Anglo-French Financial Commission Heats of German Plan to Prevent Loan
HARRISBURG WSmSm TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 216
GERMANS ATTEMPT
TO STOP PROPOSES
LOAN FOR ALLIES
Teutons Understood to Have
Agents in U. S. Working
Against Flotation
WORKED FOR DR. DERNBURG
Plan Is to Have Persons With Ger
man Sympathies Withdraw
Money From Banks
By Associated Press
Xew York, Sept. 15.—The pro Ge
rman campaign against the flotation
of billion dollar credit loan in tho
United States to Great Britain and
France appeared to-day to assume the
pro|>ortions of a country wide plot
threatening even the personal safety
of the six members of the anglo-
French financial commission.
Members of this committee, of
which Lord Reading, Lord Chief Jus
. tlce of England, is chairman, have
doubled their body guards, it became
known to-day. They have been re
quested by the police of New York not
to announce in advance their plans
for any day and in no instance appear
In the slreets without detectives guard
ing them.
More than fifty threatening letters
have been received by the commission.
Their contents run the scale from
abuse to threats against the lives of
the commission. Some of the most
threatening of these letters have been
turned over to the police for investi
gation, it is said, and New York City
detectives are reported to be seeking
the writers.
According to Information which
came to the commissioners' attention
the German attack on the proposed
Joan was launched from the cover of
American citizens of German parent
age, nativity or sympathies, although
in reality these citizens were not the
prime movers in the campaign. The
attack included not only the negative
stand in refusing to participate which
the agitators hope will be taken by
banks with large lists of German Am
erican depositors, it was reported, but
embraced extreme measures against
any banks with German American de
positors helping in any way to finance
the loan.
Reports Are Reliable
This campaign according to reports
from sources regarded as reliable, con
templated heavy withdrawals, whole
sale. in extent, from hanks partici
pating in the loan as an expression of
the displeasure of pro-German de
positors.
Another method which was reported
to be in favor with those opposing the
flotation of the loan was the proposal
to float a similar loan for Germany.
The amount of the proposed German
loan, the commission heard, was to
be half a billion dollars. It was de
signed, according to their informa
tion, not as a bonifide move to place
that great sum at the disposal of the
German empire here for Germany, un
able to import Aferican products,
could not spend it hut purely as an
embarrassment to the Anglo-French
commissiori.
Know All Bank Affairs
A less drastic method of attack, it
was reported to the commission was
the apparent intention of the pro-Ger
man element to induce by persuasion
*or otherwise, every bank officer in
the U. S. with German blood in his
veins to oppose the participation of
his bank in the flotation of the loan.
This feature of the campaign it was
reported had been systematized to a
remarkable degree so that the name
of every such officer was said to be
in the possession of those directing
the agitation.
The movement from what the com
mission heard, had its origin in the
East and its greatest activity in the
Middle West, especially in the large
cities where the pro-German element
Is considerable in numbers. Al
though not so manifest here in New
York as elsewhere it was said, the
plan is by no means inactive in this
city.
Dauphin Co. W. C. T. U.
Convention in Stevens
M. E. Church Tomorrow
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Dauphin County Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, will be held
In Stevens Memorial M. E. church to
morrow. The morning session will
open at 9.30 o'clock with praise serv
ices. An address will he made by
Mrs. Clayton Albert Smucker. Miss
Mabel Stites will respond. Reports of
' the officers and superintendents will
follow. At noon luncheon will be
served to the delegates, officers and
superintendents by the Meade Union
of Harrisburg.
The afternoon session will open at
2 o'clock with devotional exercises, to
be conducted by the Rev. Clayton Al
bert Smucker, pastor of Stevens Me
morial M. E. church. There will be
special*music and addresses. Reports
of superintendents will be completed
and officers elected.
* I THE WEATHER^
Harrlnhurg and vlcliiltyi Show
ers to-night or Thuroday, nomr
what cooler Thurnday.
