You Can't Be " 1 Neutral" on the food question. You have to de cide between mere palate foods that contain no nutri ment and foods that repair the bodily waste. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is both a palate-food and a muscle builder., You can keep in good health and at the top notch of physical fitness by eating this delicious, ready cooked, whole wheat cereal for breakfast, luncheon or Made at Niagara Falls, N. Arlington Is Tuning Up For New Trans-Atlantic Tests By Associated Press Washington, April 5. The big navy wireless at Arlington is being tuned up for new trans-Atlantic tests with stations in Spain within a week or ten days. The tests will be made at. the request of the Spanish govern ment. An improved refined wireless receiver, the invention of a prominent Magistrate Koenig to the psychopathic eral stations in Spain. House Naval Subcommittee Drafting Annual Measure Waabinton, April 5. Work of drafting the annual naval appropria tion bill has been begun by the House Naval subcommittee following the conclusion of hearings before the full committee. Provision in the bill for six capital ships, two dread naughts and four bat tle cruisers may be made as a com promise between Secretary Daniels' recommendations and those of the general naval board. U. S. Investigation of Meat Packing Is Wanted Washington, April 5. Further de mand for federal investigation of the meat, packing industry, with special reference to alleged price fixing, was made by representatives of livestock interests who again appeared before the House Judiciary subcommittee to day. RELIABLE REMEDY RESTORES KIDNEYS For many years druggists have watched with much interest the re markable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid ney, liver and bladder remedy. It is a physician's prescription. Swamp-Root is a strengthening medicine. Dr. Kilmer used it for years In his private practice. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladder do the work nature intended they should do. Swamp-Root has stood the test of years. It is sold by all druggists on its merit and it will help you. No other remedy can successfully take its place. Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test Ihls great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingliamton, N. Y„ for a sample bottle. When writ ing be sure and mention the Harris burg Daily Telegraph. Advertise ment. What's Bad for Your Skin is Bad for Your Clothes Many laundry soaps and soap powders roughen the skin of the hands. The same chemical that does this is in jurious to fabrics. Borax is beneficial to the skin. It cannot possibly hurt your clothes. But it cleans them to perfection. "20 Mule. Team Borax Soap Chips'' are pure soap and pure borax combined in 1 lie right proportions for laundry work. A 25c package will do more gleaning than 50c worth of bar soap or wash ing powders. NUXATED IRON Cf 1 d C 'u- SeS e trv!igth Bit riiillill rundown people 200 I I | LU2J Per cent, in ten days |II I I ipl hi many instances. SIOO it utticle soon to "ap- Ask your doctor or druggist about It. Croli Keller, G. A. Gorgas always carry It In stock. Xp© offer EXTRAORDINARY FOB SATURDAY, APRII, BTH Our Scientific Eye Examination, Gold Filled Modern Finger . Piece Mounting, or 1 r" A Spectacles, Including ~N I "^ll Best Lenses. Many charge from SI.OO to sfi.oo. Special price, $1.50. IWISIIII.K BIFOCALS—one-piec« lens for close and far. I,«»v an *6.r,0. Special ground lenses at lowest prices. Crowm Optical Co. 210 NORTH THIRD STREET Second Floor, llnrrldbiirir, I'll. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SCHOOL FUND IS MOUNTING HIGH Splendid Showing Made by the State Board of Education in the Financing DEMONSTRATION N E X T Dr. Surface's Men Will Have Special Work in the Field; Commissioners Busy Pen n sylvania's V\\ 9 /// Permanent School A\\ Q\ZJ Fund, which was A jjo established by the school code enacted amounts to over I fySI®WMtoWP $191,000 is Invest i qJbBOOEI ,>on ' ls w ' t ' l ■wBtSSsNMHIU Treasury awaiting investment. The fund is growing al most weekly owing to escheatings and the sale of forestry products. During tlie year just closed the in come of the fund was $91,000 alone from the sale of products of the State's million acre forestry reserves this sum being turned in by the De partment of Forestry, $25,797.25 from escheated estates and $179. from sales of State land. The State Fire Insurance Fund, created by the last Legislature, which is to replace burned buildings owned by the State is now over a quarter of a million dollars. It is expected that the State Work men's Insurance Fund will go over the $750,000 mark this year. The Slag Case. The "slag