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The Washington times., 1917-05-08
sIeAdoos Observe wedding Date.

MeAdOOs Observe Wedding Date.
The Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs. McAdoo yesterday celebrated the
third anniversary Of their marriage,
which took place in the Blue Room OF
the White House. They spent their
honeymoon at Harlakenden House,
Cornish, n. H, then the summer
White House.
Assistant Secretary Of State Alvey A
Adee is receiving congratulations on
the birth OF a grandniece. Elise Adee,
daughter OF Passed Assistant Paymas-
ter Graham n Adee, u. S. n, and
Mrs. Adee.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Kennedy.
5r-, will arrive in Washington tomor-
row from Worcester, Mass. to visit
Mrs. Rennedy's parents. Capt and
4rs. William Strother Smith, n.
The Washington times., 1917-05-08

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The Washington times., 1917-05-08
MASSACHUSETTS,
J TO BRITISH MISSION
Give Luncheon at Capitol in
Honor Of State Visitors.

Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
entertained at luncheon today at the
CapitoI in compliment to the Ri Hon.
Arthur James BalfOur, head OF the
British mission. Mrs. Marshall was
the only lady in the party. The other
guests were the British ambassador.
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice; the Hon.
Thomas White, Sir Eric Drummond,
the Hon. Ian Malcolm. n. p; Lieu
tenant General Bridges, Major
Spender Clay, Rear Admiral de Chair,
Fleet Paymaster Lawford, Cecil Dor
mer, Assistant Secretary OF State
William Phillips. Senator J. H. Gal
linEer, Senator II. c. Lodge, Senator
p. P. Knox, Senator T. S. Martin, Sen
ator John Walter Smith, Senator Lee
s. Overman, Senator F. NJ. Simmons,
Senator Claude Swanson, Senator C.
z. Chamberlain, and Senator Willard
K. Salisbury.
Mr.. Balfour was the honor guest
1T a dinner which Congressman
MediIl Mccormick gave last evening.
The other guests were Sir Eric
Drummond, Hon. Ian Malcolm, NJ. p,
Justice oliver Wendell Holmes, JUS
tice Louis d. Brandeis, Senator G. E.
Chamberlain, Senator Frank Kellogg,
Senator L. Y. Sherman, Senator John
son, Senator Oscar w. Underwood,
Senator W Harding, Senator Fred
erick Hale, Senator Claude Swanson,
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
franklin D. Roosevelt, Congressman
J. J. Fitzgerald. Congressman James
r. Mann, Congressman /. L. Lenroot,
Congressman william B. Mckinley,
Congressman A. P. Gardner, Congress
man Nicholas Longworth, Congress
man NJ. B. Madden, Congressman
Swagar Sherley, Congressman J. w.
Fordney, Arthur Willett, Edward
Beale Mclean, W. H Cowles, Of
Spokane, Wash: John S. Runnels, and
George F. Porter, OF Chicago, and
Prof. Felix Frankfurter, Of the Har-
ward Law School
The Washington times., 1917-05-08

Mrs. H. Dupre Sinclair, OF Washing
ton, d. c. is stopping at Breton Hall
Hotel. New York.
The Washington times., 1917-05-08

Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant is pass
The Washington times., 1917-05-08

Mrs. A. II. Tirrell will entertain a
luncheon on Friday, May IS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
German Raider Believed
Preying on Commerce in
Ocean; 6 Ships Missing

New York, Jan. 3. - A new teuton
raider has slipped through the allied
patrol and is now at large on the high
seas.
Germany's threat to carry on the
war to the bitter end, through renew
ed submarine warfare on a gigantic
scale assisted by fast commerce raid
ers to prey on allied shipping finds
confirmation in renewed wireless
warnings issued to all ships at sea.
Captain Jan Baron. commanding the
Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland
American Line told to-day of receiv-
ing daily warnings from Cape Race
which gave detailed description of
the raider.
Captain Baron said that the warn
ing stated that the raider was $50
feet long and 40 feet beam and cap
able of great speed. She has one fun
mel and two masts and is equipped
with long range guns and torpedo
tubes. Captain Baron said that he
had not seen the raider, although a
sharp lookout was kept for her all the
way across.
The fact that six ships belonging to
the allies are now long overdue are
now believed to have been sunk by
this invisible" flying Dutchman,
which all captains deny having seen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
WilliamspOrt Mayor
Resigning, Calls Clark
Government Failure

