HIGH PRICES OF PAPER HIT CITY fVater Department Items Treb led Over 1916; Bowman At tributes It to Famine City Council to-day officially got an lluminating tip on the subject of the ligh cost of paper when the yearly con tacts for printing and supplies for the .Yater Department were awarded to the Lughinbaugh Press, the only bidder. On every one of the fifty or more ■terns the cost had advanced over last rear of from 200 per cent, to 300 per lent. "The remarkable increase," declared ?ity commissioner H. F. Bowman, "is lue entirely to the high price of paper." Martin Flickinger, 923 Ash street, is low the city dog catcher. He was ap pointed by Council to-day at the sug festion of Commissioner W. L Gorgas. tfr. Gorgas said Chief of Police Zeil lad recommended ilartin. He goes on ;he job at once. New ordinunces offered to-day includ (d a measure by Mr. Lynch authorizing Swift and Company to build a bridge icross Seventh street between its buila ngs about 100 feet north of North itreet. The structure will be about ten 'eet wide and about fifteen feet above :he curb. The company will be re ?onsible for any damages. Mr. Lynch so offered an ordinance to provide for he opening and grading of Twenty leventh street from Greenwood to Derry. Ordinances pased finally includ id the following: Paving Susquehanna street, from Voodblne to Emerald, and River, from Delaware to Peffer street and for lay ng a six-inch water pipe in Rudy street 'rom 100 feet west or Nineteenth street o Twentieth. •ARLY SAILING OF U-BOAT INDICATED [Continued From First Page] ibout the submarine were towed into Ttidstream and anchored. Then the ;ug Timmins and a launch swept the :hannel from the dock out to the main ihannel with a heavy weight sus pended under water from a line be ;ween the two crafi. This was done svidently as a precaution against pos sible obstructions in the path. It was learned from a trustworthy source that Captain Koenig had asked for a pilot to guide the underwater iner to the Virginia capes. The pilot lesignated was said to be the same pne that brought the Deutschland into :hls port. Captain Owen Coleman of the Maryland Pilots Association. Sweep Channel For Mines The sweeping operations were thor oughly performed. Besides searching tor any ordinary obstructions such as sunken logs, etc., they also were look ing to see whether any explosives had been planted. Not only was the chan nel gone over repeatedly, but the sdges also. The United States coast guard cut ler Wissahickon arrived from Phila ielphia, while these operations were ,n progress and took up a position off :he end of the slip. Later, the spar barricade was re placed just outside the line of covered parges which screen the Deutschland from view from the river and the Tlm nins returned to her position along side the submersible. May Go Tonight The city police boat Lannan mean while had joined the Wissahickon and n response to a signal both boats iteamed to the pier. After a confer snce between the captains of these :wo craft and Deutschland officers, he Wissahickon and Lannan steamed iway and it became apparent that the Deutschland would not leave imme- Hately. It Is known that the submarine was i sxpected to leave at high tide this 'orenoon. Owing to the strong ad- : ,-erse winds, however, the flood stage vas not as high as required by the Deutschland, necessitating a postpone ment of the start. The pilot was The next high tide occurs be tween 7 and 9 o'clock this evening. Departure of Deutschland Imminent, Prince Declares Washington, Aug. 1. Prince Von iatzfeldt, counselor of the German imbassy said to-day after a call at he State Department that he had alked on the long distance telephone nth Baltimore and that the departure >f the merchant submarine Deutsch and was imminent. "Maybe to-day; I don't know, but •ery soon." said the prince. He added hat he felt the arrangements for >rotection of the Deutschland when he leaves were adequate. Wires That Killed Bishop Must Be Safely Placed In a report made to the Public Service Commission to-day John P. Dohoney, investigator of accidents of .he commission, recommends that the vires of the Cumberland Railways Company be placed above instead of mder a bridge near Mt. Holly Springs. This report follows the death of 3ishop W. P. Eveland, of the Metho list Church, who was killed by elec ric current from wires which had >een touched by his steel fishing rod vhile fishing near the bridge. In his report, ,Mr. Dohoney says: ion. ffm. D. B. Ainey, Chairman, The Public Service Commission, Harrisburg, Pa. Dear