rate" case which involves the charges on hauling slag from furnaces in the Pittsburgh district and affects plants in every part of the State is due to be considered finally by the Public Serv ice Commission this week. The argu ment will be heard to-morrow. Special Oates Made. Special orchard demonstrations have been ar ranged by the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Zoology in Potter and Wayne county for next week. These orchard meetings will be in charge of experts and everybody is invited to attend and bring speci ments for identification. The schedule of meetings is as follows: Potter County, M. L. Benn, Demon strator. April 10—David R. Persing, North Bingham. April 12— E. G. Scoville, Roulette, R. No. 1. April 14—Frank Morris. Millport. Wayne county, W. H. Bullock, Dcm onst rator. April 10— R. W. Murphy. Hawley. April 12. W. J. llicks, Honesdale. April 14—L. W. Pelton, Hamlin. The Very Latest.—-The Philadelphia Press to-day contains this interesting item about compensation matters: "Can a man suffer an attack of ap pendicitis from shock caused by a steel forging dropping on his toes? This is a question that the Workmen's Compensation Board will probably have to decide in the near future. Mrs. J. Frank Knorr, Philadelphia, has taken out a claim petition nnd an nounced that she will ask for compen sation for her husband from the South wark Foundry and Machine Company, Fourth and Washington streets, on these grounds. According to infor mation given Referee Scott several days ago. Knorr, who was a workman at the place, had suffered several smashed toes when a forging dropped on them. The accident occurred March 6, and on March 11, the wife claims, her husband was operated upon for appendicitis. Iter physician, she told the referee, declared the affliction developed as a result of shock caused by the accident." Union Insures. —Cigarmalters' Union No. 226 to-day insured its employes in the State fund under the compen sation act. At Buruliam.—John S. Spicer to day went to Burnham to conduct the State safety first moving picture ex hibit before the employes of the Standard Steel Company to-night. Mr. Mummn's Payment.—County County Treasurer Mark Mumma to day paid the State $21,000 as Dauphin liquor licenses. New Shirt Company.—The Sterling Shirt Company, of this city, was char tered yesterday with SIO,OOO capital by C. U French, Duncannon: Theo dore Khares. Harrisburg, and S. A. Garman, Richfield. Pardon Case Filed. —Newton If. Miller, of Ihis city, to-day filed an ap plication for pardon. lie was con victed last year of larceny and given from fifteen to thirty-six months. Ten now cases are listed for the Par don Board. No Contract Known Of. —State of ficials stated to-day that they had no information that the contract for the West (.'hester Armory had been let to W. H. Jones at $25,000. Express Companies Make Gain of Over 400 Per Cent. Washington, D. April 5. He turns of the great express companies to the Interstate Commerce Commission for December, 1915, show an increase of more than 100 per cent, over December, lull. In net revenues available for <llvi ■lenil and Interest on bonds. The .show ing for the six months ending with Do cember Is even greater. The increase In net revenues rose more than 1,-iOO per cent. The will of Joseph Tassel, South Han over township was probated to-day and lo ers were granted by Registrar R. C. Danncr to Wilson and Jennie Cas sel. MRS. MARY JO. UXGF.R The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Unger, 1407% eVrnon street, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyler, pastor of Derry Street United Brethren Church. Burial was made in Prospect Hill cemtery. Mrs. linger was the widow of Thomas TJnger. Te survivors are, one daughter, Mrs. C. J. Breininger, and two sons, D. J., and Devi, Harrisburg; and one son, J. T., Washington, D. C. CONFKR WITH POOH ROAHD Mrs. E. V.. Gross, representing the Children's Industrial Home, headed a committee of tlie board of managers which conferred to-day with the Poor Board relativo to the disposition of some of the small inmates of that ins titution. INSTITUTE MONEY Dr. F. E. Downes, city school super intendent, conferred with the County Commissioners to-day relative to ob taining the city school district's share of funds for conducting teachers' in stitutes. