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FORMULA
Light Vote and Few Contests
in New York Primaries
By Associated Press
New York, April 5. Returns from j
yesterday's primary elections through
out New York State of delegates to
the Republican, Democratic and Pro
gressive National conventions and
members of the State and county
committees show a light vote and few
contests.
Interest in the Republican primaries
centered upon the question whether
the old-time party organization had
cut the vote for Governor Whitman as
one of the four delegates-at-large to
the national convention and thereby
lessened his prestige in the coming {
campaign for renomination. Friends
of the Governor asserted to-day that I
the strong vote cast for Whitman in '
Buffalo, Syracuse and some of the j
other up-State cities was entirely
satisfactory to them.
Opponents of William Rarnes said I
they saw in the result of the Re- |
publican primaries evidence of a j
strong opposition to Mr. Barnes' re
election as member of the Republican I
national committee, should be be n!
candidate for re-election at the Chi-j
cago convention. State Chairman !
Frederick C. Tanner said Barnes' I
delegates were defeated by 2 to 1 in j
districts where there were contests.
Drys and Wets Are Neck
and Neck in Illinois
By Associated I'ress
Chicago, April s.—Practically com
plete returns to-day from points
where the local option question was
voted upon in Illinois indicate that
little advantage went to either side as ,
the result of yesterday's election, j
Prohibition victories show that be
tween 350 and 400 saloons were i
eliminated while towns won by the
liquor forces from the dry column will |
open territory that had more than j
250 saloons at the time of the 1912 j
dry victories.
All the territory along I.ake!
Michigan from Chicago city limits to
the Wisconsin line, a distance of sixty
miles is now prohibition ground.
Republicans Retain Party
Control of Chicago Council
By Associated Press
Chicago. April 5. Complete re- j
turns to-day from yesterday's alder- !
manic election show that the Demo
crats made gains throughout the city
and -that they outvoted the Re
publicans by more than 20,000. The
Democrats made a net gain of three
members in the new City Council, and j
elected their candidate for the munici
pal court bench, I.eo J. Doyle. The <
election was fought out on purely
local issues.
While the Democrats made a net j
gain of three in the council, they did
not win party control of the body.
The women's vote yesterday was 54
per cent, of the registration and the;
men's vote 68 per cent, of registra
tion.
Social-Democrat Candidate
Wins Out in Milwaukee
By Associated Press
Milwaukee. Wis., April 5. —Complete
unofficial returns to-day show that I
Daniel A. lloan. city attorney, Social
Democrat candidate, defeated Mayor
G. A. Rading. nonpartisan, in yester
day's mayoralty election by between i
1,000 and 1,500 votes.
The city council will be nonpartisan.
According to returns, all the Social
Democratic candidates for alderman.
Including ex-Mayor Kmil Seidel, were
defeated.
Returns for delegates to the Repub
lican national convention indicate that !
neither the faction headed by Senator ,
Robert M. La Follette nor that led by ;
Governor Philips has obtained a solid !
representation.
Republican Mayor Elected by
Big Majority in Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo., April s.—The ma
jority by which George H. Ed wards.
Republican, defeated Mayor Henry 1,,
.lost. Democrat, in yesterday's eelction
was to-day placed at more than 8,000.
Edwards had the endorsement of the
nonpartisan and Progressive party or
ganizations and of the Democratic
faction opposed to Mayor Jost's re
election.
Lime Starvation
Causes Tuberculosis
In the Mfdlral llccord (\en York)
of December is, IttOO, Dr. Jolin K.
lluhncll ««)?»: "The condition ivlilch la
recognized sh preceding the nctlve de
velopment of tiilierculooiK In thr nilult
niajr be considered a* due to lime xtnr
iiitlon. * Among Inorennic Hiib-
Klancrn lime niiMh appear to be of ape
clnl physiological Importance. • hut
If the aalta are not In orKiiulc coiuhl
nation. It Ik difficult to suppoNc that
the cells enn appropriate ihcin for
food."
