Sinking of Her Ships M Break On Relations With Germany HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH N ENGLAND DINNER ! \ SCRAPPLE GUARDSMEN TO ARRIVE HOME BY TOMORROW j Will Reach Hurrisburg This Evening Say Pennsylvania Railroad Officials t —————■■ Troop to Reach City Tomorrow Night, Says Associated Press By Associated Press Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 21. The Kightli infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, whose reg imental headquarters are at llar risburg, and wliicli is returning from the Mcxiean border, was at Columbus, Ohio, at nonn, to-day, according to advices received at the offices here of llic Pennsylvania Kailroad. The exaet hour of the arrival of the companies com posing the regi ment at their home stations <-oulil not be given by the railroad officials because of Unfile conditions, hut it was expected 'he entire command would reach llarrtaburg Sunday night. The regiment is made up of company commands from York, Tamaqua, Chamhcrsburg, Hiirris burg, Malianoy City, Huntingdon, Carlisle, Pottsville, Bedford and Lcwistown. Harrisburg's guardsmen will be home to-morrow evening,- from latest reports. From the latest reports received by .Superintendent W. B. McCaleb, of the Pennsylvania Jiailroad, the Eighth Regiment cannot possibly reach Hur risburg before Sunday. But while anxious mothers and anxious sweethearts were sorry to learn that the boys v would not arrive to-night, as expected, the news was received with general satisfaction, for [Continued on Page ll] POLICY I JK HANUKI)—WILSON By Associated I'rcss Mexico City, Feb. 24. The reply of the United States to General Carranza's proposal that neutral nations stop ship ping supplies to belligerents was made public last night. The note does not give a direct answer to General Car ranza's suggestion, but simply an nounces that the policy heretofore fol lowed by President Wilson will not be changed. It also states that the Mexi can note has been transmitted by the United States to European neutrals. I'HCE UNIVERSAL TRAINING , Rerka P. O. S. of A. Also Approve* Ap propriation For (irrKK Monument Reading, Pa., Feb. 24. The annual county convention of the Patriotic Order Hons of America, held at Ham burg. went on record as favoring uni versal military training and service law; The convention represented Hftv three camps and 12,000 members In this city and county. Another resolution unanimously adopted asks that the (lag j be kept floating over every schoolhouso every day. CITY MANAGER SAVES DAYTON ENORMOUS SUM I Plan Enables Community lo Draw From Its Biggest Men For Council How city managership form of gov ernment has saved the city of Dayton, j Ohio, thousands of dollars yearly and j has given it a rionpolitical, eftlciont, . businesslike administration of munici i pal affairs was told \o a large number i of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com j mercc, Rotary Club, Civic (.Hub and I their guests in Chestnut Street Hall j last evening by Jesse M. Switzcr, city Continued onPage i:( i Interned Greeks Dying Off Fast; Many Mutinies By Associated Press London, Feb. 2 4.—According to ad | vices received by the Creek uuthori | ties here there has been serious trou ble among the 8,000 Greek troops who surrrendered to the Rulgar-German foeces'at. Kavala and who are now in- I terned at Goeritz. Hunger and discontent over the failure of the authorities to keep re peated promises of repatriation are s£\id to have led to frequent mutinies and a large number of deaths from disease, exposure and privation are also reported. The attitude of the troops has compelled a number of their officers, including their com mander, General Hatzopulos to leave 1 Goeritz. A mixed force of German and Bul garian troops invaded Greek Mace donia in August, 1916, and advanced to the Greek port of Kavala which was garrisoned by the Fourth Greek army corps. A portion of the garrison was removed on allied warships and the remained surrendered to the invaders and were transported to Germany. The Greek government protested to Ber lin and the return of the troops was promised. Kavala was one of the prizes of Greece in the Balkan wars and Its cession was bitterly disputed by Bulgaria at that time. Arrested For Furnishing Rum to Men on "Jag List" Albert Knighton, 454 Verbeke street, was arrested this morning by Officer Harry Bowery, caught in the act of furnishing liquor to Joslah Miller and Harry Parker, both on the "jag list." Knighton was giving the whiskey to the men when arrested, the police say. This is the first arrest in what Chief J. .Edward Wetzel intends to be a steady campaign to break up the booze furnishing practice in the city. Every officer on the force has been instruct ed to watch for violations of this rule and to make arrests in every Instance. The police department has been re ceiving complaints from the depend ents of men on the "jag list," that these men have been furnlsheo as much liquor as men not on tlio list. TO RE-INDEX ALL COUNTY RECORDS; TO COST $24,000 Judges Kunkcl and McCarrell Instruct Recorder to Ask For Bids Approving the recommendations of the special committee of lawyers named to report on re-indexing all the records in the county recorder's office, Judges Kunkel and McCarrell, in an order of court handed down to-day, instructed County Recorder Jame:, 10. I,entz to ask for bids and enter into contract for the work. The com mittee recommended the Kussell 1.,. M. K. T. syfetein of recording which Continued on I'agc 13 Madame Schumann-Heinke Badly Hurt in Auto Wreck By Associated Press St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 