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HUNDREDS PICKED
AFTER U. S. TRANSPORT GOES DOWN
LESS THAN 100
AS TUSCANIA
FR OM ENEMY SHELL
More Than Two Thousand American Troops Were Aboard Cunard Liner When Sent
to the Bottom Off North Coast of Ireland; State Department Hopeful That Most of
Those Reported Missing Are Safe; First News Received in London Yesterday
Afternoon; Troops Mostly Former Michigan and Wisconsin National Guardsmen;
Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. Rush Representatives to Belfast Empowered to Spend
All Money Needed in Relief Work
LONDON, Feb. 7.—At noon to-day the number of missing
was 101, according to unofficial reports. A majority of these were
fnembers of the crew.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. —Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, the
Cunard liner Tuscania, bearing 2179 officers and men of the Thirty-second National
Guard division lies at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean to-day, and at least
168 troopers —probably more —are missing.
On the basis of figures reported to the War and State Departments to-day, the
missing would be 267; the figures of the British admiralty, as they stood early
to-day, however,* placed the missing American troopers at 168.
There is every hope that the lower number will prove to be correct. J.ritish
convoys near to the torpedoed ship closed in quickly and did heroic work, as the
comparatively small number of losses shows. The position of the 1 uscama off the
north coast of Ireland, evidently headed for England, also was such that numbers
of British patrol ships and other vessels rushed to her side and in that way losses
were minimized. ~
Such reports as were at hand early to-day Save no details' of how the transport, supposedly
lieavilv convoyed, fell in with the submarine, hut it was regarded as more probable that the ship
stumbled on the submersible, rather than that the disaster was the first shot in the mucn-advcr
tised German offensive against the line of American troops and supplies.
First news of the sinking came in a report to the War Department early last night announc
ing that 1,100 survivors had been landed at Buncrana and Larne, two widely separated Irish ports.
This was made public about 10 o'clock and until the arrival of the State Department dispatch two
hours b.ter it was feared that more than 1,400, including the Cunarder's crew, had perished. Ihe
State Department message said 2179 troops were aboard the Tuscania.
Fate of Crew Not Learned
No mention of the fate of the crew was made in the State Department advices nor was the
landing points of the rescued American troops indicated but the War Department's message say
ing "ITIOO survivors" had been put ashore at Buncrana and Larne indicated the convoy vessels
got alongside the sinking transport quickly and relief ships made the scene of the disaster within
a few hours.
Buncrana is on Lough Swllly on
the north coast of Donegal not far
from Londonderry, while Larne is a
North Channel port on the east coast
of Antrim near Belfast. The landing
points indicate the Tuscania was
taking the northern route around
Ireland to England and the distance
between Buncrana and Larne leads
ollicials to believe the number of
rescue ships starching the vicinity is
large.
First Xnvs at 8 P. M.
No ment'on of the time of the
sinking was made in either of the
official messages -but news was re
ceived in London at 3 p. m. yester
day.
A coded list of survivors was com
ing into the War Department early
to-day. The official list was expected
to-day as soon as it is decoded.
Mostly Western Men
The troops aboard the Tuscania
were mainly former Michigan and
Wisconsin National Guardsmen now
attached to the Thirty-second divi
sions trained at Camp
Texas. Several aero squadrons and
several companies of the Twentieth
engineers, a forestry regiment, were
aboard. The list of units as made
public by the Adjutant General's
office last night Is as follows:
Headquarters Detachment and
companies D, E and F, of the Twen
tieth Engineers.
107 th engineer train.
107 th military police.
107 th supply train.
No. 100 aero squadron.
158 th aero squadron.
213 th aero squadron.
Replacement detachments Nos. 1
and 2 of the 32d division.
Fifty-one casual officers.
THE WEATHER]
For IlnrriHltiirK and vicinity! Fair
mid KliKhtly colder to-night HIMI
Friday; lonmt temperature to
il tK lit about 30 ileitrtp*.
