4 ES WED COST MUiiESi _ I Government Expendi tures for Next Fiscal Year, 1916 Placed at $1,090,775,134 EFFORT TO KEEP DOWN EXPENSES Estimates Presented to Congress To day Are $17,906,643 Less Than ' for Current Year, Carrying Out Wilson's Policy of Retrenchment - ffy Altociated Pre»». Washington, Dec. 7.—lntimates presented to Congress to-day put the cost of conducting the government dur ing the fiscal year 1916, which begins on Judy 1, next, at $1,090,775,134. This euui is $3,392,962 le« than the Congressional appropriations for the current fiscal year ending next June 30, and $17,906,643 less than the estimates for the current year. Without salary increases of any kind, no estimates whatever for new public buildings and all items reduced by order of President Wilson to wlhat departmental heads consider the mini mum, the estimates represent the ad ministration 's effort to keep the gov ernmental expenditures within its in come which has been decreased by the European war. By grand divisions, the estimates submitted to-day are as fol lows: Estimates for Departments Legislative, $7,641,049; executive, $31,845,889; judicial, $1,240,580; department of agriculture, $20,706,- 013; postal service. $297,355,164; foreign intercourse, $4,607,182; mili tary, $105,866,849; naval, $142,619,- 003; Indian affairs, $9,533,463; pen sions, $166,100,000; Panama canal, $18,931,865; piiblic works, $79,917,- 541; miscellaneous, $82,843,325; per manent annual appropriations, $121,- 567,207. With the expectation that the pos tal service will continue to be self sustaining the postal item of $297,- 355,164 will be deducted as it is re turned to the treasury from postal earnings leaving the actual total of ex penditures at $793,419,970. Reduced to the Minimum As there is such a comparatively small change in the estimates there is also comparatively little change in the items of fixed ctarges and new esti mates for expenditures have been re duced to the minimum. While the rule is one of reductions, the army and navy establishments alone show increases of any note. The army estimate is in creased $105,866,850 as against a cur rent appropriation of $101,977,802; the, naval estimate is $142,619,033 against a current appropriation of $141,393,217. Estimates for the legislative estub lishmeat include salaries aiid expenses of Congress, The executive estimates include the President, Vice President and the Civil Service Commission. Practically no changes are shown there. In the State Department the only changes are some slight increases in salaries, in contingent* expenses for the diplomatic and consular services grow ing out of the Mexican situation and the European war. For An Agricultural Census In the t>astirv department the ex pense of collecting the income tax is estimated at $1,220,000 a decrease of $280,000. Estimates arc presented for $S\ I 7777% GERMANS WUM RUSSIANS I GERMANS AND RUSSIANS IN EAST PRUSSIA AWAIT END OF BATTLE OF LODZ. : ♦ ♦ Russians are Intrenched close to the German lines In East Prussia and both sides appear to be awaiting 1 ♦ the outcome of the struggle at Lode. The lines run along the Blver Angerapp, from Gumbinnen to Dai- 1 ♦ kehmen, and thence to the northern extremity of the Masurian Lahss, at Angerburg. On the east front of 4 j the lakes and to the Vistula the Russians have taken a position sjightly back of their line of ten days ago. < « The main German forces in this region are concentrated about Mlawa. * maintaining the western mints anil as say offices, ajiwinst which each session of" Congress brings a light. In the department of commerce a new iteim is one of $3,000,000 for an agricultural census, $1,493,500 is ask ed for lighthouses, beacons and fog signals, $75,000 js estimated for ;n --vestiguting costs of production and SIOO,OOO is estimated for promoting commerce in South and Central Ameri ca. This latter item is double the amount appropriated last year. In the Department oi'f Labor the estimate for the work of commission ers of conciliation on la.bor disputes would be raised from $50,000 to $75,- 00t). Por a study of the extent of in dustrial unemployment in the United I States, SIO,OOO, is estimated. To Fight Foot and Mouth Disease In the Department of Agriculture the principal special items, aside from the fixed charges