Years of widespread use confirm our
belief that the success of ICckman's
Alterative In tuberculosis ir due large
ly to its content of lime, in such com
bination with other valuable Ingredi
ents as to be easly appropriated by the
cells.
Doubtless this has had much to do
with the results in many cases which
appear to have yielded to it. As it con
tains no opiates, norcotics or habit
forming drugs. It is safe to try. Your
druggist has It or will get it.
ttukuinu Laboratory, l'liilndclplilu.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
ROAD QUESTION
IN CAMP HILL
HAS TWO SIDES
Motor Club Threatens to Carry
Borough Council Into Court
For Maintaining Nuisance
The action of the Motor Club of
Harrisburg in threatening to carry
members of the Camp Hill borough
council into court on a charge of
"maintaining a nuisance" caused quite
a bit of comment in automobile circles
to-day. The motor club addressed a
letter to the councilmen and demanded
that the main street throuh the town
be put in "reasonable and passable
condition wltnin thirty days."
The letter was sent to the borough j
frathers notwithstanding that coun
cil has already ordered some work :
done on the road. This work, motor j
club members contend, consists only'
of filling up holes which are the re
sults of ditches and should have been
repaired last Fall. This work, too,
officers of the club say, will not satisfy
the members and unless the street is
made level with the street car tracks i
the threatened action will be brought. |
Members of council have their hands!
tied and can do little except makel
repairs to the present very poor road.
A paving loan has been passed in the !
borough and several times efforts haye s
been made to have the State High- :
way Department pay for it share of I
road building but nothing thus far ]
lias been accomplished. Council are j
willing und anxious to have the new
road built but until the State De- I
partment is ready, nothing can be i
done.
At the last session of court in Cum
berland county, the Camp Hill
thoroughfare was reported as being
in very poor condition and Judge
Sadler commented that he, too, had
heard of the road and that its im
provement was necessary. He in
structed District Attorney George E.
Hloyd to notify the council to have
the stretch repaired or at least have
the work started before the next ses
sion and the district attorney inti
mated that If no action was taken In
the borough, the council would be in
dicted. It appears that the repairs
being made at present are the result
of the district attorney's Intimation
but unti lthe street is properly graded
so that the street car tracks do not
hinder crossing, the job will not be
considered satisfactory by the Motor
Club of Harrisburg. Residents of the
borough and members of the motor
club are anxiously awaiting council's
action on the motor club's letter which
follows:
"At a meeting of the board of gov
ernors of the Motor Club of Harris
burg it was agreed that the club notify
you that unless you proceed
within thirty days to repair and put
in reasonable and passable condition
and finish within sixty days from
date, the main street running
through your borough, the club will
cite you into court as maintaining a
nuisance."
Camp Hill Motorists
Planning Annual Run
Camp Hill autoists ore making
plans for the third annual sociability
run which will he held on Saturday
and Sunday, May 6 and 7. The runs
were originated two years ago to per
mit residents of the borough to pet
better acquainted with each other and
now they have come to tte an annual
event In the life of the town. Al
though the route has not yet been
mapped out, the motorists will start
early Saturday morning and return
Sunday night.
W. Kent Gilbert and Carl K. Dcen
are arranging the details and planning
the route and at present three routes
are under consideration. One is to
Bedford Springs. Cumberland, Md„
and Hagerstown. another to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis and the third
to the Delaware Water Cap. The
selection will be made within a few
days.
Cummings Realty Co.
Elects Its Officers
IT. P.. Witman. Tvemoyne, was
elected president and Walter IT. Ctim
mings. secretary an dtreasurer of the
new Cummings Realty Company at a
meeting yesterday. Mr. Cummings
reported that Pennsylvania railroad
plans had been made for the exten
sion of a freight siding as far as Pax
ton creek to meet a wooden platform
to take care of freight for properties
controlled by the company and occu
pied by the International Harvester
Company, the Capital City Junk Com
pany—-know nas the old Smith build
ing—the » Jlarrlsburg Pattern and
Model Company an dthe Eureka latin
dry.