For Kontern Pennsylvania: Fnlr
nml aomnvliiit collier to-nlxht
ami Friday; moderate wmt
wind*.
River
The SuHqnelinumi river nml nil it*
hrunchcx will continue leeliouml
noil ncnrly xtationary. A fitnue
of nhout 8.11 feet lx Indicated for
IlnrrlHbiirit Friday liiorninK.
Temperature: N n. m„ 34.
Sun: KINCM, Uis3 n. m.; net*. 5:07
p. Iti.
Moon ■ w moon, February 11.
Hlver Stage: 3.1) feet aliovc low
water murk.
Yejtterduy'n Weather
IliKhCNt temperature, 2fl,
I.owext tempernture, 4.
Menu tempernture, 15.
normal temperature, 20. i
ROBERT MERLE 51 ACE
Harrisburg- Flyer Believed to Have
Been on Transport; No News Has
Been Received as to His Fate
The 107 th Engineers was compos,
ed of the First battalion of Michi
gan Engineers; the 107 th military
police was made up from the Fourth
and Sixth Wisconsin Infantry and
the 107 th supply train from the
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin
Infantry.
At first there was some confusion
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newspaper in central Penn
sylvania served by The Associated
Press, the oldest and largest news
gathering association in the world.
No other newspaper can get this
service. It is the Telegraph's ex
clusively. It becomes necessary
to make this announcement for
the protection of the reading
public from the misloading ad
vertising of an unscrupulous
newspaper management that is
trying to sail under false colors
at the expense of The Associated
Press and the Telegraph, with
which it is not and cannot form a
connection. Read the Telegraph,
the only evening Associated Press
newspaper in the central Pennsyl
vania field. The latest, fullest and
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HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1913
at the War Department as to wheth
er the Twentieth Engineers or the
One Hundred Seventh Engineers
were aboard the Tuscania.
It finally was established that the
One Hundred Seventh Engineers
was not on board. (This is a sepa
rate organization from the One Hun
dred Seventh Engineer Train, which
was on board.)
A headquarters company and
Companies D, E and F of the Twen
tieth Engineers were on board.
These units comprise the Sixth Bat
talion of the Twentieth, which is a
forestry regiment, not attached to
the Thirty-second Division. It is
one of the forestry regiments spe
cially organized for work in France.
Ollicials Up Late
President Wilson, who was at
tending the theater when news of
the sinking was received, Secretary
Baker and many other officials re
mained up late for more details but
only the terse War and State De
partment messages came through
until the list of survivors began to
arrive from the American Army
headquarters in London early to
day.
The State Department's dispatch
said Ambassador Page had sent two
Army officers to Belfast and repre
sentatives of the American Red Cross
and the Y. M. C. A. had gone with
full power to spend all the money
needed in the relief.
Although the American transport
Antilles was torpedoed and sunk In
the war zone while returning from
France and fourteen soldiers and 156
others were lost the Tuscania is the
first ship carrying American troops
to Kuropc to be sunk by a subma
rine.
The Tuscania until last fall had
been in the transAtlantic. trade but
the sinking indicates she recently
had been engaged in transporting
American troops. She carried a Brit
ish crew and a British armed naval
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Harrisburg Aviator Was on
Board Sunken Transpor
Word received from Washington
to-day gave the name of Itobert Merle
Mace, 1523 Swatara street, this city,
as one of the members of the Two
Hundred and Thirteenth Aero Squa
dron. en route to somewhere in
France on the Tuscania, which was
sunk by a German U-boat. He is
the son of Mrs. W. K. Crosier, wife
of the Assistant City Klectrician.
The young man was slightly injured
last fall during a flight and was
home for a short time. He was said
to be a successful aviator and won
special distinction from superior of
ficers on trial flights. Mrs. Crozlcr*
was simply notified that her son was
aboard the Tuscania and told that
details would come later.
First American Transport Sunk by Submarines.
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The big liner Tuscania sank quickly in the war zone off the coast of Ireland when one of the Ilun
pirates lurking undersea avoided the British convoy and sent a torpedo int(J®a vital part of the great
steamship. Every effort is beinsr made to care for the men who were saved.
