Allies Are Repotted to Be Slowly Regaining Ground Taken by German Forces
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
o LXXXIII— No. 224
DEMOCRATS TO TAX
PEOPLE OF UNITED
STATES $100,000,000
Will Pass Bill to Make Up For Un
derwood Tariff Revenue
Deficiencies
REPUBLICANS WILL FIGHT IT
Democratic Road Roller Has Been
Ordered to Flatten All
Opposition
Washington, D. C., Sept. 21.—The
tax bill by which the Democratic lead
ers hope to impose a tax of $105,-
000,000 on the people of the United
Ptates to make up their tariff de
ficiencies and which they expect to
pass regardless of the united oppo
sition of the Republican members has
been completed bj; the % ways and
means committee of the House,
t'hairman Underwood introduced it
to-day. He plans to call It up for
consideration Thursday and believes
it will be passed by the end of the
week. The rates agreed upon are as
follows:
Peer. sl.f>o per barrel; gasoline. 2
cents per Ballon; domestic dry wines,
12 cents per Ration, and domestic
sweet wines and all wines containing
more than 3 per cent, saccharine, 20
cents per gallon.
Rankers. $2 upon each SI,OOO of
capital and surplus; savings hanks
without capital stock to he exempt.
Stock and bond brokers, $">0; pawn
brokers. S2O; commercial brokers,
S2O: customs house brokers. $lO.
All theaters in towns of more than
IS.OOO population. $100; circus pro
prietors. $100; proprietors of other
public exhibitions or shows not spe
cifically mentioned, $10; proprietors
of bowline alleys and billiard rooms,
s■> for each table.
Tobacco dealers. $4.80 each, regard
less of the size of the business done.
The "stamp tax" provisions of the
bill are substantially those of the old
Spanish War tax. The taxes and
omissions are as follows;
Bonds, debentures and certificates
of indebtedness, 5 cents on each SIOO
of face value or fraction thereof. The
tav on hnnk checks, drafts and cer
tificates of deposit is omitted.
Rills and agreements of sale, 1 cent
on each SIOO or fraction.
Promissory notes. 2 cents on each
SIOO.
Tax on foreign hills of exchange
and of credit omitted.
Kxpress and freight receipts, 1 cent.
Telephone and telegraph messages,
1 cent.
Indemnity bonds, 50 cents.
Certificates of profit, 2 cents on
each $100; certificates of damage, 25
cents.
Certificates of all descriptions re
quired by law and not otherwise
specified. 10 cents.
Charter contracts and agreements
for the charter of any ship, tax
omittod on constitutional grounds.
Brokers' notes or memorandum of
sale of any goods or property, 10
cents. .
Conveyances, or deeds. 50 cents ifj
more than SIOO and less than SSOO I
and 50 *ents on each additional SSOO
or fraction.
Entry of any goods or merchandise
Rt any custom house, 25 cents to sl,
according to value.
Life insurance policies, s cents per
$100; marine international and fire
insurance, one-half of 1 oer cent, on
each $1; casualty and fidelity insur
ance, one-half of 1 per cent, on each
Leases and contracts for the hire,
use or rental of any land or tenement
omitted.
Manifests for custom house entry
or clearance for a foreign port
omitted.
Mortgage or pledge of land, estate,
real and personal property, 2 5 cents
on SI,OOO to $1,500 value and 25
cents additional on each SSOO or frac
tion in excess of $1,500.
Passage ticket by any vessel from
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Second Fly Contest
of the Civic Club
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Late News Bulletins !
Mildred Scidel. 19. 1801 Susquehanna street, was hurled about the
wheel or a wagon three times when she fell out or a buggy on a hill near I
K. f" / cs,< ' r da.V and her foot caught in the wheel. She has prob
ably a broken arm nnd a broken leg.
Paris, Sept. 21, 3.05 P. M.—in a message from I'ctrograd the
Havas correspondent says that during; the past three (lays the Russians
in Galicia have captured 15.00(1 A list rial).s, including 150 officers. Many
cannon, quick fire guns and supplies also have been taken.
Washington, Sept. 21.—That there will be no delay In the evacu
ation or \ era ( ruz except that necessary in turning over the affairs to
the Mexicans was Indicated alter a conference between Hie President
and secretary Garrison. Mr. Garrison told the President the transports
would roach \ era C ruz ahout Septrml>cr 20.
