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The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
President Tells Congress of Sev- erance of Diplomatic
 Relations.
RECIPES KAIsER'S PROMISES
Says He Refuses to Believe Subma- rines Will Commit Overt Acts Against American Lives
 and Ships.

Washington, Feb. 3.-President Will son this afternoon addressed a joint session of congress, outlining the events that led up to the diplomatic break with Germany. He said:
 ''To the congress, February 8. 1917
 Gentlemen of the Congress:
 'The Imperial German government on the 31st of January announced to this government and to the govern ments of the other neutral nations that on and after the 1st day of Febru- ary. the present month, it would adopt policy with regard to the use of submarines against all shipping seek ing to pass through certain designated areas of the high seas to which it Is clearly my duty to call your attention.
 let me remind the congress that on the 18th of April last. in view of the sinking on the 24th of March of the cross Channel passenger steamer Sussex by a German submarine, with out summons or warning, and the con sequent loss of the lives of several citizens of the United States, who were passengers aboard her. this gov ernment addressed a note to the Im- perial German government in which it made the following declarations:
 "If it still be the purpose of the im- perial government to prosecute relent- less and indiscriminate warfare against vessels of commerce by the use of submarines without regard to what the government of the United States must consider the sacred and indisputable rules of international law and the universally recognized die tates of humanity, the government of the United States is at last forced to the conclusion that there is but one course it can pursue. Unless the i'm perial government should now and im- mediately declare and effect an aban- donment of it's present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight carrying vessels, the gov ernment of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic re- lations with the German empire alto- gether'
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
Recalls Assurances Given By Germany.

Tn reply to this declaration the i'm perial German government gave this government the following assurance:
 "'The German government is pre- pared to do it's utmost to confine the operations of the war for the rest of it's duration to the fighting forces of the belligerents. thereby also assuring the freedom of the seas, a principle upon which the German government believes, now as before, to be in agree ment with the government of the United States.
 "fhe German government, guided by this idea, notifies the government of the United States that the German | naval forces have received the follow ing orders: In accordance with the general principles of visit and search | and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, l declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without | saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
 But 1t added, 'neutrals cannot expect that Germany, forced to fight for her existence, shall, for the sake of neutral interests, restrict the use of an effective weapon If her enemy is per mitted to continue to apply at will methods of warfare violating the rules 1 of international law. Such a demand would be incompatible with the char i acter of neutrality, and the German 1 government is convinced that the gov ernment of the United States does not think of making such a demand
 knowing that the government of the
 United States has repeatedly declared
 that it is determined to restore the
 principle of the freedom of the seas from whatever quarter It has been vio. lated
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

troubled with cramps and feel like a different woman. I cannot praise Lydia P. n5l Pinkham's ms Vegetable leg s Con Com ing it to my friends who suffer as did. |" Mrs. GEORGE R. NAYLoR, Box 72, Marysville, Pa.
 Young women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backaches headache, dragging-down sensations. fainting spells or indigestion should take Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Thousands have been re- stored to health by this root and herb remedy.
 Write for free and helpful advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (con- fidentiaQ, Lynn, Mass. Only women open and read such letters.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
DON'T PUT OFF.

If you are suffering from Dizziness Headaches, Biliousness, Constipation or Sour Stomach, take one BONDS LIVER PILL at bedtime tonight. You will wake up well. without any un- pleasant "after effects" BONDS PILLS are sold on their genuine merit, and never fail to please those who use them for Malarial troubles. They are Small, Mild, Safe, Inexpensive. 25c All Druggists.-Adv.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
cottaoe for Christmas Gift.

The Christmas gift of Los Angeles (Cal) man, i'll in hospital, was a completely furnished cottage which 32 friends built for him in one day. com pleting their work by the light of a powerful motorcar lamp. All the worllmen were fellow members with their friend of a fraternal insurance order Their sick man is the sole support of an eighty-three-year-old mothehr.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
InteIIiqent Care.

