Repuf ~ Mexico and Cuba Sever Diplomatic Relations; Cause Grows Out of War With Germany ™ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M LXXXVII— -No. 121 16 PAGES ■ * MEXICO AND CUBA BREAK RELATIONS BECAUSE OF WAR Envoys Recalled From Capi tals When Governments Sever Relations U.S. SEES TROUBLE AHEAD German Propaganda May Be Back of Mexico's • Action Washington, May 25.—Mexi co's sudden and unexpected sus pension of diplomatic relations with Cuba is looked upon licrc as an Indirect move axainst tlie United States which possibly may foreshadow a breaking: of diplomatic relations with this country. AH those wlio take this view base their opinion on the assumption that German propa ganda again is active. Mexico City, Friday, May 24. Mexico has severed diplomatic rela tions with Cuba. This was learned officially late to-day after a report that the Mexican charge d'affaires at Havana and the Cuban minister here had been recalled from their respective posts had been confirmed at the foreign office. The Cuban minister to Mexico, Dr. Ezequiel Barcia Ensenat, has not yet arrived in Mexico City, having been appointed only recently. During the interval Dr. Luis Santamaris y Calvo has been acting as charge. It was re ported recently that he would leave for Cuba on a vacation and would , return with the new minister. The Mexican charge at Havana is Al- j berto C. Franco. "Afflicted Situation" The recall of the Mexican repre- j sentative to Cuba and the suspend- ] ing for an indefinite time of the sending of a new representative is explained officially as due to the fact that because of the war in which Cuba is involved that government has been obliged to dictate measures that affect the interests of the Mex ican government in many instances. For this reason, it is declared, the making of representations that the Mexican representative would be forced to make to the Cuban gov ernment would be useless and would restrict the liberty of action of a fdly nation "which is now in an on observation." Mexico's Statement ■neral Candido Aguilar, Minister 'oreign Affairs, to-night gave a statement for the announced ose of avoiding a misinterpre n of Mexico's action. The state : follows: he president of the republic and cabinet at a special meeting has led that it was an imperative ssity to recall the Mexican imatic representative to Cuba to suspend for an indefinite >d the sending of a new repre itive because it was considered ndispensable measure for the ideals and interests of the two ins in the actual moments of a\ acute world crisis. The state of ww* in which Cuba is involved has obliged the government of Cuba to dictfete measures which in many case\< affect the interests of the Mex ican and her citizens and f' to-nlnht and Sun- Hay. probably ikoweri warmer to-night. For Kii-tcrn Pennsylvania: Cloudy tn-iiiulit and Sunday, probubly Nlio>\rr| Tinrmrr to-nlKht; grinic t 0 moderate aouth niud*. River '1 he Suvijupbanna river nnd nil Its liranrhcK will probably fall or L remain nearly atatlonnry. .1 stage Of about 6.0 feet Is Indl- I rated for HarrlsburK Sunday I morning;. i.rneml Conditions Preosure has diminished deeldedly In central and northern dis tricts. Showers have fallen over most of tke territory east of the MlsaoorJ river. Snow was fnlllnfC t Helena, Mont. There ha> been a general rise of S to 16 decrees In temperature in Pennsylvania. Temper!!tarei 8 a. m.. G9. Kant itlaea, 3>31 a. m.l sets, BU4 P- ni. Moon i I act quarter, June 1. niver stafei feet above low "ater mark- Yesterday's Temperature Hlßheot temperature, 72. l-onent temperature. So. Mean temperature. 64. •Normal temperature, 04. The Telegraph Contributes Four of Its Best Men to the Nation ' .r^ * C fegl. V _ " '■" ' _••>'■ Wl% ' - -: - - : ' •'•>•• •>' - vp" ' " The Harrisburg Telegraph to-day gives to the nation's armed forces four of its best trained young men from the printing department. They were given a rousing sendoff by their companions, with whom they had served for years, all four having "grown up" with the company. The men to leave their machines and cases as they appear in the cut above are Charles L Shields and Isaac Heckert. of Penbrook: Walter Bby, Demovne, and Grant Hailman. Mechanicsburg. They left at noon for Camp Meade, where they are certain to make good names for themselves. BIG RECRUITING DRIVE IS TO BE LAUNCHED HERE Army Officers Ask Youths Who Must Register to Enlist Now The intense recruiting drive