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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-05

The Thanksgiving brings mind delightful memories
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look the coming 1917 family when loved
national
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And Thanksgiving calls for the -apparelinens-
furnishings furniture enable properly entertain
guests Time is flying the day will be here and NOW the
begin preparations
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS
SEND PROTEST TO BERLIN
Sweden Firmly Resolved to Maintain
Its Neutrality and Will Be Con-
tent With Protest.

Stockholm, Feb. 9.-Sweden and the
other Scandinavian nations have de-
cided to unite in a joint protest to
Germany over the latter's submarine
blockade.
1t is semi-officially announced that
Sweden is just as firmly resolved now
as she has been from the first to main
tain strict neutrality, and will content
herself with a protest against the tone
Of Germany's new blockade.
Foreign Minister Wallenberg re-
quested U. S. Minister Nelson Morris
to call and informed him the king and
council had considered carefully Pres
ident Wilson's invitation to Sweden
to join with the United States in
breaking off diplomatic relations with
Germany and had reached the deci-
sion such action was impossible under
the existing circumstances.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
roRPEDOED WITHOUT WARMING
OFF IRISH COAST AND SOME
OF PASSENGERS AND CREW
ARE STILL MISSING.
ONE AMERICAN PASSENGER
is AMONG THOSE RESCUED
So Far as Is Definitely Known Was
the Only Citizen of the United
States Aboard-Women and
Children Are Among
ThoSe Missing.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Consul Frost
at Queenstown cabled that the pas
senger liner California had been tor
pedoed without warning off the irish
coast and that the one American
known to have been on board was
saved.
Some of the passengers and crew
still were missing, including two Wom-
en- and several children.
The captain of the ship was quoted
as saying the submarine did not hall
or give any warning before firing two
torpedoes from a distance of 300 yards
and sending the California down.
One American Survivor.
The American survivor was John A.
Lee of Montgomery, Ala, who is sup
posed to have been member OF the
crew.
Consul Frost's dispatch was as fol-
lows:
Anchor liner California has been
sunk; bound for Glasgow, presumably
from New York, 200 persons on board;
one death; 80 hospital cases, survlV-
OrS reacn mere SuOfLly.
Says No Americans Aborad.
New York, Feb. 8. - No American
citizens were among the 81 passengers
on the California, according to officials
of the Anchor Line in this city. Rec
ords filed in accordance with neutral
ity regulations when applications were
made for passage. showed that while
many of the persons who sailed on the
liner lived in the United States they
were subjects of Great Britain. The
belief was expressed also that there
were no Americans in the crew of 1874.
A cable message received at the
Anchor line offices in this city an
nouncing the sinking of the California
said that 100 survivors out of the total
of 215 persons aboard the vessel had
been landed. Nothing was said of the
fate of the remaining SIS.
Consul Frost's report to the state
department that there were $50 hospi-
tai cases. was construed to mean that
the survivors suffered from exposure
in the open boats or injuries received
in leaving the sinking vessel.
The California, which sailed from
New York for Glasgow January 20,
was armed with defense gun mount
ed aft.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
LEAK" STORY C0LLAPSES:
MRS. vIscoNTrs INFORMATION"
PROVES DISAPPOINTMENT
Says Little Daughter of Newspaper
Man Was Her Sole Informant
Expected Sensation Falls Flat.

Washington, Feb. 1O.-Another prom
lsed sensation i'm the leak" inquiry
f1attened out with the long awaited
testimony of Mrs. Ruth Thomson
Visconti, the mysterious informant,
upon whose statements Thomas w.
Lawson based some of his most dra-
matte charges.
Declining to say publicly who told
her that Secretary Tumulty and w:
w. Price, a White House correspond
ent, profted by advance information
on the peace note, Mrs Visconti rel
vealed to the investigating committee
in confidence that all her information
came from remarks of Prices young
daughter. Immediately afterWord
Price took the stand, reiterated his
denial of profting by information OBJ
tained in confidence and said he had
reason to believe the rumor repeated
by Mrs. Visconti started from chance
observations by members of his fam
lily that he could have SO profted.
A crowd that damned the committee
room did not conceal it's disappoint-
ment at the brevity of Mrs. Visconti's
testimony. After she left the stand
it was announced she would not be
recalled. s.. ... .-...
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
DETENTION OF GERARD IS
Termed INSULT TO u. S.
Authority on International Law Says
No Precedent Exists Permitting
Germany to Hold Ambassador.

