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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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||J ROOSEVELT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT J
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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
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£* 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
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IJL hours. "His pul ~n." read a X
X bulletin issued at 10.30 a. nv, after the two physicians had X
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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
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GENEVIEVE VIX MARRIES PRINCE f
New York- -Genevieve Vix, one of the leadin-' "I*
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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
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X Emperor, were married at the city hall here to-day. This 9
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4* bi 'tended by the Duchess of Westminster and L'
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IX hei id George Walters.
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X DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL REPORTED X
IX <fi
IX Washihgton—The daylight sa ing bill; already pas- 4*
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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,
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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
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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.