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The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
WARM DEBATE
STARTS OYER
WAR FINANCES
Senator's Resent Intimation
That Administration Co
erces Committee.

The row in the Senate over the
war finance corporation bill rose
to concert pitch late yesterday.
Senator Hollis. a member of the
Banking Committee, declared the
Finance Committee invariably re-
sponded glibly to administration
orders. He scoffed at Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo. although not
by name.
Bursting with indignation, sena-
tor Simmons, chairman of the FL
nance Committee repudiated the
charges.
smoot starts IL.
The whole wrangle arose because
Senator Smoot, a member of the FL
nance Committee. had declared ear
lier in the day that he by no means
approved Of certain sections of the
bill. but had sponsored the measure
because it was a business necessity.
The Finance Committee" said
Senator Hollis. 'is old, reliable
and well disciplined. Its seventeen
members are true and tried When
ever an assistant solicitor brings a
bill here. the committee thinks It
should be passed"
The statements unwarranted," :"
shouted Senator Simmons.
Il learned today that the bill had
been drafted by an assistant solic-
itOr. The Banking Committee learned
this when a certain very distin-
guished person appeared. The COM
mittee learned what things must
be put through, and what could be
Nakn WAA La .,1
exactly what we could do. We
learned we could discuss Section
Eight. But we were not told we
were at liberty to discuss Section
Seven"
Intimates McAdOS.
Senator Stone-"Who was the dis
tinguished person."
Hollis-"Oh, l couldn't tell that.
That wouldn't be good form, you
know. can only hint at his iden-
tity. Oh. no. couldn't tell that"
Secretary McAdoo had appeared be-
before the Banking Committee ear
lier in the day.
Growing more sarcastic, Senator
Hollis satirically deplored that ''it
was not allowed to discuss certain
sections. Senator Simmons was grow
ing redder and redder, and had his
hands poised at the sides of his
desk. He jumped up again.
4 don't think the country's going
to agree with this kind of attack"
he cried. The Senator is trampling
the rules of the Senate under his feet
aud might be subject to be called
to order.
No committee has exercised great
cL- independence than the Finance
''"mmittee.' 1 resent the idea that
cur hands are tied. The Senator'S
course is and has been nagging. He's
trying to put the committee and men
IN his positions i'm a false light.
think I'm warranted in showing heat
over this matter"
During the day. Senator Brandegee,
Of Connec-Cut. denounced the fea-
tLre Of the bill which allows the
War Finance Corporation to deter
rhine which are essential or mon
rssentiar' business, when 1t comes
To lending mCley to them. Senator
Owen. of Oklahoma. head Of the
Banking Committee. will put in a
substitute bill for a War Finance
Board" which would lend 500, COZ, 900
TO Federal Reserve Banks, and can
issue S1,00O.OOO, 900 OF four per cent
fiye-year bonds in lieu of the 81
O0O.OOO.OOO in the present bill.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
POTOMAC FISHERMEN
HIT BY LABOR LACK

Want Of labor Is handlcaping Bhad
and herring fishermen along the Po-
tomac. riverfront reports stated yes-
terday.
Windmill Point. one OF the largest
shores. and the only one yet In opera
ton, Is now being worked with only
half the men usually employed there.
Fishermen think that the shortage
Of labor Will prevent the efficient
working Of nets this spring and sum-
mer.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-06
Some Humorous Gems
Seen on Seventh Street

Over an umbrella repair shop OF
Seventh street are these two signs.
Umbrellas born here and raised
everywhere"
II am not doctor, but I put in
ribs"
Some natural writer of musical
comedy libretto has missed his vo-
cation. Instead of worrying with
umbrella ribs he should take to
eratinE funny nAnek
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
WEST SHORE ASKS
COM MISSION TO
KEEP FARES DOWN.
Seven Complaints Are Filed
Against Increase From
Five to Seven Cents