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears _ - Signature of STEELTON AND CANAL NUISANCE AGAIN TO FRONT Taxpayers Watch With Inter est Council's Pending Action on Ordinance High water of the past week has caused a renewed interest in the or dinance now before Steelton's coun ! oil, which has ben endorsed by some of the councilmen because they say it will wipe out the old Pennsylvania Canal nuisance. Since the abandonment years ago of this canal as a traffic route, it has been converted into a sort of a sur face sewage drain for the borough. Instead of placing sewers under the tracks of the railroads and through the West Side to the river the author ities in years past adopted the cheap er expedient and drained direct into the canal. For years past property owners along the town's principal thorough-j fare, which the canal parallels, have been urging that the old canal he done! away with, and declare that It has; been a constant source of disease and property. Although a fill recently made along the east bank of the stream and it lower surface, due to a larger outlet] at the Harrisburg end of the canal, ; kept the flood waters below the stages reached in former years, some dam-! age was done. Many callers were till-! Ed with water that seeped through the! earth bank and property owners along the canal were much inconvenienced; by the coating of mud left behind when the waters receded. What Ordinance Docs The ordinance now before council! which affects the canal was introduced! to grant the Pennsylvania railroad I the right to construct a freight spur into the steel works along the old tow- j path. It is now on final reading and will likely be disposed of at the next j meeting of council. As the ordinance now stands it is unsatisfactory to council because it' has been shown that the canal nuis- ] ance will not be abated and that the j stream will still remain open. For this reason council has held the meas ure under advisement for several \ months. In the meantime, however, the rail-j road has gone ahead with Its con- j struction work and now has a line j graded from the Harrisburg to the I borough line, preparatory to laying; its tracks upon the final passage of thej 1 ordinance. Steelton Snapshots Announces Program. The Rev. i G. N.. Lauffer has just issued a pro- 1 gram for services incidental to the! Easter season in St. John's Lutheran j Church. Beginning Monday evening! services will be held every evening j with exceptions of Saturday until Easter. Announce Birtli. Mr. and Mrs. Webster Dewalt, of Valentine, Xeb., announce the birth of a daughter, Marguerite Naomi, March 24. Mrs. Dewalt was formerly Miss Pearl Hum- ' me!, of Steelton. Open Parlor. Mrs. Anna Herman will open an ice cream parlor at Reading and Bessemer streets Satur day. CROATIAN TO J.ECTI/RE "t'roatia In the Present War" will be the subject of a lecture by Milan Marjanovicli, a noted Croatian lectur er, who is touring the United States, in Croatian hall. May 1. UPPER END AUTO CLUB BANQUET Well Known Speakers Boost Good Roads and Bridge at Delightful Function Millersburg, Pa., April s.—Good roads in the upper end got a big boost at the hands of the Millersburg Motor Club during tho annual banquet of that organization at the Hotel Charles last evening. The Millersburg club lias a membership of more than 150, which is a highwater mark for towns of the size, and the handsomely deco rated diningroom of the hotel was well tilled with a majority of the members and many out-of-town guests. State Highway Commissioner Cun ningham was to have been the guest i of tlic evening but an attack of acute i indigestion a few hours previous to; the dinner put him to lied and lie was! represented by W. R. D. Hail, statis- j tician of the State Highway Depart ment, who made an address. Others 1 who took part in the speaking were j General Superintendent 11. P. Lincoln,' of the Northern Central Railroad . Company; Senator E. E. Beidleman, ! George 11. Biles, second deputy State 1 Highway Commissioner: Howard W. Fry, chief clerk in the State Highway Department,> Frank B. ljpsch, presi dent of the Motor Cluli of Harrisburg, and Ous M. Steinnietz. J. Hay Bow man, publisher and enthusiastic mo-1 torist, was toastmaster and S. S. Pick j said grace. Mr. Ilall's Address Mr. Hall dwelt at some length upon the difficulties confronting the State Highway Department in its effort to make a $3,000,000 annual appropria tion suffice to keep more than 10,000 miles of roads in order. He went Into the history of the State Highway De partment and showed how a vast mileage had been dumped upon the State which should have remained in county or township hands and pointed out how the Legislature had robbed the motorists of the State by making the automobile license fees part of the $3,000,000 annual appropriation in stead of an additional sum set apart for maintenance. Mr. Hall said that he believed the motor fee fund will reach $2,000,000 for the present year. Toastmaster Bowman introduced General Superintendent Lincoln as the man who had "brought the good