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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
ChaIoner Again Asks
Sanity Ruling Here

John Armstrong Chaloner, whose
sanity now depends upon which side
of the boundaries Of Virginia he hap-
pens to stand, started another fight IN
the New York courts yesterday 10 have
himself adiudged sane and % compe-
tent custodian of his Sl,0Oo.OcJ estate
here.
The author Of "Who's looncy now"
is credited with entertaining renewed
homes of favorable action by the courts
here because Of the decision Of the SUI
preme Court on Friday that released
the 100000 fund for the aid Of needy
artists which he collected before he
was adjudCcd insane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Tanned Recruits
AT Madison Get
Work in Plenty
$500 Men Being Ham
mered Into Stuff Officers
Are Made Of
Every Hour Has Task
Rigorous Course of Training
Beginning to Show
Results
Every Hour Has Task


v.disor Barracks. y. Y, June :.
,.-r,sr, ploughirg the fields about the
- .rmv post here still turn up now
"a .e,in the round shot sown by can
= - Briton and American during the
wsr Of 1872.
IN the ground where the iron of old
avs lies rusting America is now forg-
= not metal. but men, to send to the
a of her former foe. The battlefield
- another day has become the train
~, camp Of the present, where $500
non are being hammered physically
"a stuffed mentally so they may be
e,o handle the first draft that the ma
ii, will call TO the colors in Septem-
bsr
Rut before the men themselves came
~ he made over the barracks them
..,vss had TO undergo a transforma-
lion. It was necessary practically to
rsbuild the entire post. In little
nore than two weeks long lines Of
wooden shacks we're stretched along
.be edge Of Lake Ontario, all the other
ipldincs necessary for the accommo-
5s,ion Of $500 men had been con-
.trueted ard the place was prepared to
house and care for its fifteen com
NAMES Of student officers Of 165 men
.n.h
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Lafayette Showed Under

South Bethlehem. Penn, June O.
Lehigh gave Lafayette q record drub-
bling to-day, q to /. The visitors lone
tally was a home run drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

draws high praise from their instruc-
tors. Some Of the more industrious
may be seen on Saturday afternoons
and Sundays DRILLING under the dlrec-
uon of one Of their number or taking
long hikes into tho country.
The second period Of training will
start about June =. az which time more
advanced work i'm the duties OF an
( officer will be taken IN. Those Of the
students who wish 20 command infantry
/ will devote more time TO the study Of
infantry problems and tactics. With
| the opening Of the second period OF
training the students will be divided
into the various branches Of the ser
vice artillery, infantry signal corps
and staff work Horses and machine
and field guns arc to be shipped TO the
post for the use Of the men.
! The students attend several lectures
daily on the various phases Of modern
warfare IL is expected that at the
latter part Of the course officers from
/ the Canadian army who have seen ser
vice at the front will be brought 20 the
camp TO deliver lectures 20 the cadets
They will probably also drill them in
the methods and formations now used
on the European battlefclds. The men
have had no target practice yet Start
ing with the second period of train
ing they are 20 be taken in detach-
ments 20 the rifle range at Stony Point
and drilled in sharpshootinC until their
craftsmanship attains the required
standard of accuracy.
/ Not All Hard Work
Life in the camp is not all work by
any means. The students indulge in
/ athletics whenever there is time. With
such men as Babe" White, former
football star of Syracuse University,
+ and Anderson, Of Colgate, picked for
/ Walter Camps eleven last year, sports
are sure not to be neglected. Every
company has its baseball team, and al
/ intercompany league is to be formed.
Like an military camps, Madison has
/ its musicians. During the evening, as
one walks about the grounds, he viii
| hear every kind Of a musical instru-
mcDt Imaginable. from mouth organ to
/ piano. Il Is noticeable that the old
/ songs Of the South arc the favortes.
/ The subject Of proper amusement for
I the men when they are free from re-
/ strictions at the weekend was one Of
, the most difficult thai Lieutenant Colo
mel W. r. Sample, the camp comman-
der. had to contend with. The only
city I'm proximity to the camp is Water
town. twelve miles distant. The cadets
are allowed to 60 there Saturday after
noon and remain until taps Sunday
night. They have found, however, that
the city had little to offer them in
amusement. A strict enforcement Of
( the laws prohibits theatricals on the
Sabbath.
/ Realizing that the morals of the stu
dents were endangered by lack Of
proper recreation the camp comman-
+ der held a conference with prominent
Watertown men. in which he pointed
out the necessity of their cooperation
with him in supplying a means of en-
tertainment for the cadets. As result
+ the y. N. c. A. building Of the city and
public library and other buildings have
been opened to the young officers on
Sunday. An effort is being made to
open theatres also.
-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