Eastern Ptonftylvanlai Fair to
night and probably Thursday, >ot
much change In temperature. Light
aouth winds.
The temperature has risen about
10 degrees since last report In
southern New England and the
upper St. I.nwrcnre valley and has
remained practically stationary In
other districts south and east of
the Great I.akea except In East
Tennessee where It Is somewhat
cooler.
8 a. m„ 74t 2 p. m.,
Sunt Rises, i>.4« a. <n.| Sets, 8.13
•*, m.
Mon i First quarter, September
B. 3.21 a. m.
River Stage i 8.4 feet above low
*ater mark.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER
Highest temperature, ftO.
Lowest temperature. 70.
Mean temperature, 80.
Normal temperature, 08. J
WALTER WROTE THE
PAVING CLAUSE HE
NOW CALLS UNFAIR
Understood When He Bid That
Work Was to Be Done
This Year
CANNOT RENT CITY PLANT
Illegal to Lease It to Him; Commis
sioner Lynch on Asphalt
Controversy
"When Alderman Charles P. Walter
accepted the contract with the city to
pave these sections of street ne under
stood perfectly tnat. he was expected
to complete tnis work this year.
"The change in the specifications
providing tnat the work snuuid t>e
done this Kail was written into tne
contract by Air. Walter himself.
| "The specifications originally did
not mention any time. These are
copied alter tiie standard paving
specifications that are used in cities
tnroughout the United States. .How
ever \v alter ttrst suggested that he do
the worK next year and he was permit
ted to insert tnat clause in tne speci
fications. Later 1 told him that tile
property owners on several ot tiie
streets wanted the work completed
tins year, and as tne sections are com
paratively small, ana could be easily
paved this year, i would want the
work finished before winter. Walter
agreed to this and he himself changed
the wording of the specifications ac
cordingly."
In brief this was the way City Com
missioner William H. .Lynch, superin
tendent of streets and public improve
ment, uiscussed Walters alleged state
ments in Council yesterday that fair
competition was not permitted under
the specifications.
Illegal to l.easc riant
"Coulu you, even n you wished, have
permitted him to lease the city aspnait
repair plant to manufacture liis mate
rial, as lie asked '.' ' the commissioner
was asked.
"City Solicitor Seitz says we could
not. We are not in the contracting
business. The Clark act provides that
contracts of this sort should be adver
tised and let to the lowest and best
bidaer,' answered Mr. i>ynch.
"Where could Walter obtain the
material to do the work this year if
he desired?"
"Why where has he been getting it
for the last five years'.' 1 toid niui tnac
the city plant -was in operation—that
we couldn't lease it if we were per
mitted to do so legally. For five years
\\ alter has had a city octnract to
produce the asphalt Cor the repairing
work. This totaled $15,000 a year.
Did he in all that time make any ef
fort to erect a plant of his own'.' He
did not. He bought his material from
the Central Construction and Supply
Company.''
The Fallacy of Walter's Position
"These streets Votal seven or eight
thousand yards. At $1.68 you can
figure for yourself what that amounts
to. At best it doesn't total nearly what
Walter has been paid for doing every
year for five years. And as 1 said be
fore he still hasn't a plant of his own.
He never brought a plant here.# He
doesn't intend to. If he is counting on
any contracts that may be let next
year—and that this is what he is
figuring on he said in Council—why
that's ridiculous. There will be only
a few small sections paved. The rea
son is very simple. We haven't any
money for intersections."
Wanted to liorrow Plant
Council yesterday afternoon award
ed Alderman Walter the contract for
paving a dozen sections. He bid sl.bß
a yard; the Central Construction and
Supply company bid $1.90. All told
about 7,000 yards of material will lie
needed. The alderman has no asphalt
plant here and to bring one to this
city would involve too much time and
expense for the size of the job.
Walter's offer to Council yesterday
was that he be permitted to use the
city plant for a week or ten days. This
would he time enough he said to pre
pare his material. The present force
at the plant would be retained he said
at their present wages. He would re
turn the plant in proper condition
and would pay the city five cents a
yard for the privilege of using the
plant, or about SSOO.