Sir:—On July 25, 1916, the >ody of the Rev. William Perrv Eve and. Bishop of Southern Asia for the Jethodist Episcopal Church, was ound on the bank of Mountain Creek ibout one mile north of Mt. Holly Springs, in Cumberland county. The generally accepted theory, based on he circumstances surrounding the :ase, is that the unfortunate man was ilectrocuted: the cause being the con act of a steel fishing rod, which he :arried. with a transmission line of 1,000 volts owned and operated by he Cumberland Railways Company, "he line passing the point where the iccident occurred has a vertical clear ince above ground of but ten feet, .nd. although it traverses private >roperty and a rather inaccessible ocality, its maintenance should not te allowed. The wires are in dangerous proxim ty to the ground for the reason that hey are carried under a bridge of the Philadelphia & Reading railway, and therefore recommend that they be arried above the bridge in accord .nce with standard specifications and itch plans as the Chief of the Bureau if Engineering may require. Respectfully, JOHN P. DOHONEY, Investigator of Accidents. "Survival of the Fittest" A proprietary medicine like every hing else that comes before the pub ic has to prove its merit. It has to neet competition. The law of the Survival of the Fittest" applies to his as to other things. The fact that „ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com >ound after forty years of success is till one of the largest sellers proves hat it is a dependable, standard rem dy for the ailments of womankind, ,nd one in which they may have per ect confidence.—Advertisement. TUESDAY EVENING, RUSSIANS THREATEN TO WRECK WHOLE TEUTONIC LINE IN GAUCIA [Continued From First Pago] ern and southeastern counties of Eng land. No report of casualties caused or damage done has been Issued. One Zeppelin apparently was hit by anti aircraft guns, according to London ad vices. Somme Front Vnehanged The Germans are violently counter attacking in the Somme region of Northern France and according to the official report from Berlin to-day have driven the British out of Foureaux wood, northwest of Longueval. London reports the situation along the Somme front virtually unchanged since the Anglo-French attack of Sun day. The repulse of a German at tack near Bazentin-le-Petit, Is claimed. Paris announces the breaking up of two strong attacks by the Germans south of the Somme near Llhons. Germans Hard Pressed On the eastern front, where unoffi cial advices declare the Te"tnnic forces defending Kovel and Vladimlr- Volynski are hard pressed by the Rus sians. Berlin declares the attacks on the German lines have been fruitless. Petrograd on the other hand, an nounces that in the bend of the Stok hod on the Kovel front, the German line has been driven back and all counter attacks in the Kovel and Lutsk regions repulsed. In Galicia the Russians have made progress west of Buczacz. forcing the Austrians back into the Zlota Llpa region towards Halicz, according to Petrograd. More than 1,000 prisoners were taken here by the Russians. Germans Say Tremendous Successes of Russians and British Are Indecisive By Associated Press Berlin, Monday, July 31. via Lon don, Aug. 1. Turkish officers are now a familiar sight in the streets of Lemberg and the vanguard of the Turkish troops being sent to the south eastern battlefront has already been detrained, according to dispatches from the Galician capital- The Otto man forces however- apparently have not yet been thrown into the struggle. The German commanders are bidding their time to launch their counter blow at the Russians, disregarding the indecisive successes which General Brussiloff and his associate army commanders may be able to attain by the tremendous expenditure of force. » I The Teutonic retirement on the | Lutsk front from Kiselin, west of i Lutsk, northward to the point where the Kovel-Sarny railroad crosses the Stockhod, and the abandonment of the line following the course of the Stokhod Is regarded here without ap prehension and, In fact, as In a cer tain way a hopeful sign as the new line cutting across the big bend in the Stok'nod is only about 28 miles long, in contrast with the approximate 53 miles of the former front. A propor tionately smaller force is capable of defending it, the surplus thus be re leased for employment elsewhere. On the western front the British, ac cording to German war correspond ents. appear to be on the point of re attempting the task which they found impossible on July 1, namely, to crush the