to en- | list in the Army young men who must register for the draft June 5 will be launched under the auspices of the Harrisburg recruiting party Monday evening, and will last until the evening of June 5. The pur pose of the drive is to secure by vol untary enlistment the men who would otherwise be registrants for the next draft. Monday night the meeting will te held on an open air platform in Market Square with the speakers and music arranged by Mayor Keis ter and city officials. The meeting will open at 7.30 o'clock, when Jesse E. B. Cunningham ar.d Senutor 3i E. Beidleman will make addresses. Mu sic will be furnished by the Munici pal Band, with a -community sons service led by Professor Phillips The Rev. Dr. George E. Hawes will deliver the invocation and Mayor Keister will preside. Tuesday evening the drive will be in the hands of the Kiwanis Club which wjll have Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady deliver a lecture in the Chestnut Street Auditorium. The Municipal band will furnish music. Thursday evening Ore G. A. R., Spanish-American War Veterans, and Veterans o? Foreign Wars will have charge of the meeting. Ser geant John W. Blake will address the meeting for the Spanish-Amer ican War Veterans. It is expected that the club will conduct the meeting Saturday night i although no definite decision hasi yet been reached by the club. Au-j thorities are also making an ef-! fort to have the school children of! the city stage one of the meetings. Out on Parole, Colored Boy Slept in Doghouses; Relatives in Court Group An uncle and his nephew and two other boys who are cousins were among the juveniles brought before Judge McCarrell for sentence for breaking parole. The four boys were sent to Glen Mills., Two of them were members of the Steelton band which raided a number of stores and other business houses in the borough. Fred Fisher, aged 13, and his nephew, Charlie Chaney, 9, both col ored, who were released on proba tion when the Sttelton boys_ were before the court, were sent to Glen Mills. Testimony given this morning showed that they did not stay at home, and that one of them slept in doghouses and under porches. Gilbert Soulliard, another of the Steelton youths arrested on a. larceny charge, who ran away to Gettysburg shortly after he was re leased on parole, was ordered to be taken to the Catholic Protectorate for Boys at Phoenixville. Claude Raber and Harry Schick ley, cousins, charged with truancy and incorrigibility, were sent to Glen Mills also. George Brown, colored, who ran away fror.i a school at Downingtown where he had been committed, was ordered* to be taken there again. John 0. Christley to Die Week of June 10 The wee"k of June 10 was set by Governor Brumbaugh for the elec trocution of John O. Christley, con victed in the Dauphin county court on a charge of murdering his wife at the home of a neighbor in South Thirteenth street. Efforts to prove him temporarily Insane failed and the cdurt also refused a new trial on the ground that evidence of insanity of relatives should'liave been admit ted. The Board of Pardons also re fused his plea for commutation ofi sentence. J ICIGLK COPY, 3 CENTS Wrist watches and safety razors were presented to the four as a mark of appreciation from their many friends. E. J. Stackpole, president of The Telegraph Printing Company, made the presentation speech, ex tending to the men the best wishes of the company. The following ap preciation from the proofroom staff was read: "We are giving to-day four of the noblest and best of our large family. Q'hey go prepared with the right ammunition for each at tack 'over there.' being loyal to God, country and self. The prayer and wish of each remaining one is, 'God be with you till we meet again.' " LINES ARE DRAWN TIGHT TO SAVE FOODSTUFFS HERE Hotels Must Serve Sugar in Individual Portions; Wheat Is Cut Indications that food conservation I measures will become more strin gent were seen in a number of rul- } ings issued by the Dauphin county j food administrator in response to in- i structions of the state food adminis- ] trator this morning. • Beginning to-day, sugar will be served in individual portions, and in no case will restaurant and hotelmen be allowed to place it on tables in receptacles for general use, accord ing to the new ruling. All hotels, restaurants and eating houses are limited, .is serving bread and rolls only in Individual portions. No individual service may exceed two ounces of wheat per meal, in cluding victory bread. crackers, pastry and similar products contain ing wheaf. IVunities Provided These rulings apply to quick lunches, where the sale of sugar [Continued on Pnjre 2.] ENGLAND BARES PLOTS OF SINN FEIN AND HUNS Uprising in Ireland Planned For This Year After Sus cessful Hun Drive By Associated Press [ London, May 25.