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MOTHERS J THIS-
When the Children Cough, Rub
MusteroJe on Throats
and Chests
No telling how soon the symptoms may
develop into croup, or worse. And then's
when you're glad you have a jar of Mus
terole at hand to give prompt, sure re
lief. It does not blister.
As first aid and a certain remedy,
Musterole is excellent. Thousands ol
mothers know it You should keep a
jar in the house, ready for instant use.
It is the remedy for adults, too. Re
lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis,
croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, head
ache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism,
lumbago, pains and aches of back or
joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains,
frosted feet and colds of the chest (it
ofieg prevents pneumonia).
COTTON BREAKS BADLY
New York, Feb. 3. Many con
tracts broke 30 points in the cotton
market from the opening- price of
$14.30 on receipt of news that diplo
matic relations with Germany had
been severed. They soon afterwards
rallied 12 points.
MOOSE ASKS BIDS
Bids for the new home for Harris
burg Lodge, No. 12. Loyal Order of
Moose, ■will bp asked within the next
iwo weeks. The new building will be
erected nt Third and Boas streets at
a cost of ItiO.OOO. Work will be
started as soon as possible on the
erection of the structure.
BELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. 25c at all druggists.
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Day & Night School
Bookkeeping. Shorthand, Steaotypj,
Typewriting and Penmanahlp
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The
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Kaufman Bldg. 4 S. Market Sq i
Training That Secures
Salary Increasing Positions
In the Office
Call or send to-day tor interesting'
booklet. "The Art of Getting Alone In
*lie World." Bell phone 64 9-R.
Harrisburg Business College
A Reliable School, 31st Year
328 Market St. Ilarrlabnrg, I'a.
YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS
INSTITUTE
Hcrshey Building
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Buy Your
Used Car
NOW
A small deposit will
hold it until spring. I
We'll store it free.
Our stock is going
rapidly. Buy now from
a splendid assortment at
winter prices.
The Overland-
Harris burg Co.
212 North Second St.
Open Evenings
Legal Notices
NOTICE Letters Testamentary on
the Estate of John A. Hall, late of Hai
i isburg, Dauphin County, Pa., deceased,
having been granted to the undersigned
residing in liarrlsburg, all persona in
debted to said Estate are requested to
make Immediate payment, and those
having claims will present them for
settlement, to
HATTIE M. HALL,
R. S. CARE. Executrix.
Attorney.
NOTICE Letters of Administration
on the Estate of Benjamin P. Schafter
late of Middle Paxton Township, Dau
phin County, Pa., deceased, having
been granted to the undersigned re
siding in Middle Paxton Township Dau
phin County, all persons indebted to
•raid Estate are requested to make Im
mediate payment, and those having
claims will present them for settlement
ISAAC L SCHAFFER,
Or to Administrator
FREDERICK M. OTT. r '
Attorney-at-Eaw,
Market Street. Harrlsburg.
NOTICE Letters of Administration
on the Estate of Margaret Schafter lata
i.f Middle Paxton Township, Oaupnin
County. Pa., deceased, having been
granted to the undersigned residing in
-Middle Paxton Township. Dauphin
County, all persons Indebted to said Es
tate are requested to make immediate
payment, and those having claims will
present them for settlement.
ISAAC L SCHAFFER,
Or to Administrator
FREDERICK M. OTT,
Attoroey-at-Law.
222 Market Street. Harrigburg.
lIEAOttOAItTERS FOR
SHIRTS
SIDES & SIDES
SATURDAY EVENING,
WILL GIVE MY
LIFE BLOOD TO
I U. S.--MOESLEIN
'Head of Harrisburg Branch oi
' German-American Life Will
Stick to the Flag
READY TO ANSWER CALL
"* . .
''."J;
EDWARD MOESLEIN
Head of German-American Alliance
Here.
"I will willingly give my life and
blood for ray beloved country. Amer
ica," was the declaration made by Ed
ward Moeslein, president of the Har
risburg- branch of the German-Ameri
can Alliance, this morning regarding
the breaking off of relations between
Germany and the United States.