New York. Feb. 1O.-"The holding Of
our ambassador in Germany is fla
grant act of insult" Prof Ellory c..
Stowell, Columbia university authority
on international law. Many other au-
thorities agreed with Stowell in brand
ing the action as without precedent in
international law.
1T Is in violation Of all information.
al law" said Stowell.
THE retaining of Americans in Ger
many would be an anticipatory repris-
al unworthy of a civilized nation.
II am sure the American nation will
know how to resent the insult
Congress ought to declare war on
Germany Immediately" said Professor
Franklin H. Giddings. This Is out
rageous. There are no words print
able which can express what should
be said about it. 1t is perfectly appar-
ent that Germany means to force war
between the United States and her
SELF"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
AMERICANS IN GERMANY
ARE VIRTUALLY PRISONERS
Gerard and Consular Officials to Be
Detained Until Fate of Germans
in America Is Known.

New York, Feb. "a special dis
patch to the New York Times from Co.
penhagen says:
81 am authorized by the American
legation to say that Minister Egan has
received several sensational dispatches
from Ambassador Gerard.
The latter telegraphs that the Ger
man authorities will not permit Ameri-
cans to leave Germany at present. He
says that he, his staff and all Ameri-
can consular officials will be detained
until the fate of Count Won Bernstorff
and the German crews from the cap
tured German ships in America has
been decided"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
TURKS REPORT BIG VICTORY
Say Foe IL AnnihiIated On Tigris
Front.

Berlin, Feb. 9.-The following Turk
ish official communication has been
received here:
"Tigris front: South of the Tigris
there has been a violent artillery CON-
bat. On the Felahie position there
has been infantry and artillery firing
and combats between accommodating
patrols which resulted in our favor
From prisoners it has been ascertain
ed that. during the combat two hos
tile battalions, each of seven hundred
men, which succeeded in entering our
trenches, were completely annihilated
persian front: We captured car.
AVIAN of 335 loaded camelS."
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
WILSON GIVEN GREAT POWER
HOUSE ARRANGES THOROUGH
PREPAREDNESS LEGISLATION.
$3.50, 900 Appropriated for Ships
and Needed War MateriaI-Can
Commander Munition Plants.

Washington, Feb. 8.-The most fa1
reaching preparedness legislation ever
introduced at one time in both branch
es of Congress has been faVOrably re
ported in the House by Chairman Pad
gett Of the naval committee.
The measure authorizes the Presi
dent to commander all ship building
plants; all plants capable of producing
war materials; places at the Presi
dents disposal $15O,0OO,000 to rush
completion of ships or needed war ma
terials and appropriates $1,00O,O00 tc
purchase the basic patents of an air
plane suitable for army and navy use
Measure Will Pass.
The House under stress of national
emergency almost unanimously adopt
ed Chairman P>dgett's report. The
House acted in committee of the
whole. This assures passage of the
items.
Included in the appropriations are
$1,250,000 for machine guns; $1,000,000
for anti-aircraft guns and ammunition
at arsenals; $5,5S1,174 for batteries
for merchant auxiliaries; with $7,281,
941 for ammunition of the latter.
All the appropriations mentioned
were "additional' to. the regular ap
preparations which total 1851, 900, 900
and were granted in the form of
amendments.
Other appropriations favorably re-
ported to the House and totalling
about 1851, 100000, it was said, may
be withdrawn as amendments and in.
troduced as separate bills.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
To Amend u. S. Shipping Law

Washington, Feb. S.-Work of per-
fecting amendments to the federal
shipping law authorizing the shipping
board, in event of war or threatened
war, to commander all ships under
construction in the United States for
foreign powers and also all privately
owned American ships has been be-
gun by Chairman D. n. Fletcher OF
the senate commerce committee. An
agreement to draft these changes was
reached at conference between mem
bers of congress and Secretary Will
liam G. McAdoo.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
BRYAN Followers Oppose Wilson.

