NEWS OF HARRISBURG
LOCAL CHURCHES 1
PLAN CELEBRATION
Anniversary of Reformation
Period Tomorrow; to Hold
Union Services
t
Plans for the celebration of the an
niversary of the Reformation period
w-hich occurred in the Sixteenth cen
tury have been completed. The Re
formed churches of Harrisburg, Pen
brook and Steelton will hold a union
service in Technical High school au
ditorium, Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer,
pastor of the Reformed Salem church,
will be in charge. An address by
the Rev. George W. Richards, D. D..
professor of church history in the
Theological seminary at Lancaster,
will be part of the program. The
combined choirs of the Beformed
church will have charge of the mu
sical features.
Sunday Night l*rosrram
The opening anthem will be Gloria, |
from Mozart's Twelfth Mass. Follow
ing the singing of tl.e hymn, "A Night
Fortress Is Our God." the scripture j
lesson will be read, along with Gloria i
Patri and Apostles Creed, closing'
with prayer.
The Rev. George W. Richards. D.
D„ will make an address on "Our
Debt to the Reformer." The offering
will precede the singing of an an
anthem, "Grieve Not Holy Spirit." by
the united choirs. Catechetical ques
tions and answers and announcements
will- follow. The congregation will
sing. "Glorious Things of Thee Are
Spoken," and the choir will sing the
anthem, "The Heavens Are Telling."
The doxologv and benediction will
close the services.
Sunday School Campaign
Educational, or Reformation. Sun
day will be celebrated in Sunday
schools of the Reformed church
throughout the nation tomorrow, with
special services emphasizing the
blessings conferred upon the world
by the Protestant Reformation.
A campaign has been launched in
the Reformed churches for Sunday
school extension work, in connection
with which a children's endowment
fund of SIOO,OOO is being raised. Old
and young have enlisted in the cam
paign, the children collecting dimes
and nickels in their thanksgiving
boxes, while the adults are purchasing
five-dollar participating shares in the
fund.
Many churches will raise SIOO. S3OO
or SSOO in this manner. Scores of
adult Bible classes and Sunday school
classes are taking three, five and ten
shares- The money-raising will con
tinue until April, when the Sunday
School Increase campaign comes to
an end.
Tl.e Rev. Rufus W. Miller says: "I
bail with joy the establishment of the
children's endowment fund" of SIOO,-
<>oo, because it is not only a most fit
ting memorial for the four hundredth
anniversary of the Reformation, but
it is also the right kind of prepara
tion on the part of the Church to meet
the religious needs of the children."
The local committee in charge of!
arrangements for the special services
tomorrow includes William M. Rob
ison. H. M. Yingst, J. H. Smith, D. E. j
Brightbill. John E. Mumma, Ilarris-
burg; and Dr. D. E. Myers, Steelton. I
Pine St to Hold Anniversary
in Tech Auditorium Jan. 28
"The Treasuries of the Snow" will
be the topic or the morning sermon at ;
I'ine Street by the pastor, the Rev. !
Dr. Mudgc. In the evening the sub- j
ject will be "The Fool of Fools."
The musical program for the day is:
Morning Prelude, Grave and
Adagio (Sonata II), Mendelssohn; an
them. "Be Still: Be StilK" Scott: of
fertory. Elegit. Massenet-Rogers; an
them. "Open Me the Gates," BischofT:
postlude. Fantasia in E Minor, Stainer.
Evening Prelude. Berceuse, Re
naud: anthem. Nunc Dimittis. Rogers;
offertory. Andante Tranquiilo. lliggs:
solo by Mrs. Cox, "The Ix>rd Is My |
Lieht," Allitsen: postlude. Fugue,
I "St. Anne"). Bach.