Mr. Moeslein said that he and his
family were ready for the call in case
the United States was attacked by any
foreign power, England, Germany or
Japan.
"At my present age of 65," declared
Mr. Moeslein, "I will do what is
needed of me.
"Some people at the opening of the
hostilities left for the war zone, but I
stayed home to be ready in case my
country needed me."
Mr. Moeslein. is also in charge
of the bazar to bo held in the Chestnut
Street Hall for the benetit of the Red
Cross of the central powers, said no
definite action would bo. taken in the
matter of postponing the affair until
the situation has developed further.
GRANDPADIDNT
NEED CASCARETS
FOR THE BOWELS
Two hours a day sawing wood
will keep liver and
bowels right.
You who take exercise in an
easy chair must take
"Cascarets."
Enjoy life—feel bully! Don't stay
sick, bilious, headachy, constipated.
Remove the liver and bowel poison
which is keeping your head dizzv, your
tongue coated, your breath offensive,
stomach sour and your ISody full of
cold. Why don't you get aio or 25-
cent box of Cascarets at the drug
store and enjoy the nicest, gentlest
liver and bowel cleansing you ever ex
perienced. Cascarets work while you
sleep. You will wake up feeling fit
and tine. Children need this candy
cathartic too.
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Legal Notices
WK WANT AUfOMOUILIiS ol an;
kind. It you cannot aeil your car, why
not consign it to or exchange it wita
us for a better one. Our charges lor
••Ulnar are 6 per cent. only. No florae*
charges if car is not sold. AUTO
TRANSPORTATION EXCHANGES de
partment, 27-1* North Cainaroa
BUICK ROADSTEP. With brand
new set of tites, in excellent condition
Built for city ld country use. Address
Box S., 5431. care of Telegraph.
NOTICE letters Testamentary on
the Estate of Daniel P. Seitz, late of
Harrlsburg city, Dauphin county. Pa.,
deceased, having: been granted to the
undesigned, all persons indebted to
said Estate are requested to make- Im
mediate payment, and those having
claims will present them for settle
ment, to
ANNIE W. SEITZ,
Executrix.
1211 North Second Street.
iiarriabur*. Pa.
Throw Out the Flag !
In the present crisis the
; American flag should wave
from every home, every place
J of business, every public build
"L in ---
[ Throw out the Flag!
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WILL APPLY FOR
NATURALIZATION
First Man Appears Before Pro
thonotary Since Change
in System
i Wellwoll Yurber.c.
//_/ ) 111 61" Herr street, is
//it /' IIIj the first man to ap
yyjf&'A Jk pear before Pro
js*- Jj? thonotary Henry F.
—-< Holier and make a
declaration of his in
tention to apply for
naturalization pa
jnfl j[B■■ I■■■ The work of filing
H H BflßraClM these declarations of
■ tend to become nn
wmmmhmhmbbV turallzed citizens.
, , was recently trans
ferred from the United Slates Courts to
the various county courts.
Yurberg. in giving information for
the official papers, said that his reason
for announcing his intention to 'ap
ply for naturalization papers, as re
quired by law, was because he had al- I
ways planned to become a citizen of |
the United States, regardless of inter- j
national difficulties. Yurberg is a Kus- I
slan and came here in 1913. He was
born in Biella, near Warsaw, and has a !
wife living in Warsaw.
Probate Wills. Register Roy C.
Panner to-day probated the will of
Christina Ferguson and issued letters to
J. R. Hancock, Williainstown. letters
of administration on the estate of Re
bocca L.ebo were issued to Joseph I.
Corbett. Millersburg.
Xante Tipstaves. The continued
! session of criminal court opening on
Monday, were named yesterday by
■ President Judge George Kunkel, as
follows: Henry Chubb. John Pott
roff, Robert. W. Green, Milton F. Gra
ham. Samuel Johnson, Harry Fulch
ner, Felix Newman, George A. Knigh
ton, Frank P. Brown, H. C. Winters.
David Charles, Elmer Urlch, Lewis
Jenkins, Hiram Graham, Henry Ever
hart, T. J. Blaydcs.