London, Sept. 21. 1.82 I*. M.—,\ Montenegrin army is only ten
miles from Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, according «o a dispatch
Cettlnjc hv ,hf * Montenegrin minister from the foreign office at I
Chicago, Sept. 21.—Three robbers at noon to-dav entered the !
iranklin Savings Rank, located in a suburb, shot Walter .los* the as
sistant cashier who was along In the place and escaped with a large
turn of money in an automobile in which a fourth member of the n an g
was waiting. The liooty consisted or bills In the ca*h drawer and the
contents of the coin rack. Joss was shot through the right lung and
probably will die.
Asheville, N. C.. Sept. 21.—Police and private detectives are search
ing for a pearl and diamond pendal valued at $50,000, lost or stolen
from Mrs. Henry M. Flagler at a local hotel.
« . 21.—-The Holland-America IJne Ireighl steamer Cal-
Usto and the Dutch oil tank steamer Chester, hound for Rotterdam
front Savannah and New Orleans and respc<"lively were diverted from
their couree and to-day brought into the seaport of Falmouth on the
i /imltsh ( nanncl.
Redding. Cal.. Kept. 21.—After a night or muttering and rumbling
I<assen peak exploded to-day in a sharp thunder clap which rocked tlto
houses at Macomhcr Flat, a distance or nine miles rrom the mountain.
New >ork, Sept. 21.—Colonel Golcjcwski, military attache to t'he
' Russian embassy, issued to-day at the Russian consulate here the rol
lowlng official statement: The Austrian rear guard which attempted to
delay our advance near Raranow and Rzesxow were driven hark with
heavy louses. Our artillery is bombarding Jaroslau. lighting with the
garrison or Priemysl has hegun; the artillery or the rortrcss has opened
fire.
[FIREMEN'S PARADE
PROCESS! LINE
ANNOUNCED TODAY
Squad of Police Will Head Vast
Column of Marching Fire
Fighters
MUCH MORE CASH IS NEEDED
Committee Head Urges That All
Subscriptions Be Sent in Be
fore End of the Week
Send in Your Cash
For Firemen's Fund
With the firemen's convention
I only two weeks away, consider
! able cash it still outstanding, and
| those who have not sent in their
j contributions are requested to do
so at nni'p. Those who have ti"t
subscribed should do so now. Send
all money and checks to Howard
llolsteln. 420 Market street.
Chief Marshal Howard O. Holsteln,
of the firemen's convention parade,
this morning announced the line of
procession for the big event. A squad
| of mounted police, under the command
of Captain of Police Joseph P. Thomp
j son will lend the line of inarch. Next
will come Chief Marshal Holsteln.
Following will be his chief of staff,
assistant staff men, assistant marshals
and aids
Fire Chief John C. Kindler, the
Firemen's Union. Keystone Fire Chief
Association, ex-chiefs of Harrisburg
and the regular fire company divisions?
will follow.
Anothitr busy week is promised for
the city's volunteer firemen. Decora
tors started work throughout the town
with large forces to-day. Chief Mar
shal Howard O. Holstein is busy ar
ranging for the formation of the vari
ous divisions. The parade committee
will meet to-night at headquarters and
the finance committee will hold a
business session to-morrow night.
At the meeting of the Firemen's
Union Wednesday night at the Stis
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ASK INJUNCTION 10
PREVENT CITY FROM
TEARINGOQWNWALL
Apartment House Contractors Say
Inspector "Conspired"
With Owner
Charges that John Wagner had
•conspired, confederated and combin
ed" with City Building Inspector
James H. Grove to fraudulently evade
payment <>f a balance of $2,321 due
on the contract price for the erection
of a three-story apartment house at
HO3 York street, were made in an ap
plication for a writ of injunction to
prevent the inspector from tearing out
a portion of bulging wall of the build
ing.
The preliminary writ was obtain
ed from Additional Law Judge S. J.
M. McCarrell this morning and Friday
morning, September 25 at 10 o'clock
was fixed as the date for the hear
ing.
The petitioners, James J. Lynch and
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VOTERS
Every voier should hear thesa
days in mind, if he wants to vote
In November.
LAST DAY
To pay taxes, October 3.
LAST REGISTRATION DAY
October 3. \
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HARRISBURG, PA.,
FUSION!
f WELCOME MY BOY w\
;.{ „ < ( THE NAME OF reform \
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FILLING llf RIVER
EMBMUT SOUTH
OFPIXTONSTREET
More Than Four Thousand' Yards
of Earth Dumped to
Date
More than 4000 cubic yards of earth
have already been dumped along the
River Front south of Paxton street to
date and the material Is being rounded
off and properly sloped under the di
rection of City Commissioner M. Har
vey Taylor, Superintendent of Parks,
so as to complete the uniformity of
the embankment line.