Williamsport, Pa, Jan. 5. - Jonas
Fischer resigned as mayor of Will
Transport yesterday. To-day is the
day fixed by the court upon which
he was required to answer in quo
warranto proceedings attacking his
citizenship.
Accompanying the message was a
message I'm which lie said: The COM
mission form of government so far as
this city is concerned, has proven q
failure and a needless expense" He
demanded that the poor board be in
vestigated and its accounts audited.
Council, by resolution, which al
legged the members of the poor board
had in violation of a city ordinance
been paying themselves larger salaries
than the ordinance provided, removed
from office c. B. Hanna, George H
Goldy and John S. Leinbach, the men,
bers of the poor board, and then elect
ed as poor board Miss Charlotte Rom
berger, the Rev. Theodore Beck and
+. y. Kane. Miss Romberger is the
head of associated charities of the
city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Urges Appropriation of
$25,O0O,OOO For Islands

Washington, Jan. 3. - Secretary
Lansing conferred at the Capitol to-
day with Senator Stone, chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee, and
urged that Congress soon provide the
$50, 100000 to pay for the Danish West
Indies and also determine the form
of government for the newly acquired
islands. Both denied discussing the
pending resolution to endorse Presi-
dent Wilson's peace note.
The administration, 1t is understood,
favors bond issue to pay for the
islands inasmuch as they are a per-
manent national investment
Secretary Lansing would not dis
cuss the form of government but
Senator Stone favors quasi-military
form of government until Congress
provides some other
MY idea is" said Senator Stone.
that an officer of the government
should be appointed governor of the
islands to assume charge, that a GUS
toms officer and controller be named
also to look after the finances and that
they should work out the details of q
provisional government"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
DR.. Kharas' Attorney Looks
Up Marriage Tangle in
Home City of First Wife

Elmira, n. Y, Jan. 3.-That DR..
Theodore Kharas, of Harrisburg, was
married last November to Miss Bessie
Murdoch, of Hagerstown, Md. was ad-
mitted here yesterday by G. r. Hurd,
of Harrisburg, attorney for DIR.
Kharas. The lawyer was here investi-
eating the divorce proceedings insti-
tuted by Mrs. Adah p. Kharas who
claims she is the lawful wife of DR..
kharas. The Harrisburg lawyer said:
DIR. Kharas was informed by his
wife that everything was all right and
he thought she had obtained a divorce
which freed both of them and that
he was entitled to marry again if he
wished" Mr.. Hurd would not talk
much about the case, and after a con-
ference with Richard B. Thurston, To-
cal attorney for Mrs. Kharas, refused
to say what future action would be
taken. Attorney Thurston also refused
to talk until he had communicated
with Mrs. Kharas who was still in
Kansas.
Attorney Hurd told of DR.. Kharas'
business connections in Harrisburg and
throughout the Cumberland Valley,
and said Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Muir
dock, of Hagerstown, Md, whose
daughter DR.. Kharas married last No
vember, would take no action. The
wife living in Harrisburg knew moth
ing of the trouble DIR. Kharas was hav-
ing, as she did not read the Harrisburg
newspapers. The Harrisburg lawyer
expected to leave for home this morn
ing.
G. r. Hurd, the attorney, has offices
at 317 Chestnut street, this city
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Six Families Flee Burning
Apartments; Harrisburg
Firemen Help Fight Flames
in Wolf Building; Post
Office Gutted
200 NEGROES RENDERED
HOMELESS AT MILL TOWN
Blaze Sweeps Quarters Of
BethlehemS Steel Employees;
Poor Water Pressure Hind
ers Work; Overheated
Stoves and Flue Cause

Two hres-onc last night al
Steelton destroying 90 one-story
frame buildings. quarters for 2OC
Southern negroes, the other early
this morning at Pcnbrook, wreck
ing the w. II. Wolf apartment. in
Penbrook Square-caused more
than $4,000 damage before fire
men could get the flames under
control.
The Steelton blaze was caused
by an overheated stove in one of
the shanties; the Penbrook fire
started in an oyerheated flue. At
both places fremen were hinder
ed by poor water pressure. A
general alarm was sent in for all
Steelton companies to fight the
blaze in the nine rows of houses
there; and call for aid was sent
in to the Friendship, Hope and
Washington companies OF Harris
burg, to come to Penbrook.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03