Bodies of Aged Couple
Found in Ashes of Home
Chatsworth, N. J.. Sept. 15. Their
charred bodies side by side in the
ashes of their home, which was de
stroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing. John Smith, watchman at a brick
yard at Pasadena, in the pines, eight
miles from Chatsworth. and his aged
[wife died under suspicious conditions.
Residents of Chatsworth driving
along the lonely road near the brick
I yard at 2 o'clock yesterday morning
were attracted to the home of the
watchman, which is nearly two miles
from the nearest habitation, by the
j blaze. One of t.be party caught a
glimpse through the flame swept room
of the two bodies side by side In bed.
The blaze cut off any attempt at re
covery of the bodies. Officials investi
gating the case do not believe the
flames could have gatned sufficient
headway to suffocate the pair, and it
is a general suspicion that the fire
was started to cover another crime.
The plant which Is owned by the
Brooks Brae Brick Company, of Philn
j delphla, has been Idle for several
years.
No Political Tickets
Given Out in Church;
Gross* Name Is Heard
Thomas Beldleman, accused by a
local newspaper of having distributed
tickets hearing the names of political
candidates among members of a Pine
Street Presbyterian Sunday School
class, to-day denied most emphatically
thut he had- even so much as men
tioned politics In tbe church. "If there
was any campaigning in church, it
was in behalf of ex-Mayor Gross, who
is a candidate for election to City
Council," said one of Mr. Beldleman's
friends to-day. "I have heard his
name mentioned frequently and I un
derstand It was he who accused Mr.
Beldleman."
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1915.
BANDITS' THREATENED
ATTACK ON TOWN ON
BORDER FRUSTRATED
American Soldiers Get Information
Concerning Plot to Terrorize
Texas City
CHARGE PLANNED FOR DAWN
Patrols Sent Out Cause Mexicans
to Give Up All Arrange
ments
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 15.
Regarding official advices to
Americans to remain out of Mex
ico, the State Department to-day
made the following announce
ment:
"Owing to disturbed conditions
prevailing along the Mexican bor
der, the State Department repeats
the advice heretofore given to
American citizens to remain on
this side of the internaUonal line
for the present."
Officials reiterated denials that
the announcement had any bear
ing on the Mexican political situa
tion.
By Associated Press
San Benito, Texas, Sept. 15. —Heavy
cavalry and infantry patrols which
were rushed to this city during last
night kept off a threatened attack by
Mexican bandits. Evidence of a plot
to terrorize the city were strengthened
by reports to army patrols during the
night of activities of Mexicans out
side of town.
Just before dawn, the time which
the commanding officers here sus
pected was chosen for the attack, in
fantry details were sent out along the
roads for some distance from town.
No belligerent Mexicans appeared.
Will Be Closely Guarded
Mexicans nere have told citizens
about an organization of revolutionists
which planned to make a demonstra
tion at some other place to draw
troops away from San Benito and
then fire into the town. For that rea
son San Benito will be closely guarded
for several days. Army patrols here
or in the immediate neighborhood
number three companies of infantry
and two troops of cavalry. Threats
also have been made against the town
of Mercedes, about twenty miles from
here.
A few days ago a number of strange
Mexicans were noticed here. At the
same time several trusted Mexican
household servants advised their em
ployers to leave because they had
heard that the bandits were going to
attack.
801 l Mattress Factory
Set Ablaze by Firebug
Thinks Chief Kindler
The fire which early this morning
caused $5,000 damage to the mattress
factory of 801 l Brothers, Fourteenth
and Howard streets, is believed by Fire
i Chief Kindler 10 be of incendiary
origin. A rigid investigation is under
way.
When the flames were discovered
they were eating through the roof at
the rear of the brick structure. The
material in which it was burning was
highly inflammable and firemen had
difficulty in extinguishing it. Adjoin
ing the structure on the south are
stables used by J. N. Rebuck. The
horses and wagons were taken out of
the danger zone.