Seven complaints, the largest num-
ber ever entered against single
company in one day, were filed at the
Public Service Commission offices to-
day against the increase in rates of
the Valley Railways Company, op-
Grating from Harrisburg into Cum
berland and Perry counties. l'hey
also include attacks upon capitali-
zation, conditions of roadbed. car
service, coal charges as a reason for
advance in fares and one man de-
clares that the advance is going to
have a serious effect on housing con-
ditions. The complaints will be sent
to this company Immediately for an
answer within ten days.
The first complaint against the
Valley Railways is made by the West
Shore Firemen's Association, J. f.
Hummel, secretary, which charges
that the advance from five to seven
cents fare is unjust, that travel has
increased lately and that there is no
justification for the advance under
conditions whether of wages or coal
supply as the company's plant uses
river coal. The association also at
tacks the condition of the roadbed
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
NEW DRAFT CALL
TO DEPLETE THE
ELIGIBLE LIST
Dauphin County to Send 263
Men to Camp Lee
October z
FEW LEFT IN 1917 CLASS
Local Boards Working Rap
idly to Complete Status
of New Registrants

Harrisburg and Dauphin county
draft boards were notified to-
day to send 2S6 men to Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Va, for general military
service. The men VIII entrain during
the tive-day movement beginning
October Z. 1t is part of the call for
5000 men from the state.
City and county draft board Of
ficials announced this morning that
the quotas to be sent to Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Va, for general military
service during the five-day move
ment, beginning october I, will de-
plete the men of all registrations
previous to September -.
The quotas from Harrisburg are:
No. /, 20 men: No. 2, 80; No. 3, 40;
Dauphin county, No. l, SO; No. 2,
AZ and No. 8, 40.
1S For Limited Service
, Eighteen men will be sent from the
city and county to Fort Thomas. KY,
Monday, for special limited military
service.
Four of the boards announced
their quotas to-day. The quotas are
city board No. l, four men; No. 2,
three men; No. 8, four men; county,
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
Foch Seeking Big Game in His New
Drive Against the Enemv Center

French and American troops to-day sorming German
positions Champagne and farther apparently
another major stroke by Marshal Foc The
progressing favorably according to early reports.
The allied thrust in the
not been active since the Germans failed advancey
Champagne in the defeated offensive of July IS last
Rheims French soldiers attacking in Champagne which
from Rheims eastward the Agonne
Americans are moving forward of the Champagne
taneously with General Petain's men.
Expect Great Possibilities
Great possibilities might result from Allied
advance the front of Rheims
tons would be severed and the formidable enemy position
Arras Laon endangered with the important southern
fanked The length of the attacking front disclosed
possibly be from Rheims eastward past Vedun southwest
of Metz.
In Macedonia the Allies advancing all along the 3O miles
Vshaped front between Monastr and Lake Doan The Bull
garian first army the Allied left has placed in
position by the cutting of the PepVees zvo while
the Serbians in the outskirts of Ishb eighteen miles
Nee and of the bases of the Bulgarian second
Apparently the VeesIshtb ne the formidable for the
enemy south of Uskub, will prove untenable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
Robert A. Boil Critically
iii With Pneumonia in
Marine Corps Hospital

Private Robert a. Boil Company
c, 11th Infantry. of the Marine Corps,
is seriously i'll with pneumonia in
the embarkation camp at Quantico,
Va, with little chance for recov-
cry, il was learned from his father.
Charles S. Boil, 2029 North Second
street, who returned from his sons
bedside last night.
Private Bolts wife and mother
still are with him. They were call
ed to the camp by telegram from
the commanding officer Tuesday, as
Bolrs condition had become so seri-
Gus. The doctor at the camp said
his recovery is unlikely, unless his
vitality pulls him through.
Private Boil visited his wife on a
furlough at their home, 239 Wood
bine street, September and s. Soon
after he returned to camp he was
taken i'll with Spanish Influenza
which developed into pneumonia. He
has been sick for ten days. His
regiment had been moved from Paris
Island after a six weeks period of
intensive training. and was to have
sailed overseas this week. The epi-
demic of Spanish Influenza, however,
became so serious 1t was. necessary
to postpone the sailing.
Private Boil enlisted in the Uni
ted State Marine Corps at Washing
ton more than six weeks ago. He
was sent to Paris Island for train
ing. Before he enlisted he was
manager of the Lands Christmas
Savings Club Company. of this city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
BRETZ INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
ON FOUR CHARGES
Little New Testimony Offered
in Trial of William
Evans

