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LXXXVI—No. 102 18 PAGES
CONSCRIPTION
WINS BY BIG
HOUSE VOTE
Administration Forces Throw Out Amendment Calling
For Volunteers System; Army Bill Assured Now of
Passage as Drawn by United States Military Ex
perts; Votes Stands 279 to 98
Washington, April 28. Administration forces overthrew
opponents of the administration selective conscription bill in the
House on the'first vote to-day and struck the volunteers amend
ments from the measure.
The vote came on an amendment by Representative Kahn,
who lias led the fight for the administration bill, moving to strike
out the volunteer amendments inserted by a majority of the mili
tary committee against the protests of the President and the army
war college. It assured the passage of the bill as drawn by the
army experts.
The vote to sustain the provisions of the administration bill
was 279 to 98.
Wilson to Get Bill
The bill probably will be in Presi
dent Wilson's hands for his appro
val within the next day or two un
less slight changes made iff the
measure by either House require a
conference. As soon as the Presi
dent signs the bill plans already tor
mulated by the War Department will
be put into execution.
Debate in the Senate to-day was
begun by Senator Harding, of Ohio,
in support oC the administration bill
and also his amendment to permit
Colonel Booseveit to raise four divi
sions of volunteers for immediate
service abroad.
Senator Harding said the amend
ment was not to be misconstrued as
inimical to tfie general plan of con
scription which he endorsed.
Need T. It 's Division
"It does not underestimate the im
pressiveness of our deliberate pre
paration of an army of a million
men.'' lie said, "while laying the
foundation of ten million more if
n< i d tie. to say that an immediate
force of American volunteers would
put new life in every allied trench
ami a new glow in every allied camp
fire on every battle front in Eu
rope."
Uaay Favor Jtoonevclt
Senators Curtis. RepuDlican, of
Kansas, and Smith, Republican, of
Michigan, also endorsed the Boose
veit plan. Senator Lodge spoke at
length in its favor.
"1 can see no reason why men over
twenty-live who earnestly desire to
What Selective Draft
Means For America
Washington, April 28.—Here is
wiiat will happen when the selec
tive' conscription bill becomes a
lan :
1. The President will designate
by proclamation a day of regis
tration. the voting precinct being
used as the smallest unit for cn
rollinciit. The Governors of tlie
various States will be askc<l to
have the Sheriffs of the counties
appoint registers to take Itie
names of all males between the
ages of nineteen ami twenty-live.
Those who refuse to enroll will
be arrested.
2. The State officers will ex
empt front military service "per
sons engaged in industries, in
'hiding agricultural, found to lie
necessary to the maintenance of
the military establishment or the
effective operation of tlie military
tones, or the maintenance Of
national interests during the
emergency," and those who have
relatives absolutely ilc]>eiulciit
upon tliem.
:i. Those not exempted will lie
reported to the War Department,
which will make further exemp
tions.
4. It is estimated that by
August I the 500,000 men desired
will be in training camps. In the
meantime the Government must
provide equipment for the re
cruits.
5. It is estimated that the regis
tration will result in an enroll
nient of 7.000,000, and about 10
per cent, of this number will be
weeded out on ac<-ount of pliysi
eal disabilities. The 500,000 to
lie selected from tlie remaining
00 per cent, will lie chosen l>v lot.
v '
THE WEATHER
For lliirriMlmrK nnil vlelnltyi (ipn
erally eioudy nnd continued pool
to-niKht and Sunday, probably
ruin Sunday.
For Ka*tern I'ennxylvanin i Over-
CIIKI ll nd rontlniird pool to-nlclit
and Sunday, probably rnla Sun
day I frexh north HhiftinK to put
wind*.