Washington, Feb. 8. - Indications
that group of pacifist followers of
William Jennings Bryan has succeed
ed in launching a formidable anti-war
propaganda in opposition to President
Wilson's course with Germany are be-
ing manifested. A flood of kilograms,
many couched in similar language, in
dicating a concerted movement have
been received by members of Cong.
ress protesting against actual hostil-
tiles The messages specifically en-
dorse Bryan's policy and urge a con-
ference between neutral nations.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
SENATE ENDORSES
PRESIDENTS ACT
SEVERANCE OF ~DlPEOMATiC RE-
LATIONs APPROVED BY UP
PER HOUSE OF CONGRESS.
VOTE FOLLOWS LONG DEBATE
La Toilette, Gronna, Works, Vardaman
and Kirby Are Only Senators Who
Refuse to Support President
Is Position Taken.

Washington, Feb. 9.-President Will
sons severance of diplomatic relations
with Germany approved formally by
the Senate.
By vote of 70 to 5 the Senate ex
pressed confidence in the Presidents
course, adopting a resolution submit
ted by Chairman Stone of the foreign
relations committee indorsing the
withdrawal of American Ambassador
Gerard from Berlin and the giving to
German Ambassador Bernstorff his
passports.
Senators who voted against the res
olution we're:
Democrats-K Kirby of Arkansas and
Vardaman of Mississippi.
epublicans-Gronna of North Da
kota,. Works of California and La Fol
lette Of Wisconsin.
Debate Lasts Five Hours.
Five hours Of debate preceded the
vote, but the only active opposition
came from the five senators who stood
out against the resolution when the
roll was called.
The ranking Republican leaders
joined the Democrats in declaring
their wholehearted support of the
President.
81 have presented the resolution
said Senator Stone, in bringing the
matter before the Senate, because
think we should let the world know
that we support the President of the
United States, whenever, acting with
in his constitutional power, he speaks
authoritatively for the country.
Lodge Supports Wilson.
Senator Lodge, ranking Republican
member of the foreign relations com
mittee, led the discussion in favor Of
the resolution for the minority. He
asserted that the President had taker
| grave action and that he felt it his
duty to support him "to the utmost Of
my power
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
PREDICTION THAT IF WAR COMES
FIRST BLOW BY TEUTONS
WILL BE STRUCK THROUGH
SOUTHERN REPUBLIC.
GERMAN RESERVISTS HERE
READY TO ENTER MEXICO
Are melting Mexicans to Hatred OF
United States and German Officers
Are With Carranza and Villa
Munitions and Arms Are
Held in Storage.

Providence, r. l., Feb. 10. - The
Providence Journal, which SINCE the
beginning of the war has been remark
ably successful in predicting German
movements, says:
IF Germany succeeds in dragging
the United States into war, her first
blow against this country Will DC
struck through Mexico. For the past
two wee,,s the German ambassador,
working among his own consulates all
over the United States as we'll as those
of Austro- Hungary, has been superin-
tending the departure of more than
800 officers of the German army, both
regulars and reservists, from vari-
GUS American ports and railroad CEN
tiers. to Mexico City where orders gov
erning their future will await them.
German Officers in Mexico.
ut has not been generally Q known
that large number of German army
officers who have been captured by
Russians during the present war and
have made their way here at various
times through China, have been held
in this country without any attempt
being made to smuggle them back
home.
THE department of Justice has had
information for several months that
several of these officers have been
with both Villa and Carranza in Mex
leo. Stree last Saturday, there has
been a wholesale exodus of those that
have remained, to Mexico City, and
at least 200 officers of reservists have
accompanied them or gone in small
parties, by various routes, to the same
ultimate destination.
Arms Sent to Mexico.
"The government is in possession
of information to the effect that a
large quantity of arms and ammuni
ton, collected here at the beginning
of the war and stored in two large
warehouses in New York, has found
its way to Mexico City, where it has
been held intact since it's arrival
"Some months ago long German
consular report was sert from Mexico
City to the foreign Office in Berlin,
by way of G. Schadt, an employee of
the German embassy in New York,
under seal to F.. Gersdorf, Copenhag-
en-, Denmark.
'"This communication, copy of
which has just been received in this
country, goes into the conditions in
Mexico from the German point of
view, very fully, and declares that
what is known as the German alli
ance in Mexico, is supporting every
effort to increase the hatred against
Americans in that country by inaugur.
ating q series of German gatherings
In behalf of Mexican nationality, mix
ing socially with prominent Mexican
leaders and flooding the country with
pamphlets Of pro-German character"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
Canadian Troop Train Departed.

Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 10.-A Grand
Trunk Pacific railroad train, carrying
300 officers and men of the Two Hun
dred and Thirty-third battalion CT
French Canadians, eastward bound to
embark for Europe, was derailed just
before reaching this city. Five cars
rolled down a steep embankment. OF
mere than so persons who were in,
jured Dr. Russen, the bs.ttalion's med
zeal officer, and a negro porter prob
ably will not recover. Two sergeants
one corporal and Is prirate were
among those hurt.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
To Stand Trial In Poison Plot.

Derby, England, Feb. S.-Four pris-
oners charged with conspiracy to MUIR
der Premier Lloyd George and Arthur
Henderson. member of the war coun-
Gil, whose preliminary hearing has
been in progress here, have been
committed for trial. The persons
charged with the crime are Mrs. Al
ice Wheeldon, her two daughters, Miss
Anna Wheeldon and Mrs. Alfred
George Mason and the husband of the
latter. No date for the trial has been
So. but it is expected that there will
be no great delay
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
Sole Survivor Is Landed.

London, Feb. 9. - Walter Hines
Page, the American ambassador has
been notified that the sole survivor
of the Belgian relief steamship Lars
Kruse which was sunk by a torpedo
or mine near the Belgian coast, had
been landed in France. Mr.. Page tele-
graphed this report to Ambassador
Sharpe at Paris with the requeSt that
he get in touch with the survivor and
forward his full account of the SINK.
ing of the relief vessel to the stan,
department at Washington without de-
lay.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
HARBORS LAID WITH MINES
HAMPTON ROADS AND NATIONAL
CAPITOL PROTECTED.
Chesapeake Bay Protecting Baltimore
Also Similarly Mined-Forces
at Forts Doubled.

Baltimore, Feb. s. - Not only aye
the approaches to Hampton Roads and
Fort Monroe laid with mines of the
electrically exploding type, but as an
extra precaution the direct approach"
es to Baltimore near where the Pat
apsco river joins Chesapeake bay are
similarly mined.
It is understood that the same pre-
cautionary and protective measures
have been taken below Washington
in the Potomac. Hostile warships,
should they be able to fight their
way past the big guns of Fort Mon
roe and through the mine fields at
the entrance of Chesapeake bay, weAQd~
encounter equally as formidable de-
fensive in the immediate approaches
to Baltimore and the national cap
itol.
Forces Are Doubled.
A United States engineer explained
that the mines had only been laid
'for experimental purposes" Contact
mines, of course, have not been put
in place. The mines are connected
by cables to the forts on either side
of the entrance to- the harbor.
Tie normal details of men at Fpyts
Carroll, Armistead and Smallwo6
have been doubled. These are known
as sub-posts, under Fort Howard.
Expect Further Orders.
Orders for further activity are ex-
pected at any moment for the eastern
department or from the War depart
ment at Washington.
"The coast artillery is prepared for
anything," said an officer at Fort How.
ard. "We may be called upon for
any service. Most of the men are
trained in infantry practice and may
be used for guarding munition plants
railroad lines or the like, as well as
for manning the big guns of coast
Defense"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
Consul in St. Paul Sent to Guatemala

Consul in st. Paul Sent to Guatemala.
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 9.-Hanns E.
Grunow, who has been the German
consul in st. Paul for Is years, has
just turned the German interests over
to Alfred J. Karlen. who is Swiss vice
consul. This action will be in accord
ance with instructions the two officials
received from diplomats of their res
pective countries at Washington. Ord
ers from Count john Won Bernstorff
to Mr.. Grunow advised him to proceed
to Guatemala, Central America, where
the German government has legation
a soon as possible.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
TEN MORE SHIPS TO BOTTOM
More Than 70 Vessels Victims of Lat
est U-Boat Campaign.

London. Feb. enemy and neu-
trail ships aggregating 21,505 tons in
addition to those already reported
have been sunk by German subma-
rines. Ten vessels in all were sent to
the bottom, according to this last re-
port, six of them British steamers of
an aggregate tonnage of 1876.
The neutrals sunk were a Norwe-
gian ship and Swedish steamer. A
French trawler and Russian ship
we're the other victims of U-boats.
More than 20 vessels have been sent
down since the Inauguration of the
German U-boat campaign.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
Austria MARKING Time.