German front north of the Ancre brook in an attempt to reach Bapaume from the west. The British artillery fire on the front between Gomme court and Beaumont-Hamel on Satur day and Sunday was of the most vio lent character being apparently pre liminary to a new onslaught against the heavily fortified line upon which the British divisions dashed them selves valiantly but vainly in the first days of their storming attack. Simul taneously the British artillery was ex tremely active on the front eastward from Thiepval. Kaiser Declares Second Year of War One of Glory Berlin, Aug. 1. Emperor William on the beginning of the third year of the war has issued lengthy statements to Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, im perial chancellor and the German forces on land and sea declaring the second year of the conflict was like the first—a year of glory. "But the strength and will of the enemy are not yet broken," he says, "We must continue the struggle in order to secure the safety of our be loved homeland, to prove the honor of the fatherland and the greatness of ihe empire. With God's gracious help I am convinced that your future deeds will equal those of the past and the present. Seven Zeppelins With Aeroplanes in Latest Raid Over British Isles London, Aug. 1. Last night's raid on the eastern and southeastern coun ties of England was carried out by seven or more Zeppelins accompanied by aeroplanes, according to reports of observers who sighted the aircraft re turning homeward. No details have been received of the number of bombs dropped, the damage done or the casualties caused, if any, but inde pendent accounts say one Zeppelin, caught by searchlights, was heavily fired upon by antiaircraft guns and it is believed that the airship was hit as she appeared to stop, tremble and then dive. Haze of Dancing Heat Hides Trench Positions By Associated Press With the British Armies in France, July 31. via London, Aug. 1. The sun rose like a ball of flame and the heat was even worse to-day than yes terday. Interior dugouts were more stuffy than a stalled train between stations in the New York subway when the August thermometer is In a record breaking mood. The men in the first line, with no dugouts and no shade except clouds and snell smoke, were exposed to the full blaze, their steel helmets feeling as hot as skillets off the fire. In front of Guillemont they were digging new trenches to hold the ground gained yesterday in the com bined Anglo-French attack. Obser vation balloons were absolutely still in the lifeless air. Only the aviators going their sixty to 120 miles an hour were cool. The haze of the dancing heat waves hid the positibns, and artillery obser vation was as difficult as in a fog. It was hard at any distance to tell the dust covered French blue from the dust covered khaki. The dream of joy of battalions re lieved from the trenches after days and nights of fighting was to be sent to rest near a stream or canal. Groups of athletic white skinned figures, with tanned faces and arms were seen along the banks of the Somme as they washed off the caked dust and then sprawled in the shade. They appreciated the water as never a hot city dweller appreciated letting the cool breakers roll over him. A merry whistling English tune coming to the ears as the car passed, or a French marching song, and in the mantle of dust of the traffic, men with their packs of spades and rifles laid aside and death no longer at their elbow. marching with their towers over their shoulders, expressed the anticipation of delight which only contact with such a slugging, merciless war can supply. Only a few know such luxury. Of ficers and men managing a bath after a week on the front, line, skilfully with a quart of water on the instal ment system, working downward, Is a more common sight. "Did not General make his celebrated remark about war when he was on a summer campaign?" an officer asked the correspondent. Despite the heat there are no strag glers among the battalions sweating under their packs on their way through shell bursts to the firing line. Hold Execution of Fryatt 'Obviously Legul and Right' By Associated Press Berlin, July 31, viva London, Aug. 1. —The execution of Captain Fryatt is declared to have been "obviously legal and right," in a statement given to The Associated Press to-day by the German Admiralty. The statement is a reply to criticism of the execution made by Sir Edward Grey. It points out that Captain Fryatt had a profes sional lawyer to defend him, as the American embassy was