—Germany's un : tiring efforts to foment revolution in ! lieland with the aid of the Sinn Fe!n ! are la>d bare in a statement from ! 'he official press bureau, reviewing I this phase of the Irish political sit ' uation since the beginning of the j war. | After the abortive rebellion of I Easter week, 1916, plans were made I for a revolt in 1917, but this miscar : ried because of America's entry into' the 'var and Germany's inability to i send troops to Ireland. An upris ing in Ireland was planned for this ! year after the German offensive In I the west had been successful and t when Great Britain presumably j would be stripped of troops. I Concerning the recent arrests in ! Ireland, the statement says that rContinued on Piurc 2.] Prominent Military Men to Attend the Lecture of Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady Announcement was mdde last night that prominent military men would be on the platform Tuesday night at Chestnut, Street Auditorium. The speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Cy rus Townsend Brady. His subject will be "When Will God Stop This War." officers in charge of the vari ous government contracts in this vi cinity with their respective staffs will be present. Major Garrison of the Aviation camp with his staff will also be present. The meeting will open at 8 o'clock and some interesting features have been arranged. The doors open at 7.30 o'clock. Unusual interest is manifested throughout Harrishurg. School teachers rre arranging to send a large delegation, and in all churches to-morrow the coming of i Dr. Brady will be announced. Many : organizations have arranged to be : present. Middletown and Steelto.i | have also sent word that there would I be large crowds come. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1918. DAUPHIN SENDS THE BEST OF ITS YOUTH TO ARMY Red Cross Sees That Men Off to Camp Meade Arc Properly Outfitted MORE MEN ARE CALLED City Boards Have Selected Sixty-Seven to Go on June 1 Approximately 110 men left Har risburg and Dauphin county at noon to-day in a movement of draft reg istrants to the Army cantonment at Camp Meade, Md. By this evening the Dauphin county youths will have been absorbed in the great Army of the United States, and become a part of the life at Meade. The city was not called upon to furnish a quota under the call of to day, but a number of the men who were sent by the county boards were Harrisburg youths. They were ac companied to the Pennsylvania fail road station by a large number of friends and relatives who were on hand to say their last goodbys. The train moved promptly from the station at 11.50. it was made up in the city and was not joined by other sections hearing drafted youths from surrounding counties. Sixty-Seven Selected The three draft boards held meet ings this morning after which they .announced the quotas they will send to Columbus Barracks next Saturday evening. Sixty-seven men will be sc-nt to Columbus Barracks, Colum bus. Ohio, from the city. The men will be summoned before their draft boards Friday at 8 p. m., for final instru?tions and rollcall. They will leave Saturday at 8 p. in. The county boards have not yet an nounced their quotas, but will do so early week. The quotas an nounced this morning are: City Board No. 1, eighteen men: John Henry Kime. 313 Verbeke street: Faust Leon Wilson. Grartt ham. Pa.: John Cook Hill, 1934 Penn street; William Lionel Berthel, Jr., • [Continued on Page 2.] Baseball Game Called Off When Auto Carrying Players Hits Trolley Car The Steelton-Sparrow's Point Beth lehem Steel League baseball game, which was scheduled to be played at Stcelton this afternoon, was called off following an accident in which three of, the players were injured. The automobile in which they were going from Harrisburg to Steelton collided at Cameron and MuTberry .streets with a Steelton car of the Harrisburg Company, about i o'ejerfc:-' v.