Hlvpr
The "iuwquphannii river and nil It* |
hraneliea will pontlnup to fall
*!ovi!y to-nliclit and probably
Snm(ay. A xtnKe of about 4.4
fppt I* indlpnted for HarrlnhurK 1
Sunday mornlnK,
(General Condition*
The iveathfr la un*ettled over
moot of the country. Haln ban i
fallen In the Ohio and Middle
die XlMlnKlppl valley*, the ea*t
ern mid aoulhern portions of the
I'lnln* state* and the evtreme
Soutliweat. nnd rain* and Nnom 1
In the AVextern Plain* Sitae*,
Itopky Mountain* nnd over the
I'aeittr olope. Haln ban fallen i ,
alao in the 1 pper St. Lanreiipr
' "Hey, Southern \fw KnKlnnd.
Kantern Sew York and the ll
trlct of Columbia, and HIIOIV In
Northern Sew ICiißiand. I
Temperature: S a. m., 48 degree*.
Sum l(i*e*. B|o3 n. m.
Moonl Full moon. Mav 0.
Itlver stace: 1.4 feet.
Veaterday'a Weather
Illthext temperature. 59.
I.oweat temperature. 42.
Mean temperature. 40.
Normal temperature. 55 i i
tight for their eount-V in France. If >
i physically fit. should not be permit- '
ted to .offer their lives if they want
I to. It cannot injure the principle of j
I universal compulsory service," said I
j Senator Bodge.
"The one man who would be able
' to raise these divisions alone would
|be Colonel RooSevelt. He is known
. in Europe as is no other American.
| His presence there would help and
[ encourage the soldiers of the allied j
; nations.
I.orige Fnvr T. It.
"Marshal .loffre, if he could express
; an opinion, would favor the Roose
! velt expedition," Senator Lodge pre
i dieted. ,
I "It is impossible for me to con-
I ceive why the administration or Con- '
I giess should refuse to Colonel Roose- I
! velt and his volunteers the opportu
j nity to give their lives to their coun-
I try if they so desire," said the Massa
chusetts Senator. "Colonel Roosevelt
f as a subordinate officer. He would have \
! does not seek their command unless
I the expedition under a regular army
officer. It is not personal self-seek
i ing. For Heaven's sake, is there any
reason why he should not be given j
an opportunity, if he desires, to give j
his life for what he regards as the
most sacred of ail causes?" asked Mr. ;
Lodge.
Would l imit Command
Senator Stone, of Missouri, suggest
ed that Former Governor Sulzer, of
New York, also desired to raise a
division.
"If any man by his own personal
inftuence or weight in his community
can raise a division under this amend
ment," Senator Bodge replied, "I shall
be glad to see him do it."
Senator Williams, of Mississippi.!
j said he favored allowing Colonel
! Roosevelt to recruit a volunteer ex- j
' petition but not to command it.
"He is competent to command a
regiment but by no means a division." j
: said Senator Williams. "I would like
j to see him there but not as command;
I er-in-ehlef.- I also would like to
| see ten thousand American regulars
there: they would show those Euro
| pcan folks something; just like the
! Canadians. 1 have no personal ob-
I jections to Colonel Roosevelt's going." !
Proves l.oyal Citifi'iiN
Registering his approval of con-
I scription Senator Williams said he |
! favored it. for one reason, because it
i will "weed out loyal and disloyal
I Americans."
"There are one million traitors in
America, including a considerable
ncmber of German spies." he said. "1
j want to weed out that element. If
; they resist the draft they will be in-
I tcrned. This conscription will sep
j arate the loyal and disloyal Ameri
cans."
j Also Senator Williams said, he ap
j proves conscription in the hope that
| with defeat of Germany it will be
I possible to end universal military ;
! conscription forever throughout the i
j world.
Nation Wide Prohibition
For War Is Urged by
Women in Telegrams
The Dauphin County Branch W.
|C. T. U lias started a movement to I
I have all women's organizations, I
1 churches, missionary societies, and j
i commercial organizations send in
dividual or collective telegrams to
President Wilson, recomfhending
; nation-wide prohibition as a con
! scrvative war measure.
Last Sunday the East Harrisburg
Branch sent the following telegram
to President Wilson:
"We. the 200 members of the East
Harrisburg Branch W. C. T. U. earn
estly petition for the passage of the |
i Federal Prohibition Law as a war,
' measure to conserve our food sup
ply"
The message was signed by Mrs.
iM. M. Speece, county president, and
j Mrs. C. M. Spahr, press superintend- j
ent.