The earth is being hauled from the
subway excavations at Mulberry and
Second streets.
The "1111" has been placed practi
cally to Paxton street from Iron alley,
iilthough there are a number of ragged
points which must yet be straightened
out and smoothed before that portion
of the job is completed.
The subway work Is proceeding rap
idly and to date approximately half
of the street is torn up south of Mul
berry. The trolley line has been re
moved to the extreme western side of
the street close to the curh, a tem
porary track having been placed Sat
urday night. As soon as the eastern
side of the street is finished, it is ex
pected that the trolley track will be
swung into the subway so that the re
mainder of the work can be finished
on the western side. The asphalt and
old trackway has been torn up on
the east side of the street north of
the subway.
FRANCE MAKES PROTEST
Bordeaux, Sept. 21, 1.15 P. M.—The
French foreign office has forwarded
to neutral governments a protest
against the German bombardment of
the cathedral of Rheims.
THE WEATHER
For llnrrlNhurK nnri vicinityi Fair
to-night find prohalily Tueariayn
Nllglitly narrarr to-night.
For Ka»tfrn Pennsylvania) Fair
to-night nml Turmlayi not much
change In temperature) gentle*
vnrlalile HIIKIH,
Hlver
The main river will continue to fall
•lowly to-night nnri Tuenriii.v. A
xtnge of Hhout .715 of a foot Ik In
(lli uteri for llarrlahurg Tuemlay
morning.
Uenernl Condition!) /
I're**ure continue* high over the
eastern hHlf of the country and
ha* Inerenneri decidedly over the
NorthweHtern State* Hlnce last
report.
A general rl*e of 2 to ltt degree*
haw occurred In temperature *lnee
Innt report from the Plain* .State*
eaHfnnrd; It la 4 to J2 degree*
colder generally In Nevada and
the Northwestern State*.
Temperature! S a. m„ 62.
Sun: Klnex, Slßl a. m.; *e-t*, DifMl
p. m.
.Moon i Flr*t quarter, .September
2*l. 7i03 a. m.
Rlier Stage! Fight-tenth* of a
foot above low Mater mark.
Venterday'* Weather
Hlghent temperature. H3.
I ndent temnernture, SH.
• Mean 'temperature, 70.
Kurn<al temperature, 64. I
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1914.
JUDGE KUNKEL GETS
IIERTWIOM WELCOME
ON YORK GOUNTYTIIIP
Motor Trip Marked by Informal
Receptions and Promises
of Support
Judge Kunkel motored through a
portion of York county Saturday and
returned to Harrlsburg delighted with
liis trip. The Judge and Mrs. Kunkel
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Geyer and left here Saturday
for a day in the country and a visit to
the Hanover old Home celebration.
Judge Kunkel has not been doing any
personal campaigning and his trip was
purely for recreation, but he had
hardly arrived In Hanover when his
presence became known and he was
tendered a reception that was con
tinued when he drove on to the fair
grounds. Hundreds of people shook
hands with him and volunteered their
support. The party spent Saturday
night in York, and here again friends
of the Judge gathered in large num
bers to tell him that York county will
give him 95 per cent, of all the votes
cast for Supreme Court judge.
The Telegraph's York correspond
ent sends the following account of his
visit there:
"York, Pa., Sept. 21.—Judge George
Kunkel, of llarrisburg, nonpartisan
candidate for Supreme Court, was a
York visitor on Saturday evening. The
visirwas merely a social one and poli
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Academy Boy From
Ecuador to Tell of
Great Alabama Wreck
Onofre Castelles, a South American
youth, coining from Ecuador to attend
the Harrlsburg Academy, tells a thrill
ing story of the frightful train wreck
near Livingston, Ala. He left. Ecua
dor several weeks ago and had intend
ed to come here by way of boat to
New York, but upon arriving at the
Isthmus of Panama, found that the
New York boat had left. So he trav
eled by boat through part of the
canal and thence to New Orleans. He
left New Orleans last Wednesday by
train over the Alabama Great South
ern and was on the train wrecked at
Livingston, Ala., September 16, killing
ten and injuring 29. He was one of
the lucky ones that escaped injury. Ho
will attend the opening exercises of the
Academy Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock and will tell his experiences.
ROBBERS AT M KCHA NICSBURG
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Sept. 21. An
attempt to enter the home of Henry
Weber, West Marble street, was made
by robbers on Saturday night, by
forcing open the cellar door.
At the home of Mrs. Kate Zearlng,
South Market street, thieves were also
unsuccessful.