Philadelphia, Jan. S.-Detectives as
signed to unravel the tangle of clues
that have been advanced in the effort
to find out who murdered Maizie a.
colbert in her apartment here last
week were busy to-day examining
many young men who We're acquaint ed
with the young woman. Despite the
statements of the captain of the city
detectives that in his belief the former
manicurist was beaten and strangled
by degenerate there are persistent
unconftrmed reports that a wealthy
young man from up state has not yet
been entirely cleared of suspicion of
knowing something about the murder.
Captain of Detectives Tate, however,
said the young man in question is not
wanted by the police and that he has
cleared himself to the satisfaction of
the detectives. Captain Tate said the
man, who was an admirer of Miss
Colbert and was generous with pres
TCOntinuCd On Pope ri
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Seek to Develop Ideal
American Chicken

New York, Jan. 9. - An ideal AM
erican fowl, in which will be centered
all the good points in breeds of hens
is the object of the experiments being
conducted by the United States gov
ernment farm at Beltsville, Md Har-
ry NJ. Lamon, head husbandman OF
the government farm, has been work
ing for the last five years on the new
American product. He explained his
experiments at the annual poultry
show at Madison Square Garden.
According to Mr.. Lamon, the new
hen will have white plumage, yellow
legs, red ear lobes and a moderate
sized comb. In laying qualities and
the size of its eggs it will resem BILE
the leghorn. II will have as much
meat on its body as Wyandotte, bar
red rock Plymouth rock. The govern
ment farm, Mr.. Lamon said plans to
have a big exhibition of the new hen
at the poultry show next season.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Teutonic Papers Agree
Only Answer That Can Be
Given Entente Is Sword

Berlin, Jan. 2, via London, Jan. a.
The reply of the entente to the peace
proposals of the central powers is dis
cussed at great length this morning by
the newspapers which base their re-
marks on the unofficial press version
of the note, as received here from
French sources The newspapers are
unanimous in saying the answer of
the entente is only what was to be ex-
pected in view of the utterances of
statesmen of the hostile nations.
The opinion is expressed that the
note was addressed less to the central
powers than to the people of the en-
tente countries and to neutrals; hence
the strong declamatory language cal
culated, according to the German
opinion, further to inflame passions
against the Teutonic allies. In partic
ular, it is declared the section devoted
to Belgium is intended expressly for
the American people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
POLITICAL COMBAT
NOISE IS STILLED
Governor Says He Is Going
Right Ahead Attending to
Public Business

The noise of political combat was
stilled on Capitol Hill to-day and
Governor Brumbaugh adhered strictly
to his declaration of yesterday that the
contest over the speakership being
over he was going hight ahead attend
ing to the public business. Such a
thing as dismissal of an official was
not even on the executive horizon to-
day and there were no appointments
in sight. Prominent State officials
conferred with the Governor on de-
partmental matters and discussed leg
islation.
The Governors message was highly
praised all over Harrisburg to-day,
notably for its conservation. local op-
ton, good roads and Capitol Park and
Camp Curtin recommendations, the ref
erences to the latter being considered
by visitors from other places quite
complimentary to Harrisburg's spirit
of municipal prosrass.
There were less than half a dozen
legislators in the city and the legisla-
tive chambers and committee rooms
were deserted, everyone having ap-
parently gone home to wait for Janu-
airy %.
The Governors Visitors
Among the callers at the office oi
the Governor were Commissioner
Dixon, who discussed water conserva.
tion; Secretary Patton who talked
dairy inspection, which bill is now
going through the cooling machine
Secretary Kalbfus, of the Game Com.
mission; Commissioner Jackson, Com
missioner O'Neil, and Adjutant Gen.
eral Stewart. Attorney General Brown
is taking rest at his home in Phila-
delphia-
AS rule people at the Capitol were
ostentatiously careful not to discuss
the speakership.
In accordance with the act of 1911
the Governor will, during the present
month, appoint a board to examine
candidates for the Office of mine in
spector in the bituminous region.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Hint Cars Nephew
Murdered Rasputin, Who
Influenced Monarch