I Ten Known Dead, Twenty
Missing in Chicago Fire;
Homeless Thousands Suffer
i Chicago. 111., Feb. 3.—Handicapped
by the coldest weather of the winter,
! workmen to-day searched for bodies
. in the ice-covered ruins which marked
the site of the West Side tenement
s house wrecked by an explosion early
j yesterday. Of the seventy-two per
, sons known to have been in the build
> ing at the time of the explosion, pre
-1 sumably caused by leaking gas, ten
, were known to be dead and twenty
Jjwere missing to-day. Seven of the
bodies recovered had been positively
j identified and the others were believed
j to be those of Henry Spltzley. 45 years
| old, and his two nephews, Walter and
| George Spitzley, both young boys.
Thirty hours after the explosion the
> rescuing workers abandoned hope that
| additional persons might yet be alive.
' Throughout the night searchlights
played on the ruins and ambulances
were kept in waiting. As rapidly as
. one exhausted shift of rescue workers
I stepped from the wreckage a fresh
; group, armed with shovels, picks and
axes, jumped into the vacated places.
Much suffering was reported among
the two thousand tenement dwellers
whose homes within a radius of sev
eral blocks of the explosion were shat
l tered by the force of the blast. Num
bers of funds were established by indi- ;
| viduals and organizations to distribute I
(relief to. the homeless sufferers, whose]
want was accentuated by the low tem- i
peraturc.
20 Per Cent Bonus to Be
Given Hershey Employes
Hershey, Pa.. Feb. 3. —Tho Hershey
('herniate Company on Monday will
distribute a bonus to employes con
tinuously on its payrolls for the six
months ending December 31, 1916.
The bonus will be paid to about one
thousand persons. It reaches all
classes of employes from office bovs
to executives and is L'O per cent, on
salaries and wages. While the bonus
is not pledged and is not obligatorv,
it has been paid annually for the past
eight years. When the plan was be
gun only about 20 per eent. of the
employes could qualify. Now over 80
per eent. meet the conditions of six
months' continuous service ending
i with the year, and hundreds of the
employes have been with the company
! for years. More than a third of those
receiving the bonus are girls an 4
women.
Deaths and Funerals
FIX ERA I, OF EX-SHERIFF
| Funeral services for Charles W. Sel-'l
lets were held this afternoon, at his
i home, in Dauphin. The Rev. R F. Stirl
j ing, of the Presbyterian Church, of '
i Dauphin, had charge of the services, lie
was assisted by the Rev. Francis Mor- I
i row, of the Methodist Churqh. Burial I
I was made in the Dauphin' Cemetery.
Hundreds of friends from this city at
tended the services.
lIAKRY A. SHKI'I.KR
-Funeral services'for Harry A. Shep- j
ler, aged 25, who died this morning at '
the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs I
William Shepler, 2136 Atlas street, will
oe held Tuesday afternoon, at 2
o'clock. He is survived by Ills parents, i
four brothers and five sisters. Burial !
will be made in the Shoop's Church !
Cemetery. The Rev. Joseph Doughertv.
pastor of the Sixth Street United ,
Brethren Church, assisted by the Rev. I
| Jonas Martin, will officiate.
MRS. M.UtV A. M'DOXALI)
Mrs. Mary A. McDonald, aged S3,
a life-long resident of this city died
lat her home, 307 South Fifteenth;
| street, yesterday from the effects of
| injuries received when run over by a
team last month. She is survived by
1 her son. John Golden and a daughter, ;
i Miss Mary Golden. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The Rev. Morris Keims of
York, will officiate. Burial will be
made in the Paxtang Cemetery.
SIOO RewaiJ, SIOO
The reader* of this par or trill be pleased te
.'earn that there is at one dreaded diaease
that science has been able to cure in all Its
jtages, and that Is Catarrh. Halt's Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive care nor* iinown to the med
ical fraternitv. Catarrh being a constitutional
aitesae, requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Core is taken Internally, acting
, Jlrectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
i the <*ystera. thereby destroying the foundation
I jf the disease, and giving the patient strength
i <>y building up the constitution and assisting na
ture in doing its work. The proprietors hava
, much faith fa its curative powers that they
i offer One Hundred Dollar* for any caa- that it
j 'alls to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, 0.