Harry NJ. Bretz, lawyer and men,
ber of the firm of BretZ Brothers
hardware dealers, has been indicted
by the grand jury on four charges
of embezzIement by attorney. Wit
nesses were sent before the grand
jury this afternoon in other cases
against BretZ. Two of these are
false pretense charges and two en-
bezzlement suits and two more en-
bezzlement by attorney prosecutions
The four cases in which indictments
are returned are prosecutions
brought by Franklin II. Wertz. Dis
trict Attorney Michael E. Stroup
said he will probably start the trials
tomorrow.
Other prosecutors of BretZ are w.
H. Windsow and Catherine E. Mil
ler. In all of the cases it is alleged
the attorney received money for Il
certain purpose and did not use it as
intended.
Murder Case Under Way
In Courtroom No. 2 before Judge
A. w. Johnson, specially presiding,
William Evans, colored, is on trial
on a charge of numbering Rufus Gill
lam in Steelton, February Is. This
is Evans second trial and the evil
dence submitted by the witnesses
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
PREFERS BRIDE
OVER CHANCE OF
BEING MONARCH
Rumania's Crown Prince Says
Thrones Are Unstable
Nowadays

Amsterdam, Sept. 26.-In answer
to pleas that he desert his BRIDE of
humble birth, Crown Prince Charles
of Rumania has replied that thcones
are so unstable nowadays that he
preferred the certainty of having the
wife he wanted to the chance of
losing the succession.
The escapade of the crown prince
in going to Odessa and marrying Ce-
ellie Lambring, daughter of a ma
jor in the Rumanian army, reopens
the question of the Rumanian dynas-
tic succession. When King Ferdi-
nand heard of the marriage he Or
dered that the crown prince be
given seventy-f1ve days solitary con-
finement for absenting himself with
out leave from his garrison.
King Ferdinand also sent an ennis
sary to Bender, Bessarabia, where
the young couple are spending their
honeymoon, with instructions to try
to undo The nuptial knot, but to no
avail. The bride refused to part
with her wedding ring and the crown
prince declined to leave her.
Crown Prince Charles has not vet
voluntarily renounced his rights of
succession and the king is reported
to be very angry. The Rumanian con
stitution does not contain a clause
barring a morganatically married
crown prince from succession to the
throne.
Should Crown Prince Charles re-
nounce his rights of succession. his
brother Nicholas would become the
heir apparent. Nicholas is fifteen
years old and physically weak.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
ALLIED ARMIES ARE
INVADING BULGARIA
British and Serbian Troops Send Foe Keeling Back Into
Territory Long Held by Teutons; Enormous
Quantities of War Material Taken

Saloniki, Sept. 26.-Bulgaria
has been invaded by Allied
troops, according to a British
official statement issued here
to-day.
British troops entered Bull
garian territory opposite Kos
turino, about six miles south of
Strumitsa, the enemy base in
this region.
London, Sept. 26.-Reports in Off
cial quarters here indicate that the
Prilep-Veles road has been cut at
Izvor, isolating the First Bulgarian
army from its main line of COM
munication and placing it in a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
BIG STORES TO
BE OPEN ONLY
FROM 9 TO $50
Shorter Business Hours De-
cided Upon as Matter of
Patriotism

Beginning Monday many of the
merchants of Harrisburg will observe
business day beginning at o'clock
in the morning and ending at $50
o'clock i'm the afternoon. Saturdays
they may remain open until 9 o'clock
in the evening.
The agreement was reached by a
committee appointed by the mer-
chants which conferred with the
Dauphin county fue! administration.
The decision of the committee was
set forth in a set of resolutions. The
limited closing hours were adopted
at the suggestion of the fuel admins
tration as fuel conserving measure
An effort has been made to see
each merchant personally regarding
the closing hours, but because of
physical limitations it has been i'm
possible to approach all the mer-
chants. A list of merchants who have
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26