The building damaged last night is
owned by the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway Company and according
to local officials will be rebuilt at once.
New machinery and material to re
place that lost has already been or
dered, Roll Brbthers say, and they ex
pect to have the factory working again
within several weeks.
The similarity of the fire to the re
cent one which broke out in the lum
ber yard of E. C. Snyder at Eighteenth
and Holly streets leads the fire chief
to believe both fires were incendiarv
According to a local adjustor $5,800
insurance was carried on the total
stock of merchandise. The machinery
was protected to the amount of $4,000,
TWO FALSE ALARMS
Two false alarms were sent in before
all of the fire companies had returned
from the fire in the 801 l Brothers
Manufacturing Company plant late
last night.
The first alarm came in from Box
26, Third and Muench streets. The
other alarm was a telephone message,
calling the Good Will company to
Second and Kelker streets.
Taxi Cab Fares Are
Reduced by Local
Company to Low Rate
J. L. Shearer, Jr., president of the
Harrisburg Taxicab Company, an
nounces a reduction of the taxicab
fares for this city. The claim is made
that they will be the lowest metered
fares known.
One, two, three or four passengers
will be carried the first half mile for
twenty-five cents; five cents for each
additional half mile will be charged
The hourly rate will be $2.00 per hour!
STOUGH FIGHTS SUITS
Evangelist to Appeal Award of $2,700
In Slander Suit
Special to The Telegraph
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 15. The Rev
Dr. Henry W. Stough, the evangelist,
will fight the award of $2700 damages
given against him this month by three
arbitrators in the $50,000 suit of Coun
cilman William J. Cullen, of Hazleton,
for slanders uttered during the cam
paign in Hazleton in 1914. Stough's
attorneys are arranging to take an
appeal.
The lawyers for Max Frledlander,
John Flerro and Harry W. Jacobs, wrio
were attacked with Cullen by the
evangelist in discussing conditions ha
alleged to exist in Hazleton, will take
out rules to arbitrate their suits for
$60,000 damages each in the order
numed.
ENTRIES REC
FOR SHELL RACES
IN BIG CARNIVAL
1 ., ' i _
I
NO- a. CREW IN THE FOUR-OARED RACE
Best Oarsmen in Philadelphia Will Be Here For Improve
ment Celebration; Route of Automobile Trip An
nounced; Committees Whipping Plans Into Final
Shape; Expect Thousands From Out-of-Town Cities
Entries for the shell races which
will be the big feature of the water
carnival of the municipal improve
ment celebration next Friday after
noon were received to-day by J. Ray
KofCert, chairman of the water fete
and sports.
There Xvill be one four-oared race
and two contests for single shells.
The entries for the four-oared event
will be as follows:
Crew No. I—Bow, Theodore Fox;
Theodore Lems, Dr. F. Deforey and
D. G. Hose.
Crew No. 2 —Row, John Campbell;
J. P. Clark, John Staggers and Charles
Rose.
The single shell entries will be:
A. C. Schmidt and Charles Sal
linger, veterans' class.
D. G. Hawes and C. O. Rose, cham
pionship class.
BIDS OPENED FOR
STATE ROAD WORK
Old Baltimore Pike and Mill Creek
Highways to Be Re
built
Bids were opened by State Highway
Commissioner Cunningham to-day for
the reconstruction of the road from
Huntingdon to Mill Creek, in Hunt
ingdon county and also for the re
construction of that part of the Old
Baltimore Pike running from Anvil
to Kennett Square, in Chester county.
Fourteen bids were received on tho
Huntingdon county job and eleven on
the Chester county operation.
William C. Evans, of Ambler, was
the low bidder on each contract, his
price being $56,079.91 for the Hunting
don county work and $34,123.92 on the
Chester county operation.