of operation, are $600,- 000 for quarantine work to fight the! foot and mouth disease; $398,000 to< fight the cattle tick in the South: i $645,000 to enforce the pure food law; $1,000,000 for co-operative farm dem- j onstration work; $60,000 for live stock experiments in Southern counties I where sugar cane has been the princi pal product; $87,000 for dairy experi ments in the semi-arid and irrigated regions of the West, and $2 40,000 to encourage improved farm management methods. For free distribution of seeds $252,540 is asked. The total esti mate for the Forest Service is s.">,- 548,256. For the enforcement of the new law the regulate dealings in cot ton futures and to carry on the inves tigation of marketing and distribution of food products, $376,595 is asked. Estimates for the Army In the army estimates, $200,000 is provided for the new aviation corps, $700,000 for buildings and grounds of the Military Academy at West Point and $150,000 for automatic machine rifles. The sum for militia maneuvers 1 is reduced a million dollars and left at $250,000; $400,000 is asked for bar racks and quarters in the Philippines; $525,000 for small arms target prac : tice; $250,000 for the manufacture of arms. For public works in the War Department $62,000,000 is estimated, iof which fifty-three million dollars is for rivers and harbors, an increase of $27,000,000 over last year's estimate. I For fortifications and other works of ! defense, $5,800,000, a slight increase over last year, is estimated. Furthef I construction and <naintenance of the ' Panama Canal is estimated at $19,- 1 000,000. For Maintenance of Navy In the Navy $23,500,000 is nsked ! for increases heretofore authorized and $19,000,300 is estimated for the 1916 I building program. The following sums | are estimated for navy yards: Boston, $30,000; New York, $135,- s 000; Philadelphia, $55,000; Washing ton, D. C.. $135,000; Norfolk. $305,- j 000, including a $200,000 drvdock; Charleston, S. C., $30,000; Key' West, i $5,000; Mare Island, $65,000; Pugtt j Sound, $40,000; for extension of the I powder factory at Indian Head, Md., $158,000; naval magazine at Fort i Mitlin, Pa., $54,000; naval magazine ; at I'uget Sound, $55,000. The estimate for arming the Naval Militia is doubled making it $250,000. Drop In Pension Department In the Interior Department pensions I are estimated at $166,000,000, a | three-million dollar drop since last i year. An estimate of $9,000,000 for j the Reclamation Service appears in the ' estimates for the first time. Congress I :it the last session passed a law re quiring reclamation outlays to be made [ by appropriation. For fortifying the Panama Canal a | total of $763,000 is estimated, an in j crease of half a million dollars over j last year's appropriation. In this esti ' mate is included SBO,OOO for search- I lights and SIOO,OOO for reserve equip j ment. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion estimate is reduced $1,900,000 because it does not include provision for the physical valuation of work for which an estimate will be furnished I later. Enforcing of Anti-Trust Laws i The Department of Justice estimates HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7. 1914. include $300,000 for enforcing the an-| ti-trust laws, and $150,000 for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. The Department of Labor estimates include $346,000 for the Ellis Island Immigrant Station and $25,000 for a new immigrant station at Galveston, Texas. The Public Health Service wants $500,000 for preventing the spread of epidemic diseases. For a memorial ampitheatre at Arlington Na tional Cemetery $500,000 is asked. For the new Federal Trade Commission, | soon to be organized, $530,000 is csti ; mated. The total of $1,493,500 for light houses, beacons, fog signals, and other aids to navigation includes: Lighthouse tender for general service, $150,000, light vessels for general lake service, $150,000; light vessel for general At lantic service, $120,000; light station at Goose Island Flats, N. J., $120,000 and other amounts for aids to naviga tion as follows: Keweenaw Waterway Harbor of Ref uge, Portage river, Michigan, sllO,- 000; Hudson river, $100,000; Milwau kee, Wisconsin. $200,000; South Pass, La., light vessel, $125,000; Mississippi river. below