New York, Sept. 27.-Chairman
viii H. Hays, of the Republican ma
tional committee last night issued a
statement directed to state, district
and county chairmen and all Repub-
lican workers saying that the sue
cess of the Fourth Liberty Loan shall
be the Republican party's supreme
motif of thought and action until
that objective is attained" He
pledged the Republican party work
ers to the policy of no geography,
political or physical, in the patriotism
of this country" and declared that
everything else than making certain
the oversubscription of the loan is
chores" The statement follows:
The mission Ct America is about
to be accomplished.
American soldiers in France are
at this moment demonstrating to the
world the reason for America ana
the stuff of which this republic is
made.
Their complete success and the
consequent eternal establishment
everywhere in the world of the IN
tegrity of American rights, interests
and honor and the right of men TO
govern themselves, are all assureu
with the proper performance of the
plainest duty of the citiZenry al
home.
THE Fourth Liberty Loan is our
next objective.
There is no geography, political
or physical, in the patriotism OF this
country. Democrats and Republicans
alike love their flag and are ready
to die for it. We continually insist for
all parties that the war lie kept out
of partisan politics and that parti-
sanship be kept out of the war.
Just as in Congress the Repub-
licaps led the fight that made pos
sible the passage of the great war
so now the party member
ship and organization has an imme-
diate, definite war task in the ac-
complishment of which it can fully
function. 1 repeat, let there be no
contest in this country as to any
thing that touches the war except
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
CHAIRMAN HAYS
PLEDGES PARTY
IN LOAN DRIVE
Meeting of Republicans Shall Have Success of
War Uppermost National Leader Asserts
in Statement to Country; EVERY r'
thing Else is Chores"

that contest-who best can serve,
who most can give.
THE success of the Fourth Liberty
Loan shall be the Republican party's
supreme motif of thought and action
until that objective is attained.
Wherever Republicans are to-
gether, by two or two thousand it
shall be a win-the-war meeting. Just
as the Republican party's every ac-
ton at all times has been and shall
be determined solely by how we can
contribute most to the wars success,
so now our every thought and action
shall be determined entirely by how
we can make certain the quick over
subscription of the Fourth Liberty
Loan.
This is a united country's next
message to Germany.
The entire Republican organiZa-
ton in every voting precinct in this
country shall be a fighting force in
this Liberty Loan drive.
This is the Republican organiza-
tion's business.
This is the real business of every
man, woman and child in America.
"Eevery thing else is chores.
Signed,
-A WILL H. HAYS"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26

precarious position. The first army
is on the allied left.
Serbs Advancing
Serbian troops reached the out
skirts of Ishtib, an important Bull
garian base, Tuesday, says a Serbian
official statement dated Wednesday.
Elsewhere east of the Vardar the
Serbians have made important
gains.
The Serbs also have captured
Gradsko station, southeast of Uskub.
1t was defended by German troops.
An enormous quantity of supplies,
including nineteen guns, were cap
tured by the Serbians.
North of Prilep the Serbians are
pursuing the Bulsarians who are in
complete retreat and are approach
ing lzvoir, midway between Prilep
and Neles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
RAUNICK WARNS
AGAINST SPREAD
OF INFLUENZA
City Health Officer Gives SIM
pie Rule For Pre-
Vcntion
DISEASE GAINS GROUND
Many Cases of La Grippe Un-
der Care of Local
Physicians "

"If thou wouldst safeguard
thyself against the close rela-
tives, Spanish influenza and Ia
grippe, and the possibility of q
subsequent attack of pneumonia,
keep thy nose and throat Clean
Tlts is the substance of the ad-
vice of DR.. John NJ. J. Rannich, city
health officer, to Harrisburgers that
they may not fall victims of the
threatening epidemic. He is a firm
believer in this little formula as IL
preventive measure. Frequent ap-
pliances of antiseptics will act as
further safeguards, in his estinlo-
ton.
If those who fall into the clutche
of these Affections would be carefnl
about their sneezIng, would cove"
their nose and mouth every time
they feel a tickling sensation for
telling a sneeze. and would catch the
germs with their kerchief, there
would be many less victims. the
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
High Cost of Living in
Philadelphia Jumps 81
Per Cent. in 4 Years
By Associated Press

Washington. Sept. 26.-The ccst
of living Investigators of the Bureau
of Statistics now working in the
principal cities reported to-day that
costs in Philadelphia have increased
67.17 per cent since December, 1914.
Clothing increased 10S.12 pc rcent.
furniture, 1876 per cent; food.
$500 per cent; housing, $50 per
cent, and fuel and light, 31.65 per
cent. The increase was 1886 per
cent. since December, 1917.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
Aerial Pilots to Drop Propo-
ganda From the Sky at 9
O'clock in the Morning;
Landing Place Kept Secret