GRKBKAI. KII.MCI)
By Associated Press
Amsterdam. April 5. Via London. —
According to Vosslsehe Zeituns. of
Berlin, IJfeutPnant-Geneinl Gotlieti Fer
dinad /on Dorrer. of the German army,
has died of wounds received on the bat
tlefield.
Directs New Russian 'rive
GEN. KI'KOPATKIX
I'nder the direct command of Gen.
i Kuropatkin, the Russo-Japanese war
, v eteran, half a million well-equipped
Russian troops are assailing the Ger
| man positions, commanded by Field
i Marshal von llliulenberg, on a front of
I 150 miles. A great battle is raging
I furiously forty miles south of Dvinsk.
RAILROAD
BUSY MONTH AT
P. R. R. Y. M. C. A.
General Secretary Gregory Re
ports Increase in Member
ship and Attendance
At the monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the P. R. R.
Y. M. C. A., held last night, the report
presented by General Secretary Frank
H. Gregory showed increased attend
ance at all meetings. During the
month of March, seventeen new mem
bers were admitted. The total mem
bership is now 500.
There were four Sunday meetings
at which the total attendance was 425.
Three cottage prayer meetings were
held and were attended by fifty-three
persons; General Secretary Gregory
called attention to the increased inter
est and attendance at the boys' meet
ings. At five nieetigs the total at
tendance was 529. Other statistics
follow:
Bible classes, Maclay street, five
meetings, attendance 95; correspond
ents, 12, attendance, 27; general 22
meetings, total attendance, 651; at
tendance at building during March.
7,560; average daily attendance, 290;
rest room visitors, 431; visits made to
shops and yards, 10; to sick and in
jured, 33; attendance at gymnasium,
931; baths, 1,600; visitors to sana
torium, 804.
Altoona Shop Employes
Surprise Veteran Worker
John C. Palmer, shopman at Al
toona, a native of Mechanicsburg, was
retired on April 1. He was in the
service of the Pennsylvania railroad
for 47 years. Yesterday Mr. Palmer
was sent for by an official and on his
arrival at the shops found 300 em
ployes ready to welcome him. Mr.
Palmer was presented with a leather
chair, umbrella and other gifts. The
veteran was retired at his own re
quest. He is a prominent Odd Fellow,
and is well known in Harrisburg and
throughout the Cumberland Valley.
Cumberland Valley Report
Shows Net Revenue Increase
Total railway operating revenues of
the* Cumberland Valley Railroad for
the year ended December 31 were
$3,091,214, decrease $135,839, and net
revenue from railway operations was
$1,121,615, increase $186,066. Net in
come was $1,076,755, Increase $127,-
525. Of this amount $4 26,676 being
8 per cent, was distributed in dividends
and $486,613 held in reserve. The per
centage of operatig expenses, includ
ing taxes, to operating revenue was
63.07. decrease 7.30 per cent. Jn his
general remarks President Moorhead
C. Kennedy says that, the decrease in
passenger revenue was due to unfa
vorable business conditions, but is also
accounted for to some extent by the
large increase in the number of auto
mobiles which adversely affect pas
senger earnings.
Start Work on New Bridge;
Carpenters Will Be Busy
In order that no time will be lost in j
starting concrete work on the second
half or \he Cumberland Valley railroad
bridge, c-Srpenters began preparation
to-day. Frame troughs and boxes
are being constructed about the piers.
The first work will be on the concrete
steel bound girder crossing Front
street. In the meantime the work of
tearing down the old bridge is pro
gressing rapidly. The high water held
up this work for a short time. The
Robert Grace company, contractors in
charge of the concrete work are ready i
to begin as soon as the trestles and
other frame work is completed.
Twelve Special Trains
For Stonemen Delegates
On Saturday, April 29, between:
8,000 and 10,000 Stonemen from Phil
adelphia and points East, will pass I
through Harrisburg en route to Pitts
burgh where a one-day convention of
this organization will be held Sunday.