FIRST UNIT AT '
MIDDLETOWN SIX
BIG BUILDINGS
Each Will He as Large as
Market Square and Two
Stories High
Contract will be lot at Washing
ton during' the next few days lor the
iirst unit of the big war supply de
pot to be erected on the old state
fair site near Middletown. Blue
prints of this set of buildings indi
cate ttmt this work is to be on a
truly gigantic scale. The first set
of huildimgs to go up will be locat
ed in pairs along the railroad. They
will be six in number, two stories
high and almost as large as Market
Square in size. Kach of the pro
posed buildings if set down in Mar
ket Square would almost fill it.
They will be of concrete and Siocl
construction with concrete floors und
capable of bearing great weights.
Another Group
Following this group of buildings
will come another group directly in
their rear and these will be of about
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FIRST THAW IN
EIGHT WEEKS MAY
REMOVE ALL SNOW
Pleasant Weather May Con
tinue For Several Days Be
fore Next Cold Snap
The most Comforting news for
months came from the locai weather
bureau to-day, Mr. Demr in figuring
that Harrisburg is in for some days
of comparatively warm weather."
Ten days of temperature like this,"
he said, "will take the snow away
and gradually melt the ice on the
river so that there will be no dis
aster."
The coldest mark in the last twen
ty-four hours registered at 8 p. m.
yesterday, 2G degrees above. At 8
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Hindenburg and Ludendorff
Now Established in Belgium
Amsterdam, Feb. 7. Hindenburg
and LiUdetidorff have moved their
headquarters to Belgium. An inter
view with German army chiefs re
cently published in an Austrian Jour
nal indicated vaguoly that their head
quarters were somewhere in the
Rhine region. The new locality
where they are established is within
, easy reach of Brussels.
WHEAT FLOUR ELIMINATED
ENTIRELY FROM
With These Formulas Made in Harrisburg For Food
Conservation, Housewives May Aid the
Nation in Saving Wheat
That pastry loses nothing by eli
minating wheat, flour has been con
vincingly proved In Harrisburg by
the baking department at the Dav
enport lunch. Manager Davenport
was one of the most determined res
taurant men of Harrisburg in en
forcing the food conservation sug
gestions. Indeed many say that pie
crust, doughnuts, layer cake or any
other dainty has more of a relish
when prepared with the substitutes,
PEACE PARLEY
IS IN PROGRESS
BERLIN CLAIMS
Resumption of Negotiations
at Brest-Litovsk Con
sidered Uncertain
By Associated Press
Dondon, Feb. 7,—The resumption
of the pence negotiations at IJrest
l-itovsk to-day, if it occurs, will take
place in a fog of vague reports and
coniradictions as far as the outside
world is concerned.
Statements in many German news
papers Indicate a probable breach
' between the Germans and the Bol
' sheviki, and the conclusion of a
separate arrangement between the
Central Powers and the Ukraine. No
light on the situation comes from
[ Russian sources.
A dispatch from the Petrograd
| correspondent of the Daily News
j under Tuesday's date says there has
I been no direct telegraphic news re
slceived there from Brest-Litovsk for
i four days. The Germans alleged the
t wires were damaged, whereupon the
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SAVING COAL
THE lliirr|NltirK Telegraph, on
fuelle*M .MontlnyN, ban been
printed In lew* time than uny
other newspaper In tlil.H elty.
Some other newNpnper monnffe
mentM have eonNtrned (lip Glir
tleld order to permit them to run
ull <lay on one edition.
The Telegraph lin* not done
thlM. With a liiKKer edition than
any other newspaper printed in
Central l*ennnylvnnla t It ban been
out earlier than any of them.
The pin nt and of flee liave been
eloMed before any other in this
elty. The (jiarfleld order rentrletN
new simper* to the publieatlon of
only tlielr UMUOI holiday edition*
on MomlnyM. The Telegraph lias
pone even farther than required
to meet tlilx order.
