Germans Use Dogs in Front Lines to Warn Them o 1% HARRISBURG iSigili TELEGRAPH M m otar-3n&epcn&cnt . ' LXXXVII— No. 35 14 PAGES LONDON RECORDS HOLD TUSCANIA DEAD AT 101 LATE REPORTS SHOW BUT FEW BODIES FOUND War Department Is Still Without Official Advices to Change Yesterday's Estimate That 113 American Soldiers Were Lost When Transport Went Down; the English Figures Show Smaller Loss By Associated I'rcss AN IRISH PORT, Feb. 9.—There is little hope that additional survivors of the Tuscania will be found. Trawlers, which cruised about the scene and along the coast, reported to-day that they had discovered no additional bodies. I-igures compiled by the Tuscania's survivors' bureau here still place the number of Amer icans missing at 101. It may be days and probably weeks before the number of vic tims is known definitely,'owing to the fact that survivors landed at widely separated points and the fact that the list of Americans on board went down with the liner. The only other list is at the adjutant general's office in Washington to which all the names of the survivors will have to be cabled before a checkup will show who is missing.. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 —The War Department to-day still was without official advices to change yesterday's estimate that 113 American soldiers had been lost in the sinking of the Tuscania. A press dispatch from an Irish port early to-day, however, indicated that the figures of the Tuscania's survivors' bureau there were still held at 101 Americans missing while the British Ad miralty figures given to the Associated Press in London last night showed 166 sopls missing, 147 of them American soldiers—four officers and 143 men. There were 117 American officers and 2,067 men aboard the Tuscania and the Admiralty reports among tlu* survivors 113 officers and 1917 men. The War Department's only dispatch put the total missing at 210 of which 113 are American soldiers. Although officials believed the survivors' list might come through to-day, they admitted there was nothing definite which might enable thjpn to relieve the increasing anxiety of relatives and friends. A cablegram received by the Navy Department yesterday announced that seventy-six officers and 1,274 enlisted men of the Army had been landed at Buncrana, Ireland; that ninety-one soldiers arc in hospitals at Londonderry, while 570 officers and men are at ports in Islay, Scotland. Belfast. Feb. 9. —Between 100 and 200 American soldiers from the Tuscania arrived here Friday. They were met at the railway station by a battalion of the Royal Irish regi ment, herded by the regimental band, which escorted tliem to tem [Continued on Page 4.] William Jennings puts all new silver money he gets as change into Thrift Stamps j£sT Try It Yourself THE WEATHER For llnrrlshnrg nnil vicinity: Itnln anil somewhat nurnirr to-nlicht, low OKI temperature about 33 dc- KPO'*i >ilmill y fnlr anil colder, l-'or limilcrn Pennsylvania i Itnln anil iviirnirr to-nlghtf Sunday fair and nomfwhnt colder; fresh, possibly strong. south nlnila this afternoon anil tn-nlKh(, be coming went Sunday, Hlver The Susquehanna river nnd all lit branches will remain Icebound and nearly stationary, except possibly the I pper Went Branch, where local Ice movement** inay occur. A stage of about .'t.7 feet I* Indicated for llarrlsburg Suu day morning. • icncrnl Conditions The Mtorm from the Southwest lias moted northeaHtxvard, and IK now central near lliitTnlo. It him canned light precipitation, mostly rain and sleet, oxer north and central districts east of the Mississippi rlxer, tOKether xxlth a general rise of 2 to ;(l degrees in temperature. The high pressure area from the Pacific slope IIIIH ovempread the Went, attended by n general and i|iiltc decided fall In tem perature between the Hocky Mountain*! and the Mississippi river. Temperatures H a. m., 28. Sum ltlses, Oi.'iU a. 111 ! neti, BtlO p. m. Mooni \cxx* moon, Kebrunry JI, 5104 a. m. ltlvrr Stumer 3.7 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature. 311. I .owes t temperature, 30. Mean temperature, 33. .Mornial temperature, 211. ROOSEVELT IS MUCH BETTER; HAS EASY NIGHT Circulation of Reports That Colonel Died Has Aroused Indignation New York. Feb. 9.