1oM tr *U
Tiki BtU * Timllj m< tat coullp.Um,
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HAHRISBURG ftfjjiflfl TELEGRAPH
,te3TeeLTon*i
THIEVES BREAK
STORE WINDOW
Gain Entrance lo Window at J.
Zacks' Store by Breaking
Glass With Brick
Thieves last night gained entrance
to a show window at the store of
:J. Zacks, in Front street, by tossing
a brick through a pane valued at sev
eral hundred dollars.
The hole made by the brick was
several feet in diameter. The robbers
took an overcoat and macklnaw valued
at S3O. Several hundred dollars'
worth of goods was displayed in the
window, hut nothing was touched but
the two pieces.
This is the third window-breaking
robbery in this Front street business
section during the past two months.
The establishment has been located
j hero for twenty-eight years. This is
| the first robbery that lias been com
mitted there.
Steelton Snapshots
To Initiate Class.— A class of can
didates will be initiated into Baldwin
Commandery, Knights of Malta, Mon
day evening.
Mil l Delegates.—Ten delegates were
elefcted to the county convention at a
meeting of the Modern Woodmen,
Lodge No. 5689. last night. The con
vention will be held in Ilarrisburg,
April 4.
School Hoard Meeting.—A meeting
of the borough school board will be
held Tuesday evening. AY. F. Darby,
president, will attend his first meeting
in several months. He has just re
turned from Battle Creek, Mich.
Fair to Close. —The Paxtang I look
and Ladder Company fair, in progress
for a week, will close to-night. All
contests will close at 10 o'clock.
St. John's Music. —Special music will
be presented at St.* John's Church to-i
morrow commemorating the four hun
dredth anniversary of the Reformation.
The program follows: Morning—Duet.
"God Is Our Refuge." Harold Wells
and William Kreig, with violin obbli
gato by Ronald Ross anthem, "Blessed
is the Man Who Dwells in Thy House,"
Adams. Evening Anthem. "The
Radiant Morn lias Passed Away,"
Shelley; anthem. "He Giveth His Be
loved Sleep," Petrie.
STEELTON CHURCHES
First Presbyterian. The Rev. C.
B. Segelken, pastor, will preach at
11 a. m. on '"The Father's Trust in
His Children" and at 7:30 p. m. on
"Pan-Americanism and the Brother
hood of Man." S. S.. 9:43; C. E., 6:45.
St. Mark's Lutheran. The Rev.
Dr. M. P. Hocker will conduct com
munion services at 10:30 a. m. and
at 7:30 p. m. S. S., 2:00.
First Methodist. The Rev. W.
C. Sanderson, pastor, will preach at
10:30 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. S. S.
2: Epworth League, 6:3 C, leader, Mrs.
J. F. Bogner.
Centenary United Brethren. The
Rev. O. E. Williams will preach at
10 a. ni. and at 7:30 p. m. S. S. at
2; C. E., 6:30.
St. John's Lutheran. The Rev.
G. N. Lauffer, pastor, will preach at
10:45 a. m. on a "Mighty Strong
hold" and at 7:30 p. m. the C. E.
anniversary will be held; address,
"Visions and Tasks." C. E., 6:30; S.
S. 9:30.
Main Street Church of God. The
Rev. G. W. Gctz, pastor, will preach
at 10:30 a. m. on "Carrying Others
to Christ" and at 7:30 p. m. on "The
Wondrous Love." S. S., 2; Jr. C. E.,
6; Sr. C. E., 6:30.
Grace United Evangelical. The
Rev. J. M. Shoop, pastor, will preach
at 10:30 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. S. S.,
9:15; K. L. C. E„ 6:43.