OBSERVE JEWISH NEW VEAH
Many of tl-» Jewish stores were
rinsed to-day .n observance of the
Jewish New Year. Loral theater pro
prietors of Jewish faith also closed
shop to-day. Spe< ial New Year servires
were held In the Jewish synagogues '
last evening and this morning.
IB IS MUSING
THE COST OF BEING
SICK.PRICES SHOW
Hospital Superintendent Urges
Doctors to Be Sparing of
Drugs; Costs Double
It costs just twice as much to be
| sick now as it did before the opening
iof the European war. Prices on
drugs have more than doubled since
hostilities began, according to George
A. Gorgas, druggist of North Third
tsreet. Superintendent C. A. Linbad,
of the llarrisburg hospital, has posted
notices throughout the Institution
warning the physicians of the ad
vanced prices on drugs and rubber
goods, and urging them to be careful
in prescribing expensive imported
drugs.
Mr. Gorgas gave the following com
parative prices on drugs now and be
fore the war:
Before. Now.
Camphor $ .42 $ .95
Oil of wintcrgreen .... 3.50 6.10
Oil of cloves 1.25 2.10
Olive oil 1.4 0 2.15
Santonil 2.55 6.00
Veronal 1.60 2.50
Opium 7.60 15.00
Citric acid 50 1.70
Oxalic 11 .45
Menthol 3.50 5.50
Ergot 1.20 2.50
Juniper berires 10 .60
To Lay Cornerstone of
Damon Memorial Bldg.
at the Masonic Home
Another Interesting event on thee
grounds of the great Masonic Home
at Elizabethtown will be the laying of
the cornerstone at noon to-morrow of
the Damon Memorial building. Spe
icial trains from Philadelphia and else
| where will bring hundreds of promi
nent Masons to the ceremony. Many
will go from Harrlsburg. All the grand
'lodge officers will be present and take
part In the cornerstone exercises.
The Damon building will be mod
ern In every respect, fire proof and
have accommodations for fifty or six
ty guests. This building is built from
the Damon bequest of $50,000 and will
add another handsome structure to
the fine group of buildings already oh
the grounds at Elizabethtown.
Posses Searching For
Daring Train Robbers
By Associated Press
Los Angeles. Cal.. Sept. 21.—Posses
In automobiles scoured all the hillsides
hereabouts to-day seeking the trail
of two masked men who robbed the
Southern Pacific fast express near
Burbank 11 miles north of here last
night. Receipts of the robbers
amounted to $550, with some jewelry.
The fact that It was the second train
robbery at the same place within two
.months made the authorities espe
cially anxious to capture the bandits.
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Battle Raging Fiercely
in France With Both
Sides Claiming Success
Infantry Reported to Be Fighting Hand to Hand at Various
Points; Soldiers of Three Great Armies Are Becom
ing Exhausted; Trenches Are Filled With Water Be
cause of Heavy Rains, Adding Greatly to Discomforts
of Men; Worn Out Fighters are Succumbing to
Hardships
I here is no victory as yet for either side in the battle of the
Aisne which has now waged in France for ten days. Both sides
claim successes and favorable positions.
1 lie ten days of desperate battle, fierce artillery fire day and
night, infantry charges in which the fighting has been hand to hand
and cavalry onslaughts when opportunity offered, have shown one
result—the soldiers of the three nations engaged are becoming ex
hausted. The human machine is weakening under the frightful de
mands made upon it. Lulls in the battling are ascribed simply to
utter fatigue.
Another factor which has had a notable effect on the conduct
of the operations has been the weather. An incessant cold rain has
flooded the valley of the Aisne. The river has overflowed its banks,
roads and fields are heavy, and trenches filled with water. The men
are drenched to the skin day and night and French soldiers coming
to Paris from the front are encrusted with mud. Worn out men are
succumbing to the hardships of fighting and living in the open under
such weather conditions.
Transportation of all kinds for both sides is rendered much more
difficult. It is even said the Germans can no longer move their
heavy artillery with effective promptness on account of heavy roads,
i he men are camping in water and the French say the Germans are
suffering from lack of food.
NEITHER CLAIM DECISIVE OUTCOME
While neither side claims a decisive outcome yet there appears
to be good reason to believe that the battle is drawing to some
definite development. Military opinion both in London and Paris
leans to the conviction that the present lines, battered for ten days,
soon will have to show noticeable changes. The fighting is fiercest on
the allies left where desperate efforts are being made to turn the
flank on the German army under General Von Kluck. Von Kluck
has been reinforced, but in spite of this the French in late official
reports claim an advantage, though it is admitted to be slight. The
Germans appear to be making desperate and persistent efforts to
turn the right wing of the allies, resting on Verdun. The help of
this fortified position is of advantage to the French.