New Orleans C'onneaut Harbor, Ohio, $63,500; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $80,000; Delaware river, $80,000; Detroit, $50,000; Ha waiian Islands, lighthouse depot, $90,- 000; Point Borinquen, Porto Rico, $85,- 000; Sand Hills, Mich., $75,000; ('ape Spencer, Alaska, $100,000; Portage Lake. Michigan, $100,000: Nine Mile Point. Michigan, $50,000; Anacapa Is land, Cal., $103,000. COEBEN, STRUCK BY 15 SHELLS. LOST 126 MEN Paris, Dec. 7. —A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Athens, says that the cruiser Goeben, purchased by Tur key from Germany, is undergoing re pairs of the heavy damage suffered in the battle with a Russian fleet in the Biack Sea recently. The Goeben was struck by fifteen shells from Russian ships, which are said to have killed 126 members of her crew, besides destroy ing a turret, a smoke stack and one en gine. | The Goeben's sailors, who were killed, it is said, were buried in the; , garden of the German Ambassador's! j summer residence at Therapia, a village ! | eight miles northeast of Constantinople [ jon the Bosphorus. Two-thirds of the | ! Goeben's crew are said to be Germans i | and the remainder Austrians. ji | The Goeben was reported, in a dis- ! I patch from Petrograd November 19,! i to have been badly damaged in a bat-1 i tie the preceding day between a divis-1 ; ion of the Russian Sea fleet and j j a Turkish detachment consisting of the ! Goeben and Breslau, noar the coast of j Anatolia, Asia Minor. It was said that a series of explo-1 sions were seen in the hull of the Goe-| ben, which opened fire slowly. After | the battle had continued 40 minutes' the Goeben withdrew and disappeared 1 in the fog, taking advantage of her: ; speed. The Russian losses were given as I < 33 men killed and 25 wounded. A Berlin dispatch, November 27, : stated that the Goeben lost only 11 j | men killed, and that the ship was j j struck by only one shot, which took ef- j j feet above the water line. King Honors General French London, Dec. 7.—During his visit to i I France King George conferred the Or-j ! der of Merit on Sir John French, com j | mander of the British forces on the | Continent. Girl Joins German Army As Boy Berne, Dev. 7.—Among the recruits ! at Kenitz. in West Prussia, a story i here has it, was 'one handsome youth : ot' nineteen, who pot on very well with j the preliminary training ami rifle prac ! t.ioe. But one day it was discovered j that the youth was a girl. She vainly implored the authorities to allow her | to go to the front, but was sent to 1 Danzig to train as a hospital nur^c. 0 y-fl ft jj lyi n jj^ ( j r £j£^ Anil People Are Obeying His Order. 1 a /n 10 Days the selection of Preffy Gifts ? Will Be Poor. Now is the Time to Get Choice This big store is the place. We can save you money on fine ij h furniture, garments and all. your Christmas needs. H An Au Delivery Van for [i* Iv I " T This is genuine Wear ta f? \J Not a friction toy. A spring toy auto, M will run some distance. \\ n« c |j| 8 STf !■%' *f IQp a «*■» ImJ ISmpS 49C P | 1 a R^* r to |Bn ;.•*. 29c to * s a No springs orclock work Place Jim on QQ y 2 pint can of J\ *>j? the incline, he walks down himself. Jpl.Vo cedar oil for .. (*4 *} ■%*( Owing to the ridculously low price at which these Specials are sold, none will be delivered. No Mail or Telephone orders filled and none wrapped except in original package. PLEASE BRING COR- R* r. A EECT CHANGE. EH SPECIALS IN FURS AND ALL KINDS OF WARM CLOTHING FOR ENTIRE FAMILY 1. OATELY & FITZGERALD SUPPLY CO ■> | tJ FURNISHERS 29-31-33-35 SOUTH SECOND STREET CLOTHIERS t >y P > Our Location Means a Great Saving To You < ' <62f |Jjj SERBS CLAIM SWEEPING VICTORY OVER AUSTRIANS Nish, Via Loudon, Dec. 7. —The Servian War Office issues the following official statement: "On the whole front the success of the Servian army is reported. Every where the Austrians have been re pulsed. We have captured two general officers, 16 officers, 2,400 men and a large quantity of booty. On one of our fronts we captured from the enemy four complete batteries." Berlin, Dec. 7.