On Wednesday evening the subject
at the midweek service will be "The
Helper of the Helpless.",
Announcment is made of the Sun-'
day school anniversary services to be
lield in the Technical high school on
Sunday afternoon, January 28. The!
address of the occasion will be made
by the Rev. Dr. Charles R. Erdman,
of Princeton Theological Seminary. '
An interesting program is being pre
pared for this occasion.
Governor's Troop to Attend
Services at Market Square
A cordial invitation was extended by
the congregation of Market Square
Presbyterian Church to the members
of Troop C at the rollcall yesterday!
morning to have the Troop worship
in a body at the evening service in
Market Square church to-morrow.
Owing to duties in connection with
the mustering out on Monday, the men
expressed a preference to attend the
week following. A large number of
the men expressed their appreciation
of the invitation and their intention:
of attending the service on Sunday
evening. January 28. The acceptance j
of the invitation, as is customary with |
religious services in the army, was
not an official action of the troop, but
a personal matter with the men as in- 1
dividual*.
Church Briefs
"How a Man Ought to Live." is the
'heme which will be discussed by tl.e
Rev. Alfred L. Taxis, pastor, at the
Olivet Presbyterian Church, each Sun
day evening in the next five succeed
ing weeks. This important phase of
life, beginning to-morrow night at
7:30 will include the following ser
mons:—
Arthur E. Brown, headmaster of
the Harrisburg Academy, will address
the monthly meeting of the St. An
drew's Reformed Church. Penbrook.
to-morrow afternoon. "The Day of
Big Things," will be his subject.
Madam E. L. Bruce, the noted
evangelistic singer, and Mrs. L Hus-
Keth an accomplished pianist and a
. fluent speaker, will he present at the
' morning and evening services and
present the Gospel in Song, and at
7:30 hold the beautiful and instruc
tive candle service.
The Church of God at Mt. Pleasant '
York county, will celebrate its third
anniversary to-morrow. Sundav
school at 9: preaching by S. G. Yahn
D. D.. of Harrisburg, at 10. Preach
ing at 2:30. by the Rev. C. H. Heiges
of New Cumberland, a very inter
esting revival is now in progress in
i harge of the pastor, the Rev. p. w.
MeGuire.
The Rev. A. M. Stamets. pastor of
the Augsburg Lutheran Church, will
preach a special sermon to the
Knights of Malta of this city and vl- i
clnity to-morrow night. The members
of the organizations will meet at 7,
o'clock at the Hall of Egyptian Com
manderv, No. 114, Corner Third and
Hamilton streets, and proceed in a
body to the church.
(Other Churches Page 11)
. AI UKUAY EVENING,
Congregation of Stevens
Memorial to Have Busy Week
To-morrow evening at the Happy
Hour service at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Clay
-1 ton Albert Smucker will preach on
"What Kind of a Religion Does
a Strong, Virile. Tempted and Sinning j
Man Need?" The big male chorus
anil quartet choir will sing.
The annual meeting of the Men's
Bible Class of the Sunday School will <
be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the j
church parlors. The Aid So- '
ciety will give a sauerkraut supper in ;
the social rooms of the church Thurs- !
day evening from 5:30 to S o'clock. ;
The annual meeting of the church I
and congregation will be held in the
auditorium Friday evening. February
16. Reports from all organizations of
the church and Sunday School will
be made at that time. The church is
closing one of the greatest years in its
history.
Derry Street Men Plan
Turkey Banquet Feb. 22
The Derry Street United Brethren
Men's Bible Class will hold its an- i
ritual banquet February 22. it was an
nounced to-day.
O. G. Brenneman. chairman of the 1
< banquet committee said that while
| none of the plans for the event have j
been made, turkey will be the main j
: part of the menu.
The subcommittee chairmen will!
be: O. P. Beckley, program: W. G.
Starry, souvenirs: Frank Barley and
G. Raymond Gilbert, decorations:
Theodore Kines, menu; Earl E. Renn, j
music.