The road to be constructed in Hunt
ingdon county, Henderson township
and east for a distance of 22,999 feet
trom the east line of the Borough of
Huntingdon to the west line of the
Borough of Mill Creek. The bids re
ceived on this operation were as fol
lows:
J. SI. Hutchinson, Altoona, concrete,
$98,670.98; The Juniata Co., Altoona,
concrete, $97,494.28; H. F. Robinson,
Johnstown, concrete, $132,851.20; R.
B. Taylor, Bellefonte, concrete, $92,-
933.08; Bell-Bockel Co., Inc., Altoona,
concrete, $100,366.10; The Northwest
ern Construction Co., Franklin, con
crete, $99,895.58; Curwensville Const,
Co., Curwensville. concrete, $102,-
461.28; Chas. T. Eastburn Co., Yard
ley, concrete, $107,411.24; Hoblitzell
& Price, Meyersdale, concrete, $103,-
449.56; O'Brien Brothers. Avoca, con
crete, $93,775.10; Booth & Fllnn, Ltd.,
Pittsburgh, bituminous material,
(warranted), class "A" $94,465.43;
William C. Evans, Ambler, Bit. Mai.,
class "C' (Fllbertine) $86,079.91; R.
H. Cunningham & Sons, Turtle Creek,
concrete. 589,010.88; Vipond Construc
tion Co., Alt,oona, concrete, $104,-
$635.54.
C!d Baltimore Pike
The bids received were as follows:
Field, Barker & Underwood, Phila
delphia, concrete, $40,664.40; B. F.
Wickersham, Kennett Square, con
crete, $40,410.00; M. & T. E. Farrell,
West Chester, concrete, $43,831.70;
Neff, Horn & Co., Slatington, concrete,
$35,130.50; William C. Evans, Ambler,
bit. mat., class "C" (filbertine) $34,-
123.92; Gillespie & Sons, Oakview, con
crete. $35,097.70; Frank Mclnerny,
Easton, bit. mat., class "B" (amieslte)
$43,554.23; Chas. T. Eastburn Co.,
Yardley, concrete, $40,742.90; The
Juniata Co., Philadelphia, concrete,
$34,933.90; D. E. O'Connell & Son,
Avondale, concrete, $37,050.20; Pugh
& Hubbard Co., Philadelphia, con
crete. $36,613.34.
Bids were also opened and ordered
classified on paint an'd oil supplies for
the use of the State Highway Depart
ment for the coming year.
May Give Children Half
Holiday During Hot Wave
Local schools will probably be given
a half-holiday to-morrow and Friday
because of the heat. The committee
having the power to arrange for one
session voted by telephone late this
afternoon.
ROCKEFELLER GIVES SIB,OOO
New York, Sept. 15.—John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., through the Rockefeller
Bureau of Social Hygiene, sent a
SIB,OOO check to-day to Miss Kath
erlne D. Davis, commissioner of correc
tions, toward tllb cost of erectlrg a
hospital for drug habitues on Rlker's
Island,
The referee and starter for all the
shell races will be C. Preisdenz.
Best Men in Philadelphia
The rowers include the best oars
men in Philadelphia, being members
of the big Fairmount Rowing Asso- i
ciation of that city. The contestants
will arrive in Harrisburg next Wednes- I
day and Thursday. They will prac- j
tice on the course between Kelker and
Market streets.
Chairman Hoffert said this morning j
that great interest is being shown in I
the girls' swimming contest. He said j
that while one-piece bathing suits will I
be the regulation costume for swim- j
ming events, the committee has no ob- j
jections if the girls wear other suits
than the one-piece. Mr. Hoffert an
nounces further that any swimmer
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JBtlliEBS
FROM PJLSTEEL CO.
Gives Up Vice-Presidency to Be
come Chairman of Motor Car
Co. Directors
-
John C. Jay, Jr., vice-president and
general manager of sales for the Penn
sylvania Steel Company, has resigned
to become chairman of the board of
directors for the Maxwell Motor Car
Company, of Detroit, Mich. His resig
nation becomes effective October 1.