United Brethren (Higlispiret —The
Rev. 11. F. Rhoads. pastor, will preach
at 10:45 on "Worldliness." and at 7:30
on "A Life Made Over." S. S., 9:30;
P. Y, S. C. E.. 6:30.
EXTKIITMX roil DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards, of
Bressler, entertained in honor of their
daughter Sarah. In attendance were:
Goldie Fackler. Mary Brunner. Edith
Bretz, Ethel Sponsler, Julia Bolan,
Sarah Edwards, Elizabeth Holmes,
Sarah Bennett, Sarah Fortenbaugh.
Evelyn KorfT. Esther Papenfus, Ella
Edwards, Mary Edwards. Ellen Bolan,
Mabel Bolan, Miss Anna Edwards.
Charles Folk. Charles Young, Fred
Dell, Elmer Brumbaugh. Hary Folk,
John Lavanture, Early Look, Bernard
Hanshew, Earl Stare. William Kissing
er, Richard Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. j
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bolan.
HOLD FUNERAL
Funeral services for John Tachaes, |
aged 40, who died at the Dauphin |
county almshouse yesterday, were held
this afternoon from the German Cath
olic Church. Burial was made in the
Mount Calvary Cemetery. He is sur
vived by his wife and one daughter,
living at 477 Molin street.
VVJAKLI.IA FUNERAL
Funeral services for llija Vujaklija,
aged 27, who died from the effects of
gas yesterday morning when he lop
pled into the hopper of No. 5 blast
furnace at the steel plant, will be held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Greek Orthodox Church, Second
street. Burial will be made In the
Baldwin Cemetery.
FORMKR RESIDENT DIES
Word was received here to-day of
the death of Samuel S. Saul, a former
resident, at Dayton, Ohio. He died at
the Soldiers' Home yesterday morn
ing, where he had been for live years.
He is survived by three sons—Ross,
South Second street; William J., South
Front street, and James, of Harris
burg. The body will be brought to
the home of Ills son James. He was a
steelworker while living here.
COMMITTEE MEETING
A meeting of the committee which
had charge of the reception of mem
bers of the Governor's Troop will be
held In the Citizen liosehouse to-mor
row afternoon. Settlement of debts
Incurred by the banquet will take
place.
FIRE IN MILL
A small fire in a crane at the mer
chant mill of the local steel plant last
night shortly before midnight did little
damage. The borough fire department
responded to the call.
! OVEN SUPERINTENDENT
Announcement was made at the
; steel company offices to-day that D.
'W. , Wlnshop, formerly of Sparrows
Point, has assumed his duties as su
perintendent of the coke ovens, which
were taken over by the Bethlehem
Steel Company Thursday. The ovens
were formerly owned by the Semet-
Solvay Company.
MASS MEETINGS
The first of a series of four mass
| meetings for men and boys will he
held in the Centenary United Breth
ren Church to-morrow afternoon.
Evangelist Williams will speak on
"Paid In Full." Mrs. Williams, Te-ift of
the evangelist, will talk to the women
at tbo name time on "Woman's Mln-
VETERAN DIES; 11
PENNSY PIONEER
James B. Wells, Betired En
gine Foreman, Victim of j
Pneumonia
H
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JAMES B. WELLS
James B. Wells, aged 82 years, 309
Boas street, a pioneer of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, died at an early hour
this morning. He had been ill for
two weeks. Death was due to pneu
monia. (
Mr. Wells was a retired road fore-!
man of engines of the Middle Division i
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. His rail
road history is an Interesting book. He!
I brought the first freight engine from j
Pittsburgh to AHoona that passed |
through Gallitzen tunnel: and was engi
neer on the first freight train running
from Altoona to Ilarrisburg over the
! Middle Division. He was a resident of
Harrisburg for nearly a half century.
Harry C. Wells, county commissioner,
and former sheriff of Dauphin county,
is a son.
Came From the East
James B. Wells was born near Phil
adelphia. When a voting man he learn
ed his trade as a machinist. Early dur
ing the year, 1832. lie accepted a po
sition as fireman on the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore branch of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Six months
later he was promoted to engineer,
which position he held fir three years.
He was sent to Altoona, and worked
under General Superintendent Henry J.
Lambert.