—Colonel Roose velt, whose illness already necessi tated two operations and threatened to become serious, spent a restful night ar.d the improvement in his condition was maintained. The following bulletin was issued at 8.30 o'clock last night: "Dr. Duel called upon Colonel Roosevelt at 8.15 o'clock. The Colo nel had a very comfortable day and li progressing favorably in every way. Temperature and pulse have been normal throughout the day and the violent symptoms of his inter t Continued oil Page 4.] Carrier Landis Finds News Story; Writes It Himself; Turns It In Every one of the Telegraph car riers is a reporter for the newspaper. They get paid for their work, too. One of the most enterprising is Luther Landis. To-day on his rounds Luther ran across a "story," and this is how he wrote it: "The 10-year-old daughter of George A. Uutman, the North Third street Jeweler, has qualified for the detective service. During a tempor ary absence of her father from the store yesterday a young girl entered and asked to see gold wrist watches. When the girl left the store Miss Hutman found that one of the watches was missing. She closed the store, and. meeting her father, re lated the incident, whereupon both started out to look for the girl. Sud denly Miss Hutman saw her ap proaching In Herr street. Miss Hut man grasped Tier by the arm and found the watch on her wrist. She was too frightened to talk and, wriggling from Miss Hutman's clutch, ran away." MRKTIXfi I'I.ACK (HAMJRI) Monday mornings, at 10:30 o'clock, the meetings of the Home Service De partment of the llarrisburg Red Cross will be held In the Y. W. C. A. rooms li-stcad of the Public Library as here tofore. Next Monday Miss Scott, of the Harrisburg Hospital, will speak. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1918 Some Michigan Troops Who Were Aboard the Tuscania This, photograph of Michigan militiamen was taken when they were in training at Camp McArthur, Texas. They are among the men who embarked on the Tuscania, the Cunard liner which was torpedoed by a German submarine oft the north coast of Ireland. It was with these men that Robert Merle Mace, stepson of Assistant City Electrician W. K. Crozier, and Robert F. McCormick, of Lemoyne, were going to France. GERMANS USE DOGS AGAINST U.S. SOLDIERS Hounds in Front Trenches Warn of Surprise Approach HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE Corporals and Privates Havq,, ' Thrilling Experience Be fore German Lines By Associated rress With the American Army in France, Friday, Feb. B.—The Ger-i mans are using dogs in their front lines to warn them of the approach of patrols opposite the American sector. A German dog "listener" early to-day prevented one of our patrols from executing a daring stroke. Two corporals who were concerned in it have been mentio^i tContinued on Page 4.] Popular Drink at Soda Fountains to Be No More One of the most popular five cent drinks sold at soda fountains and drugstores is nearly impossible to buy these days. The last shipments reached I-larrisburg in • December, and only those who got in a big supply months ago have it on sale. Scarcity of sugar has driven it from the market. The federal orders specifically provided that this "lux ury" should suffer (irst. The Phila delphia branch factory alone uses 80 tons of sugar each day in making its product and Uncle Sam says he has more important use for that 80 tons than regaling thirsty citizens. MANY INJURED IN ICE COVERED Slippery Streets Cause of Broken liones, Just Cold Enough For Rain to Freeze "That confounded Kaiser must be making this weather," croaked a stout florid faced victim as he wal lowed in a gutter off Market Square this morning. "He claims to have the power, dash him, I'd like to see him take his last fall on these streets." Just as they pried this chap loose from the ice another shout for help betrayed a most unfortunate woman who.had slipped on the way from Chestnut street market breaking a dozen fresh eggs. Indeed there were quite a few human omelets strew about our burg this morning. If this man Burbank wants to be real popular let him invent a breakless egg. Slipperiest day of the winter, it was. and we have had some skid ders. Market Square was a kalei doscope of swaying, swooping, slipping pedestrians, groping wildly for help as they kissed the icy pave ment. It took a heroine to negotiate the market trip. "Come on, I'm through with this stuff," ordered a bruised and petu lant tumbler, rushing into a shoe shop in Court street. "You can roughshod me now, and I don't care how long you make the spikes." Weather Forecaster Demain said this slippery condition of the streets would continue most of the day for the prediction is fair and a little cooler with the mist clearing off not until to-night. The lowest temperature to-day U.S. PLANS BIG SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR WAR TRADES j Uncle Sam Will Teach Se lected Men 81 Lines of Industry .... That "Uncle Sam hag only begun to 'fight the vandal was fully ev|ilncerl to-day when rush orders camo from Washington speeding up tlHju,*Brk of KMK-rt-h the tttsiT of edu cating the draft man so that he will be ready to back up the front lines. Few persons in Harrisburg knew that j when the radio school opened at the Technical High school recently it was only the start of a colossal movement which is to provide many thousands I of skilled workmen to tight out this ! war to victory. The Federal board, getting its au thority from the Army Department, turned over the business to various state