roads idea to Millersburg," and Mr. Lincoln told how he had introduced the first "split-log drag" there and said he might he counted upon any time to co-operate witli Millersburg in the matter of better highways. Deputy Biles recalled the splendid work of the Millersburg club last good roads day, when it had more than 300 representatives working on the roads, and promised the co-opera tion of the department in the matter of getting a good road from Millers burg to Harrisburg, a subject that is now being discussed by the railroad company and the Highway Depart ment with excellent prospects of early success. Senator Heidleinan Speaks Senator Beldleman also talked of the necessity of this improvement and said that the road should he started lirst at Mlllersburg and run south as 0 HARRI6BURG TELEGRAPH WILL SLEEP IN FAIR BUILDING Directors Consent to Use of Exhibition Hall During j Firemen's Convention At a meeting of the Middletown Fair Association last evening Walter K. Rodfong was elected secretary. The following committees were also ap pointed: Buildings and grounds, M. B. Schaeffer, H. H. Shellenberger, Mar tin Snyder, R. p. Raymond, E. S. Keiper; printing and advertising, A. L, Etter, M. B. Schaeffer, Martin Ging rich, Felix M. Davis. C. C. Cumbler; bills and accounts, Martin Gingrich, W. K. Rodfong, E. S. Keiper, C. C. Cumbler. R. P. Raymond; race, H. H. Shellenberger, Martin Snyder, W. K. Rodfong, E. S. Keiper, Hiram Billet; exhibits, -E. S. Keiper, J. S. Long cnecker, Hiram Billet. J. W. Millard. R. P. Raymond, J. H. Walters; amuse ments, H. H. Shellenberger, Felix Du visti A. 1.,. Etter, Martin Gingrich, J. S. Longenecker, J. W. Millard and J. IT. Walters. Arrangements whereby an aviation meet will be held at the fair grounds on or about July 12 were completed with the promoters. The firemen's convention committee asked and obtained permission to use the exhibition building at the fuir grounds as sleeping quarters during the convention of the Cumberland Val ley volunteer firemen to be held here In July. An innovation this year will be an exhibition of fireworks on Saturday evening, July 19. The regular fair dates are July 15, 16, 17 and 18. The holders of concessions and privileges will be permitted to remain over Sat urday. which really means that the fair will be a five-day event instead of four. Give Farewell Party For Harvey Bolan at Bressler A farewell party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bo lan, at Bressler, in honor of their son, Harvey Bolan. Games and music was followed by refreshments. Those pres ent included: Miss Goldie Fackler, Miss Ethel Sponsler, Miss Mary Brun er. Miss Dorothy Buser and Miss Edith Buser, Bressler: Miss Mary Eisenber ger, Steelton; Miss Jessie Cummings, Harrisburg; Miss Pearl Green, Ship pensburg; Miss Short. Oberlin; Miss Ella Edwards. Miss Sarah Edwards, Miss Julia Bolan, Miss Ellen Bolan, and Miss Sarah Bennett, Bressler; Le ro.v Downs and Thurston Cayton, Steelton; Hoy Hurst and Earl Smelt zer, Bressler: Samuel Kunhert, En haut; Carl Herman, Fred Dill, Harry Papenfus, Richard Edwards, Marion Herman, Paul Smith, Harvey Bolan, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Herman, all of Bressler; Mrs. Margaret Critchley, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Margaret Hurst, Bressler; William Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolan, Brevier. RECITAL A SUCCESS The first of two recitals under the auspices of the Young People's Societv of Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian Church, held last even ing, was well attended. Miss Ruth K. Wells, of Harrisburg. presided at the organ, assisted by Miss Flora Eshe nower, soloist. The various numbers were pleasing and greatly appreciated. The sewond recital will be given early in May. far as Speeeeville as that he believed t« be the section of the road most in need of immediate improvement. The Senator said that the Highway De partment is suffering for lack of funds because no Governor within his recollection has had.the courage to veto a lot of private appropriation bills that ought never to have gotten out of committee. Senator Beidleman also won a round of applause when he referred to the plan for a bridge across the Susquehanna in wßlch Mil lers burg people are so much interested and which would mean so much to them. The Senate passed the Beidle man bridge bill last session but it was Hi lld in the House. Another effort will be made to get it through the Legislature next session. Mr. Bosch complimented Millers burg on the si/.e and activity of its club ar.d pledged the co-operation of the Ilarrisburg club in any-enterprise attempted by the upper enders. The dinner was brought