-' three injured players were taken to the Harrigbtirg Hospital, but were discharged within a sho'rt time after slight contusions suffered had been dressed. The players injured were Wilbur L. Davis, James Capid and William Cranston. Statements concerning the acci dent made by the trolley crew and the players vary. The motorman claims that he stopped his car when he saw the automobile approaching, and that the machine ran Into it. The players claim that the car ran into the automobile. The motorman says that the driver of the machine had ' lost control of it. STEELTON CHIEF OF POLICE QUITS JOB IN DISGUST Victor Grove Today Files Res ignation, Effective June 1 I _______ . VICTOR GROVE Declaring he Is unable to conduct the Steelton police department ef ficiently because of council's inabil ity to provide necesary funds, Chief of Police Victor Grove announced to day that he tendered his resignation as head of the department, effec tive June 1. Steelton businessmen were aston ished to learn of the Chief's action as it was generally understood that the department was more efficient un der the present administration than ever before in its history. Some of the borough's influential men, it is [Continued on Page 10,] TRANSPORT SANK 15 MINUTES AFTER HIT FIFTY-SIX LOST | WHEN U-BOAT HIT BIG TROOPSHIP j Brothers Lost Lives by Jump ing Into Sea After . j Explosion | DISCIPLINE IK SPLENDID) [Yankees Cheer, Laugh, and j Sing as Steamer Goes Under By Associated Press London, May 25. —Less than a i quarter of an hour after the British | armed merchant troop ship Moldavia, with American troops on board, had been torpedoed off the southeeast coast of England on Thursday morn-j ing, virtually every man had gonei over the sides of the vessel into the! ! lifeboats. I Edwin and Clyde Bosley, of North I Troy, Vt., leaped from the deck and I were drowned. Had it not been for ■ this the losses, which are given of- I Hcially as '56 American soldiers, (would have been confined to those I killed by the explosion of the tor , pedo, sharp List After Explosion The Bosley brothers were on guard when the ship was struck. There was a sharp list, and they evidently believed she was turning over. Search was made for them, but they were not seen after they jumped overboard. Captain Johnson, an American infantry officer, who was on board the Moldavia, gave a Daily Telegraph representative this account of the sinking: "The ship was struck just forward of the engines on the port side. All the troops were in their hunks sleep ing in their uniforms. There was a loud explosion and,then the ship's whistle was blown, which was a sig nal for everybody to come on deck. The men had been assigned to par ticular boats, and boat drill had been held every day during the voyage. The men assembled in perfect order. Their discipline Was splendid, the best I ever saw.- Destroyers at Hand "The Moldavia listed to port but righted herself and ran on for about fifteen minutes to avoid being hit i again. shen she began to sink | steadily. Orders were given for low (ering the boats and rafts and we got off." "Destroyers hatf beei\ circling a round us all the time and £< leade; ■> . u-d ' hegi , X itf. cor- n Mondny; * * T" ■ * * f • J * MARRIAGE LICENSES . J.* aik P ' l nnl Hrwile l. Barlr. HarrHUmrsi *V ™ Morrow itiul Hrlra M. Klreknrr, Hnrriaburxi I'uul *•— Cerk nnd Term Kotton, Mecltou. HOME EDITION U.S. AVIATORS NOW CONTROL LONG SECTOR American Troops Take Over /Entire Land Northwest of Toul HONORED ON DEATHBEDS Lieut. Hiekenbacher Brings Down Another Hun in Air Battle By Associated Press Washington, May 25.—General Pershing in his communique for May Hi, reported to the War De partment the deaths on Wedfiesday of two American officers. First lieu tenant Walter V. Barneby, Signal Corps, and Second Lieutenant Ken neth P. Colbert, United States Ma rines, as a result of injuries received in an airplane fall. Before they died they were decorated with the War Cross. The communique follows: "Section A—There are no new de velopments to report. It is estab lished that our aviators shot down j two hostile machines on May 21. "Section E>—On Wednesday after | noon First Lieutenant Walter V. I Barneby, Signal Corps, of Sumner, Wash., and Second Lieutenant Ken ] neth P. Colbert, United States Ma rines, of Orange, N, J., were fatally injured by the accidental fall of an airplane In which they -were acting respectively as pilot and observer. Both officers died during the night. In the evening both were decorated with the Croix de Guerre with palm, for excellent, faithful and courage [Oontinucd on Pajje 2.]