April .10. Already arrangements have
been made for 12 special trjiins. The
first train will reach Harrisburg about
noon on April 29, according to pres
ent arrangements. Members of the
organization from Wilkes-Barre,
Scranton, Reading and other points
will come to Harrisburg and meet the
special trains here.
David Goldberg Very III;
Stricken While on Duty
David Goldberg, interpreter for the
Pennsylvania railroad, and the Phila-i
delphia and Reading Railway, became!
suddenly ill this morning, while on |
duty at the Pennsylvania station. He j
was sent to his home 17 Cowden |
street, in a cab. It Is said he is a very j
sick man.
The aged interpreter complained of
pains about his heart. He has been
a sufferer with stomach trouble for
several months, and a short time ago
was confined to his home for three
weeks. A few days ago he had a
slight attack.
Large Wheel Contract'
Let by the Reading
Special to the Telcgrapli
Reading, Pa., April 5. —A contract
for 8,000 wheels has been received by
the Reading Car Wheel Company of
this city.
The wheels will be used on 1,000
gondola cars recently ordered by the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Company.
Railroad Notes
A largely attended cottage prayer
meeting was held last night at the
residence of U. D. Pensyl, 24 23 Reel
street. The meeting was under the
direction of the local P. R. R. Y. M.
C. A.
11. P. Ziegler, a brakeman employed
by the Pennsylvania railroad, is ill at
his home in York.
Members of the Baltimore division
Athletic Association of the Pennsyl
vania railroad will meet to-night to
plan for a big athletic meet to be held
in June.
C. 13. Freeman has been appointed
assistant supervisor of signals of the
middle division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, vice John Genseimer, pro
moted.
William J. Dw.ver, assistant fore
man of the P. R. R. paint shop at Al
toona, has been made foreman of the
Renovo shops, lie is well known i*»
Harrisbufg.
John ('. Krebs, a veteran machinist
' of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way Company, aged r>3 years, will be
: retired May 1. 11c resides at Read-
I injf.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
BRANCH BODIES
FORP.R.R.VETS
Retired Veterans Plan For
Meeting in Harrisburg Some
lime This Year, Is Report
The first steps toward organizing
the retired veterans of the Pennsyl
vania railroad throughout Pennsyl
vania will be taken next week, at a
meeting of the Retired Veteran Em
ployes' Association at Philadelphia on
Friday, April 15, when plans will be
discussed for organizing similar asso
ciations in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Erie
and other points.
The association meeting in Phila
delphia is composed of pensioners and
meets once a month. The member
ship numbers 300 and includes vet
erans from east of Pittsburgh. The
majority of the members, however, are
from Harrisburg, Philadelphia and in
termediate points.
Too Far to Travel
The claim is made that the distance
is too great tor a one-day meeting for
veterans residing at Pittsburgh. Wil
liainsport and points north and from
Baltimore.
The plans of the Philadelphia mem
bers, it is said, is to have a committee
arrange for a meeting in Harrisburg.
Veterans from Baltimore and along
the Baltimore division want an or
ganization of their own. it is also
said the men on the retired list north
of Williamsport have expressed a
similar request. At the meeting to
be held in this city, it is proposed to
arrange for branches and to designate
the territory for each branch. These
associations will have no connection,
or conflict with the various division
veteran employes' associations.
P. It. It. ENGINEER STRICKEN
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, April 5. W. C.
Gushing-, of Pittsburgh. Pa., chief en
gineer of maintenance of way of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh,
was stricken with vertigo on the street
here to-day. He was taken to a hos
pital where it was said that while his
condition is serious it is not critical.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE
Philadelphia Division— los crew first
10 go after 4 p. m.: 131, lift, 122, 10S,
117. 111 128, 11S, 124, 103, 130, 104, 113.
Engineers for 04, 108, 128.
!• iremen for 103. 127.
Conductors for 1.16, 122.
Flagmen for 105, 110. 127.
Brakemen for 116 (two), 118, 124,
131 (two).