Which automobile runs better; the one that is carefully cleaned and oiled and given the best gasoline and lubri- cants, or the one that is given no at tention, is allowed to stand in the wet and rust, and is fed with the poorest gas and cheapest oils? There's only one answer. Now then, apply the same question to your body-and act ac- cOrdingIy.-The American Boy.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

might appear d be susceptible of that construction In order. however, tG avoid any possible misunderstanding the government of the United States notifies the imperial government that it cannot for moment entertain much less discuss, suggestion that respect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should in any way in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the conduct of any other government affecting the rights of neutrals and noncombatantS. Responsibility in such matters is single, not joint; absolute, not rela- tive
 ITO this note of the eighth of May the imperial German government made no reply. On the thirty-frst of Janu- ary, the Wednesday of the present week. the German ambassador handed to the secretary of state, along with formal note, a memorandum which contains the following statements:
 "'rhe imperial government, there fore does not doubt that the govern ment of the United States will under stand the situation thus forced upon Germany by the entente allies brutal methods of war and by their determina- tion to destroy the central powers, and that the government of the United states will further realize that the now openly disclosed intentions of the entente allies give back to Germany the freedom of action which she re- served in her note addressed to the government of the United States on May 4, 1916.
 Under these circumstances Ger many will meet the illegal measures of her enemies by fOrcibly preventing after February l. 1917, in zone around Great Britain. France, Italy and in the eastern Mediterranean all navigation, that of neutrals included, from and to England and from and to France, etc, etc. All ships met within the zone will be sunk
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
Aoainst Women's Hiqh Shoes.

There is a great cry in England against the high shoes of fashion, be- cause of the leather they consume, un- necessarily. One manufacturer an nounces publicly that although he is not in sympathy with the style he must make them because women insist upon having them.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
DON'T SNfFFLE,

Yop can rid yourself of that cold In the head by taking Laxative Quinidine Tablets. Price 25c. Also used in cases of La Grippe and for severe headaches. Remember that.-Adv.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

The Ouinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxatlye effect. Laxative Bpomo QuiDine can be taken by anyone without causing neryousness or ringins in tho head There signature is on each box. 2c.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
736 s. Rampant Street. Sept. 29, l9l6 New Orleans, La. Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You

Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot. tie. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable infor. nation, telling about the kidneys and blad. der. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one. dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores-Adv.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

WOuiQ nave to stay in bed several days every m on th. 1 tried all kinds of remedies and was treated by doctors,
 but my trouble con- tinued until one day I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's 8 V ege- table Compound and what it had done for others. 1 tried it and now I am never
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
No Alternative Consistent With Country's Honor.

T think that you will agree with me that, in view of this declaration, which suddenly and without prior intimation of any kind deliberately withdraws the solemn assurance given in the im- perial governments note of the fourth of May. 1916, this government has no alternative consistent with the dignity and honor of the United States, but to take the course which, in it's note of the eighteenth of April. 1916, it an- nounced that it would take in the event that the German government did not declare and effect an abandonment of the methods of submarine warfare which it was then employing and to which it now purposes again to re- sort.
 "I have, therefore, directed the sec retary of state to announce to his ex- cellency the German ambassador that all diplomatic relations between the United States and the German empire are severed and that the American ann bassador at Berlin will be immediately withdrawn, and in accordance with this decision to hand to his excellency his passports
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

When a dog howls at the moon all night it's q sign of an insomnia epi- demic
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
Boss of the House.

Agent-Is the boss of the house inf Proud Father-Yes; he's asleep up- stairs in his cradle.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
Enthusiastic Praise fol We'll Known Medicine

My customers tell me that Dr. Kilmer'l Swamp-Root is all right and if my patrons are satisfied with the benefits derived from it's use 1 am confident that it is a prepa ration of merit. In liver trouble it ha, proven to be a very valuable medicine ac cording to reports received. It has been in my store ever since 1t came to New Orleans and 1 have never had any reason to feel that 1t was not a valuable article on my shelves
 Very truly yours,
 ADOLPH BERENDSOHN.
 Druggist
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

A spinster who says she is glad of it may make everybody believe 1t but herself.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

Matrimony is a catch-as many an ex-bachelor has discovered to his sor- row.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

The less she means it the louder a woman can laugh.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

Song for tn, new food inquisitor ATell me where is fancy breadT
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
THOSE AWFUL
 CRAMPS
Suggestions that may save
 Much Suffering

Marysville, Pa.-"For twelve years I suffered with terrible cramps. |
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY II
JESUS AND THE WOMAN OF SA.
 MARIA.

