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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
MANY INJURED IN FALLS ON
ICE COVERED PAVEMENTS
Slippery Streets Cause of Broken Bones 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 q 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, cropping 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-
liant tumbler, rushing into a shoe
shop in Court street. You can
roughshod me now, and / don't care
how long you make the spikes"
Weather Forecaster Domain 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 tonight.
The lowest temperature to-day
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
LATE REPORTS
SHOW BUTFEW
BODIES FOUND
War Department Is Still Without Official Advices to
Change Yesterdays Estimate That l13 American
Soldiers Were Lost When Transport Went Down; the
English Figures Show Smaller Loss
BY Associated Press

AN IRISH PORT Feb 9There little hope that additional
survivors Tuscana will be found Trawers which cr1sed
and along the coast reported to-day that they
had discovered additional bodies Figures compiled by the
pscana survivors bureau here still place the number OF Amer
leans missing at 1O1.
1t may be days and probably weeks before the number OF
is known definitely owing the fact that survivors landed
widely separated points and the fact that the list OF Americans
board with the liner The only other list is the
adutan generals office in Washington which all the
of the will have be cabed before checkup will
show who is missing"
WASHINGTON, Feb 9-The War Department to-day still
without official advices change yesterdays estimate that
13 American soldiers had lost in the sinking of the
Tuscania.
press dispatch from Irish port early to-day however
Indicated that the figures of the Tuscana survivors bureau there
still held 1O1 Americans missing while the British Nd
mray figures given the Associated Press in London last night
showed 100 souls missing 1 of them American sodiersou
officers and 43 There III American officers
2067 aboard the Tuscana and the Admiralty reports among
the survivors 13 officers and 1917 The War Departments
only dispatch put the total missing 210 of which Is
American. soldiers
Although officials believed the
rends
cabegm received by the
Londonderry while $40 officers and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
300 MEN IN CITY
PLANNED TO KEEP
OUT OF US. ARMY
Draft Boards Class Many Who
Registered Here as
DeSerters
MAJORITY ARE FLOATERS
Police to Demand New Classi-
fication Cards to Check
Up the Lists
IAJORITY ARE FLOATERS

Nearly 800 men registered in Har-
risburs for Army service now are
being classed as slackers by the po-
lice and members Of the three draft
exemption boards.
MOST or these men, it was said to-
day, from the start planned to
eNade service, returned false an
sWers TO leading questions on reg
lstration day, June 5. and planned
by every possible means TO keen out
of the Army. They are now con-
sidered as deserters ana liable to A
deserter's punishment in time of
war.
Members of draft boards who
nave Just completed the task of GO
ing over cards returned by the city
police, who Investigated all in
stances where missionaries were
not returned, are to-day of the opin-
ion that a large number of these
slackers We're not permanent resi-
dents of the city, but "foaters."
Returns made to the police show
that many 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 new ruling, all registra-
ton cards issued last June will be
void as soon as exemption boards
can mail the new classification cards
based on the questionnaires To
catch the slackers, city police are
now planning to ask every man ar
rested for this new card. 1t is
hoped to round up a considerable
number in this manner because most
of the slackers are of a class fire.
quently arrested.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
Class in Speaking
Enlarged to IS Men

Popularity of the class in public
speaking at the Central Y. NJ. 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 vacancy occurs.
DR.. j. George Becht, 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.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
Popular Drink at Soda
Fountains to Be No More

One of the most popular five cent
drugstores. is nearly impossible to
buy these days. The last shipments
reached Harrisburg in December,
and only those who got in 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 first. The Phila-
delphia branch factory alone uses
so tons of sugar each day in making
it's product and Uncle Sam says he
has more important use for that so
tons than regaling thirsty citizens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
TEUTON PRINCE
SUFFERS HEAVY
LOSS AT VERDUN
Since February 2 the Kaiser's
Heir Has Sacrificed Hum
dreds of Men
TRENCHES RECAPTURED
Many Prisoners Fall Into
Hands of VictorS in
Counter Assault

With the French Armies In France,
Feb. 9.-The armies IF the German
Crown Prince before verdun since
February have suffered cosby de-
feats in seven vain raids on French
positions on both sides Of the Mausc.
Although large bodies of troops
were employed at times, not n .in-
gle permanent advantage has been
gained.
On February the Germans made
three seperate assaults on the Caur-
ieres wood, on the right bank of the
Meuse, but We're 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
B five German columns advanced in a
thlck log after heavy prelimina "
bombardment and succeeded in en-
terlng the French front line momen-
tarily. The enemy was driven out in
vigorous hand-t hand fighting and
again suffered severely.
A Baden division, preceded bv
line at the same place on February
4. They gained a footing in the
trenches for few minutes and then
were chased off after uselessly sac
rificing many lives and leaving some
prisoners. On February in the vi
cinity of Fosses wood another attack
was made at dawn after n short and
sharp artillery preparation by Ham
ovefian troops and a relief division.
They succeeded in reaching the
French barbed wire and in occupying
an element of the French positions.
They fwere driven out almost imme-
diately and pursued by the French,
leaving many dead and number of
captured.
Between SamogneuX and hill 344 on
February Z another German assault
was repulsed with still more losses.
This sector is composed mainly of
positions formed of groups of shell
Craters, organized since the French
gained their great victory last fall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
EHRMAN ID. MITCHELL, JR.,
is POULTRY COMMISSIONER