Engineers up: Howard, Gem mill,
Gray, Brodacher, Hubler, Schwartz,
Martin, Yeater. Newcomer. Burkley,
I logentogler, Eefever, Wenrick, Speas,
Uehr. Tennant.
Firemen up: Peters. Good, Walters,
Showers, Walker. Shimp, Seiders,
Strlckler, Bixler, Weil, Flnkenbinder,
Johnson, Herman, Rupp, Barker,
Dohner, Swartz.
Brakemen up: Hoover, Frank, Ashen
felter, llarman, Mumnia, Penner, Smith,
Kilgore, Kersey, Deselvey, Miller,
Sterner, Giliett, Looker, Arter, Dow
hower, Crosby.
Middle DIVINIOII— 23S crew first to go
after 2 p. m.: 239, 214, 230, 24, 17, 32,
238. 219. IS, 26.
Engineer for 26.
Conductor for 24.
Flagman for 24.
Brakemen for 18, 26.
Engineers up: Harris. Baker. Al
bright. Tcttemer, Doede, Burris, Kauff
man. Hummer.
Firemen yp: Stever, Reeder.
Conductors up: Bhiue, Hilbish.
Brakemen up: Eenhart, ltaisner,
Humphreys, Rhine, IJoyle, Jr.. Kistler,
Gebhard. Williams, Brown. Farleman,
Bolden, Sauerwine, Messimer.
Yard (>«»«
Engineers for 6, 12, third 24, 46.
Firemen for first 22, 26, 52.
Engineers up: Gibbons, Rodgers,
Snyder, Loy. McCartey, Eeiby, Fells,
Mi' Morris, McDonald, Runkle, Wise,
Watts, Sieber, Clelland, Goodman, Har
ling.
Firemen up: Hitz. Peiffer, Snell, Jr.,
Flelsher, Blottenberger. Weigle, Burger,
Alcorn, Wagner, Richter. Keiser. Fer
guson, Six. Cumbler. Cain, Williams,
Warner, Myers, Steele. Albright, Hardy,
Willielm. Mover, Walters, Bruaw, Bog
ner. Smith, McKilllps.
ENOI.A SIDE
Philadelphia Division —23l crew first
to go nfter 3:30 p. in.: 218, 207, 210, 216,
231. 21 4, 253, 241. 204, 236, 261. 226, 209,
Engineers for 204, 234.
Fireman for 210.
Conductors for 18, 36. 42.
Flagman for 1 4.
Brakemen for 9, 31, 34, 37, 53, 60.
Conductors up: Flickinger, Carson.
Flagmen up: Meek. Hartman.
Brakemen up: Olwine, Gayman, Wliit
ington. Newton. Dougherty. Hastings,
Hutchinson. Welsh, Seabolt, Yost,
Geist, Waltman.
Middle Division —loß crew first to go
after 2:40 p. m.: 120, 115. 110.
Firemen for 108, 120.
Conductors for 120, 115.
Brakeman for lis.
Yard Crews—To go after 4 p m.:
Engineers for first 126. 122, 134, first
106. second 106. ,»econil 102.
Firemen for second 124, 130, 132.
Engineers up: Passmore, Anthony,
Rider. Mill, Boyer. Anspach, Kling.
Firemen up: McDonald. Biikhart,
Sellers. Gelling, Eidick, Brown, Eichel
berger, Einn, Yost.
THE READING
llnrrlxhtirK Division —2 crew, first to
go after 1:30 p. m.: 10, 3.
Eastbound —-71 crew first to go after
11 a. m.: 67. 60. 62. 69. 64. 23, 55.
Engineers for 55. 62, 2.
Firemen for 62, 69. ,
Conductor for 3.
Brakemen for 67, 3.
Engineers up: Rweeley, Barnhart,
Welrman. Massimore, Morne.
Firemen up: Dowhower, Glaser,
Yowler, McMullin, Nye, Nowark. Barr,
Haldeman. Keefer. Stoner, Alvord. Mil
ler, Blumenstlne, Warfel.