Mr. Jay will be succeeded by R. W.
Gillispie, district manager of sales in
charge of the New York office of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company. Mr.
Gillispie's title will be general man
ager of sales.
Mr. Jay became one of the vice-pres
idents of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany just a few months ago, prior to
which time he held the title of gen
eral manager of sales, which he re
ceived in 1912.
Well Known Here
Both Mr. Jay and Mr. GUlispte are
well known in Steelton and Harris
burg, having commenced their careers
in the steel business at Steelton as
"learners." Mr. Jay played football
on the old Steelton Y. M. C. A. team
and was prominent in athletics. He
married Miss Marguerite Soleliac,
daughter of Charles S. Soleliac, man
ager of the Harrisburg Silk Mill. He
has been connected with the Pennsyl
vania Steel Company for 14 years.
After leaving Steelton he became a
salesman and was connected with the
Philadelphia offices. Later he was
placed in charge of these offices and a
.few years afterwards went to New
York where he took charge of the
sales office there.
Mr. Gillispie learned the steel busi
ness in Steelton and then went to
Philadelphia. His offices are now in
New York.
Birdegroom, Aged 74,
Walks Into Bureau on
Crutches For License
Henry B. Smith and his bride elect,
I.oulsa Trego, do hope that their
friends won't "carry on" too demon
stratively just because they are goln?
to be married. That's the reason thejf
didn't want more than a casual men*
tion in the papers of the fact that they
obtained a license from the Dauphin
county marriage bureau to-day. They
abhor a fuss at Biich times; they think
they're too well along in years for
such things. f*
Both knew whereof they speak, they
said. Smith, who is a retired rural
postal delivery carrier of Dillsburg,
has been married twice. Mrs. Smith
NoB. 1 and 2 died nine and five years
ago, respectively. Mrs. Trego has been
a widow for five years.
Smith is 74 years old and walked
into the license bureau on crutches.
His bride-to-be is 68.
U. S. Can Still Produce
"Good Old Dollar Bill"
Washington, D. C., Sept. 15.—8y
employing rigid economy the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing has mot
the scarcity of dyestuffs resulting from
the war in Eu-ope and now has avail
able enough pigments to color the
government's money and stamps for
six months. By the end of that period
Director Ralph, of the bureau, believes
that either a supply of colors made in
America will be available or that ar
rangements will be made for securing
ample shipments from Germany.
14 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT
PHEW! 90 111 SHADE!
BUI BT HECK. IT'S
GOOD FOR THE CROPS
You Ought to See the Late Pota
toes ; They Sore Are Whoppers
Hereabouts
SLIGHT RELIEF PROMISED
City Streets Like Bake Ovens;
Humanity's Collar Just
Won't Stand Up
With a maximum temperature for
to-day and yesterday of ninety de
grees accompanied by unusually high
humidity, this section of the country
is in the wilting grasp of the hottest
September weather in twenty-eight
years.
While the hot weather will continue
for at least thirty-six hours, slight re
lief is promised by Forecaster Demain
who predicts light local showers to
morrow.
The thermometer started this morn
ing at 74 degrees—eight above nor
mal for this date—and accompanied
by high humidity, because of the
cloudiness which continued until
nearly 9 o'clock, proceeded to make
life miserable for everybody. Soon
after noon to-day when the mercury
mounted highest, streets in the cen
tral part of the city were like ovens.
High temperatures during the present
siege have been particularly oppres
sive because the weather caught the
public unawares.
While humanity has been swelter
ing under the influence of the hot
sun and high humidity, crops have
been making great strides forward.
The soil is in excellent condition for
plowing and the thrashing of grains
is well under way. Late potatoes are
being dug and in most sections are of
good yield and quality. The high
temperatures have crowded the corn
rapidly toward maturity and cutting
will soon begin in the southern part
of the State while in the northern
districts it will be delayed until near
the close of the month.