Anybody who tell* you otlier
ufse IN ilolnw; MO nolely for the un
patrlotle and mallelotiM purpowe of
tryliiic to Injure the huxlneNii of
this neuMpaper.
Tumulty Will Not Ask
Appointment as Senator
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 7. Secretary
Tumulty, in a formal statement to
day, declared he was not a candi
date for appointment as Senator
from New Jersey nor would he be
a candidate at the election in No
vember. He said he considered it
more Important for him to remain
as secretary to the President.
such as the Telegraph indicates in
the appended formulas.
The success of substitute pie crust
surprised even the most hopeful and
the housewife who follows the in
structions below need not fear that
her product will not be popular. The
Davenport is selling more pies with
the war crust than ever before, nor
is there any drop in the demand for
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PENNSYLVANIA
OWES U.S.GOV'T
NEAR $3,000,000
Mystery of Debt to National
Treasury Is Solved by B. M.
Nead, Former Stale Agent
"Pennsylvania always was shy and
uncertain in the matter of record
ing her history," said Benjamin 1.
Nead to a Telegraph reporter to
day, "otherwise the state officials
would be neither mystified nor skep
tical over a news item from Wash
ington to the effect that Congress
man Frank Clarke, of Florida,
through a measure pending in Con
gress was about to get after our
State Treasurer for the neat little
sum of $2,867,514.78; being money
had and received by Pennsylvania,
as a loan or temporary deposit eigh
ty-two years ago and never to this
day repaid."
Mr. Nead, who was state financial
agent of Pennsylvania, at Washing
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WILSON ASKS
A DICTATOR'S
WAR POWERS
| Bill Introduced Would Cen
tralize Authority in Na
tion's Executive
| Washington, Feb. 7. —The admln
j istration yesterday asked Congress
for sweeping and unchartered power
Ito reorganize the government and
the war machine in any manner
which the President might deem nec
essary to the successful prosecution
of the war. A bill containing provi
sions to was sent to the
Capitol by Postmaster General Bur
leson and was introduced in the
Senate by Mr. Overman, Democrat,
of North Caj-olina. It was referred
to the Committee on Judiciary.
The bill, which caused expressions
jof great surprise upon the part of
Republican leaders of the Senate and
which they declared would be stren
uously opposed on the ground that it
virtually would place absolute con
trol of the government in the hands
of the executive, was introduced
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Shadfly and Straw Hats
Here to Welcome Spring
Rejoice, ye suffering humanity.
Spring is not far off. The first shadfly
arrived to-day. It was discovered by
| "Tom" Go.sney, foreman at the city
i asphalt plant, South Ninth street.
Foreman Gosney, who has charge of
the toolroom, had gone to get several
shovels. Picking up one of the latter
he noticed something fly from the
handle. He found the shadfly and
quite lively. After securing several
witnesses the shadfly was allowed to
proceed with its glad tidings and was
last seen flying in the direction of
Market street. liight after that a
man appeared in the street with a
straw hat.
MAY DM ON BOAT
It is possible that five men formerly
in the State Forestry Department are
with the Twentieth Engineers. The
names of the men are: W. 11. Horning,
Miffltntown; Marvin 11. Moyer. Tel
ford; Louis C. Ioetzer, Sayre; Walter
Mosch, Coudersport, and Itoy 11. Hoss,
Greenwood Furnace, Huntingdon
county.
FIRM PLUG BKVtfTS
A frozen Are plug at Ihe Columbus
Hotel hursted at 2 o'clock to-day.
The water shot several feet into the
air. * - *•
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
CONDITION OF MEN
IS PITIABLE AFTER
TWO HOURS IN SEA
Many of Those Rescued Had Cast Aside All Clothing
and Struggled in Water Until Exhausted; Tuscania
Was Torpedoed Tuesday Night; Remained Afloat Two
Hours After Enemy Bomb Pierced Vital Parts
Lodon, Feb. 7.—The Turcania was torpedoes on Tuesday
night. The vessel remained afloat for two hours after being
torpedoed.