24. Madame Schumann-Heinke, opera singer, suf fered fracture of two ribs, a sprain ed wrist and probably was injured In ternally here, last night, when an au tomobile in which she was returning to her hotel from a concert, was struck by a street car. THE WEATHER For UnrrlHliurK nnd vicinityt ralr to-nluht anil Sundayt colder (u --nlght, with lunrNl temperuturc about tnrnly-lour (IrKrrm. l'or Fiiatern I'en uy Ivtinlii: Fair to-night nilil Sunday; colder to nliiht; moderate to freith north et nlnda. It l or The Lower Juniata nnd the main river will rUc slightly; other MtrenntH of the M)Htem ivlll full nlowly or r<- niiiln nearly N|a tlnuary. lee eondltlonx will prob ably not change materially with in the next few dny. A Mage of nlioiit 7.0 feet 1m Indlenled for Harrlxhurg .Sunday morning. tienernl t'ondltlona The atorni tlint wnx central over the l.ake Itcgloii, Friday moru- InK, hna moved rapidly northeaNt ward down the St. l.awrenee Valley to the North Atlantic coast. It mimed precipitation, mostly In the form of rain. In the Inat twenty-four houm, generally I cast of the Mlsalaslppl river, ex cept over the Florida penlnaula nnd portloim of Michigan. Temperaturet 8 a. m., 38 degrees a hove aero. Sun i Hl>e, <1:40 a. m. Moon i Flrat quarter, February 28. lI|4H p. m. Hlver Stage t 0.0 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Wenther lllglii-nt temperature, 42. Lowest temperature, 28. Menu tempernture, !ts.> Normal temperature, ill. Single Copy, 2 Cents SEEK CAUSE AND REMEDIES OF FOOD RISE Suspension of Sailings, General Congestion Believed R COMMISSION AND RAILROADS DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM IS TO BE BLAMED Department of Justice Announces Certain Procedures Which Would Have "Considerable Avail;" No Widespread Conspiracies By Associated Press Washington. Feb. 24. —Nearly every government department was devoting energies to-day to searching for the cause of the sudden rise in food and fuel prices or to seeking remedies. Most cabinet members were inclin ed to believe the general car shortage and freight congestion were responsi ble, and that those conditions were brought 011 largely by the suspension of many trans-Atlantic sailings on ac count of the German submarine cam paign, or by withdrawal of vessels from trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts through the Panama ca nal. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion and the Car Service Commission of the American Railway Association held that no food shortage is appar ent, and that investigators must look elsewhere than toward the country's distributing system for the cause of high prices. Whatever Attorney General Gregory has discovered from the investigation of Department of Justice agents is not disclosed, but he declared lie would announce soon certain proced ures which would have "considerable avail." Recent surveys of the depart ment were said to have shown no widespread conspiracies to boost W m- m w- W- W If" 1 I ( i Harrisburg. J. William Morgan '< g ► I the charge that the fireplugs >f that town are all frozen shut. J I V look into the report that the front o fthe firehouse is so ' ' ? toff from I paratus could not respond in case of nr? 1 > & AMERICAN SHIP DOCKS 1 . New York, Feb 24 if p freighter Manchuria, flying th j' I | [ 1 was the only othsr arrival ft - port, neai I | k I I* r/en. ', ■ GERMANS ABAN: ON POSITIONS Berlin, beb. 24, by Wireless. The Germans yenter" f day abandoned parts of an advanced ; I ' sector to the British, the war office announces. A French L I attack in the Champagne failed. j REV. GRUBER DISMISSED ', Philadelphia, Pa., Feb I deposed pastor of the United Evangelical Church .it Emer- 1r aid, Pa., was officially dismissed by a vote of Bt> to 5, as a i | r clergyman of the United Evangejical Church today by t He • > Eastern Pensylvania Conference in annual session here. The 1 ' i j 1 I ? ville, i fhanun county. I ' * I A !' Hagen, of Harrisburj-, L CAPTAIN M'FADDEN TO RESIGN | Philadelphia, Feb. 24. Captain J. Franklin McFadden g I commanding First troop, Philadelphia City J about to retire from his command and go upon the. non- | I active list of the troop, it became known to-day. Captain ' , r McFadden has served thirty years with the truop. I' * \ r - - > MARRIAGE 3 Frank Y, HlMimf and Annn R. MmoUlit, eltv. I I'lil'vurd K. Nliadovt and Surah K. Maiinti, city. I 7.npMo HI Mnrtlll and Annie T. Fnlliil. elty. m *) ■ Jamen D. O'Neal and Anna H. Sleek, Horkeravllle. , | liny W. Miller, Mechanli-iihurK. and nrulah M. rhllllpx, Camp Hill. | HOME EDITION prices. I Interstate Commerce Commission reports showed that hundreds of emp ty freight cars are still being despatch- I cd westward to relieve the ear short- I ape in the interior, but that export j freight is piling up rapidly at eastern I ports. | TWO TRAIN'S OK FLOCR LOST I One Hundred Carloads of Food Kail to lteacli Pittsburgh I Pittsburgh, Feb. 24.—Lost between | Minneapolis and Pittsburgh are two | trains of fifty cars each laden with I Hour. | This is the supply the railroads and | federal authorities agreed should be i shipped east to this city each week to I prevent u famine. One train left jMinneaplis on February 14, byway of lilie Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ! and the Pennsylvania railroads, and I the second train left last Wednesday jby way of the Chicago and North western and Pennsylvania lines. Both trains have been lost in tran j sit, flouf dealers in this city said to j day. They have appealed to the rail roads for information, but tracers so far have failed to find any clews to Continued oil Page IS