When taps sounds the men are as
rule ready % drop 20 their cots. The
irs- weeks o. ine camp were trying
ofceal for some Of them, especially
those who had never been accustomd to
manual labor. Constant drilling and
proper noIrlsamert have put them into
condition. Now they are a hardy lot Of
men, eager for Work. The rapid prog
fess made b. the majority Of the men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Brown and Hard Now

These men are now completing their
s,s, month Of training. Already they
are beginning TO show signs of soldier
irr. They came from. offices, for Che
most part, fat and lazy with good liv-
i,r and mos Of them unable even TO
salute properly. They are brown and
lean and hard now. and they 90
through their drill with snap and GER
tairty that Is pleasant 20 watch.
4 democracy chat never could obtain
in Drivste life pervades the camp. Men
Who would never meet ln the business
or social world now sit side by side at
mess. march together at drill and as
soeiate on terms Of absolute equality in
the few hours given over 10 recreation.
That the camp is cheerful speaks vol
umes for the spirit Of the men, for no
worse weather was ever visited on hu-
mans who are practically camping out.
Il has rained most of the month. and
during the first TWO weeks :he down
pour was so steady that outdoor work
was Impossible By a Encouragement
Of the daily programme the instructors
have been able 10 keep abreast Of the
schedule mapped out before the camp
began.
Colds for All Hands
The persistent rain and cold have
tended 20 increase the sick list. Nearly
all Of the students have had colds at
one time or another, although none has
been serious. WhOoping-cOuch and
measles have sent most of the patients
10 the hospital. but AZ no time have
.he~c hrar moro +rnr forty mon acfn-
ally under the weather.
Only half Of the men here will re-
cciye commissions. Ohcers are keep
ing track Of individual effort and &C
compNsnment by card index system
which " furnish complete account
Of every ~ S record in camp when the
training period ends. A few men have
been discharged for physical disability,
very few for other reasons.
The student officers expected no vaca-
ton when they came here. 1hey have
not been disappointed. Nearly every
hour o. six days IN the week is occu-
pied. The daily programme follows:
AN
5I5- Fi-s. call.
$50 Reseile formation.
s:1.-Me.s
s$--S.-s call.
.tsrl- .r-t can 70 grill
l:0l-Asscmby
N:ll-R Recall for dinner
l-.91 noo1-Mess.
pm
l:-5-I st call 20 drill
l.5l-Assenbly.
f.5l-TfcalL
5f-5-R-treat
5:50-St1dy manual Of arms. articles Of
war. minor infantry problems.
sf1-Ness
l;9o-Sc. COL theory Of infantry tactics.
e.N1-Tatt0o.
s:o1-Quarters.
lJ..l-IsDs.
Ready TO Turn in at Ten
When taps sounds the men arc as
rule ready % drop 20 their cots. The
tTs- weeks o. tne camp were trying
ofceal for some Of them, especially
those who had never been accustomd to
manual labor Constant drilling and
81 /. . 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
German Ship Sinking
at Charleston Believed
to Have Been Scuttled

Charleston, S. c., Feb. 1.-The Ger
man freighter Liebenfels of the Hansa
Line, tied up here since the beginning
of the war, began sinking slowly at 8
o'clock this morning and marine men
believed she had been scuttled. This
belief seemed to be borne out by the
fact that the captain declined the aid
of tugs.
In an hour the vessels bow was
high in the water and the stern was
gradually settling but Captain Klat-
tenhoff with five or six officers still
were aboard. The crew of Lascars
were sent to their homes soon after
the vessel tied up here at the outbreak
of the war.
The steamer which is of $3.50 tons
gross is anchored in between forty and
fifty feet of water about half mile
from the city water front.
Shortly after the officers refused to
allow a tug to assist them the Lieben-
fels stopped sinking. The stern rail
then was only few feet from the
water and the bow keel was almost
visible. No explanation was given to
Captain Lockwood of the tug Cecilia
when the officers told him his help
was not wanted.
Even if the ship does not settle any
more, marine men believe she is in
such a condition that she could not
be made seaworthy for some time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
God Will Stand With
Us and Grant Victory
to Our Arms-Kaiser