London, Feb. 10.-A dispatch from
Amsterdam quotes Austrian newspa
pers as saying there was ITO change
in the situation between the United
States and Austria-Hungary. The dis
patch says Count Czernin, the Aus
tro.Hungarian foreign minister, con
ferred with Frederic G. Penfield, the
American ambassador but that moth.
ing is known whether the relations
between the countries would be sew
cred.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
CHILDREN KILLED BY AIRMEN
Germans Tell Of British Aviators' At
tack on Schoolhouse.

Berlin, Feb. 9.-An air raid on Bru-
ges is reported in the supplementary
army headquarters statement. Six
teen Belgian children were the vic
Tins, together with one woman, but
no military damage was done, the
statement declares.
The text reads: 1T is officially re-
ported from all fronts that there was
only fighting activity of limited char
acter An English squadron made
an attack on Bruges.
, Through hit on a school one wom-
an and Is Belgian children were made
victims. No material damage was
done"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
SAFE CONDUCT IS ASSURED
Gives Word as to Bernstorff so Far as
Lies in Its Power.


London, Feb. 10.-COunt Won Bern.
storff, former German ambassador to
the United States, will be given safe
conduct so far as it is within the pow.
err of the British government to bes.
tow, the foreign Office has announced.
The announcement followed a confer.
ence between A. j. Balfour and Am
bassador Page.
It is said Great Britain is ready tG
grant Count Won Bernstorff safe con.
duct, but that it would not guarantee
the former ambassadors safety against
the acts Of his own countrymen. The
British government has expressed it.
self as anxious to meet the state de.
partment's wishes and declared that
1t would do all in it's power to carry
them out.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
WILL BE FRIENDLY WITH u. S.
Turks Seek to Keep American Nation
As Friend,

New York, Feb. redistribution OF
relief funds among Armenians and
Syrians in Turkey will not be inter-
rupted seriously by the strained reid
lions between Germany and the Emit
ed States, Henry Morgenthau, former
ambassador to Turkey, asserted.
Mr.. Morgenthau said that as Amer
lea had been Turkeys most interest.
ed friend it is unlikely the Ottoman
empire would desire to change present
relations with this country.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
Bomb in Amsterdam Exchange.

London, Feb. 9.-The Amsterdam
Handelsblad announces that a pow
erful bomb loaded with nails and brok-
en- glass was exploded on the steps
of the stock exchange there. No dam
age was done and no casualties re-
suited, the newspaper reports.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
oFIeet with Munitions Conveyed

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 9.-Loaded to the
gunwales with war munitions, cotton
and general supplies for the Allies
fleet of 25 British, French and italian
ships, sail and steam, has left Virginia
ports. twenty-five miles off shore Al
lied warships picked the cargo boats
I'D and will convoy them
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
Germa lndorse Wilson

Philadelphia, Feb. 9.-Resolutions
indorsing the action of President Will
son in severing diplomatic relations
with Germany and pledging it's loyal
ty to the United States were adopted
by the German-American alliance at
a meeting here. .r
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
SPAIN ATTACKS LEGAL BASIS
Tells Germany Decision Is Outside In
ternationaI Law.

ternationaI Law.
Madrid, Feb. 9.-Via Paris.-Spain's
answer to the German note regarding
submarine war has been given to the
German ambassador
The note declares that Germany's
decision to close completely certain
sea routes is outside the legal prin-
ciples of international law. 1t adds
that If Germany hopes to have Spain's
help to avoid more loss of life it must
be understood that Spain, while ready
at the proper time to lend the inia-
tive in support of the establishment of
peace, cannot accept the legality of
exceptional methods of war.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-02-15
EXPECT WAR TO END SOON

Will Terminate BY Close of Summer
Is Assertion.
London, Feb. 9.-Addressing a meet
ing in London John Hedge, minister
of labor, said he thought it was Civ.
ing away no secret in saying that--at
the recent conference between repre-.
sentatives or the Allies the determine.
tion had been arrived at to terminals
the war by the end of summer.