LESSON TEXT-John 4:5-14, 24 26.
 GOLDEN TExT-Christ Jesus came in- to the world to save sinners.-I Tim Ills.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
INTERNATIONAL, SlINDESQl()OL,
 LESSON

By D. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago)
 Copyright 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
1000 Attend Second Picnic
of Cumberland Co. Grange

Boiling Springs, Pa, June IA
Yesterday the second picnic of Cum
berland County Pomona Grange,
No. 2, was held here, with about
1000 grangers and farmers in at
tendance. Guy Carlton Lee, of Car
Isle, member of Penn Grange, made
the address of welcome, which was
responded to by DR.. Ezra Lehman,
principal of the Shippensburg State
Normal school. n member of Middle
Spring Grange. DR.. II. II. Longs
dorf, chairman of committee of
canning and drying of Public Safety
committee of Cumberland county,
arranged a schedule of canning
demonstrations throughout the
county. The Rev. II. b. Stock, of
Carlisle, spoke of the difficulty of
getting rural membership to the
American Red Cross in a stirring
half-hour appeal.
The Pomona Grange endorsed en-
masse the American Red Cross and
pledged efforts to form rural chap
terS in grange centers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
1867 GRADUATE
MAKES ADDRESS
Justice J. Hay Brown. Attends
Gettysburg College Gradua-
ton Exercises

Gettysburg. Pa, June 14.-Three Har-
risburg young men were in the class
that yesterday graduated from Get
tysburg College-Paul Edward Lau-
denslager. George william schillinger
and William Andrew Boyson. Three
others took honors in scholastic work
during the year, Lawson Deacon Mat
ter receiving class honors in the
junior class; William Andrew Boyson
the high honor in the biology depart
ment. and Raymond Harrison White
honorable mention in mathematics.
At the graduating exercises the ad-
dress to the class was delivered by ].
Hay Brown, chief justice of the Su-
preme Court of Pennsylvania. Jus
tice Brown graduated from Gettys-
burg fifty years ago in the class of
1867, and with him to-day were the
six other surviving members of the
class for their fiftieth reunion.
Honorary degrees of Doctor of Di-
vinity were conferred upon the Rev.
Victor Miller of Hagerstown, the Rev.
G. Albert Getty of York. the Rev. AL
bert Bell of York, the Rev. Henry
Anstadt of Washington, D. c., and the
Rev. Luther \. Weigle of New Haven,
Conn; Doctor of Science. Edgar NJ.
Green, NJ. D., of Easton; Doctor OF
Literature, James McConaughy of
Philadelphia; Doctor of Laws, Arthur
G.. McGiffert of New York City; civil
Engineer, Charles Alvin Emerson Jr.
of Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
News Items of Interest
in Central Pennsylvania

Pottsville.-Good roads day was
observed here yesterday under
the leadership of the Tamaqua Mo-
tor Club. over 200 men and boys
with fifty teams and auto trucks
aided in improving several miles of
roads.
Hazleton.-Soldam James, lieu
tenant of Battery A, Third Field Ar
tellery, and son of former Senator
Edward L. James, sustained q frac-
tured jaw by being struck by the
crank of his fathers automobile.
Hazleton.-Henry Wolfe was fin
ed $50 here, and Newton Davis,
John Reinhardt and Lionel Zierdt
were fined $40 each by Mayor Har-
vey when arraigned on the charge of
being involved in the sounding OF a
false alarm.
Shenandoah.-John Hancheck, 27
years old, of Mahanoy Plane, was
instantly killed at Lawrence Colliery
when squeezed between cars. He
had a wife in the old country.
Manheim.-The estate of George
II. Danner, who left the bulk of his
wealth to found charity here, has
been estimated at $1S9,161. The ia
nous museum is valued at $4,000.
Stony Creek Mills.-Mrs. Pearson
Croft, who some time ago shot her
husband in the legs, was sentenced
to pay a fine of $50 and serve year
in the Berks county Jail. The hus-
band asked for a leniept sentence
for his wife.
Ashland.-John Obenezer, 2S, of
Frackville, Pa, is dying at the State
Hospital, from razor wounds on the
head, face and neck. State police
are looking for Louis Levy, his al
legged assailant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
COL. \. FRANK sELTzER DIES