His work at Altoona was mostly of a I
special character. One of his princi
pal duties was handling freight trains
from Altoona to Mifflin. During his
location at Altoona he was sent to
Pittsburgh to bring new engines east,
end was the first to run an old-time
freight wood-burning engine through
I the tunnel at Gallitzen.
Kun First Train to Ilarrisburg
When the Middle Division was ex
tended to Ilarrisburg. Engineer Wells I
brought the first freight train cast,
i Later he was made a passenger engi
neer. continuing in this capacity until
the Civil War broke out. when he left
vlie railroad company's employo on a
leave of absence.
Mr. AYells first enlisted in the 20th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving one
year. He subsequently enlisted In
Company E, 201 st Regiment. Pennsyl
vania Yolunteers. and was made first
lieutenant.
On his discharge from the army Mr.
Wells returned to the railroad com
pany's employ. When the office of road
foreman of engines was established on
the Middle Division Mr. Wells was
placed in charge, remaining until his
retirement in 1903. During his career
the Pennsylvania Railroad advanced
from a single track to a three-track
system, and wood-burning engines were
sent to the scrap pile to make room
for more modern type of locomotives.
W* Healthy Man
During his lifetime Mr. Wells lost
little time through illness. Following
his retirement he took daily walks,
varying from four to seven miles. He
visited the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
tion daily up to six months ago when
he fell and broke an arm. Since that
time his health began to fail, for a
month previous to his death he remain
ed close to his home. Two weeks ago
Ihe took his bed with a cold which '
i di" - eloned into pneumonia.
I In addition to County Commissioner!
Hairy C. Wells, the survivors are three I
| sons. William S., Forty Wayne. Tnd.: !
John V.. New York City, and James A., j
Pottsville, and one grandson, James B.
The latter is a member of the Eighth j
Regiment Headquarters Company, at i
El Paso. in order to permit him to I
reach home, the funeral will not take I
place until Wednesday afternoon at 3 ;
! o'clock. Further details will be an- '
nouneed later. Burial will be made in j
Harrisburg Cemetery. Mr. Weils was'
a member ofy Mountain City Lodge. No. I
2SI. Free and Accepted Masons, of Al- I
toona: the Retired Veterans' Associ- '
ation of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and I
i the Yeteran Employes' Association of i
j the Middle Division.
IIIOHSPIftE NOTES
j Philip Steck, of Fannettsburg, |
Franklin county, is visiting his sister, '
] Mrs. M. A. Shaffer, of East End.
i Miss Maude Bothwell is convalescing!
at her home In Second street, after an
operation of the throat at the Harris
burg Hospital.
Alfred Gruber, who is ill with pneu- '
monia, is improving.
ODEKIjIN NOTES
Revival services, which have been In i
progress for five weeks in the Neidig j
Memorial United Brethren Church,
closed on Wednesday evening and re
sulted In seven conversions. Sunday ]
Holy Communion will he observed and |
new members admitted to the church. j
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
ary Society of Salem l.utheiun Church, I
was postponed until Saturday, Febru- I
ary 10, to meet at the home of Mrs. i
Frederick Baughman. Highland street.
Miss Irene Detwetler, of "Lonesome
Pine," is visiting relatives in Philadel
phia and New York.
Mrs. Walter C. Hocker, of "Brook
side Farm," is spending a few days in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. W. 8. Byrod. who has been visit
ing licr home in Philadelphia for some
time, returned liouie Tijjjrsday.
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FEBRUARY 3, 1917.
TOL WOMEN
READY TO DO
THEIR SHARE
Harrisburg Branch of National!
Preparedness Organization
v Will Do Their Duty
"Tou can count on National Pre
paredness women in Harrisburg for
any duty at any time. They are ready.
When the call comes 100- women will i
get busy. If more volunteers are!
needed no trouble will be experienced
in getting them. We have money in
the treasury and can start work to
morrow if necessary."
So declared Mrs. Charles 15. llyder,
of Riverside, president of the local i
branch of the Pennsylvania Women's !
Division, National Preparedness So-j
ciety.