To meet the demand for more poul-
try and to follow the request of the
Food Administration, the Pennsy1va-
mia War Poultry Commission has been
formed. with Il. w. Delaney, York,
as state commissioner. Ihrman b.
Mitchell, Jr., of 100 North street,
Harrisburg, has been appointed as
county commissioners for Dauphin
county. The object of the commits
sion is to encourage and promote the
raising of more poultry in the state.
Every effort will be made to increase
the poultry production of Pennsyl-
Yania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
Carrier Lands Finds
News Story; Writes 1t
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 Lands. To-day on his rounds
Luther ran across a story" and this
is how he wrote it:
THE 10-year- daughter Of
George A. Huffman, the North Third
street jeweler, has qualified for the
detective service. During a tempor-
airy absence of her father from the
store yesterday young girl entered
and asked to see gold wrist watches.
When the girl left the store Miss
Huffman 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 Huffman saw her ap-
preaching in Herr street. Miss Hut
man grasped ner by the arm and
found the watch on her wrist. She
was too frightened to talk and,
wriggling from Miss Humans
clutch, ran away"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
Woman Dressed as Man
Charged With Stealing Coal

"Camouflaged" as a man, Mrs. ].
II. Thran, of Enola, has been ar
re sted by railroad police, charged
with stealing coal from cars stand
ing in the Enola yards. Mrs. Thran
was placing the coal Oh a wagon
when the railroad police arrested
her. She was given hearing be-
fore Justice of the Peace Matter, of
West Fairview, last night and was
fined $2.S5, 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 CT peo-
pie carrying coal from the railrJad
company to keep from freezing lur-
ing the fuel famine i'll the '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.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09

The Germans have again raided
the American lines in Lorraine and
taken prisoners.
First announcement of the raid
came from Berlin in to-Gay's official
statement of the German headquar-
ters staff. 1t 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 authorized by
the American censor in this connec-
ton 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,
of $500 tons, bound for New York,
and the Italian steamer Duca di
Geneva, of 1898 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
eoastwise steamers and the Madrid
advices to-day forecast another pro-
test in the Duca di Geneva case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
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 so
per cent of what -four, the remaining
20 per cent. to consist of cornmeal
corn flour, rice or rice -four potato
flour or any other cereals recon-
mended by the food administration.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
No Word From Local Boys
Who Were on Transport

Up until late hour to-day no
word had been received by the par
ents of the two local boys who sailed
on the ill-fated transport Tuscania,
which was sunk by a German u
boat Tuesday night off the coat Of
Ireland. Both Mrs. w. X. Crozier,
mother of Robert NJ. Mace Of this
city and Mrs. John ]. Mccormick,
mother of Robert f. Mccormick of
Lemoyne are anxiously awaiting any
information from the War Depart
ment concerning their sons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
ROOSEVELT IS
MUCH BETTER:
HASEASY NIGHT
Circulation of Reports That
Colonel Died Has Aroused
Indignation

New York. Feb. 9.-Colonel Roose-
welt. whose illness already necessi-
tated two operations and threatened
to become serious, spent a restful
night and the improvement in his
condition was maintained.
The following bulletin was issued
at $50 o'clock last night:
Or. Duel called upon Colonel
Roosevelt at SIS o'clock. The Colo
mel had very comfortable day and
is 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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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
Grain Ship Sunk by Bombs;
Six of the Crew Are Killed
Bp Associated Prcss

Amsterdam, Feb. Six men were
killed when the steamship Frielau
(FridlandO, 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
TerschelIing this morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
SUPERVISOR Is HURT

Charles Tress, As, street super
visor, sustained decorations of the
scalp this morning when he lost his
footing and fell on the icy pavement.
The mishap occurred at the corner
of Third and Cherry streets. Mr..
Tress was removed to the Harrisburg
Hospital in the police ambulance,
where he received treatment. His
condition is not regarded as serious.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
US. PLANS BIG
SCHOOL SYSTEM
FOR WAR TRADES
Uncle Sam Will Teach Sc
lected Men 81 Lines of
Industry

That Uncle Sam has only begun to
fight the vandal was fully evidenced
to-day when rush orders camo from
Washington speeding UP theSwork Of
the fAderai b0atdSih the task of edu-
eating the draft man so that he will
be ready to back up the front lines.
Few persons in Harrisburg knew that
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
of skilled workmen to fight out this
war to victory.
The Federal board, getting, it's au-
thority from the Army Department
turned over the business to various
state educational boards and the man
in command here is NJ. b. King, of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
PLANT TO REOPEN