The condition of some of the survivors of the Tuscania was
j pitiable. Many had cast aside all their clothes and had been
swimming about for two hours before being rescued.
Ilri(l*|| Orfii-iiil Slatpinrnl
The following official communica
tion was sflven out early this after
noon:
"The Anchor liner Tuscania. Cap
tain J. J* Henderson, was torpedoed
on the night of tile fifth of Febru
ary off the Irish coast, while carry
ing United States troops.
"Following are the approximate
number saved:
"United States military officers,
76; men, 1;935.
"Crew: Officers, 16; men, 125.
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* 4.
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j j LOSS LESS THAN 100 *" T
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*jfe London—The Admiralty announced late this after- <f
X noon that ten more survivors had reached a Scottish Jjb
5P pert. f
J ANOTHER CUNARD LINER TORPEDOED X
4* New York —The Cuuard liner Aurania 13.400 tons Hr
I *s*
£ was torpedoed by a German submarine within the last
T forty-eight hours while bound for the United Spates it T
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was learned from officials of the Canard line to-day. Al- |
'X
though badly damaged by the explosion the ship was not X
P sunk, and is believed to be making her way back to port
I with the assistance of government vessels, it was said
*f* The ship carried but little cargo. ▼
| Mew York Cable messages received here in shipping
jy circles to-day from London, report the captain,' purser i
and chief steward of the Tuscania saved.
*■s*
4* w aihington—Entire control of the problem of hous- '2*
T ing workers in all war industries has been delegated to * •
the Department of Labor after discussion of the question
T at recent cabinet meetings. * *
jj£. NEW SUPERINTENDENT HERE T
Harrisburg—Superintendent J. K. Johnston, of the * *
'A Philadelphia Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, was this *
afternccn returned to his fcrmcr position as head of the y
e>p
jL Iyfone Division. lie is Succeeded here by F. W. Smith,
2j Jr.,. now acting superintendent of the Concmaugh i
Division,' Other official changes announced are: J. B. * *
$4 Hutchison, acting superintendent, Concmaugh Division: '
T R. H. Pinkham, assistant superintendent, Pittsburgh * *
<p Division; Thomas A. Roberts, now agent, Erie, to be as- ►
A n |
sistant superintendent, Philadelphia Division, at Glen v |
** Loch; G. M. Smith, now traiumaster. Maryland Division. * *
it
<-jfe to i.t assistant superintendent, .Maryland Division, a? g
T Lamokin; W. M Post, assistant superintendent, Middle
Division, at Mifflin; Robert 1 liries, division engineer, $•
Pittsburgh Division; E". J. Ayars, division engineer, Wil- 'X
*<P liarnsport Division; C. M. Weisman, division engineer V
Allegheny Division; W. E. Brown, division engineer.
IT Elmira Division. • t jjg
U- • 4
$ MARRIAGE LICENSES 5
Lnwrcnre 11. West. Ilnrrlburn, unil l.ydln K. Moyer, Wlllluma-
I port | John W. Miller mill Aller M. Herbert, llarrlaburß) HI rum U. •
"T 1 * McMxner anil llenle 11. Hiixlinleh, l.>ken~t liroritc W. Wolf and T
Mary M. Conrad, HnrrUburit i John ||. linker ami Vern C. byter,
j South Hanover toivim.ilpi Ciluln D. Strife ami Kllen O. Cooke, T
< liambcriiburic; Harvey M. Kuke, Wrt Kalrvlen-, anil Eva 1. MorrU,
' V
"Passengers: Three.
"Not specified, thirty-two.
"The total number aboard, 2,397.
Total saved, 2,187.
"The foregoing are approximate
figures, but as correct as can be giv
en at present."
Ile<l CrwMft Act* Promptly
The American Ited Cross head
quarters hero dispatched Captain Kd
gar H. Wells and Captain Smith to
Belfast immediately news of the tor
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