Conductors up: Shover. Wolf.
Brakemen up: JSVoland, Jones. Wick
enhelser, Pletz, Felker, Blttle, Parmer,
Shambaugh, Taylor. Steals, Shlpe, Mori,
Redman, Cocklln, Hess, Grimes, Sour
beer, Wood.
Many a Bargain in Big
Rummage Sale For Hospital
at Old Cook Dep't. Store
Bargains of unusual worth will be
found in the rummage sale for the
benefit of the Harrisburg Hospital to
be held April 13, 14, 15, in the store
room formerly occupied by Cook's del
partment store. 308 Market street. The
new headquarters for the sale were se
cured through the courtesy of Mrs.
Herman Astrich, who has donated
them for the committee's use.
Details of the bargains came In a
statement of the executive committee
finer conferences with many of the
district managers, who have charge of
the twenty supply districts into which
the city has been divided. Some of the
managers reported donations of furni
ture and household supplies which
would outfit several homes. Others
have turned in repuorts of offers of
food and other supplies sufficient to
feed many families, all of which will
be sold at bargain-counter prices during
the sale.
DR. WATK HAM.IKS
By Associated Press
New York. April o. —Dr. Arthur
j Warren Walte, self-confessed poisoner
I of his wealthy fa)her-ln-law, John E.
I Peck, rallied to-day from the relapse
which he suffered yesterday. The phy
sicians said he probably could be ar
raigned on the murder charge against
Ihlrn before the end of the week.
AMERICANS CAN
NOT STAVE OFF
RUIN IN BERLIN
Businessmen Find It Impos
sible lo Import Anything;
Cry For Aid
Berlin, March 9.—(Correspondence
of The Associated Press. For near
ly a year and a half the American
businessmen and firms In Germany,
cut off almost entirely from the goods
with which 'hey do business, have
been making desperate but compara
tively unorganized efforts to stave off
the ruin that has been staring them
In the face. Some have tried to im
port stocks surreptitiously while oth
ers have attempted by curtailment and
economy lo weather the storm. Rut,
just as steadily as they have curtailed,
just so steadily has England tighten
ed its blockade, until to-day the man
who receives a shipment <H anything
that is noncontraband is envied of
all his fellow American businessmen.
The situation became immeasurably
worse last year when the facilities of
the parcels post no longer were avail
able. More than one firm had eked
out its existence by this means.
After a year and a half a more or
less feeble effort at concerted action
has been made. This has consisted
of wireless appeals to Congress and to
Individual Congressmen, through the
"American Association of Commerce
and Trade," praying for some action.
The association first sent to most of
the big American business firms in
Germany a set of questions, the most
important of which was "What do you
think will be the result if you con
tinue to be unable to get goods?"
The answers varied in wording, but
were epitomized in the reply of the
representative of a big typewriter
company, declaring that a continuation
of the present situation spelled ruin.
Though the association's list of ques
tions did not touch upon the point,
nine-tenths of the replies pointed out
that in addition to impending disaster
trade was slowly but surely falling in
to the hands of German competitors.
As Associated Press correspondent
made a canvass of the larger American
establishments in Germany—estab
lishments which for the most part
have been in business for decades, and
which not only are gradually losing
their German and Austrian business
but also before the war dealt with
Germany's present opponents, and
consequently have lost their trade
with Russia, France, Italy, Belgium
and other countries.
The list included the largest type
writer company in the world, the larg
est dental supply firm in existence,
the biggest'shoe company, in point of
sales of American goods, in Germany,
a large adding machine corporation, a
well-known elevator manufacturing
concern, one of the largest manufac
turers of toilet articles in America and
other smaller concerns, but no at
tempt was made to determine the
possible losses of establishments deal
ing in contraband, or even in condi
tional contraband except as the
latter constitutes part of the imports
of the dental supplies in the form of
gutta percha and rubber. The cor
respondent's investigation was con
line solely to things at present held
up by the blockade which could not
directly serve war purposes.