informed when it made inquiries at the request of England. The Admiralty holds that England "claims for herself a special code of morals and honor in sea warfare which amounts to a removal of all reason because it insists that mer chantmen have the right to attack submarines without warning while it refuses to concede the same right to submarines. Germany is unwilling to submit to that code which amounts to sacrificing the brave and heroic sub marine crews to British pirates and franc tireurs. French Find Time to Add to Their Trenches While Repulsing Counter Drives By Associated Press Paris, July 31. The Germans at tacking with more than usual vigor north of the Somme, have made coun ter attack after counter attack during the last 24 hours, without in any way changing the position of the French. According to French official reports all attempts of the Germans to regain lost ground have boen beaten off by the French rifle, machine gun and artillery fire while the work of strengthening arid adapting the newly won trenches is being carried on speedily and methodically by the en gineer corps. The French commanders regard the situation on the whole as excellent and say that the arrangements in the rear of the attacking forces have reached a pitch of perfection never before seen. Material of all kinds is in abundance, far exceeding, according to reports, the actual requirements and everything is in readiness for an attempt to push the advance further when the time is ripe. The fury of the German assaults and the strength of the effectives en gaged shows the determination of the emperor's generals to spare no effort to prevent the French from working their way along the north bank of the river by way of Clery to attack Peronne from two sides. Aviators report that the Germans are making feverish efforts to reinforce the al ready strongly fortified positions about Clery and are gathering reserves from several directions. Heavy fighting is looked for in the near future. Desire Independence of Belgium; Union of Balkans By Associated Press London, Aug. 1. The complete re-establishment of the independence of Belgium and Po?and and a demo cratic federal union of the Balkan States, were points unanimously agreed upon at the opening of the In ternational Socialistic Conference at the Hague yesterday, according to a detailed account of the session receiv ed here. Entente Allies Have Lost 49 Warships Since Start of War; Teuton's Loss 30 Berlin, Aug.* I.—By Wireless.—For ty-„n'he warships with an aggregate of 562,000 tons have been lost by the en tente allies during the war, according to statistics given out to-day by the German Admiralty. Of this number, says the statement, the British lost forty vessels with a tonnage of 485,000 The losses of the Teutonic allies are given in the statement as thirty war ships. of 162,000 tons in the aggre gate. The British losses are given as com prising 11 battleships, 17 armored cruisers and 12 cruisers. Merchant ships sunk by the Teutonic allies, according to the statement, number a total of 1,303, with an aggre gate tonnage of 2,000.574. "During last year," adds the state ment. "thirty-eight violations of inter national law committed by enemy mer chantships against our submarines have been proved. Three times have empty warships acted with especially gross disregard of International law aside from violations of the simplest laws of humanity in the Baralong and King Stephen cases." MAYOR IN NO HURRY TO STOP JITNEYS [Continued From . First Page] cles to-day to the effect that the strike-breakers are growing discon tented with the situation here and are threatening to quit their jobs and re turn to New York. A current story was that the liveliest kind of a row developed last evening over the "spoils" of a day's collections—that a nickel was the cause of it all. The trolley officials declared that if there be trouble from time to time they know nothing officially of it, that there are men in charge of the "out siders" who are expected to control these temporary employes. "Watered Stock" Charged In local newspapers to-day appear ed an advertisement of the State Fed eration of Labor in which the state ment was made that the Federation plans to take up the question of "wat ered stock" in the traction company with the Public Service Commission. When asked as tothe meaning of the ad, C. F. Quinn, secretary of the Fed eration, said: "The case has been placed in the hands of our attorneys, Nead and Nead and the firm is preparing the necessary papers with which to go before the