Lebanon, Pa, June 14.-Colonel A.
Frank Seltzer, aged 20 years, died
yesterday at his home in Hathaway
Park, this city, following a long ill
ness. For fifty-two years he was a
member of the Lebanon County Bar
Association and served a term as dis
trict attorney from 1898 TO 1896. lie
won a captains commission in the
One Hundred Fifteenth Pennsylvania
volunteers. serving with the army of
the Potomac. and was appointed an
aid de camp on the staff of Governor
william a. Stone. He delivered lee
lures and contributed many humorous
articles to the newspapers and other
publications under the pen-name of
Paul Grave"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
WEST SHORE NEWS
Social and Personal News
of Towns Along West Shore

Frank L. Elmer. attorney -at-law of
Brainerd, Mimi, spent several days
with his sisters, Mary and Flora Eb-
ner and Mrs. Clayton Miller. all of
Market street. New Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Spangler and son
Curtis of Wellsville 1notored to Shire
manstown, where they visited Mrs.
Spangler's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Bentz.
Mrs. Hattie Berger has returned to
Harrisburg after visiting Mrs. H. NJ.
Rupp at Shiremanstown.
Miss Effie Brinton and Miss Grace
Brinton of Shiremanstown are visit
ing their brother at Camp Hill.
Mrs. William Bates has returned to
her home in Harrisburg after being
the guest of Mrs. Samuel Bates and
Miss Susan Mater at Shiremapstown.
Mrs. Scott Brinton and son Charles
of Camp Hill spent Sunday with the
formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Brinton. at Shiremanstown.
Mrs. Benjamin Clark and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Bender of Letort Springs spent
Tuesday with the latter's relatives at
Shiremanstown.
Mrs Rae Harlacher of Harrisburg
spent day recently with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Stansfield. at
Shiremanstown.
Mrs. Bertha Strock and two children
of Harrisburg are spending some time
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. NJ. Gearing. at Shiremanstown.
Mrs. Clarissa Sterrit, of Pitts
b,irg Kansas visited her niece Mrs
Jessie Sipe, at New Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rheam and
children, who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs Fred Houck, at New Cum
berland, have returned to their home
in Bellwood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
Suburban Notes
HALIFAX

Jacob Sponsler and family of Luck
now spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Lebo.
Miss Emma Miller is visiting rela-
tives at Washington. d. c.. and Phila-
delphia.
The Halifax Grange will hold big
festival in the Halifax Athletic Park
on Saturday evening. All kinds of re-
freshments will be sold.
Washington Camp No. 676, P. o. S.
Of A. will hold memorial services for
deceased members on Sunday evening.
commencing at 5.45 o'clock. The
graves will be decorated at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Bowman of
Altoona were weekend guests of Mrs.
G. w. Westfall
Peter Bressler of Duncannon is vis-
iting at the home of 2. T. Lebo.
Frank Brubaker of Coatesville is
visiting his father. Harry Brubaker.
Harvey Enders is spending some
time at Logansport. Ind, and Spokane.
Wash.
Children's Day exercises will be
held in the United Brethren Church
on Sunday evening. beginning at $40
o'clock. A special program will be
rendered and there will be some good
music.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
Big Class to Graduate
at Bucknell University

