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IRISH 11100PS RAID
GERMAN TRENCHES
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.,-Haig Announces Successful
px Foray Northeast of Bulle-
m , court Big Guns Roar
ITALIANS HALT ATTACKS
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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
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