educational boards and the man in command here is M. B. King, of [Continned on Page 4.] Rev. Walter S. Dunlop to .Begin Pastorate Here The Rev. Walter S. Dunlop will be gin his pastorate of the Market Street Baptist Church to-morrow, coming- here from Washington, D. C„ where .he has served the Kendall Bapist Church for several years, when he received an unanimous call of the church. Mrs. Dunlop, for merly Miss Elsie Wolf, is a native of this city and is well known by a host of our younger people, who will be delighted to have her in Harrisburg again. The Rev. Mr. Dunlop will preach both morning and evening to morrow at 10.30 and ".30. MKITEXANT HOTIf HOME! lieutenant Ed. Both, of the Twenty third Company, Depot Brigade, at Camp Meade, is home for a few days. was 2C above, just cold enough to freeze the rainfall and set Harrls burg a-tumbllng. One consolation, however, is that the snow removal Is going so smartly that the streets will be clear In a few days. BUPEHVISOR IS HURT Charles Tress, 45, street super visor, sustained, lacerations of the scalp this morning when he lost his tooting and fell on the icy pavement. The mishap occurred at the corner of Third and Cherry streets. Mr. Tress was removed to the Tlarrisburg Hospital in the police ambulance, where ho received treatment. His condition is not regarded as serious. KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS William Dixon, 55. of 328 Muench street, is In the Harrisburg Hos pital suffering with injuries sus tained on the icy pavements In the city this morning. Dixon was knock ed unconscious by the impact of the blow on the pavement and had not regained consciousness at noon. The accident, happened uptown. He was removed to the hospital in a Davis and Hargest garage truck. COM.AHBONK IIHOKKN Mrs. O. 10. Patton, 1734 Market street, was taken to the Polyclinic Hospital at 11.30 o'clock this morn ing. following a fall In Market street, in which she sustained a frac tured collarbone. . TEUTON PRINCE SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS AT VERDUN Since February 2 the Kaiser's Heir Has Sacrificed Hun dreds of Men TBENCHES BECAPTUBED Many Prisoners Fall Into Hands of Victors in Counter Assault With the French Armies In France, Feb. 9.—The armies >f the German Crown Prince before Verdun since February 2 hav e Buffeted costly de feats in seven vain raids on French positions on both sides of the Mouse. Although large bodies of troops were employed at times, not a -in gle permanent advantage ha* brcn gained. On February 2 the Germans made three seperate assaults on the Caur ieres wood, on the right bank of tho Meuse, but were hurled jack on each occasion by the French, who dashed to meet them with bayonets and hand grenades, killing large num bers. North of hill 344 on February .I five German columns advanced in u thick fog after a heavy preliminary bombardment and succeeded 'n en tering the French front line momen tarily. The enemy was driven out in vigorous hand-to-hand fighting and again suffered severely. A Baden division, preceded by shock units, assaulted the French line at the same place on February 4. They gained a footing in the trendies for a few minutes and then were chased off after uselessly sac riflcing many lives and leaving some prisoners. On February C in the vi cinity of Fosses wood another attack was made at dawn after a short and sharp artillery preparation by Ilan ovei'ian troops and a relief division. They succeeded in reaching the French barbed wire and in occupying an element of the French positions. They "were driven out almost Imme diately and pursued by the French, leaving many dead and a number of captured. Between Samogneux and hill 34 4 on February 7 another German assault was repulsed with still more losses. This sector Is composed mainly of positions formed of groups of shell craters, organized since tile French gained their great victory last fall. Grain Ship Sunk by Bombs; Six of the Crew Are Killed By Associated Press Amsterdam, Feb. 9.—Six men were killed when the steamship Frielau (Fridland?), loaded with grain, from an American port and presumably bound for Rotterdam, was torpedoed yesterday after being bombarded, according to the Handelsblad. Twen ty-nine survivors were landed at Terschelllng this morning. EHHMAX 11. MITt'HKI,!,, .111., IS POII.TIIY COMMISSIONER To meet the demand for more poul try and to follow the request of the Food Administration, the Pennsylva nia War Poultry Commission has been formed, with F. W. Delancey, York, as state commissioner. IChrman B. Mitchell, Jr., of 109 North street, Ilarrisburg, has been appointed as ccunty commissioner for Dauphin county. The object of the commis sion is to encourage and promote the raising of more poultry In the state. TCvery effort will be made to Increase the poultry production of Pennsyl vania. GERMANS TAKE U. S. PRISONERS, BERLIN'S CLAIM Ne#s of Raid Comes