Many million of dollars worth of
goods either have been held up or,
though needed, have not been order
ed because of Ihe impossibility of get
ting them. Many more millions of
invested capital probably will be lost
completely, in the opinion of their in
vestors, if there is not a speedy rem
edy.
Women's and children's shoes, It is
contended, are not contraband. Yet
the American shoe men in Germany
despair of ever being able to j?et any
more because they assume that Eng
land withholds these articles 011 the
theory that, without American goods,
Germany must apply a considerable
proportion of its leather stock to sup
ply its civilian population. With
American shoes for women and chil
dren this leather could be used for
soldiers' footwear.
Businessmen in other lines—type
writers for example fall to under
stand what advantage the blockade
can have. America, and America
only, they maintain, is being hurt.
Germany, they say, has an abundance
i of metal, and the exclusion of Ameri
can typewriters merely gives the Ger
iman manufacturers of this machine
;an advantage that they have waited
: for in vain since the introduction of
1 the industry here.
! A considerable item in the damage
to Americans caused by the blockade
lies In overhead expenses. Almost
without exception the principal firms
here tind themselves with long-term
leases on their hands. Though they
face the necessity of "shutting up
shop" within a short time, their
j rents must lie continued as long as
[they have the money to pay tiiem.
I All ha ve had to discharge employes,
[and all have been hampered by los
ing men who have been drawn into
the army. One adding machine com
pany has reduced its subsidiary con
cerns from eighty to twenty.
The situation, at least for the firms
dealing in mechanical devices is the
more serious because they not only
are not able to import their machines
but because even shipments of "parts"
are stopped, and they cannot in con
sequence carry out contracts made be
fore the war.
The only American firms which
have not reached an almost hopeless
stage are those —principally the man
ufacturers of fari..ing machinery
which have plants here in Germany,
and which therefore are largely in
dependent of imports. Many of these
are said to be prospering by divert
ing temporarily their activities to the
production of ammunition.
American importers of goods of
every kind long ago gave up Holland
as a country through which they
could get material. Scandinavia has
become the medium through which
the little dribbles, that comes in. And
the Scandinavian countries, according
to the censensus of opinion, are busily
occupied in looking out for them
selves.
Some of the American businessmen
in Germany, have discarded all
scruples in the matter of declarations,
and very frankly admit that when
ever possible goods declared to be in
! tended for Denmark or Norway are
'reshipped to Germany. Only in this
: way have the firms been able to con
tinue in business. Another set of men,
jin the minority, have gone without
that which is urgently needed because
| they would not try to deceive. The
manager of a great concern in Ger
many has several hundred machines
in Sweden which he could secure in
case his agent were to swear that the
machines were intended for Sweden.
Such a declaration would release the
machines and they could easily be
shipped to Germany.
Possibly seven out of every ten
American businessmen have little hope
that the situation is to he or can be
| remedied.
{ A typical example of the crippled
'American business enterprises in Ger
many is the largest shoe firm hand
ling American goods in the empire.
[This firm, according to Its proprietor.
I does on the average a business of half
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a million dollars a year. It maintains
stores in Berlin, Frankfort-on-the-
Main, and in Hamburg.
In August, 1914 the firm had an or
der for $ GO,OOO worth of shoes placed
in New i ork an order which never
has been delivered. When it became
evident that direct, or indirect, ship
ments were impossible it resorted to
the parcels post. In driblets it has
received up to date about $5,000
worth of goods. In normal times the
stores would have imported $200,000
worth of goods. Stock has been so
exhausted that in one day recently one
store had to turn awaj 114 customers
who wanted American shoes such as
they had bought before and could not
get elsewhere. Expenses for maintain
ing the three stores amount to about
$250 a day. The owner is cutting down
his force as fast as he can, but at
last has arrived at the point where a
(definite and perhaps permanent clos
ing of j..s establishments is necessary.