to an early close to permit the visitors to return to Harrisburg on the !):53 train. The club voted ils thanks to the commit tee on arrangements, to the manage ment of the Hotel Charles for the very pretty flag and floral decorations and to the Millersburg orchestra for the music of the evening. MIDDLETOWA- - -1 Body of Drowned Boy Recovered From Creek After a four-hour search the body of Claude llolstein, the 6-year-old son of Mrs. Mabel llolstein, of State street, who drowned in the Swatara creek yesterday afternoon, was recovered last evening by LeTtoy Hoke. The boy, with three companions, fell into the Swatara creek at the rear of the Rescue Hose house while loading up an express wagon with wood. All but Claude were rescued by Nicholas Rehrer. As soon as the body was found it was taken to (lie mother's home, where it was later viewed by Coorrer Jacob Kcklnger and Deputy Alber. Speese. A verdict of accidental drowning was given. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoorfat 2 o'clock at the home of Perry Hippie, of Pike street, and at the Riverside Chapel at 2.30 o'clock. The Rev. James Cunningham will officiate. INJURES I,KC. James Brandt, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David Brandt, of South Wood street, tore a ligament in liis left leg yesterday while attempting to crawl over a fence at the rear of his home. MinniiKTOWN NOTES Adam Baumbacli has purchased the Keim property in Ann street. The Woman's Club will meet to morrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. W. George, of North Spring street. An interesting program has been ar ranged. The Sunday school class of St. Pe ter's Lutheran Church, taught by A. S. Quickel, will meet to-morrow evening at the home of Mrs. Harry KaulTman in Royalton. C. M. Moss left to-day for Cham bersburg, where he will spend several days. Harry Fenical spent yesterday at Philadelphia. SCHWAB MAKES ANOTHER OFFER Will Pay $75 Instead of $27 For Pennsylvania Steel Common Stock In the sale of the Pennsylvania Steel Company to the Bethlehem Steel Cor poration the owners of 1,944 shares of common stock, being the minority holdings, will receive $75 a share in cash instead of $27, as originally of fered. The offer of Charles M. Schwab which was accepted by the Pennsyl vania Railroad and Reading interests and by William H. Conner, who held 76 per cent, of the outstanding stock, was SIOO for preferred and $27 for the common. They were to be paid in bonds of the Bethlehem Steel Corpo ration, while the minority holders were to receive the same terms except that payment was to be made in cash. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation, through J. H. Ward, vice-president, now makes an offer of $75 per share in cash for all outstanding common stock, payment to be made through Chandler Bros. & Co.. where the stock be turned in. The offer of Mr. Ward was sent by the Pennsylvania Steel Company to the common stock holders together with the notice call ing for a special meeting on May 4 to vote- upon the question of dissolution. Before the terms of the sale to Beth lehem Steel were dually announced last February the common stock sold up to par or SIOO in the belief that that price would be paid to retire all of the stock. Subsequently the stock sold as low as S7O, although there has been little trading in it. In the notice issued by the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany yesterday it is stated that holders of approximately two-thirds of the preferred and of approximately 98 per cent, of the common have agreed to the terms of liquidation. Upon disso lution of the company after the retire ment of the preferred stock at its full par value there would be left for the common $2,910,856, or $27.08 per share, so that the Bethlehem Steel Corporation is offering considerably more than the common would receive in liquidation. In the notice to the stockholders the directors say they believe the sale of the assets of the company to Beth lehem Steel should be made, as the company is confronted with conditions which have required the directors to consider the future with special refer ence to the imperative need of further capital. The amount, immediately necessary is estimated at at least $10,000,000. Tlie board points out that it would be difficult to raise these sums on satisfactory terms on bond and mortgage, as the plants are already mortgaged and substantially all the shares of stocks of the more valuable subsidiaries are already pledged. New preferred slock cannot be issued, as the limil of that issue lias been reached under the laws of Xew Jersey, unless the common stock is increased, and it is not deemed practicable to market