kAM m ffyi j ii-r. i-i .,'. . IRISH 11100PS RAID GERMAN TRENCHES , .,-Haig Announces Successful px Foray Northeast of Bulle- m , court Big Guns Roar ITALIANS HALT ATTACKS gf 1 I 1 fjAustrian Counter-Offensives nt r TWlfn Tririfei Plnim T Tri 'VVlP. w .. J..LUVC. un ff ' ' nvniHntr LON'DOS. Oct 16. Raids and artillery cannonades were nil the fighting actlvltyrtportcHl today by Field ' Marshal Hals from tha British front "Northwest of Bullocotirt," ho ald, "tho a Irish carried out a successful raid early I k the rnornlwr. In the neighborhood of t he Yprea-Staden railway there was hostile artillery firing of considerable ncttvlty last ' nteht" Violent artillery duels. In fact, have been raging all along the western front All the way from tho West Flanders zono to the "vVoevre plain tho big guns roared against German, British and French positions. Tho cannonades were especially severe on tho Arras, Alsno Itlver and Verdun fronts, while the German War Ofllco for the first tlmo In weeki tells of artillery activity west of Bt QUcnttn. on tho Somme front On tho Italian front tho Austrn-Hun-gartans have been trying to open n counter offensive at two points oh the Julian front, northeast of Gorilla, and on tho Curso plateau, southeast of dorizla Pesplto the severity of tho artillery fire preceding tlio attackH. all broke down under tho stout resistance of the Italians. On the Balkan front, British troops at tacked the Bulgarians near Seres, In Greek Macedonia, Inflicting severe losses. MAXIMUM MEAT PRICE PROMISES TO ADVANCE Packers' Conference Indicates History's Highest Cost Mark Is to Be Raised CHICAGO, Oct 16 The consumer, already paying the highest prices for meats In history. Is confronted with the prospect of still higher prlcte This was Indicated at the conference of the American Meat Packers" Association In ses sion here today. "The whole world Is in the market for foodstuffs, particularly mcUs, fats and other packing house produces." said Albert Italic, president of the organization. "Cereals hae gone to unheard-of prices and, although meat animals hae reached almost prohibitive quotations, the producers of live stock tell us they hae dllllculty in raising cattle And hogs nt a profit because of the cost of feed and labor This condition cannot continue, for It ultimately spells ruin to the live stock pro ducer and tho packer and to all consumers. Including our military forces and civilians" Bethlehem Workers Bid $2,000,000 feoi'TH bi:thm:hi:m. Pa. oa i6 The Bethlehem Steel Company announced It has arranged for $2,000,000 of Hie new Liberty Loan bonds for Its cmplojes who desire to Increase their purchases of bonds for the first Issue. OFFICERS NOMINATED FOR STATE FEDERATION Reports, of Committees Chief Business Item of Today's Session at Erie i:iiih, oct. i. Nomination of olllcers to servo for the ensuing two years were made at today's opening session of the Stato Federation of Pennsylvania Women. Miss Harah it. I'alstc, Altoona, read the report of tho nomi nating committee, as follows rrcldnt Mrs. nonald 1. UlcBSon. Peranum Century Club. Vim nrrsMent. Mrs Cleocin rhelp Hose. Woman's Club of Sewlckley Valley. Illntrlet vlee preilrlnl (rimtern). Mrs If H PrentlKs Mehols Phllnflelphlu i l nlury fluli, central. Mrs J Thomas Mitchell. (Jell fontei aouthwestern Mies riorence M Dlbert, Civic Cluh of Cambria Countj , 'i""1"'"'"' Mrs Jorh If. llovalrd. IlraUford Woman Lit erary Club Recording necretnrv, Mrs llnrvoy V Hmllh, lfnrrlxburir Civic Club. Cnrreeponcllmr ecretnr. Mrs- Harry Clsrk lloden. rhlUilelphlt riillomusmn Club Tresnurer. Mrs Harry C Chrlatj. Indians New Century Club. Htate secretary of the Onernl rederaljon, Mrs Knmuel temple. Tltusvllle Umn Hub. Iilreetors, Mrs William Dean Hamilton. I'lttaliurKh Twmtleth Century Club Mrs "al ter K Hharpe, ChHtnberibunr Afternoon I lub. Mrs Marcus V Jnmleeon arr;n Woman s Cluh Miss Anna Elizabeth lliirlun, loalu vllle Century Club Sirs Oleaaon and some of the other can didates have renomlnatltms. All district ico presidential nominations ato new The election will be held Thursday. Keports of olllcers and committees occu pied most of this morning's session, which concluded with meetings of districts to nominate delegates to the biennial national convention at Hot .Springs, Ark, next Mav This afternoon tcports of committees In cluded the following Suffraue. Mrs George A Tlersol. Philadel phia chairman . ..,,, I-itlslatlve Mrs Krnnklln V lams Pitts hurah chairman and Mrs 1 rank Mllea