Is th it of the Ho an
house, Market street, this city, co ct
ed by Edward Q. Hoffman, and the
other that of the St. Uiwrence hotel,
terrysmirg, conducted by William H.
own mn.
Criticises "Side Rooms"
A Sunburv traveling man, in a letter
to the court, besides saying that some
of his prospective purchasers, whom ho
brought to Harrisburg, met women at
hotels, asked Judge Kunkel, in granting
licenses, to restrict hotelmen from per
mitting women of immoral character to
frequent "side rooms and beer gar
dens."
The salesman said in part:
"A number of traveling men have
| asked me to write thi; letter and.
Judge, we wish you would put a curb
on hotels selling liquor to girls and
women of immoral habits. It hurt* our
business. First we go to the exponsu to
Continued on Twelfth Pace.
BIG SHOW oilO MORROW
President Wilson Will Set Machinery
in Motion as He Sends Electric
Spark From White House
By Associated Press,
San Francisco, Feb. 19.—An electric
spark jumping across the contineut,
will open the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition at noon to-morrow,
Pacific coast time. In t)he White House
at Washington, the President will press
a button and the aerials of the groat
government radio station at Arlington
will snarl awl splutter. The vibrations
will be received and infinitesimal frac
tion of a second later by a commercial
station on tho shores of San Francisco
bay, where they will be relayed by
wire to a receiving instrument on the
exposition grounds.
As soon as Che signal is received, the
wheels wiN begin to turn and the foun
tains to play; the gates will swing
open and a procession of citzens, with
the mayor at thedr head, will march on
to the grounds.
At the same time, President Charles
■C. Moore, o>f the exposition company,
will inform President Wilson by word
of mouth, over a telephone line already
set up and waiting, that the wireless
flasih has been received and t'he exposi
tion is open. In return President Wil
son will send his greetings and good
wishes. Thus the two latest modes of
long distance communication will be
employed to vivify the fair. Ceremonies
of dedication and acceptance as brief
as it is possible to make thiem will fol
low.
Commissioner Johnson's Wife Dies
Mrs. Charles Johnson, wife of Insur
ance Commissioner Johnson, died at her
home in Norristown this morning, after
a long illness. Mrs. Johnson's illness as
sumed a serious phase on Wednesday
night and Commissioner Johnson was
summoned home early yesterday morn
ing. The funeral will take place in Nor
ristown on Monday. Mrs. Johnson is
survived by her husband and a married
daughter. -
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 10.—Prices shaded
again in the final hour to the accom
paniment of more activity. The closing
was heavy. The stock market was dull
and irregular for greater part of to
day's session. The foreign situation out-
I weighed all other consideration.