Church Music
MARKET SQUARE
Morning—Prelude, Barcarolle, Wol
stenholm: I-argo, Handel; offertory,
"The Swan." Saint-Saens: anthem, "I
Am Alpha and Omega," Stainer; post- i
lude. Allegro di Molto, Wagner.
Evening—Prelude. "At Evening,"
Schumann: "'Evening," Wagner; an
them. "Abide With Me." Dunstan:
offertory. Andante con Moto, Loud;
postlude, March in F, Bruce Steane.
11FT1I STRKKT M. E.
Morning—-Prelude, chorale, "Allein j
> Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr." Rinck: :
quartet, "Guide Me. O Thou Great
Jehovah." Mendelssohn. Mrs. Smiley,
Miss Stoner, Mr. Wagner and Mr. |
McGinnes: offertory. Adagio (Sonata!
in G Minor). Bach; solo. "O Eyes;
That Are Weary," Brackett, Miss \
Katharine Jamison; postlude, Post- 1
lude, Rinck.
Evening—Prelude, Aria in D. De
marest; anthem, "Jerusalem, O Turn .
Thee" ("Gallia"). Gounod: offertory, |
Reverie, Macfarlane; postlude. Toe- J
cata in G, Dubois.
ZIO.Y IUTHKRAN
Morning—Organ prelude. Prelude, j
P.ach. Mr. Decevee; anthem, "Hark.
Hark, My Soul." Buck: offertory, Ber- j
ceuse. Delbruck; anthem, "Venite," i
Novello: postlude, March. Merkel.
Evening Prelude, Processional, j
St. Saens; anthem, "Nearer, My God.
j to Thee," Decevee; offertory, Hymn of
the Nuns, Welv; soprano solo, se- !
elected. Mrs. Decevee; postlude. Alle
gro, Tindel.
RIDGE AVENUE M. E.
Morning—Prelude. "Pilgrims Cho- j
I rus," Wagner; anthem, "I Do Not •
Ask." Lorenz: offertory. Melody in F, j
Rubenstein; postlude, "O Sanctissima," i
Lux.
Evening Prelude. Canzone, Har
! ris; anthem. "I Will Sing of Thy j
Power," Sullivan; offertory, <"radle j
i Song." Nefuda; postlude, "Tann-1
; ha user March." Wagner.
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HAMILTON, o. Sixty i-onductors I
and motormen of the Hamilton street
1 car service struck for a 5 cents an
hour increase here to-day.
•JEFFERSON CITY. Resolutions
i were adopted to-day by the Missouri
Senate, stating that State Departments
I in Missouri "should not enter into a
contract with any Missouri jobbing
house for paper supplies until reason
able proof has been furnished to the
effect that such jobbing houses are
selling their material at fair prices." !
NEW YORK. A tire described by i
j officials as the most difficult which thej
! tire department has had to handle i
here in recent years, wrecked the six- ;
I story factory building of the Man- j
hattan Brass Company in East Twen-1
i tv-eighth street, with a property loss
estimated at $ 100.000 to-dav.
OUERETAItO. MEN.—The articles
in the new constitution dealing with
the presidency have been approved by
! the constitutional assembly with the
exception of the article which pro
vides that the President cannot have!
been in the active service of the gov-1
ernment for ninety days before elec
tion.
W AMI INGTt >N.—Senate opponents
of an omnibus public buildings bill |
were preparing to-day to marshal i
their forces for the coming light on thei
measure which passed the House late 1
yesterday, carrying $38,000,000 for,
buildings, improvements or sites in '
cities an dtowns throughout the coun
try. The bill is certain to meet with [
strong opposition in the Senate and
President Wilson has served notice!
; that he would veto it.