Lewisburg, Pa. June 14.-Buck-
nell University has been but lightly
hit by war conditions and all its
plans for the sixty-seventh annual
commencement. from Juno Is to
20, will be carried out as arranged.
Degrees will be conferred upon a
class of 121 students and diplomas
will be granted to twenty-one stu
dents in domestic science and twenty
in music. Only O few of the grad
yates have left for military service
and these will be granted their d.
plomas.
On Sunday the first important
exercises will take place when in
the morning President John How
ard Harris will deliver the bacca-
laureate sermon and in the even
ing the Rev. Charles Albeit Walker,
of West Chester, will give a sermon.
Tuesday of next week will be the
big alumni day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
FARMERS MUST
REPLANT FIELDS
Corn, Wheat, Hay and Pota-
toes Ruined by Franklin
County Hailstorm

Waynesboro. Pa, June 14.-rarmers
VINO lost all their crops of wheat and
most of the hay. together with their
crop of fruit and some portion of their
corn through the hailstorm, have be-
gun to prepare these fields for other
crops. The wheat fields will be plant
ed with corn-mostly sweet corn
beans. potatoes and other truck. It is
thought that a large percentage of the
early potato crop will be saved, al
though the vines were cut into shreds
and nothing was left by the stalks.
The leaves have begun to shoot out
again and it Is thought that a fair
crop will be harvested.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
PARTY ON BIRTHDAY

Enola, Pa, June IA. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Weigle entertained at
their home last night in honor of
their daughter Mary's seventh
birthday. The home was decorated
with flags and flowers. Refresh
ments were served to Gladys Kline,
Elizabe Concklin. Marguerite Tar
man, Isabel Ringland, Martha
Whistler, Dorothy Horting, Mary
Ringland, Gladys Haehnlen, Helena
Concklin, Catherine Welker, Mil
dred Rockey, Leslie Patterson, Edna
Kuntzelman, James Rockey, Donald
Vogelsong, Frederick Rockey, Ed
win Shell, Mr.. and Mrs. Cripple, Mr..
and Mrs. c. R. Rockey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Welker and Mr.. and Mrs.
Weigle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
MISS NIsSLEY TO GRADUATE

Hummelstown, Pa, June IA
Miss Catharine Nissley, daughter of
the late j. Paul Nissley, will be
graduated from Smith College,
Northampton, Massachusetts,, this
week. Miss Nissley is a Hummels-
town girl, being the granddaughter
of the late John J. Nissley and of
the late DR.. Thomas Fox. She is
very popular. here and her host of
friends will be glad to hear of her
graduation. She is an alumna of
the local high school. class of 1918.
During the past year she and her
mother have lived in the college
town, returning to Hummelstown
during vacation. Her aunt, Miss
Mary Fox, left yesterday for North
ampton to attend the graduation
exercises.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
SUIT FOR EAIBEzzLENrENT

Carlisle, Pa, June 14.-Charged
with false pretense and embezzle-
ment, John c. Gill, Harrisburg real
estate dealer, has been committed to
Jail by Justice w. G. Hughes, in de-
fault of $500 bail. A detainer from
Dauphin county has also been lodg-
ed on another charge against the
man. 1t is claimed that Gill had a
contract for the sale of real estate
of ]. H. Renneker, of Mechanicsburg,
and that after this had expired he
sold the property in question to Sey-
mour Sherman, of that town, secur-
ing s1O0, and that he never made
a report to his principal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
MAY BE MURDER MYSTERY

Hagerstown. Md, June 14.-Sheriff
Isaac Long was called to Downsvilfe
district yesterday to investigate the
discovery of the bloodstained clothing
of a man found in the bushes at the
edge of wood. A thorough search
of the wood was made without finding
any clue to what the officers believe
is a murder mystery. There was no
evidence of a struggle where the
clothing was found
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
SHOT, THEN BURNED ALIVE

Pittsburgh. Pa, June 1.-THE body
of an unknown white man, badly
charred from the hips up, was found
in thicket near the Westmoreland-
Allegheny county line, a short dis
tance from Pitcairn. to-day. He had
been riddled with bullets. and then
saturated with carbon oil and burned.
for the evident purpose of hiding the
crime. Physicians are of opinion that
the man was not dead when the torch
was applied to his oil-soaked cloth
ing. Shots were heard in the vicinity
where the body was found at late
house last night.