LUNCHEON AT RAGGED EDGfc
President Moorhead C. Kennedy, of
the Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany, has issued Invitations for his an
nual luncheon at Ragged Edge, his
picturesque country estate near Cham
bersburg Saturday afternoon, October
2.
VOTE ON $1,250,000,000 LOAN
London, Sept. IS, 3.25 P. M. Premier Asquith in the
House of Commons to-day moved a vote of credit of £250,-
000,000 ($1,250,000,000). In making the motion the premier
announced that from July 18 to September 11 the daily net
expenditure for the war had been £3,500,000 ($17,500,00).
PRETORIAN IN COLLISION
Quebec, Sept. 15.—The Allan liner Pretorian, inward
bound, was in collision last night and is now ashore east of
White Island, according to reports received here to-day.
AMERICAN CONSULS WITHDRAWN
Washington, Sept. 15.—American consuls and consular
agents in Northern Sonora and Chihuahua have been order
ed by this government to withdraw to the United States
because of the dangers in border uprisings and inability of
Mexican military leaders to protect them.
Philadelphia, Sept. 15. The temperature in Philadel
phia, which has been excessively high for the last thirteen
days, was again above the average to-day, 89 being record
ed at the Weather Bureau this afternoon.
I
SCHOOLS HAVE HALF SESSION 1'
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 14. The schools of the city*
public, parochial and private closed with one session to-day;,
because of the heat. This program will be maintained until
the weather moderates. The thermometer reached 91 at 1
o'clock.
WHITE HOUSE HEARS THREATS
Washington, Sept. 15.—Protests against the Anglo-
French credit loan negotiated in this country were received
at the White House to-day in telegrams from various parts
of the country. One man in Michigan wired that runs
would be started on banks participating in the loan and that
panics would be precipitated.
SAYS GERMANS HAVE SHOT THEIR BOLT
London, Sept. 15, 5.15 P. M. "The Germans appear
at most to have shot their bolt," said Earl Kitchener, sec
retary of war to-day. "Their advance in Russia, which at
one time averaged five miles a day now has diminished to
IwiQ than one mile a day.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Hfnry D. Smith, DlUaburK, and l.onlna Trcn°. city.
Robert William Maran, city, and Alice J. Show. Penhroolc.
Irwin A. tight anil Katie Ellzubcth Hoke, Lebanon.
HOUSE OF COIUIMOBS
IS use TO VOTE
MUM CREDIT
Premier Asquith Wants $1,250,-
000,000 to Carry on Opera
tions on Continent
NEUTRAL VESSEL TORPEDOED
Foreign Military Observers Expect
Decisive Battle in Vicinity
of Vilna
It was announced !n London that
Premier Asquith asked the House of
Commons to vote a credit of $1,250,-
000,000.
Copenhagen reports the blowing up
by a German submarine of the motor
schooner Norte, owned in ChristLanla,
Norway. The crew was saved.
Count Von Renventlow, the German
naval writer declares in the Berlin
Tages Zeltung that the Zeppelin at
tacks on London are legal and of a
military character as London is a fort
ress. He argues that the British gov
ernment has been remiss in not order
ing the evacuation of the city. The
attacks arc aimed at the destruction
of property serving military purposes,
he asserts.
Developments in the vicinity of
Vilna lead foreign military observers
to expect a decisive battle there soon
to determine whethe the strategic
railway lines of the region shall be
controlled by the Germans or the Rus
sians.
County Commissioners
to Sit Monday to File
Registration Petitions
Dauphin county's Board of Commis
sioners will sit Monday and probably
a part of Tuesday to receive the pe
titions of citv voters who failed to
register on the regular registration
days because of illness or unavoidable
f.bsence from the city and who wish
to get their names on the books for
the primaries.
The election supplies must be given
the various boards in time for the
opening of the polls Tuesday and this
means that many of the packages will
have to be distributed by automobile.
More than 100 blank petitions have
been given out to date and about forty
petitions already filled out have been
filed with the commissioners. Mora
than a dozen were received to-day.