in Of-1 ficial Communication From Hun Headquarters SECTOR LOCATION FIXED Americans Arc Located North of Xivray, East of St. Mihicl Berlin, Fol>. ! (via I/ondon). Some American prisoners have been captured north of Xivray, ten miles east of St. Mihiel, says the official state ment issued to-day by the (ier man general staff. The Germans have again raided the American lines in Lorraine and taken prisoners. First announcement of the raid came from Berlin in to-day's official statement of the German headquar ters staff. It reported the taking of "some American prisoners" north of Xiary. This point on the line is along the southern edge of the St. Mihiel salient, about ten miles from St. | Mihiel itself. The announcement fixes definitely for the first time the location of the sector held by-the Americans. The statement previously authorised by the American censor in this connec tion was that the Americans were established northeast of Toul. From this their position somewhere along the line of St. Mihiel salient in Lor raine, southeast of Verdun, was as sumed. German submarines are active again off the Spanish coast and have sunk the Spanish steamer Sebastian, I of 4,500 tons, bound for New York, and the Italian steamer Duca di Genova, of 7,893 tons. The latter vessel is reported to have been sunk only a mile off a Spanish beach. Spain recently protested to Berlin over the sinking of one of her coastwise steamers and the Madrid advices to-day forecast another pro test in the Duca di Genova case. Class in Speaking Enlarged to 65 Men Popularity of the class in public speaking at the Central Y. M. C. A. has made it necessary to extend the. membership from fifty to sixty-five members. This was announced by officers of the club, following a meeting of the executive committee. No further applications will be re ceived unless a vacancy occurs. Dr. J. George Beclit, instructor of the class, announced to-day that on Monday evening the first fifteen min utes of the period will be spent in discussing how to acquire confidence and how to translate thought into forceful speech; the second fifteen minutes will be devoted to a discus sion of how to study and observe, and the third fifteen minutes will consist of a drill in voice and pro nunciatian; the balance of the time will be devoted to assignments and parliamentary practice. Woman Dressed as Man Charged With Stealing Coal I "Camouflaged" as a man, Mrs. J. IH. Thran, of Knola, lias been ar i usted by railroad police, charged i with stealing coal from cars stand i ing in the Knola yards. Mrs. Thran | was placing the coal or. a wagon | when tho railroad police ni rested ber. She was given a hi-aring be | fore Justice of the Peace Matter, of West Fairvlew, last night and was fined $2.85, the costs, which amount ed to the value of the coal alleged to have been taken. During the last few days thirty five arrests have been made cf peo ple carrying coal from the railroad company to keep from freezing lur ing the fuel famine In tho 'cross river town. Most of the people ar rested were fined, which' was remit ted, and made to pay the cost, equal to the value of the coal taken. No Standard Receipt Issued For Victory Bread By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 9.—No standard receipt for victory bread will be is sued either for commercial bakers, hotels, restaurants and public eat ing places or for households which bake their own bread, according to an announcement of the United .States food administration to-day. The only requirement is that the bread must contain not more than 80 per cent of what flour, the remaining 20 per cent, to consist of cornmeal corn flour, rice or rice ftour, potato flour or any other cereals recom mended by the food administration. PIiANT TO KKOPEN I The LaLance and Grosjean Manu | facturing Company have notified ! their employes that operations will | be resumed In all departments next | Tuesday morning, after a -ihutdown !of several weeks An ample supply lof coal, sheet bars and >thcr ma- I terials to keep the plant '.n steady ! operation is now assured by direct United States government authority. I'll KICK TRUANT* AKIItSSTKI) Three prose-utions were brought at the oflee of Alderman Caveny yester day because of truancy of school chil dren. In two of the cases the parents were fined $2 and costs, which were $5.24. Jn the third case a child was • released after the parents had paid the 1 costs. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION 300 MEN IN CITY PLANNED TO KEEP OUT OF U.S. ARMY Draft Boards Class Many Who Registered Here as Deserters MAJORITY ABE FLOATEBS Police to Demand New Classi fication Cards to Check Up the Lists Nearly 300 men registered in Ilar rlaburg for Army service now are being classed as slackens by the po lice and members of the three draft exemption boards. Most of these men, it was Paid to day, from the start planned to evade service, returned fatso an swers to leading question-) on reg istration day. June 5, and planned by every possible means to keep out of the Army. They aro "iow con sidered as deserters and liable to a deserter's punishment in time of war. Members of draft boards who have .iust completed the task of go ing over cards returned by the city police, who investigated all in stances where questionnaires were not returned, are to-day of the opin ion that a large number of these slackers were not permanent resi dents of the city, but "fioaters." Returns made to the police show that n\any men returned addresses that were false, many of the street numbers given being vacant lots. The returns also show that in many instances men quietly moved with out letting anyone in the. city know where they were going. Under a new ruling, all registra tion cards issued last .lune will be void as soon as exemption boards can mail the new classillcatlon cards based on the questionnaires. To catch the slackers, city police are now planning to ask every man ar rested for this new card. It is hoped to round up a considerable number in this manner because most of the slackers are of a class fre quently arrested. ® *4**2rir& 4 e 4*4"& ? £ i && 4* I T ||J ROOSEVELT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT J i§ Roosevelt, who <f I ■< II underwent two operations last Wednesday was reporter X Xat Roosevelt Hospital early to-day as "somewhat hn- X A proved." Dr. Harold KeyeS attended the CoTonel con- A IX tantly throughout the night and reported the patient ~ *w !# § £* sted comfortably. Drs. Martin an ! Duel, ge JJL saw the colonel during the fcren ■on n;.d reported "pro- X I*P ssive improvement" during the • • A H J IJL hours. "His pul ~n." read a X X bulletin issued at 10.30 a. nv, after the two physicians had X fc £ A called. "The alarming symptoms le internal ear ire x |2J subsiding. Absolute quiet and rest will be essential, dm- X ing stay in the hospital of at 1 ;ast three weeks." y :::: SAFE AT IRISH PORT T X Williamsport, Pa.—Prank X. Kane, •poor overseer of w § rv X a on | I ; 8 $* rcutu- Brit h natr<i o t X 4* X GENEVIEVE VIX MARRIES PRINCE f New York- -Genevieve Vix, one of the leadin-' "I* 4 <L tm sopranos of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, and X Prince Cyril Narischkine, former attache of the Russiar jfc 4* embassy in Paris, and a relative of the former Russian I X X Emperor, were married at the city hall here to-day. This 9 X 4 4* bi 'tended by the Duchess of Westminster and L' ! ,4* X IX hei id George Walters. 14* X Tt X DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL REPORTED X IX <fi IX Washihgton—The daylight sa ing bill; already pas- 4* ■"J* lL by the Senate, was favorably rej the House to* ■f. J~ X day by the Interstate Commerce Committee. The bill was X 1 w amended to have the daylight saving prevail from the |a> 2J first Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. ♦ The Senate had fixed the period between April and Sep tember. For the daylight saving period the clock would ju X be advanced one hour, ■ j* 4* MAKRIAGb LICENSES ? 4 JoHcph Wliilimiii mid Anna It. IlrflVlftnKrr, MechnnlrnburKi I)oii- £ LIID 11. Mcllrnr)', HloomiiburK, nnd Uerthn M. I .TKUNOII, llnrrlaburici eiai Kdmir l. (iocmunnn,. KiiMt llnnovrr tonnihlp, and Kvn M. Hunkrl, J, JT Went llnnovrr tonnnhlin Wlllluin \V. Mnrkrl, Wnxbinicton tonnliln, " T* nnd Knlle M. Hrrkrrt, Mifflin totvnxhlpi John C. Illtfnrr, Shndy Grove, nnd I.OUImc A. Cook, Wnjuexboro. UKRAINIANS SIGN PEACEPACTWITH GERMAN NATION First Separate Agreement Ar ranged by Any of the Belligerents RAD A CONTROL IN DOUBT Teutons Advise Ukraine Re public to Join Forces With Rumanians By Associated Press Copenhagen, Feb. 9.—A peace ■ agreement has been signed by representatives of the central powers and the Ckranians, Ita lia, a scmi-ollicinl Merlin tele gram announces. The peace agreement was signed at 2 o'clock tills mornii'ig, according to an ollicial Iterlin statement as forwarded from Cojcnhagen by the Exchange Telegraph Company. Washington, Feb. 9. —Germany's efforts for peace on the eastern front, centered now apparently in an effort to open up frontiers through which , she may secure supplies of food for her hungry people, have progressed so far as the signing of a separate peace agreement with the Ukrainian [Continued on Paste I.] No Word From Local Boys Who Were on Transport Up until a late hour to-day no word had been received by tne par ents of the two local boys who sailed on the ill-fated transport Tuscania, which was sunk by a German Ü boat Tuesday night off the coat of j Ireland. Both Mrs. W. K. Crosier, mother of Robert M. Mace of this city and Mrs. John J. McCormick, mother of Robert F. McCormick of Uemoyne are anxiously awaiting any information from the War Depart ment concerning their sons.
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