The largest American typewriter
company in Germany has an invest
ment here of about two and a half
million dollars, and after eighteen
months of war has "given up the
ghost." Its guiding official, after try
ing every possible diplomatic and of
ficial means of relief, has settled down
to the task of "unloading" as judi
ciously as possible. The assets of this
concern are great —• but they cannot
be turned into cash at the present
time. The concern's representative
has been brought to helieve at last
that he "Will be lucky if he can liqui
date so as to come out even, that is
to say. if he can wind up his affairs
without sacrificing more than the
capital invested.
This company was one of the pio
neers in the typewriter industry. In
competition to it, a whole row of Ger
man firms sprang up a number of
years ago, and flourished because they
put out cheaper, though inferior ma-
Gradually an intense trade
jealousy was evolved. The numerous
German concerns in time outstripped,
in point of business done, the Ameri
can firm with its three subsidiary com
panies, but the American company
nevertheless made gigantic strides in
Germany and Austria, until its annual
business had risen into the millions.
All that stopped whrti the war De
gan. The head of the concern re
fuses to resort to any subterfuge in
obtaining either machines or supplies
—and the warehouses of Goteborg are
clogged with typewriters originally
intended for Berlin. The Berlin office
has orders for hundreds if not thous
ands of machines which it cannot fill.
Germany has always been a Mecca
for American dentists. Thousands of
Germans go to the "parlors" of
Americans. In consequence the larg
est dental supply house in the world
long ago established a large branch
in Berlin. Prom this branch Ameri
can and other dentists all over Europe
have drawn their supplies. This con
cern was doing, at the outbreak of the
war, a business of between $50,000
and $75,000 a month. To-day it is do
ing—chiefly through the sale of Ger
man goods-—a business ranging from
seven to nine thousand dollars a
month.
It struggled along while the parcel
post was still working. Such things
as dentists' chairs, electric motors and
the like have long since been sold out
and cannot be replaced. But, by mail,
it was able to get gutta percha and
rubber, amalgam, and the various in
gredients for filling, but even that is
impossible now.
Its office force lias had to be re
duced by about 80 per cent. Its head
quarters have the appearance of a
barn with a few articles standing for
lornly about. For weeks and months
its manager has been fighting to stave
off the eventual closing down until
the end of the war.
An adding machine company is
another one of the several American
firms that had comparatively large
stocks on hand at the beginning of
the war. The firm at first was not at
all Inclined to side in with other
American establishments in their
complaints against English blockade.
The business fell off only during the
first months of the war, and picked up
during the first half of 1915. Then the
pinch began to make itself felt. Old
machines were returned for repairs
that could not be made, in spite of
contracts, because of the lack of
"parts." Orders for new machines
continued to pour in until existing
stocks were exhausted. They are prac
tically gone now, and the manager
looks with regretful eye at the sixty
thousand dollars worth of machines
that, at the last accounting, were held
at Kirkwall, England.
With varying details, it is the same
story with half a dozen American
firms who sell farming machinery.
Kor months it also has been almost
an impossibility to buy American toi
let articles in Berlin. The wife of an
American recently spent days and
considerable taxicab fare in visiting
every drug store of importance In the
residential sections of the city in a
vain search for n few things which
she and her husband wanted. A big
American firm dealing in toilet arti
cles has for years maintained a branch
hefe, but business has gone so hope-
I lessly bad that the manager even has
jleft, and the office is merely kept open
by subordinates in the more or less
i indefinite hope that affairs will bet-
I ter themselves soon.
I American hats formerly had some
[ what of a vogue, but they now are ex
-1 eluded. So did radiators, separatotrs.
pumps, presses, elevators, and a dozen
other things.
For a long while the Americans who
deal in all these things have been in
clined to take matters philosophically,
j Most of them have taken the stand
| point of an important dealer whosa
! home office does a large business with
j the opponents of Germany namely
I that too loud a protest is apt to in
jure trade in the Entente countries.
| Now, however, that it has become lit
erally a matter of commercial life or
death, most of them have stopped be
ing silent sacrifices, and are seeking
ways and means whereby they can
voice their indignation.
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