additional common stock. It is also poinled out that money for needed im provements would have to come from earnings and there could be no restoration of dividends upon the pre ferred until the plants were improved sufficiently to meet modern competi tive methods, dividends being passed in 191" and not resumed. At the annual meeting of (lie Beth lehem Steel Corporation held In New- York yesterday Cliarles M. Schwab, in answer to the query of a stockholder, said that the maximum amount that can he involved in the purchase of the Pennsylvania Steel properties so far as immediate cash is concerned is $9,000,000, but he added that some of the holders probably will accept bonds. Bethlehem SI eel will not be forced to do any financing on this transaction. Captain Drowned When Schooner Goes Ashore Norfolk, Va., April s.—The scshooner Klsie Bayles, of Bangor, Mc., went ashore at 4:.'!0 o'clock this morning near New inlet (N. C.) coast guard sta tion. t'aptain Thayer was drowned while attempting to reach shore in a small boat. Two of the crew, who were with him, landed .safely. Four men were sa\ed with the breeeehes buoy. COMMITTRE I* \TITIOXS Committee nominating petitions liled to-day included the following: Wash ington, Charles C. Reigle and Jacob W. waman. Second Precinct, Ninth Ward fo -county committee; Hepublicans, n! S. . erly. Fourth Precinct, Tenth Ward; Itiu iel Ritchie, First Precinct, Twelfth Ward; Daniel Potter, Jr., First Pre- Inct,' Sixth Ward, city committee; lemociat, ('. M. Wincniiller, Fifth XJre ■inct, Seventh Ward. MKBT IV CONTROIiLBR'S OfTICB While the regular quarters of the Poor Board are tindrgoing a general renovating the Poor Board holds its regular sessions in the private office of County Controller 11. W. Gough, the room, by the way, which had been used by the old Board of Auditors. I GOODRICH | ki L 1 I Comes to Harrisburg With ;< ; a Full Fledged !; : Tire Service Station j We are here to serve the car owner to the best possible advantage through ? ► the dealers' channel. This service station is under the jurisdiction of the < y Philadelphia branch with W. F. Mower in charge. * ] The B. F. Goodrich Company j ' 1412 North Third Street < • i ► ► _ 4 APRIL 5, 1916. England, Germany and France Agree on one thing, if on no other. They all prohibit the sale of alum baking powders. There must be a good reason for this. It is because alum was found to be un heal thful. Royal Baking Powder is made of cream of tartar, derived from grapes, a natural food product, and contains no alum nor other questionable ingredients. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. New York GERMAN ATTACK ON U. S. BRANDED AS 'SILLY' [Continued From First Page. ] erlcan continent and that we shall at tempt to conquer Canada. "This is the silliest of all the im putations invented against us. Equally silly are the reports that we contem plate the acquisition of any territory on American soil as in Brazil or any American country whatsoever. "We tight for our existence and for our future. For Germany, and not for space in a foreign country, our sons are bleeding and dying on the battlefield. "Every one among us knows this and it makes our hearts and nerves so strong. This moral force strengthens our will in order not only to weather the storm but also to achieve final victory." Reviews Military Situation In the Reichstag to-day the Im perial Chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann- Hollweg, made his most comprehen sive speech of the war. He reviewed the military and political situation, the use of various means of warfare and German-American relations and insisted upon the necessity of guaran teeing the peace of Europe after the war and also of securing this result by giving to these races opportunity of free evolution along the lines of their natural individualities and mother tongues. Kecitos German Victories The chancellor began his address with a review of the military situation. He stated that since his last speech in the Reichstag the Dardanelles en terprise had ended as a failure, that the Serbian campaign, with the assist ance of Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria liao been brought to a victorious con clusion and that Montenegro and Al bania likewise were now in the hands of Germany's allies; that the British attempt to relieve Kut-El-Amara, in Mesopotamia, had been In vain; that the Russians, although they had suc ceeded in occupying Erzerum with superior forces, had found their ad vance checked by strong Turkish forces, that Russian attacks against the front in East Galicia and Italian | attacks against the Isonzo positions had been beaten back. Moreover, he said, the Russians had