Commission, We will ask." said he, "that the company show cause why it should not reduce its fares on some of the lines, in accordance with a fair return on the investment on the physi cal valuation. In 1914 we figure that the return on some of companies which had been taken intothe traction company was twelve and a half per cent.; in others ten per cent. We think that if the company is allowed a fair return of say five per cent, on Its HARRISBURG fcSffeAl TELEGRAPH 4 4 BELL—IOOI—UNITED HAHRISBIHG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, l»ltt. FOUNDED 1871 A full day and half day of continuous rest are afforded the employees of this store and other stores which ivill close at IP. M. every Saturday during August. For the convenience of the public, Friday will be shopping day until 9 P. M. Well, This Is August—* It used to be thought of as dog-days with a sort of relaxation, awaiting the cooler days of September. Not so in this day when folks are going right ahead with the buying of needed articles and commodities and, with this store just as keen to give wike-awake inter esting service, particularly in the days oPour great August Furniture Sale An August exposition of the country s best furniture at lowered prices. Quaint old Jamestown, (N. Y.) and Grand Rapids, the pride of the furniture industry has sent its finest. From New York and Chicago and down where the cotton blossoms grow more fine furniture came. First large showing of the new hand-decorated and painted furniture, in sets, novelty pieces and odd pieces. Also specially designed pieces and reproductions of many favorite periods. August r - —Q I- American Sale Prices | ggflj iff iDt Walnut On * ' - ' " Brass Beds JJJ i i FIT"] Suite Two-inch continuous 5 .. 10 Pieces. August Sale post Brass Beds with 11 P Price, one-inch filling rods in # 5? 77^ •r •XJZznZ Four-Piece Bedroom Suite w „, !am * Mary Sl4 - 7S - August Sale Price {& Jg&lS « s „ 6 p™s Two-inch Straight Post SIOO extends to 8 feet; china Brass Bed; one-inch fill- . Ul . ~ , . , , , closet, 45 inches wide. !r.«r . Strai ght line Period design and made of solid mahogany Chairs upholstered in mg rods, panel designs, m beautiful dull-rubbed finish; all interiors of mahogany. beautiful tapestry. Buf very attractive; satin fin- Consists of dresser, chiffonier, bed and toilet table. Dust f e t and serving table are ish. August Sale price, proof drawers. dust proof; all interiors of $18.75. Chairs are separate. mahogany. Furniture selected in the August Sale may be left in our care until ivanted. A small deposit on the amount of purchase secures this privilege. There's a Wealth of Value in These I£SK Fine Quality, Fashionable Coats " wide; Langdon B quality; in J t- » ¥* r I / useful remnant lengths. Yard, For Women On The Out Go, at mbroidered Hemmed P , low Cases; 45x36 inches; four /lv patterns; good quality muslin; I II 1 rSIS.' 230 each - I 11 9 Government Khaki, un >l/ / \\ bleached; 36 inches wide; fine A V _ fr. 1/ for tents and drop curtains. • 1 /rvur Yard ' 18^* j J li\ Unbleached Sheeting; 45 /JI II \J I inches wide; will bleach easily; Nowhere in the city will you find a coat fJt 11L , round, even thread. Yd., I 2y 2 $ so chuck full of value in so many different C' 'f & i JhTwid^fgTod Idghl' fi" ways. (f I thread; one of the best qual- I J 1 I ities made. Yard, 18#. The assortment consists of fine poplins, //\ \ Double Bed Size White Cot gabardines, mixtures, tweeds, checks and / / \ SJ'S other fabrics which m themselves would cost (j \ \ sl.lO. BowMAN-s-Basement more than the price of the coat. «L-JL* 777~, —' iTlt Special For Wednesday Seasonable weight and suit- \\ WALL PAPER » » r / ) \\ Very newest shades in satin able for autumn wear. / A \\ stripes; both pencil and wider pa t \j terns: sold with cut out borders to BOWMAN'S— Third Floor. match; roll, 6c. Fourth Floor I investment, the difference could be ap-1 plied tothe benefit of the public and the employes—that reduced fares would be possible on some of the lines, say Mlddletown, Rockville, etc., and more wages could be paid to the em ployes." "We base our contention," continued Mr. Qulnn, "on the recent decision of the Public Service Commission in the Beaver Valley Water Company case in which the company was not permitted to raise its water rates but to govern these rates in accordance with a fair return on the physical value of the company's investment." Pnrade To-morrow Plans for the parade in the interest of the "strikers" to-morrow evening are beinj rapidly completed. A mass meeting