Sinking of Her Ships M Break On Relations With Germany
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1,004 PERSONS PERISH
WHEN TWEL VE VESSELS
ARE SUNK BY U-BOATS
ONLY TWO OF
1,000 ABOARD
SHIP ESCAPE
Day's Toll Second Greatest in Coarse of Intensified Safe
marine Warfare; Seven of Vessels of Dutch Nation
ality Sunk by One Wasp in Western Approach of
English Channel
CONVERTED RAIDER SINKS TWO
BRITISH STEAMERS IN INDIAN OCEAN
Japanese Send Out Speedy Cruisers to Catch Her; British
Army Estimates Call For Army of 5,000,000
Men While Navy Estimate Calls for 50,000, Making
fotal of 450,000
Berlin, Feb. 23, by Wireless to Sayville, Feb. 24.
The Admiralty announced to-day that the Italian trans
port Minas, carrying 1,000 soldiers to Saloniki, has been
sunk and that all on board except two men perished.
The annoucement follows:
"A German submarine on February 17 sank
by a torpedo in the Mediterranean the Italian
transport steamer Minas, 2,854 tons. The steam
er was bound to Saloniki. She carried I\ooo
troops, a large quantity of ammunition and 3,-
000,000 marks worth of gold.
"The steamer's crew and the troops on
board perished, with the exception of two men
who were rescued by the submarine.
"The destruction of the Minas was reported
previously but only now have the details be
come known."
The sinking of the Mina s was announced officially in
Paris on Wednesday. The date of her sinking was given
as February 16. She was 320 feet long, 42-foot beam and
was built in 1891. She was owned in Genoa.
Eleven steamers are reported sunk by German submarines,
'"'heir total tonnage was approximately 37,500, making the day's
submarine bag the second greatest in the course of the intensified
submarine warfare begun February 1. The February 6 record
was 46,763.
Seven of the vessels were of Dutch nationality and apparently
all were sunk in one submarine attack which took place in the west-
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SINKING OF DUTCH
SHIPS MAY CAUSE
GERMAN BREAK
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. i4.—The tremend
ous destruction of Dutch shipping dur
ing the last two days is regarded here
as the most acute phase of the inter
national situation.
It is regarded even as bringing near
er the probability of a break in diplo
matic relations between The Nether
lands and Germany. So far, Holland
has only made protest against destruc
tion of her neutral ships by German
TWO MORE SHIPS
WITH AMERICANS
ABOARD SUNK
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 24.—Sinking of
two more vessels by German subma
rines, both with an American sailor
on board, was reported to the State
Department to-day by American con
suls. In both cases the vessels were
warned and fhe two Americans landed
safely. The vessels sunk were the Nor
wegian steamer Skrim and the Nor
wegian bark Blenheim.
Consul Osborn, at Havre, said the
Skrim was sunk by bombs planted in
tile ship after warning had been given.
The Skrim was unarmed, in ballast and
bound from Treport to Carditf, twenty
miles from Treport. She was sunk on
February 19. The crew, It in num
ber, included LAuls Pinto, a Porto
Rica,n. They were rescued after twenty
hours in small boats.
The bark Blenheim, according to Con
sul Frost at Queenstown, was sunk
submarines, but the startling; opera
tions reported yesterday and to-day aro
expected to arouse a wave of popular
indignation in The Netherlands which
that government may iind difficult to
withstand, even should It desire to do
so.
The situation for Holland in rela
tion to Germany as it is observed from
Washington, is growing more and more
difficult. Officials and diplomats here
will be surprised if the government
does not take some action.
|by shell fire after Its crew bad aban
doned the ship and without injury to
j any of the ship's personnel.
! The Blenheim was of 1,020 tons, and
| sailed from Pensacola January 19, for
i Greenock. She was sunk February 22,
! thirty miles south-southwest from
I Fastnet, Ireland.
Consul Frost said the master sig
nalled submission immediately after the
i first shot was (Ired by the submarine
and was accorded consideration. The
submarine towed the lifeboats until a
! British naval vessel appeared. The
crew was landed at Baltimore, Ireland,
at 8.30 p m. tiie same day, without Inci
dent'
Tiie sole American on board was Solo
nym Trolche, born In Porto llico, whose
parents reside at 1255 Montgomery
street, San Francisco.
The Blenheim was unarmed and with
out wireless.
HARRISBURG. PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1917.
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WRECK Of ILL FATED SCHOONER TO HAVE BEEN 1 jj \ - OUR OLD STANDBY -
CARRYING A BOIItD NE>N ENGLAND DINNER ! \ SCRAPPLE
GUARDSMEN TO
ARRIVE HOME
BY TOMORROW
j Will Reach Hurrisburg This
Evening Say Pennsylvania
Railroad Officials
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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
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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
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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
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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
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i Harrisburg. J. William Morgan '<
g ►
I the charge that the fireplugs >f that town are all frozen shut. J
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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'
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1 was the only othsr arrival ft - port, neai I
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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 '
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? ville, i fhanun county.
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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.
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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
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