Wj. 1'hlladiliihlH vice chairmen llonm economic a .Mra A V Meer ehalrrmn, Mies Pearl Mat Donald. Uellcfonte, vice cbulr tnan Tonights meetings will be In charge of tho citizenship committee, with Chairman Florence 1 Kanvillo. Phllidelphla. presid ing Speakers will be Immigration Com missioner I'redettc C Howe, New York; Miss Anna l Davlcs, College .Settlement of Philadelphia, and Mrs Helen Glenn Tj son, State supervisor of tho mothers' assist ance fund Incorporates Mothers of KcRtilars HASTON. Pa. Oct 16 Kaston women, mothers of joung men who enlisted In tho regular arm, who recentlv formed an asso ciation, have derided to apply to the c'ourt for a charter Mrs W, B Pursell. who has three sons at the front. Is president of tho association, which will he Known as 'Moth ers of the 1917 llegulars" Chester Gives Trolley Privileges CHi:STi:il, Pa , Oc t 10 Council granted permission to tho Southern Pennslvnnla Traction Comptny to movo its tracks on IMgmnnt avenue, which has been widened to slxtv feet from thlrtj Tho Improve ment Is In line with the J2.000.000 civic beautv Improvement along Kdgmont ave nue, from Third street to Sixth street. Falls Dead at New Theatre CIIi:STnrt. Pa, Oct 10 Mrs Mhtv C Heck, a middle-aged woman, fell dead at Fourth street and Hdgmont avenue during the excitement attending a crush of per sons eager to gain admission to the opening peifnrmanco nt tho new Olgmont Theatre A phjslclan said death was due to heart failure. EVENING- XiBlXJBR-PHII?AT)BiyHtA:, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, GERMANS STEAL NOTED ART WORKS Huns Sack Antwerp and Brussels and Carry Away Rubens GIRLS ARE MADE SLAVES Young Women Now Being Car ried Away From Over run Provinces LONDON. Oct. 16. The Pall Mall Gazette hears that "tho famous picture, Itubens'a "Descent from tho Cross," nncl tho nlmost ci'unUy famous triptych representing tho Gar den of Helen liavo both been icmovcd from the Kiibcns Gallery In Antwerp nnd transferied to the Ait Academy at Dussekloif. "Tho WlertK Gallery In Hrussels Is now closed nnd most of the principal works havo been removed from Brussels. The famous bronze horses In tho Avenue Loulso nro no longer there and nie flip posed to bo In Ucrltn." AMSTERDAM. Oct. 16. Tho Ger mans linvo begun to remove tho bells from Flemish belfiles The Telegrant's frontier coitespomlent savs nil tho bells at Iseglnm, near Houlers, havo been confiscated The bells hno also been removed fiom other villages, even from Hinges All copper has been seized In Hitisscls, even the doot plates and piano ornaments. Tho Geimans are removing tho I tench, p-iitlculnilv tho wnincn of Llllc, ItoulMlv, Tom colng, CioK nnd sur rounding places, to vvoik for tho bene fit of the Gentians The Telegraaf's ftontlcr concspomlcnt s.ivs that only women without children nnd young girls aie now selected. Thev aie taken to tho station by holdleis and then conveyed to destinations undisclosed to tho pat ents left behind, lleaiti ending scenes are witnessed. rem u. s. war ox balkans Senator Kinp, of Utah, Asks President to Send U. S. Troops to Saloniea WASHINGTON, Oct 16 To assist In a big drive In the llalkans. Senator King, ot I'tah. has urged President Wilton to send American troops to Salnnlca Tho Senator also advocated declarations of war against Austrla-Hungarv, Turkey and Bulgaria, and proposed that definite promises of military co-operation should be obtained from tho Jnpancse mission htto. WILSON HOLDS DRAFT MEX Only One in Twenty Exemption Ap peals Succeeds at Washington WASHINGTON, Oct 16 President Wil son has decided only one In twenty appeals for draft exemption on industrial grounds In favor of the applicant, It wan said nt the provost marshal's olllcc In other cases the President lus infilled tho Judgment of dlstrli't boirds that the applicant was not Indlspenstblo to a necessary war Industry SWEDES RESENTFUL; MISSION MAY QUIT Detention of Mail Pouches by British Embassy Declared an Indignity WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 Sweden's economic mission may be with drawn from Washington, Swedish officials declared today, because their" diplomatic pouches ate detained at the llrltlsh em bassy. Unofficial hints are that the mall may contain secrets rivaling the Luxburg nffalr. The Swedish representatives declare tho pouches contain principally fooil statistics They dlsplav further Indignation because they are denied the privilege of cabling their roielgn fUllio in code Whllo no ollklnl stand has