Amsterdam. via London. Jan. 81
The Reichs Anzeiger publishes an i'm
perial rescript conveying the German
emperor's thanks for birthday con-
gratulations extended to him. 1t says:
From these numerous manifesto
tions there ring out with the over
whelming force of unanimity indigna-
tion at the contemptuous rejection of
our peace offer and the disgraceful
plans of our enemies. which have been
disclosed and the vow to bear joyfully
every sacrifice of blood or treasure to
preserve the fatherland from the
degradation contemplated for it and
to enforce with the whole weight of
our arms the peace which has been
refused.
Hard times are still ahead of us.
The utmost eXertion is demanded of
everyone by the fatherland's need, but
the unshakable German people, filed
with the consciousness of it's strength,
and with the will to victory, stands
ready at the front and at home to de-
fend its just cause to the last man,
and I confidently look forward to the
issue in this sanguinary conflict for
the existence of the empire. God will
stand with us and will grant victory
to our arms"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
SCHOOL CHILDREN
TO HONOR FATHER
OF ROMPER DAY
1000 Youngsters to Pay
Tribute to Memory of
I.. Samuel Kunkel
SING SONGS HE LOVED
In Every Room Boys and Girls
Will Join in Short Memoir
ial Service

Harrisburg's 1000 school children
tomorrow afternoon will honor the
memory of Samuel Kunkel, Father
of Romper Day"
Nowhere in the city did the news of
the death of Mr.. kunkel cause more
sorrow than in the hearts of the little
folks who had grown to love him,
1t was Mr.. Kunkel who made pos
sible the big playground fete year
after year at Reservoir Park by pro-
ridinS the kind of picnic dinner that
Just fits in" with the average young
ster's idea; and the beribboned misses
and freckled lads in the primary and
grammar grades have not forgotten it
Several of the boys and girls sug-
gested TO V. Grant Forrer, assistant
superintendent of parks, that some
Kind of memorial service should be
held as a tribute to their friend, and
Mr. Forrer at once got in touch with
a. Carson Stamm, president of the
School Board. Mr. Stamm agreed that
the children should be granted the
privilege.
a Chorus of 1000 Voices
1t was decided that promptly al
2 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon-the
hour when funeral services for Mr..
kunkel will begin-the children will
sing two of the songs which were al
ways favorites with the playground
| patron. They are "Beulah Land" and
Home of the Soul" The service will
take no other form, but as the soul
Continued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01

Bethmann- -Hollweg, addressing the
reichstag committee, declared that
Germany was ready to stake every
thing and fight to the end, according
to a Berlin dispatch to Reuters by
way of Amsterdam. The dispatch
quotes the chancellor as saying:
ION December IL / explained to
the reichstag the reasons which led to
our peace offer. The reply of our
opponents clearly and precisely said
that they declined peace negotiations
with us and want to hear only of q
peace which they dictate. BY this the
hole question of guilt for the con-
tinuation of the war is decided. The
built falls alone on our opponents.
Just as definite is our task. The con-
ditions of the enemy we cannot dis
cuss. They could only be accepted by
totally defeated people. 1t therefore
means that we must fight.
President Wilson's message to Con-
gress shows a sincere wish to restore
peace to the world. Many of his
maxims agree with our aims. namely,
freedom of the seas. abolishment of
the system of balance of power which
always is bound to lead to new difficul-
Continued on Page III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
4, 900 SUBMARINE CHASERS
ASSEMBLED By BRITISH:
NEUTRAL SHIPS TIED UP