London, Jan. 8. - kilograms re-
ceived in Paris from Petrograd allege
that the notorious monk Rasputin,
whose body has been recovered from
the Neva, was murdered by the
younger Prince Yussupoff nephew by
marriage of the Car.
Petrograd, Jan. 3. The body of
the monk Rasputin, who had a great
influence over the Gar. was recov-
cred yesterday morning by divers
from the bottom of an ice hole in the
Nava near the Petrovosky bridge,
which crosses one of the lesser arms
or the river north of the city. Ac-
cording to newspapers here, the trag-
edy appears to have been enacted Sat-
urday morning in the Yussupoff pal
ace, but the names of none of the par
tlclpantS are mentioned.
1t was reported that early Satur-
day morning Il mysterious motorcar
was seen on Petrovosky Island The
pohce thereupon examined the river
near Petrovosky Bridge and discov-
cred newly cut icehole, from which.
stretched human footprints in vari-
Gus directions. In the snow near the
bank was found a mans golosh,
stained with suspicious marks. Divers
were requisitioned to examine the
bottom of the river, with the result
that the body of Rasputin was dis
covered.
According to to-day's accounts the
police found traces of blood in the
snow in the palace garden. Demand
ing an explanation, servants gave the
police information that a dog had
been shot. In corroboration of this
statement the body of a dog was pro-
duced. The animals body and a Iump
of lood-stained snow were removed
for examination.
Young Prince Yussupoff. who, after
events weakened his influence at
court, had left Petrograd for his
Crimean estates, has returned to the
capital
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Lansing Asks For Auto
and He Will Get 1t
Because of His Nerve

Washington, Jan. 3. Failure of
the House Appropriations Committee
to grant a S400 annual increase in
salaries to State Department bureau
chiefs led Secretary Lansing to-day to
make a personal appeal for the in
crease to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, which looks with favor
upon it.
While before the committee Secre-
tary Lansing was assured that the ap-
preparation to provide him with an
official automobile would be left in
tie bill. 1t was disclosed that when
the question came up in the House
Committee, Chairman Fitzgerald, had
exclaimed:
Secretary Lansing is the only
cabinet official who has had nerve
enough to ask Congress for an auto
mobile and, by George, he shall have
IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
1876 Warships of Total
Tonnage of 759,430
Are Sunk by Germans

Berlin. Jan. 8 (By wireless)-"In
cluding the French battleship Gaulois
sunk by a German submarine" says
an Overseas News Agency statement
to-day, 1895 hostile warsLips, includ.
ing torpedoboats and submarines. OF
a total tonnage of 759,430 have been
sunk since the beginning OF, the war
of a total of $685. 200 tons.
The total losses of entknte war
ships exceed the total tonnage of the
warships of France at the beginning
of the war.
Auxiliary cruisers and ships of spe.
cial type that have been lost are not
included in the figures given"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Request For City Local
Option Legislation Made
by Governor of N. Y.

Albany, n. Y, Jan. 8. - A qualified
request for city local option legislation
and a recommendation that the State
set an example as a model employer
by creating n system of injury and
death insurance for its employees were
outstanding features of the annual
message of Governor Whitman to the
Legislature which opened its annual
session to-day.
The Governor also recommended
the broadening of the scope of the
military training system for youths
which was inaugurated last year. Ad-
ditional pay for the National Guards
men who served on the Mexican bor-
der; adoption by the State of the fed
eral rural post road plant, and prison
reform based upon iron discipline"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
FIGHTING REAR
ACTIONS RUSSIANS
REACH SERETH
Must Hold on Front From Ga
licia or Will Face Crumbling
Up Process
MAKE SMASHING ATTACKS
Teutons Swing Forward For
New Gains of Prisoners
and Ground

Reports from both sides in the
struggle in Rumania indicate that the
Russians have now virtually reached
the line of the Sereth. to which they
have been falling back while fighting
strong rear guard actions. Berlin to-
day announces that troops of the ninth
army, under Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen, are now before Fokshani,
which is on the fortified line which
the Russians have been preparing and
which follows in a general way the
course of the Sereth. Ending at the
Danube between Braila and Galata.
this line extends northwestward
through Moldavia in the direction of
the western Moldavian frontier.
1t is here, according to present indi-
cations. that the Russians count upon
bringing Field Marshal Won Macken-
sens advance to q halt. Failing in
this purpose, 1t has been pointed out.
they would expose their front from
Galicia southwark to possible crump-
ling up process through a turning
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
FORECAST END
OF COMMISSION
NEGOTIATIONS
Wilson Will Confer With Mem
bers of Joint Body on Mexi-
can Affairs
PROTOCOL is REFUSED
CarranZa Turns Down Propos.
ed Pact; Fletcher to Go to
Mexico Soon