driven columns against the German lines, but their assaults had broken down before Field Marshal Von Hindenberg and his heroes. Satisfied With Verdun The chancellor declared that the re ports of the enemies of this nation that the German military force had i been expended were erroneous as the ; Verdun battle has proved that where operations are prepared with great foresight and where the bravery of I German troops is called into play one i advantage after another is obtained, j The chancellor then expressed the nation's thanks to the soldiers and | their leaders. Discussing attempts which he said were being made to starve Germany, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg con tinued: "I understand that in 1915 our enemies would not give up this hope, but 1 do not understand how cool heads, after the experiences of 1915 can cling to it. Our enemies forget, that, thanks to the organizing powers of the whole nation, Germany is equal to the task of the distribution of food supplies. Crops Arc Good Conditions of life in Germany were not easy, the chancellor continued but the difficulties were being met in ad mirable fashion by t lie entire nation, especially the poorer classes. The crop reports indicated, he said, that all the winter crops were good. In fact the reports had not been so favorable for many years previously. The har vest of 1915 was the worst of decades; nevertheless the stocks of grain for bread making not only would be suffi cient but provided for a considerable reserve with which to begin the new year. The chancellor declared it was the intention of Germany's enenifes to ex tend the war to the women and chil dren of this nation by starving them and that for this purpose Great ! Britain and her allies have interfered with the trade of neutrals. Holland Firmly Resolved to Maintain Her Neutrality By Associated Press The Hague, April 4, via Eondon.— At the opening of tlie second chamber of the Dutch parliament, to-day, after a preliminary secret session in com mittee, the president of the chamber read a brief statement declaring that the recent ssupension of furloughs of army officers and men wus a precau tionary measure, as Holland is firmly resolved to maintain her neutrality 1 and there is a possibility of it incurring increased danger owing to the course of the war. The suspension order, he added, was not. a consequence of present political entanglements, but was decided upon on account of certain information which reached the government and i which the government does not judge | opportune at the present, moment to | make public. . Conference Concerned Over Reported Trouble in Mines By Associated Press New York, April s.—Both the mine workers and operators of the joint sub committee of the anthracite conference which resumed sessions here to-day, Hie concerned over the reports from the hard eoal regions that many miners I had stopped work pending the outconu i of the conference. Representatives of the United Mine j Workers declare their members are I showing no disloyalty and will remain at work until a wage scale agreement Is reached or the joint conference Is sues an official statement that it is unable to come to terms. Officers of the organization said to day that most of "the trouble report ed from the anthracite fields, which is confined to one or two collieries at Pottsville and Plttston, Pa., is due to efforts of Industrial Workers of the World to disrupt the United Mine Workers. | Members of the scale board express ed concern to-day over the delay of the susbcommittee in reaching an agree ment. The conference devoted to-day to a discussion on machine mining, which has already taken up more of the time of tile committee than was expected. This is the lirst time that subject has been discussed in anthracite confer ences. Sight Norwegian Ship Signaling For Help By Associated Press Paris, April 5.—A Havas dispatch from Valencia dated April 4 says that la Norwegian steamer was seen during ! the morning thirty miles off the coast i of Spain .signaling for help. A British steamer approached to ren tier assistance but perceiving a German I submarine in the neighborhood, made | for port under full steam and reported 1 the incident to the Spanish authorities and to the British and Norwegian con suls The fate of the Norwegian steam er is unknown the dispatch adds. St'HOOl, TAX RKCOlin All previous single day records foi 1 payment of deliquent school taxes were. I broken yesterday when forty-six men paid their single dollar to ex-City Treasurer O. M. Copelln. Mr. Copelin will keep open from 7 to !i from now on until Saturday to accommodate late comers. 9
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