Along about 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning three Havilland war planes
will be ducking and twisting in the
sky above Harrisburg, scattering
Liberty Loan literature and doing
many marvellous areial evolutions.
Then they will whirl through various
sections of the, Dauphin- Perry-Jun
alta district, and farmers in the midst
of fall plowing will see loan circu-
lars whirling down, from a vast
height.
The coming of the airships to-
morrow is just one of a number of
features arranged by the Liberty
Loan committee in charge of the
in the Harrisburg district.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
FOUR BATTLEPLANES
TO ENCIRCLE THE CITY
Great Patriotic Mass Meeting
Called For Reservoir Park
Sunday Afternoon, When
DR.. Bagnell Will Speak

More interesting facts of cond;-
tions which he found on Europe an
battlefields will be related by Ur.
Robert Bagnell. pastor of Grace
Methodist Church, at a big Liberty
Loan mass meeting at Reservoir
Park on Sunday afternoon. DIR.
Bagnell's talk together with the
presence of the famous "Alien
Squad" of the United States Army,
promise to draw thousands of peo-
pie to the park.
Features of the afternoon are to
be:
DR.. Bagncll. who will speak on the
subject. He That Putteth His Hand
to the Plow and Turneth Not Back"
The ALLEN SQUAD" with complete
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
FOCH STRIKES
HEAVILY WITH
LARGE FORCES
Tremendous Bl0W Struck
With Good Results From
Rheims to Verdun
SEEK TO CUT GERMAN ARMIES
ASUNDER BY NEW OFFENSIVE
Br .iSSoc1G.xS Press

Paris, Sept 26.-French and American
troops attacked this morning the Champagne
front at o clock, according to statement issued
by the War Office to-day.
The statement says the French attack was
launched in the Champagne in cooperation with
the American Army, which is attacking farther
\ to the east.
The statement reads:
Between the Aette and the Aisne the Germans re-
ewed their attacks last evening in the region of Allie
mant and MounLaffaux The enemy succeeded at the
latter point in penetrating the French lines, but
getic counterattack re-estabshed the situation.
Farther south the French have enlarged their gains
cast of Sancy and have taken prisoners.
This morning at o'clock French troops attacked on
the Champagne front in cooperation with the American
Army operating further to the east
Renewed German attacks north of the Aisne have been
repulsed- At one point where the Germans gained
foohod upon the French POSITIONS they elected by
a counterattack
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE,
Sept 26-French troops to-day attacked in the Cham
pagne in thick fog after period of artillery preparation
which terminated in hour of most intense gunfre.
The early indications that the attack was pro-
crossing most favoraby.
The Franco-Amecan the Champagne front is the
first Allied thrust made that since Marshal Foch
assumed the initiative in July and the logical result of
Pcardy driving Germans back to the Hinden
burg line from Arras Laon.
drive northward in Champagne threatens the communca-
the rear of the Hndenburg defense system where
the Germans struggling to keep the British French
breaking through While the length of attack not
disclosed it probable it extends great part of the
from Rheims to Nerdun and probably beyond
An advance OF distance of Rheims would outank
Laon and possibly ST Quentin. The lines east
ward from laon the pivot OF the German deense
Rheims and Gpre would be An Allied break through
might separate the German forces the into groups
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity.
Partly cloudy and cooler to-
night, with lowest Temperature
about 40 degrees; Friday fair
and cooler.
Temperature u. M, 50.
River Stnges a. ma, As feet above
low-water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 10.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Mean temperature. 81.
Normal temperature, e..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
AMERICAN ARMY JOINS FRENCH
IN MIGHTY CHAMPAGNE BLOW
BULGARS ASK FOR AID


dEperey who has passed through Prlep justified the belief
Macedonia Marcel Hutin
Ferdinand
Is or
in
Switzerland.
LONDON, 26.- Turk Arm the
of army hoped for would
in
ing fora bouts
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26
la TOILETTE HEARING GOES OVER

a FOLLETTE HEARING GOES OVER
washingon-ft has been decided to postpone further
sasasratoa Of The charges involving the loyalty Of Sen
s,er Lousts because ofhi 81, Paul speech until after
The election owing TO the absence from the city of many
members Of the committee,
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