New York, Feb. 1. - The effect of
blockade of the entente nations to
be enforced with every available
weapon and without further notice"
was felt to-day in every port on the
Atlantic coast. Owners and agents of
vessels flying neutral flags were In
doubt as to their future course OF
action and it is believed that most of
them will keep their ships in port
until instructions are received from
their governments.
In the offices of the English and
French lines it was said that there
would be no interruption in the sailing
from American ports of ships carry
ing the flags of the entente allies. To
meet just such an emergency as this
the British government has assem- bled,
it was said, large fleet of small fast
cruisers to be used as submarine
chasers." These vessels, said to num-
Der four thousand, will be available
to keep the sea lanes clear of raiders
and submarines and act as conveys.
p. \. S. Franklin, president of the
international Mercantile Marine and
head of TIE American Line, declared:
Il do not think there is any danger
for American ships on their present
voyages"
Halvoord Jacobson. representative
of the Scandinavian American Line
and William Van Doom, manager OF
the Holland-American Line, expected
to receive cable instructions to-day
from their governments. Neither OF
these lines, it was said, has carried
munitions of war or contraband since
the early days of the war.
Shipping men pointed out that the
most obvious effect of the German
declaration would be the reduction in
the tonnage which the freight ships of
the European neutral lines could carry
on account of the increased space
which would have to be sacrificed to
carry coal and provisions for one con-
tinuous voyage from American ports
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01

to neutral ports. Hitherto neutral
ships have relied largely upon British
ports to renew their supplies.
Gates of Port Closed
No shipping of any kind was per-
mitted to leave the port of New York
last night. The harbor gates were
closed by Dudley Field Malone, col
lector of the port, who has full au-
thority to act upon his own initiative
in cases of emergency. Mr.. Malone
did not disclose his ideas as to the
nature of this emergency but after
stationing two destroyers off quaran-
tine, where the haPbor narrows like
tie neck of a bottle, the federal Off
cials devoted most of their attention
to the German merchant fleet which
has been interned here since the be-
ginning of the war.
Guard German Ships
Collector Malone called upon the
police OF New York and Hoboken Tor
assistance and sent squads OF men to
assist the guards which have been on
duty at the piers Where the German
vessels lie. A thorough search by thu
neutrality guards disclosed no evi-
dence OF any preparation to justify
rumors that the Hamburg American n
and North German Lloyd liners were
preparing to escape from the harbor.
A rumor that the crews of these ships
would attempt to scuttle their vessels
and destroy their machinery proved
untrue, so far as the federal officials
could ascertain. Crowds gathered in
the neighborhood of the German line
docks in Hoboken and New York in
response to rumors that a gigantic
plot of some kind had been dis
covered.
Officials of the Hamburg rg-American
Line asserted that their ships lad on
board only enough coal for heating
and cooking purposes. Soon after
midnight many of the policemen sum-
moned to aid the federal detectives
were sent home, but an augmented
guard was still on duty at the German
docks this morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
70 Fight Applications
For New Liquor Licenses

Remonstrances against all new ap-
plications for liquor licenses will he
filed within the next week or ten days;
according to a statement to-day by a
representative of the Anti-Saloon
League.
Lists of applicants for licenses by
retail and wholesale Dealers brewers
and distillers, were published to-day
as t1led with Prothonotary Henry r..
Holler. New applications have been
filed by one wholesale and four retail
dealers.
Two of tie latter are for places
where licenses had been revoked by
the court in previous years because of
alleged misuse. The new applicants
include: Wholesale, L. Baturin, 600
North street; retail, Samuel Fishman,
426-42S Market street; Perry T..
Speaks, 1912 North Seventh street
Patrick T. Sullivan, Second and Wash
ington streets; Fred w. Ebel, Metro
politan Annex.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
Workmen Who Stay Sober
and on Jobs to Get Bonus

Burlington, n. J., Feb. IA pre-
MUM is put on sobriety and regularity
In work in n special wage boost
granted several hundred employees oi
the United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry Company's plant in East
Burlington. The new scale provides
an increase of 8 cents a day for
foundrymen, and an additional allow
ance of 10 cents a day for every man
working six days a week.
In futile appeal to the city excise
commission month ago for protec-
tion of its industry against TIE effects
of heavy sales of intoxicants to its en-
ployes, the company told of an ex-
pertinent conducted during the last
year, which showed that drinking men
lost on an average of $3.50 each IN
wages during the year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
GERMANS PLAN NEW STEPS
AND REVIEW ENTIRE PROBLEM