When the call was made for troops'
to go to the Mexican border, local!
women were active in furnishing •
cigars, tobacco and refreshments to j
the troops pausing through Harris- j
burg. Later they affiliated with the I
I ted Cross Society representatives in j
Harrisburg, in providing bandages ]
and other supplies. Continuing Mrs. i
Ryder said:
"We must first get a call from the |
National president. 1 guess it will!
come .almost anytime since it looks)
like war with Germany. Our duties!
cover numerous fields. We will be able
to supply nurses if necessary, and
will have large corps of workers at
home. I will call a meeting of the
local branch. Plans may be taken up
early next week. There is money
( enough in the treasury to start work
;at anytime. More is in sight, llar
j risburg women will do their duty." j
CONGRESS GRIMLY
LISTENS TO WILSON
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pared to do its utmost to confine the
operations of war for the rest of its
duration to the fighting forces of the
belligerents, thereby also insuring the
freedom of the seas, a principle upon
which the German government be
lieves now, as before, to l>e in agree
ment with the government of the
nited States.
" 'The German government, guided |
by this idea, notified the government!
of the United States that the German ;
naval forces have received the follow
ing orders: In accordance with the
j general principles of visit and search
and destruction of merchant, vessels
recognized by international law, such
vessels, both within and without the
area declared a naval war zone, shall
not le sunk without warning and
without saving human lives, unless
these ships attempt to escape or of
fer resistance.
V. S. Accepts Assurances
"To this the government of the
United States replied on the eighth of'
May accepting, of course, the assur
ances given but adding:
" 'The government of the United
States feels it necessary to state that
it takes it for granted that the Im
perial German government does not!
intend to imply that the maintenance
of its newly announced policy is in
any way contingent upon the course or
result of diplomatic negotiations be
tween the government of the United
States and any other belligerent gov
ernment, notwithstanding the fact
that certain passages in the imperial
government's note of the fourth in
stant might appear to be susceptible
of that construction. In order, how
ever, to avoid any misunderstanding,
the government of 'the United States
notifies the Imperial government that
It cannot for a moment entertain,
much less discuss a suggestion that
respect by German naval authorities
for the rights of citizens of the United
States upon the high seas should In
anyway or in the slightest degree be
made contingent upon the conduct of
any other government, affecting the
rights of neutrals and noncombatants.
j Responsibility in such matters is sin
| gle. not joint, absolute not relative.'
I "To this note of the eighth of May
! the Imperial German government
i made no reply.
Cites Latest Action
"On the thirty-first of January, the
| Wednesday of the present week the
I German ambassador handed to the
i Secretary of State, along with a form
]al note, a memorandum whloh con
| tained the following statement:
I " 'The Imperial government, there
i fore, does not doubt that the govern
! ment of the United States will under-
I stand the situation thus forced upon
Germany by the entente allies' brutal
methods of war, and by their deter
mination to destroy the central pow
ers, and that the government of the
I United Stales will further realize that]
the now openly disclosed intention of!
the entente allies gives back to Ger
many the freedom of action which she ;
reserved In her note addressed to the |
government of the United States on i
May 4, 1916.
"Under these, circumstances Ger
many will meet the Illegal measures
i of her enemies by forcibly preventing
! after February 1, 1917, in a zone
I around Great Britain, France, Italy
I and in the eastern Mediterranean, ail
navigation, that of neutrals included,
I from and to England and from and
;to France, etc., etc. Ail ships met-!
I within the zone will be sunk.
Only Course Open
: "I think that you will agree with i
me that, in view of this declaration
which suddenly and without prior
intimatian of any kind deliberately
withdraws the solemn asunmcc given
in the Imperial Government's note of
the 4th of May, 1916, this government
has no alternative consistent with the j
dignity and honor of the I'nited States
but to take the course which, in its 1
note of the ISth of April, 1910, it an- ■
A Button
for every button hole
You know tho feeling of resent- j
ment to llnd one or more but- !
tons from your shirt when, it f
comes from the laundry. Then, I
you'll appreciate our thought- i
fulness In replacing all buttons j
j lost from shirts: "A Button For i
j Every Buttonhole."