Half Auto and Half Sleigh Solves Problem of Running Through Snow
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wh^el <1 of h the"au to* were SSESV# ? Jut
r!l n ~ jl?.t°Ltif learI ear w ' ,t ' el ? .® 1 "' t,,e * wo ' <-ts f wheels were then connected by antiskid chains. This prevents sllp-
JLhSLii . Kreatcr driving surface and also prevents the sinking ID the snow. In place of the front or steering
veblclal runners were provided. Mr. White has attained a speed of twenty-four miles an hour with his novel
COLORED CHURCH
CAMPAIGN ON
Interdenominationul Confer
ence Holding Special Services
in City and Steelton
Great interest is being shown in
the union evangelistic services now
being held by the Interdenominational
Ministers' Conference of the colored
churches of this city and vicinity. The
campaign opened in the Harris Meth
odist Church on January 7 and will
close in St. Paul's Baptist Church
February 4. The services to-niorrow
will be held in the Capital Street
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Bev
erly M. Ward, pastor, will preach. A
large booster chorus has been organ
ized and is singing special numbers at
almost every service.
Following is a schedule of the re
maining services: Capital Street Pres
byterian Church. January 21 to 23; in
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church.
January 24 to 26; Second Baptist
Church, January 2$ to SO: St. Paul's
Baptist Church, January 31 to Feb
ruary 4.
The Interdenominational Confer
ence of Harrisburg and Steelton is one
of the most important developments
of colored church life in Harrisburg.
Among leaders of the movement are
the Rev. Dr. W. A. Ray, of Wesley
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
president of the association: the Rev.
W. H. Gaines, of the Asbury Meth
odist Episcopal Church, secretary;
the Rev. A. J. Greene, of the Second
Baptist .Church, chairman of the pro
gram committee, and the Rev. E.
Luther Cunningham, of St. Paul's Bap
tist Church, chairman of the pub
licity committee.
INTERESTING NOTES OF
MARKET SQ. CONGREGATION
At the morning service to-morrow
Dr. George Edward Hawes will preach
on "Building for Permanency" and at
the evening service on "The Consola
tions of God." The Christian Endea
vor meeting will be led by Miss Mar
garet M. Reichert.
On Tuesday afternoon the Home
Mission Study Class will meet to study
the third chapter of "Old .Spain in
New America." under the leadership
of Mrs. Mary B. Gottschall. Mrs.
Samuel W. Fleming and Mrs. George
Edward Hawes will be the hostesses.
The Wednesday evening prayer ser
vice will be held at 7.30 o'clock.
On Friday afternoon the Women's
prayer meeting will be -held at 3
o'clock. The Boy Scouts will meet at
7 o'clock and the Lochlel Mothers'
meeting at 7.30.
The Christian Endeavorers will hold
a unique social at 7.45 o'clock. Ye
Olde Tyme Countrie Skule will open
under the management of the social
committee, at 8.
The pastor's class which will meet
on Friday evenings for a number of
weeks prior to the communion Sab
bath in April has been requested to
begin work on February 23.
The sewing school will meet at 10.30
Saturday morning.
Profits in Poultry
Because of the few figures available
on profits in poultry for Pennsylvania,
data on this subject is in demand. It
was with the idea of discovering actual
poultry profits from farms In the state
that H. C. Knandel, in charge of poul
try expansion at the Pennsylvania
State College, recently secured records
from 65 farms representing 24 coun
ties. These records were divided into
five groups or classes. The first class
includes farmers reporting 100 laying
hens or less; the second class, those
reporting 100 or 200 hens; the third
class, 200 to 500; the fourth class,
500 to 1,100, and the fifth class. 1,100
to 4,000.
For the first group the average an
nual profit per bird was $1.17; for the
second group, $1.54; for the third
group. $1.70; for the fourth, $1.67,
and for the fifth. 88 cents. Group
three, therefore, showed the highest
annual profit per bird. The farms re
porting in this group were general
farms, on which two to five hundred
head of poultry are kept, while in
group four, where the profit was
nearly as much per bird, the farmers
were specializing in poultry. In other
words, where poultry was kept only
as a side line profits were larger than
in the case of group four, where poul
try was the "cash crop."