is being worked up for Steel ton to-morrow night, too. The meet ing will be held at Front and Locust streets at 8 o'clock. Vice-president J. J. Thorpe, organ izer of the troileymen's union, said to day that J. E. Roach, the representa tive sent on ijy rPesident Samuel Gom pers of the National Federation, hain't arrived up until an early hour this aft ernoon, although he is hourly ex pected. Thorpe Issues Statement Regarding Company Claims J. J. Thorpe, Amalgamated Associa tion organizer, who is conducting the trolley blrike. this morning issued a statement replying to certain claims of the Harrisburg Railways Company. Thorpe's Statement Mr. Thorpe's statement is entitled "A Reply to tho Railways' Company: The Harrisburg Railways Company Convicts Itself of 'lnhumanity to Man'." "We are told, in a display advertise ment, that the highest wages earned, during the month of June, were $94.25, and the lowest, $59.18, the average being $76.72. "To earn $94.25 a month, at 22 cents an hour, a man must work 429 hours, an average of 10c hours a week, which means about 15 hours a day of a 7-day week. To earn $94.25 at 26 cents an hour a man must work 363 hours, 90 hours a week or 13 hours a day of a 7-day week. To earn the average wage of $76.72 a month, at the average wage of 24 cents per hour, A man,must work 320 hours, 80 hours a week of 7 days, or 11% hours a day. "The men must report for work twice a day and they must be at their appointed station from 15 to 30 min utes ahead of the time to begin work. This means, wltn goinp, to and coming from work, at least, another hour and a half, each day. So that the man who draws $91.25 a month must ren der to the company 4 74 hours a month, 128% hours every week, or 17% hours each day. More than two-thirds of his life is taken to earn a living wage. "There is a law in this State that a horse or an ox must not be worked more than 15 hours in any 24. This doesn't apply to men. "Every carman must buy two uni forms a year; h« must wear a white collar and a suitable tie and have his shoes shined each day. If he forgets to turn in his transfer tickets at the appointed hour he must pay a nickel for each. So that. In many cases, the company gets paid twice for a pas senger. "It would Interest the public If the company would show how much, of AUGUST 1, 1916. the wages it takes back again from the men by unfair methods. "Says the railways company: 'A man, by working 18 hours a day, can earn $140.40 a montli.' "N'ine hours a day is the normal working day. Ey the company's own admission in its display ad. nine hours a day and seven days a week would only bring a man $70.40 a month, which means but $844.80 a year. Many of the men get only 22 cents an hour, and for eighteen hours only $3.96 a day. Statistics show that it requires about SI,OOO a year for a man to main tain a family in these high-cost-of living times, and living in Harrisburg is more costly than in any other city in Pennsylvania. So that the trolley men of Harrisburg who have to stand from 9 to 20 hours on their feet, even at 26 cents an hour, do not get enough to live in full decency, according to friend" wxtmoxmrnr \Wliat Docs the World Owe a Mother'?# ALL / \ love can give—for cheer. I \ that science can ptve—for re- I /v /a °°7/ \ l -f I And science has contributed "Mother's I // J \ ~T ) J Friend" to alleviate pain and render aid \ m / S f~ J preceding, and at confinement, to assist I and assuring the mother and child per yg7 „„„ _ . feet health. It is easily applied by any- Ay £ ne - Ge * I' at your druggist, and write for free book on Motherhood, xh, Every mother should have a copy. Address The Bradfield Regulator Co., 105 Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. the standard of living In the United States. "Many of the men are so crippled by standing that they are suffering from broken arches of the feet and varicose veins in the legs. Is it Just In this twentieth century that men should be treated worse than mules? "EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, "STREET AND ELECTRIC RAIL WAY EMPLOYES, NO. 709." 25 RECRUITS ALREADY The young men of Harrisburg are responding to the call for men to fill the ranks of the National Guard. Up until noon to-day a total of twenty-five men had applied for enlistment, since the recruiting office has been opened at the Armory, Second and Forster streets yesterday morning. Nine men have passed the physical examination and will be sent to Mt. Gretna some time this evening. 3
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