—An official state ment issued here to-day says: Reports received in Berlin indicate that the Servians still are capable of offering considerable resistance. The Servian rear guard in the neighbor hood of Arandjelovac (about 40 miles southeast of Belgrade), have delivered Beveral attacks to cover the retreat of the main army. Southeast of Arandjelovac there is stubborn fight ing without decision. Three hundred prisoners were taken yesterday. Paris, Dec. 7. —King Peter of Servia has visited tho theatre of war and has communicated to the troops an order of the day in which he thanks them warmly for* their efforts. This informa tion is contained in a dispatch from the Nish, Servia, correspondent of the Havas Agency. REPORTED MINE DAMAGE'S TURKISH CRUISER HAMIDIEH | Petrograd, Dec. 7.—The Turkish cruiser H ami die h has struck a mine , I and returned to Constantinople con r | sideraMy damaged, according to the ' Russian official news ageai-cy's Constan | tinoiple a*lvices. These advices say also that Russian -j warships hafe sunk six Turkish mail . i ing vessels which were carrying war 1 j supplies. Vienna Preparing for Siege 'J Vienna, Uec. 7. —The work of forti ' i fyinig the capital is proceeding rapidly. I Several thousand mem are reported, to j be employed in digiging treaties. Korea Suppresses Use of Opium 8 Seoul, Dec. 7.—The Korean gov t - eminent has suppressed the opium mo- B nopoly and put a ban on the simoking I of opium. These steps of the govern • ment were advocated by American ims- I i Bionanos. ! Montenegro Seeking Aid Petrogra*!, Dee. 7.—King Nicholas, j of Montenegro, has telegraphed the I Atlegretti Chocolates a Genuine ; gorgas e , 16 N. Third St. and Penna. Station 1 "Bourse Gazette'-' that a third of his army hail fallen on the battlefield. "Nevertheless," King Nicholas nays in his message, "Montenegrins will j continue to defend their country's ter ritory. Their means are exhausted and | they will be most grateful for assist | ance, either in money or supplies." $3,750,000 Insurance on Soldiers Dead | The Hague, Holland, Dec. 7. —Since ! August 13 the German military serv ; ice and Liife Insurance Company has | paid $3,750,000. Daily payments last I week averaged $75,000. Paris to Be Capital Again Paris, Dec. 7.—The "Journal Of s ficial" will make its appearance in | Paris next Friday morning. This will i mark the virtual return of the entire | government from Bordeaux. The I "Journal" will be published in the latter city up to and including Thurs day. Villages on Canal Bost3 Paris, Dec. 7.—The composition of so-caHed "floating villages'' i; con templated by the Paris authorities. Each village will consist of a coMec , tdon of canal boats. MAKEUP MAN ARRESTED Aid to Pittsburgh Society Performers Held for SI,OOO Theft Pittsburgh, Dec. 7.—William Dt.no ! van, makeup man for many of the 700 society folk who appeared in "The Col i lege Hero,'' given throughout last I week in the Scheuley theatre, was ar- I rested yesterday, charged with tho i theft of more than SI,OOO worth of jewelry, clothing and toilet articles from tho amateur performers. [ Most of these articles, along w.th I others, were recovered in suit rases, also stolon, which Donovan is said to j have checked at various hotels in the j city. The accused man, who is 25 and i said to have a court record, received a [ partial hearing yesterday morning. Woman Burned to Death s | Pittsburgh, Dec. 7.—Because of slip*, t perv streets, Mrs. Laura Jones, <>B', I staved at home from church vestei 1 lay I morning, only to be burned to death in ! her room. Members of Jamos Swan's j family, with wnom Mrs. Jones roomed, watched their home at the City Line ! burn, unaware that the aged woman ! was in the flames. Mrs. Jones had said j she was going to church, as usual, end jit was supposed she hail done so. La | ter Mrs. Jones' charred body was found. Church Dedicatss New Bell ' 1 Reamstown, Dec. 7. —Tho new belt on the Slump chapel of the Reforned . church was dedicated yesterday with - special exercises before a large 'otigre gation. Tho principal address was de livered by the Rev. Martin Schweitzer, of Ephrata, and the Rev. 1). C. Glass, or Lancaster, spoke also. The Kev. Mr. i Welder, of New Holland, delivered the dedicatory sermon. The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary will be open llaily except Sunday at . 3 p. m., at its new location, Front and Harris streets, for the free treatment > of the worthy poor.
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