The survey vindicates the original
opinion of those who took it, that is,
that from 200 to 500 birds is the most
profitable number to keep on general
farms in Pennsylvania. Experience
contributes to the judgment of the
college authorities that unless ade
quate help is available the number of
poultry kept should be reduced to in
sure maximum profits.
The figures given represent a good
average, coming as they do from gen
eral and specialized poultry farms.
ORDER FARM SUPPLIES EARLY
The present freight congestion and
car shortage on the railroads over the
country leads authorities at the Penn
sylvania State College school of agri
culture and experiment station to em
phasize the necessity of ordering farm
supplies for the coming season at an
early date. If the present congestion
continues, farmers may find them
selves confronted with a serious sit-
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
WIFE-PLUS-WINE
COMBINATION IS
CAUSE OF ARREST
Counterfeiters in Jail Be
cause Woman's Tongue
Wagged Too Freely
The slip of woman's tongue, it wait
learned to-day. was responsible for the
rounding up of the Kerry-Hornberger-
Ualmer band of counterfeiters.
The tip leading to the constant
shadowing of Alvin M. llornberger.
the man who "made" the money In
the South Cameron street garage, was
obtained following a "joy ride" from
Heading to Harrisburg in which a wife
of one of the counterfeiters was a
party. Whether it was Mrs. Horn
berger or Mrs. Balmer, or either, the
detectives have not said. That it was
not Mrs. Joseph I>. Ferry, wife of the
local garage man. is conceded. She
has not been living with her husband
for four years.
Bit Too Hilarious
While in a state of hilarity, superin
duced by a bit too much wine, the
counterfeiter's wife is said to have
conrtded to a friend in a local drink
ing room that she knew where lots of
counterfeit money was stored.
Captain Matthew J. Griffin, head of
the I'nited States Secret Service in
Philadelphia, who. with other govern
ment officials, ran down the case, de
clared that but for this tip the Fed
eral authoirties would have discon
tinued their investigation. They had
been following llornberger from the
time of his acquittal in Philadelphia
and they had never been able- to get
anything on him.
Apparently he was treading the
straight and narrow path and he was
acting as auctioneer and working in
a store. The authorities were about
to throw up the game when, during a
visit to Harrisburg in connection with
"his shadowing of the Reading man,
the information which had been given
out by the woman was carried to Cap
tain Griffin.
Hornbcrsrer Under Fire
The captain went to Reading and
consulted Detective McGovern. and
from that time on Hornberger never
made a move that was unknown to the
detectives. As many as a dozen
sleuths were on his trail at a time and
his house was visited often by agents
who were in reality government op
eratives. Finally Hornberger is alleged
to have confessed and to have fur
nished the government with evidence.
Hornberger is secretary of the Rerks
County Democratic Association, which
recently endorsed a candidate for post
master at Mohnton.
Mrs. Hornberger. wife of one of the
prisoners, is ill at her home here as
a result of the exposures following her
husband's arrest.
The center of the interest in the
operations of the alleged counterfeit
ers has shifted to Mohnton, Horn
berger's home town. Several persons
there are now under surveillance. It
!s alleged that considerable counter
feit money has been passed in that
vicinity recently.
The hearing of Hornberger and
Ferry will be held Monday afternoon
before United States Commissioner
Leßoy J. Wolfe.
Ignorance of Timber Values
Causes Big Woodlot Losses
It is a fact that the annual loss to
the farmers of the I'nited States from
Incautiousncss in disposing of their
timber runs into millions of dollars.
In the main this loss is due to their
unfamiliarlty with the timber business
and timber values. The following cases
cited by a member of the forestry staff
of the Pennsylvania State College
school of agriculture and experiment
station are only a few of many on
record:
Case 1. A Pennsylvania farmer wu
offered S7OO for his woodlot. The offer
was refused. Some months later an
other buyer offered him $1,200. The
owner decided to hold his timber. In
a few months a third buyer offered
$1,700. The last figure was a fair offer
for the timber.