On the center the fortunes of war fluctuate. The positions now
held by the Germans were well selected and well fortified. Some of
their heavy artillery is described as resting upon cement foun
dations.
A news dispatch received in London from France says an aero
plane reconnaisance has given rise to the conviction that a large
portion of the German forces is retiring in the direction of fortified
positions on the German border.
LETTER OF PROTEST FROM FRANCE
The destruction by Germans who set fire to the famous cathe
dral of Rheims, has been made a matter of protest on the part of
the French government. Berlin, in an official statement asserts
that the fire of the French came from the direction of the cathedral
and the necessity of bombarding it is regretted.
The French navy acting in conjunction with the British naval
forces in the channel and the North Sea has aided in retaining com
mand of the seas which has been in the hands of the allies since the
war began, according to an official French review of the work of
their navy.
Przemysl, the strongly fortified Austrian position between Lem
berg and Cracow in Galicia, is engaging the enemy. It is resisting
the invading Russians with artillery fire. It is said that a strong
German army is at Przemysl.
Berlin says there is no news from the Russian front. The
floating of the German war loan is described as a brilliant success.
The official afternoon statement from Paris says that terrific
bayonet charges in the vicinity of Cronne resulted in the drawing
back of the Germans with heavy losses.
"Dam Dum" Wounds Dae to
Spitz Balls, Says Expert
Special to -The Telegraph
New York, Sept. 21. The editor of
the Medical Record says in yesterday's
issue that both the Germans and the
allies are mistaken In their acusations
concerning the employment of dum
dum bullets In the present war. Tue
terrible injuries recorded are undoubt
edly inflicted by the so-called Spitz bul
lets.
"The explanation of the error on
both sides is not far to seek. In the
editorial comment on Colonel
recent work on 'gunshot injuries' we
prophesied that there would be a return
to Inhumanity In the next war, because
of the use of the Spitz bullet, recently
Introduced In Germany and adopted by
several other armies, that of Great
Britain and the United States among
them.
"This bullet Is quite short, of conical
shape and tapers so gradually that the
center of gravity is thrown back near
the base. Consequently. In spite of Its
great Initial velocity and flat projec
tory, it has a tendency, although It
will go through the soft part, making
a small, clean-cut channel, and do little
or no Injury.
"The least resistance upsets it, and
in turning at great velocity the wounds
it inflicts are much lacerated and other
wise attended with destructive effects
not unlike the wounds inflicted by
dum-dum bullets."
Slater Breaks Leg in
Fall From High Roof
William E. Gruver, 2" Wood avenue,
was admitted to the Harrlsburg Hos
pital, at 2:15 this afternoon, suffering
with one fractured leg and probably
another, and bodily bruises received
when he fell front the roof of the old
Public Library, Locust street, near Sec
ond.
Mr. Gruver Is a slater, employed by
James Relchley. of Paxtang. He was
working on the roof when a scaffold
bracket was loosened, throwing htm
thirty feet to the ground.
liALAIirE-nnOMEAN RESUMES
After helug shut down on account of
making extensive repairs, the Lalance-
Grosjean Manufacturing CompanV.
Park lane, near Sixth resumed
operations to-day.
* POSTSCRIPT.
Villa May be Chosen
to Succeed Carranza
Special to The Telegraph
Vera pruz, Sept. 21.—That General
Francisco Villa will be named to suc
ceed General Carranza as Supreme
Chief of the Constitutionalist party
when the Generals and Governors
meet in the capital on October J. is the
confident prediction of persons arriv
ing from Mexico City to-day.
Many Mexican refuges have appeal
ed to American Consul Canada, at
Vera Cruz, to know If they may be
taken away on the transports when
the American troops evacuate Vera
Cruz. They are fearful of the conse
quences when the Constitutionalists
take charge of the port.
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not have to argue with you to
prove that business is run b>*
credit, and credit Is founded on
confidence.
Advertising that will sell your
goods must be built on the same
ground.
Confidence is the rock on
which the newspaper is con
structed. It exists, It thrives, It
has Influence because It has the
confidence of Its readers.
If there was no other reason
for newspaper advertising: than
this one it would be sufficient.
Newspapers sell goods for
their advertisers because news
paper readers rpgard their pa
pers as trustworthy friends and
advisers.
Manufacturers who desire to
use newspapers to the best ad
vantage are Invited to address
the Bureau of Advertising,
American Newspaper Publishers
Association, World Building.
New York.