Berlin, Jan. 81, via London, Feb. 1,
Chancellor Won Bethmann-H Hollweg
and other ministers attended an i'm
portant meeting of the ways and
means committee of the reichstag to-
day at which the entire war situation
was gone over and new steps planned
by the central powers were considered.
The chancellor opened the sitting with
a speech of which the keynote words
were: I'VE have been challenged to
fight to the end We accept the chal-
lege, we stake everything and, we shall
be victorious"
The chancellor was followed by the
secretary of state for the admiralty,
who spoke of the situation from the
technical, military and naval view
point. Detailed statistical data in re-
gard to the economic position of the
world was supplied by the secretary of
the interior. and Foreign Secretary
Zimmerman replied to several special
questions.
After the ministers had spoken the
committee went into secret session,
at which speeches were made by rep
resentatives of the Centrist, National,
Liberal and Progressive parties.
London, Feb. 1. - Chancellor Won
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
MAY BUY PAPER MILL

Columbus, Ohio. Feb. /. At the
closing session of the Associated Ohio
Dailies here last night a committee
was named to investigate the feasibil-
ity of buying a news print paper mill.
This action followed the discovery
that Ohio publishers are paying wide
ly varying prices for paper The
prices rang from $2.15 to $500 per
hundred pounds, q poll of the nearly
100 members present showed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01

Washington Following conference between Presi-
dent Secretary Lansing the opinion became generally
prevalent in official break diplomatic relations
with Germany inevitable although it thought probable
that warning the Berlin might pre-
cede this action.
taken widely in official quarters that the United
States let the situation stand unchalenged
comforting with President Wilson for hour Secretary
Lansing ay make statement indicate what
action had decided upon
Secretary Lansing spent the morning working
something for the President described led reports that
the had prepared Germany that
diplomatic will be broken she persisted violating her
pledges official ground for the but seemed
to be "a good guess ~ -
When Secretary Lansing the White House confer
with him and
the mansion instead of the executive Offices
Contnu on
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
MUJSSER BLAMES
CAR LATENESS
ON CONGESTION
Railways Head Says Traffic
Tie-Ups Cause Running
in Bunches"

Traffic congestions are chiefly re-
sponsible for lateness of cars on the
Harrisburg Railways Company lines,
contends President Frank B. Musser.
Numerous complaints have been
made lately that Reservoir, Derry
street, State street and uptown cars
have been running in punches" and
that as a result would-b be passengers,
instead of being hustled to their desti-
nations, are compelled to stand for
CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
FOG Held SHIPS

Washington, Feb L. The Treas
ury Department issued an official ex-
planation that ships had been pre-
vented from leaving New York har-
bor last night because of heavy fog
which obscured their markings. 1t
denied the port had been otherwise
closed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
HOLD HELLJG OLAv

New York, Feb. 1.-Announceme ent
was made here this morning by a rep
resentative of the Scandinavian
American Line that the sailing of the
passenger liner Hellig Olav. booked to
leave at 2 p. m. to-day with 900 pas
sengers and cargo for Copenhagen,
via Kirkwall, had been indefinitely
postponed. The Hellig Olav, as was
all other neutral ships plying between
American and Scandinavian and Hol-
land ports. has been compelled by the
British government to put in at Kirk
wall or Falmouth for examination.
Orders to hold the Hellig Olav were
issued by local agents here pending
more detailed advices from the home
Office in Copenhagen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
American Line Ships
Will Sail as Scheduled
Despite German Threats

New York, Feb. /. - The American
line steamship st. Louis will sail Sat
urday as scheduled and no effort will
be made to paint the ship in conform
ity with the regulations prescribed by
the German government as a guaran-
tee for the safety of the vessels flying
the Aemrican nag.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-01
CHARLIE SELLERS.
M-SHERIFF, DIES
AT DAUPHIN HOME
Succumbs to Diabetes Follow
ing Illness of Several
Months
SERVED TWO TERM
Prominent in County Political
Affairs For Many
Years
Charles w. Sell

Charles w. Sell
lers, eX-sheriff of
Dauphin coun t.y,
died at his home
in Dauphin this
morning following
an illness of sew
eral months from
diabetes. lie was
aged 81 years.
Mr.. Sellers was
one of the best
k n o w n men in
Dauphin county,
having served two
{ @ r m 3 as sheriff
and Being promi-
nent in Repub-
lican circles for
many years. For
the last ten years
he had been pro-
prietor of the Dau-
ALhn HnAnl 4 . N