That's but one of the meanings
| of the Insignia "LS." Primar- •
• Hy, "US" stands for El-lis Laun- !
dry Service, the high-water !
mark of efficient laundering, !
but LS also stands for velvet- I
smooth collar edges and snowy j
white linen. Let LS call for j
that next batch of laundry.
Ellis Laundry Service.
Mu<'eenaom to
TROY LAUNDRY
| Our Wngunit Pita* Tour Dour
Dull}.
For "I, S" call Ilell -1570.
nounced that it would take in the
event that the German government
did not declare and effect an abandon
ment of the methods of submarine
I warfare wl.ich it was .then employing
I and to which It now purposca again
j to resort.
I "I have, therefore, directed the
Secretary of State to announce to His
Excellency, the eGrman ambassador,
that all diplomatic relations between
the United States and the German em
pire are severed and that the Amer
ican ambassador at Berlin will im
mediately be withdrawn: and. In ac
cordance with this decision, to hand
to His Excellency his passports.
Cannot Believe Action Possible
"Notwithstanding this unexpected
action of the German government this
sudden and deeply deplorable renunci
ation of its assurances, given thi.s
j government at one of the most critical
; moments of tension in the relations oC
I the two governments, I refuse to be
lieve that it is the intention of the
German government authorities to do
in fact what they have warned us
they will feel at liberty to do. 1 can
not bring myself to believe that they
will indeed pay no regard to the an
cient friendship between their people
and our own or to the solemn obliga
tions which have been exchanged be
tween them, and destroy American
ships and take the lives of American
citizens In the wilftil prosecution of
the ruthless naval program they have
announced their intention to adopt.
Only actual overt acts on their part
can make mo believe it eevn now.
"If this inveterate confidence on
my part in the sobriety and prudent
foresight of thei- purpose should un
; happily prove unfounded: if Ai
ican ships and American live:< . .ouid
in fact be sacrificed by the'i- naval
commanders in heedless o ntraven
tion of the just and reasonal le under
standings of international law and tho
obvious dictates of humanity, I shall
take the liberty of coming again be
fore the Congress to ask that authority
be given me to use any means that
may be necessary for the protection
of our seamen and our people In tlil>
prosecution of their peaceful and
legitimate errands on the high seas. I
can do nothing less. I take it for
granted that all neutral governments
will take the same course.
"We do not desire, any hostile con
flict with the Imperial German gov
ernment. We are the sincere friends
of the German people and earnestly
desire to remain at peace with the
government which speaks for them.
We shall not believe that they aru
hostile to us unless and until wo are
obliged to believe it: and we purpose
nothing more than the reasonable de
fense of the undoubted rights of our
people. We wish to serve no selfish
ends. Wc seek merely to stand true
alike in thought and in action to tho
immemorial principles of our people
which I have sought to express in my
address to the Senate only two weeks
ago—seek merely to vindicate out
right to liberty and justice and an un
molested life. These arc the bases of
peace, not war. God grant that wo
may not be challenged to defend
them by acts of willful Injustice on
the part of the government m Ger
many."
Will Again Come Before Congress
In concluding his address President
i Wilson declared that he could not
even now believe that Germany in
tends any overt acts against. American
citizens but that if overt acts are
forthcoming he will again come be
fore Congress to ask authority "to use
any means that may be necessary for
the protection of our seamen and our
people." All neutral governments, he
believes, will take the same course.
" 'But.' it added, 'neutrals cannot
expect that Germany, forced to light,
for her existence shall, for the sake
of neutral interests restrict the use
of an effective weapon If her enemy
is permitted to continue to apply at
jwill methods of warfare violating* tho
I rules or international law. Such a de
; mand would be incompatible with the
j character of neutrality, and the Ger
, man government Is convinced that tilt-
Government of the L T nited States does
not think of making such a demand,
knowing that, the government of the
United States has repeatedly declared
j that it Is determined to restore the
principle of the freedom of tho "scds.
I from whatever quarter It has been
violated."