The LaLence and Grosjean Manu-
featuring Company have notified
their employees that operations will
be resumed in all departments next
Tuesday morning, after a shutdown
of several weeks An ample supply
of coal, sheet bars and Jther ma
terials to keep the plant IN steady
operation is now assured BY direct
United States government authority.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS

William Dixon, 55, of 32S Muench
street, is in the Harrisburg Hos
pital suffering with injuries sus-
tanned 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. lie was
removed to the hospital in a Davis
and Hargest garage truck.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
LIEUTENANT ROTH HOME

was 26 above, just cold enough to
freeze the rainfall and set Harris
burg a-tumbling. One consolation,
however, is that the snow removal
is going so smartly that the streets
will be clear in few days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
MEETING PLACE CHANGED

Monday mornings. at 1890 O'clock
the meetings of the Home Service De-
will he held in the Y. w. c. A. rooms
irstead of the Public Library as here
tofore. Next Monday Miss Scott, OF
the Harrisburg Hospital, will speak
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
COLLARRONE RROkEN

Mrs. G. t. Patton, 1884 Market
street. was taken to the Polytechnic
Hospital at 11.30 o'clock this morn
ing. following a fall in Market
street in which she sustained frac-
tured collarbone.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
THREE TRUANTs ARREsTED

Three prosecutions were brought at
the Office of Alderman Caveny yester-
day because of truancy of school chill
dren. In two of the cases the parents
were fined So and costs, which were
1924. In the third case a child was
released after the parents had paid the
costs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09

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, headed by the regimental
band, which escorted them to tenn
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
GERMANS USE
DOGS AGAINST
U.S.SOLDIERS
Hounds in Front Trenches
Warn of Surprise
Approach
HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE
Corporals and Privates Have,
Thrilling Experience Be
fore German Lines
By Associated Press

With the American Army in
France, Friday, Feb. S.-The Ger
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 mention
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Mechn Den
ID M
Heckert Ohn
Grove, and Louise a. Cook, WaynesbOrO.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
Rev. Walter S. Dunlop to
Begin Pastorate Here

The Rev. Walter S. Dunlop will be-
gin his pastorate of the Market
Street Baptist Church tomorrow,
coming here from Washington, d. c.,
where he has served the Kendall
Baptist 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 we'll known by 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 1890 and 7.30.
LIEUTENANT ROTH HOME
Lieutenant Ed. Roth, of the Twenty
third Company, Depot Brigade, at
Camp Meade, is home for few days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
GERMANS TAKE
U.S.. PRISONERS,
BERLN'S CLAIM
Ne%s of Raid Comes in Of
ficial Communication From
Hun Headquarters
SECTOR LOCATION FIXED
Americans Are Located North
of Xivray, East of st.
Mihiel
SECTOR LOCATION FINED

Berlin, Feb. o (via LondOn).
- Some American prisoners
have been captured north of
Nivray, ten miles east of st.
Mihicl, says the official state
ment issued to-day by the Ger
man general staff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and viclnItyi Rain
and somewhat warmer Tonight,
lowest temperature about b de-
grces; sunday fair and colder.
For Eastern Pennsylvania; Rain
and warmer Tonight; Sunday
fair and somewhat colder; fresh,
possibly strong. south winds
this afternoon and tonight, be-
coming west Sunday.
River
The SuSquehanna river and all its
branches will remain iccbOund
and nearly stationary, except
possibly the Upper West Branch,
where local Ice movements may
occur. A Stnge of about 81 feet
is Indicated for Harrisburg SUM
day morning.
General Conditions
The storm from the Southwest has
moved nOrtheastward, and Is
now central near Buffalo. 1t
has caused light precipitation,
mostly rain and sIeet, over north
and central districts east of the
Mississippi river, together with
n general rise of z to 20 degrees
In temperature.
The high pressure area from the
Pacific slope has Overspread the
West, attended by general
and quite decided fall in tenn
pernture between the Rocky
Mountains and the Mississippi
river.
Temperature; \ n. M, 2S.
Suni Rises, O;JO u. MT sets, $40
u. m.
Moon; New moon, February II,
5i04 n. m.
River Stages 81 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 80.
Lowest temperature, 30.
Mean temperature, 33.
Normal temperature, 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
UKRAINIANS SIGN
PEACEPACTWITH
GERMAN NATION
First Separate Agreement Ar
ranged by Any of the
Belligerents
RADA CONTROL IN DOUBT
Teutons Advise Ukraine Re-
public to Join Forces
With Rumanians
BY associated Press

Copenhagen, Feb. "a peace
agreement has been signed by
representatives of the central
powers and the Ukranians, Ra-
da, scmi-ofIiciaI Berlin tele-
gram announces. The peace
agreement was signed at .
O'Clock this morning, according
to an official Berlin statement
as forwarded from Copenhagen
by the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Germanys
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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General Conditions

Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 30.
Lowest temperature, 30.
Mean temperature, 33.
Normal temperature, 20.
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