Case 2. A Maryland owner was of
fered $1,500. The timber was esti
mated and advertised, restrictions be
ing placed on the cutting of young
timber. The buyer who made the first
approach offered $4.. r ioo. The timber
was finally sold for $5,500.
Case 3. A New England farmer sold
timber for $1,200. His neighbor sold
approximately the same quantity of
equally valuable material to the same
portable sawmill owner for $7,000.
The first man .knew nothing about tim
oer values; the second man was welt
informed.
Comment appears unnecessary ex
cept to say that the conclusion should
not be drawn that all woodlot owners
are taken advantage of to a material
extent by the sawmill owners with
whom they deal. The buyer can
hardly be censured for desiring to buy
cheaply as possible. The woodlot
owner himself buys likewise. Greater
attention to the woodlot means more
money for the owner.
uation in the form of belated ship
ments of fertilizers, implements, seeds
and other supplies at the time when
these commodities are most needed in
the spring. A little planning and fore
sight immediately exercised may save
considerable worry and delay later.
JSjomna<nZ
HI3LI liItU—UNITED ItARRISIIURG, SATI'MOAV, JAXI..VIIY -0, 11T. FOUNDBD 1871
Selling events of the utmost importance
to every person within reach of the Bow
man Store will be inaugurated the coming
week.
Monday evening's papers will give the
details—watch for them and be prepared to
see some interest-compelling store news
pertaining to economy in buying.
Tuesday, January 23rd, will start the
period^of selling^
Plan to read the news—and—be here.
BUT THIS IS HOW HE DID IT HOWE PICTURES
7- muGWTER, \ WANT YOO -to, 6top a| are INTERESTING
(TRAVELING abound wrtH a mH op THAT \ iniiMiEoiimi
iV tVPE " l HHS MAPE. QpITH 1 'Science, Humor, Travel and the
y A \3OS\NE s3*s OF 7 -
, """ The showing of Lyman Howe's pie
_ 4 tures is usually a signal for a good
'A - JSc'Avb--. house and yesterday proved to be no
v ; f/ exception to the rule. The principal
, . Urac^ ion is *' ,e s | r
viCTv were made " during a twenty-seven
\ ~ \ SL months' expedition in the southern
\| | ,—4 JH ft m \ilf regions througli which a new land
"? SB lit IJ-" gt twice the size of our own country was
Mil. S Vk, /■ oM{j ;! t ■Kill discovered. During the past winter
FYHFI O HE IS IP M \ml/ ' vll)l these pictures were shown in this city
(i • ' ■ln'B 'M if—J ft iI i I on the occasion of Sir Douglas Maw
__ _ _ j _ _ __ _ son's lecture on his trip. The scenic,
liTTnp *|'TTT QTc X-WVIaT" UL 1 818 ll T*! 1 . t the picturesque, the sclcntillc and the
JL>U A X JULJL\3 AW M JLLHi „ JL/AIS AX} humorous combine to make the Howe
",i 1..' is pictures most interesting for both
I I 111 ! *•( i young and old. Particularly of hu
ll -i >Anek I fciJ > morous interest are the hand-drawn
!©<&©"I9TO Ltji S.. \£=.crr> i cartoons which are interspersed
Lj£d v i AN HH UfcJtl'/ throughout the program. The Yose
f p3i \ ,■ 1 ocA-f i\D mite Valley and the automobile races
J —-vS'v >t -\>-l up Giants Despair at Wilkes-Barre
—Jj Y\ v'\ tV\o WIFE ! share prominent places along side the
' T" 7 ""* \~\^~\\ cr f-\/PGA/ HftV' Mawson pictures in this new semi
/ HEBE UES Wg, ,rra %X ROBERT**.