been taken tho Swedes have been Informed they can havo no serious objection to opening tho mall In presence of llrltlsh ofllclals If tho contents nro "harmless " "This Is an Indignity." one Swedish ofllrinl said today, "to which we will not submit H Is absolute!) essential to tho success of our negotiations with tho Amer ican war trade board that wo communi cate confidentially with tho Swedish l'or elgn Ollke" A rloak of secrecy has been thrown around tho diplomatic pouches by the llrltlsh embassy hero since the mall was taken off a steamship nt Halifax several weeks ago WON'T WITHHOLD INCOME TAX Employers Will Mciely Give Govern ment Lists of Wnjes Paid Supplementary to the wire sent bv Com missioner Itoper of the Internal ltevenue Ijcpartincnt, at Washington, Inst week Col lector Hplnalm Lederci, of thn Phllidel-1 phl.i dletrlct, has announced for the Gov ernment that employers will not be asked to withhold tho amount of tho noimal or w ir Income ta from any ono In tholr em ploy, but aro authorized to pa all snlaries In full as usual How over, the name of every one on nnr pavroll who earns $800 or more njinunllr must be fuinlslied the collector of Internal levetme llliinks for this puipnso will be supplied b.v the Government O u r variety of weaves, ttizes and colorintj3l never sut passed tn our is tori, is such that wo arc able to meet lour cicry requirement. Hardwick and Magee Co. 1220 MARKET ST. U. S. TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL EXPLOSIVES Licensing System Decided Upon to Put an End to Mys terious Blasts WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Vsterlous explosions In munition plants nro to bo brought to an end. A sjstcm of licensing of explosives that will keep track of every atlck of dynnmlto and every grain of gunpowder In the United Statea from the tlmo It leaves tho hdnds of the manufac turers until It Is used has been planned, it was admitted today. Pollco chiefs of many cities, manufac turers of explosives nnd otllclals of the De partment of Justice were In conference with the director of tho Bureau of Mines today, dlcusslng the rules and regulations that will regulate tho sale of explosives after November IB Tho regulation of the sato of explosives will be In chargo of the director of the Hurcntl of Mines. It will be carried out through State organizations to bo formed In every Stntc Tho police forces of evcrv iomniunlt will bo virtually drafted Into iim RorUoo of the United States to aid tn irncitii' down unauthorized sales of plosives When a Pcderal licensing sjsleiu Iris been worked out and the rules and regu'n tlons for dealers and manufacturers fotmu Intnl. they will be put Into effect bj a proclamation to be Issued by President Wilson HOUSE DROPS IN JUNK CAVE Family Hurries Into Sticct Aroused by Preliminary ItumbliiiKS WILKHS-UAItUi: Pa. Oct 16 Before tho eses of a startled famll. driven out by the tumblings that precede a mine cave, tho home of Mr nnd Mrs Henrv Parks, at the foot of Scotch Hill, Plains township, was drawn sixteen feet Into tho earth this morning and then overturned It was shattered beond all hope cf te palr , , , , , , Mrs Park was preparing brealuast when the rumbling stnrted and she quickly hur ried her family Into tho street Reasonably Priced Oriental Rugs Beautiful Persian, Turkish and Chinese Carpets, suitable for living- room, dining room and library at very moderate prices, which have not been affected by interrupted manu facture or importation caused by the upheaval in the rug weaving districts of the East. 1917 STRIKERS IN ARGENTINA ORDERED BACK TO WORK Government Demands That Both Rail ways nnd Employes Resume Service Before Mldnlffht UUIJNOS Alltns, Oct Hi The great Argentine slrlko reached n decisive phaso today as n result of the Government decrco commanding the railway companies and their employes to resume service before midnight. .In the event of failure to do sc tho Government thrcntens drastic measures It Is understood that the locomotive driv ers are willing to accept concessions, but about SO per cent of the union worktin.i icject this program and aro taking steps to obtain tho support of tho provincial locaki 2ho Unionists threaten a strike If tho Gov trnment uses force to lestoic railway sciv Ice Illustrative of the spirit of the strikers, about 3O0O of them nt Tallejs. while under llro from troops, destroyed rallvva tracks --..- . . 1 11 Victrola 1 f, ii-a Records j! 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