Washington, Jan. 8. - President
Wilson will confer at o'clock this af-
ternoon with Secretary Lane and the
other American members of the Mex
ican-American commission.
1t was announced that the Amei-
can commissioners only would make
statement of their position to the
President. and in some quarters that
was taken to forecast an end of the
commission negotiations. An answer
is being prepared to Carranza's plea
for modification in the protocol, but it
was said that was not to be discussed
to-day with the President
The end of the commission negotia-
uons was considered by other officials
to be preliminary to new line of pro-
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
JUDGE KUNKEL
RAPSLAWYER WHO
TRIPLES WITHLAW
Refuses to Take Notice of
Union Casualty Co. Counsel's
Telegram

A telegram sent to President Judge
George Kunkel, of the Dauphin county
court, by Henry ]. Scott. a Philadel-
phia lawyer, asking that the argument
on the exceptions to the decree of dis
solution in the Union Casualty Insur-
ance Company's case be continued to-
day, aroused the ire of the court and
brought a blunt refusal The argu-
ment in the case of the exceptions to
the decree in the case of the Pension
Mutual Life, which are almost iden-
teal, went ahead
Scott sent a telegram to Judge
Kunkel asking that the matter be
continued pending the disposition OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
German Harvests Show
Big Gain Over Last Year

Amsterdam, an. "a Berlin semi
official telegram to-day says that this
years bread corn harvest will exceed
last years by 100000 tons. The de-
ficiency in the potato harvest which is
considerably under the average, will be
chiefly offset by the very good turnip
crop.
The reduction in the use of barley
for brewing purposes by SO per cent.
will help greatly in overcoming the
effects of a bad potato yield, the ad-
vices state.
Germany's stock of cattle is declared
in the dispatch to have increased since
the beginning of 1916 by more than
100000 and the stock of pigs by more
than 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
FARMERS GOV. TAKES OATH

Bismarck, y. D., Jan. 8. - Lynn ].
Frazier became the farmers COVER
nor OF North Dakota" to-day when he
took oath of office before the State
Legislature. Mr.. Frazier, as Republi-
can candidate for governor. received
the endorsement of the North Dakota
Farmers Nonpartisan League. He
has declared his intention to support
the leagues executive program, which
includes State-owned flour mills. ter
minal grain elevators and packing
plants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
COMMERCIAL
OUTLOOK FOR
1917 IS GOOD
Businessmen Expect New Year
to Guido Old Which Was
Best in History

While 1916 was record year in
the city's commercial history, the out
look for 1917 is still better in the
opinion of prominent merchants and
heads of business organizations.
Years in which the general assem-
oly is in session are always good in
business way, it is pointed out, be-
cause of the many gatherings held
here by organizations interested in
legislation. And with practically al
the city's industries booked months
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
AUTO OVERTURNs

Late last evening an automobile
driven by Harry Kirby. of Copeburg,
Pa, overturned near Camp HILL
Kirby was pinned under the machine
His right arm was fractured and his
body badly bruised and cut. The ma
chine had been borrowed from his
brother-in- law, Eugene Fogarty, 1921
North Front street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
Scantily Clad, Six
Families Flee Blaze in
.Penbrook Apartments

Six families were made homeless.
supplies and equipment of five lodges
almost totally destroyed. Postmaster
r. NJ. Hoover was compelled to re-
move all the mail and stamps from
the post office to a room in a building
across the street, and the merchan-
disc in the general store of w. H.
Hartman, was badly damaged by
water.
The blaze started on the first floor
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03

FRENCH BATTLEsHIP REPORTED ToRPEDoED
Berlin Jan 3-By Wireless-A dispatch to the Zurich
Post from Milan reports that the French bateshp Vertc
has been torpedoed by German submarine near Malta
says Overseas News Agency announcement to-day The
Verite badly damaged lying the port of Malta the
dispatch adds
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
1000 GET INCREASE

Chester. Pa. Jan. 3.-Four thou
sand employees at the Springs Cotton
Mills have been given a 10 per cent.
increase in wages. Three of the mills
are at Lancaster. two at Fort Mill and
one at Kensaw, 3. G
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
STEAMER SINKS

London, Jan. 8. - Lloyd's shipping
agency announces that the British
steamer Holly Branch, of 1868 tons
gross. and the Norwegian steamer
Erica have been sunk.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-03
NEWSPAPER ADVANCES PRfCE

CarbondaIe, Pa, Jan. 8. - The
Leader. one of the oldest journals in
Northwestern Pennsylvania. has an
nounced an advance in the subscrip-
tion price of six cents to ten cents a
week. High cost of materials is given
as the reason.