-I' -1-M il I ||| Loan Does Not Call
1,. / HUSSiAWp iWvAI - ' ' r r t iQL s
l| l : / | \ * j 1 " TOr COllllOrt otdtlOll
m I I 1 ! "IN" Market Square
/ Jj&P' v ' It is contended by those who favor
.. - A ! a public comfort station in the center
iziA ' of Market Square that the loan ordi
\>lilti >ii i i L i iwiL i'k fflr 'nance of 1913 provides that the pro-
JT '" v J I posed public comfort facilities shall
it IBr M Ibe "in Market Square," and that the
... < mandate of the people has been
| ignored.
; But those who are opposed to the
(COC nnn nnn p„,, 0 „ 110 I Ifuslness and increased rates on in-, proposition have been advised that
SDIO,UUU,UUU Revenue heritances and S"S<* noo 00 from i 1 ,he loan ordinance setting apart $25.-
n;il n.„<* t::„:oU„Jl I ? . ¥.8.000,00 ° 000 "for a footwalk on Market Square
Dill Uralt rinisnea bond Issue. A provision may be in- AND Public Comfort stations" savs
- notllinK about IN Market Square.
Washington Jan 'O A tentative ft "• on " *' H> maximum amount of cer- The l.ynch ordinance now pending
Hrrr. nf thl P f indebtedness which may m Council authorizes the Superin
draft of the administration revenue be issued to tide the Treasury over i tendent of Streets and Public Im
bill was completed yesterday by a until the new taxes come in. The | provemfents to have prepared the
House Ways and Means subcommit-1 Treasury now has authority to issue j nc cessary plans and specifications
tee. It will be laid before Democratic ( not exceeding $200,000,000 of the i ••f or the construction of one or more
members of the full committee Mon- certificates, limited to a year, and to t public comfort stations in the city of
day and a caucus of the House Demo- j three per cent, interest. Harrisburg and footwalk in Market
crats may be called some time next I j Square."
week to approve it as a party meas- It'KK OF ATHOIJi DIES j j t j ß ' the opinion of municipal offi
ure' London, Jan. 20. The Duke of cials that there is no provision in
T!,e bill proposes to raise $236,000.- Atholl died this morning at Blair I either ordinances for n public com
-000 from a tax on excess profits of Castle, Scotland. fort station IN Market Square.
Bethlehem's Bid on Shells
for the United States Navy
To the American People: ■ ~..
, The Secretary of the Xavy lias awarded contracts amounting to over $3,000,0 CX) to a
British bidder for 14 and 10-inch projectiles for the Navy, for the reason that the
British firm offered prices very much below those of American manufacturers, in
cluding ourselves.
\\ e know nothing ol the basis upon which the British bids were made, but the pub
lic is entitled to know the facts upon which we ourselves bid for this work.
Two years ago we took <-ontracts to make 4,200 14-imii shells at a price of \
$1,515,000 (with heavy penalties for delayed delivery). Despite the fact that
all our experience and facilities have been strained to fulfill these contracts,
itl> to now not a slngle sliell has l>oen accepted by the tioveriiment, ulthough,
on the work already done
We have expended in wages, materials, etc $447,881
Expended In making tests for the Government 7. r i,ooti
Making our total actual expenditure up to date $522,881
And we have not, received a SINGLE DOLLAR on these contracts
In nridltlon literal enforcement of the eontrnet ntlftht Involve payment
of pennltlen for (lelnyed delivery already amounting to y<I7M,OIO.
Navy Department tests are now so severe that neither we nor, so far as we know,
any other manufacturers have yet been able to produce in quantity 14-inch shells
which will meet them.
In the light of our experience, and having no other basis, we bid for 16-inch shells
approximately the same rate per pound as that upon which the Navy Department
actually awarded a 14-inch shell contract one year ago.
KVGEXE G. GRACE, President Bethlehem Steel Company
JANUARY 20, 1917.
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