Col. Roosevelt Passes
Through City on Way
West to Make Speech
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt pass- j
ed through Harrisburg last night en
route to Chicago where he will make
an address to-night. The Colonel
was given a hearty welcome by at
taches and newspapermen.
He said there was nothing to give
I out in the way of an interview ex- i
I cept that "he was ready to organ-,
I ize a regiment if Congfess permitted
i him to do so." Before the train left :
. for the west two young women
! greeted the ex-President and each j
! pinned a small silk flag on his coat. !
I'MMBKHS GKT 8-HOUR DAY
All plumbers of tho city have
been granted an eight-hour working
day. This action was taken last
night at a meeting of the plumbers.
The new work day will go Into effect !
on June 1.
BRITISH OPEN
NEW SMASHING
ATTACK ON THE
I GERMAN LINES
Teutons Throw Fresh Divis
ions Into Fray in Efforts
to Stop Gen. Haig's
Steady Advance North of
the Scarpe
ENGLISH THROW DEEP
WEDGE INTO ENEMY
Greatest Discontent Seeth
ing in Austria Hungary
as Well as in Germany;
i Berlin Makes Frantic Ap
peal to Stop Strikes
Another smashing; drive I>y the
British on the French front was be-
Run to-day. General Haig reports
an advance on an extended front
north of the Scarpe,
The attack already has scored
gootl progress and is continuing.
Heavy fighting has developed, the
Germans throwing fresh divisions
into tne fray.
The field of the new push lies
within the ten mile front from the
Scarpe to the coal city of Lens,
which the British have had under
their guns on three sides for nearly
two weeks.
German Army Slipping
■General Haig already had pushed
a deep wedge into the German line
three miles north of the Scarpe. at
Gavrelle and was fighting to-day to
enlarge this opening. Every yard
he gains there is making the Ger
man front between that point and
Lens more difficult to hold.
A considerable part of the force
of the present heavy attack seems
to be aimed at this part of the line.
At two points along this stretch the
British are reported to have ad
vanced more than a mile as far as
Arleux and Oppy, but deiinite pos
session of these villages anparentlv
was a question for the furious light
ing of the day to settle.
French Are Active
While the British apparently are
thus giving the Germans more than
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New Farm Agent to
Attend Farmers' Meeting
at Mechanicsburg Tonight
H. G. Xiessley. new-appointed
Dauphin county farm agent who will
come to Harrisburg next week to
assume his duties. *vill be present at
the farmers' meeting at Mechanics
burg to-night. The meeting will be
addressed by Assistant Secretary of
the United State Department of Agri
culture, Carl Vrooman. Mr. Xiessley
will attend this meeting in order to
otbain the latest views of the fed
eral government about increasing the
food supply and kindred matters.
Mr. Miessley has been spending
the past week in Berks county with
the county farm agent there getting
some excellent experience. Mr. Niess
ley's headquarters in Harrisburg will
be at the Chamber of Commerce of
tice in the Kunkel building.
Second Baptist Church
Is Destroyed by Fire
The Second Baptist Church, in 1
North Cameron street, was de.strjyed
by lire early last evening. It is be- i
lieved that the heat of a furnace
started the. interior of the walls blaz
ing.
Flames ' had gained considerable
headway before the water could be
thrown on. The building was an old
one and the damage is estimated at
$6,000. The pipe organ given the
church by Andrew Carnegie is a total i
loss. As a result of the tire services ;
to-morrow will be held in the Hoerner i
Building. Thirteenth and Market 1
streets.
FORD IX XDVA SCOTIA
By Associated Press
Halifax. X. S„ April 2 B.—Henry :
Ford, of the Detroit automobile i
manufacturer, arrived to-dav accom
panied by several other Americans. I
Beyond saying that the party had
come on an important mission, Mr. 1
Ford declined to discuss the reasons '■
for the visit.
HOD CARRIERS ORGANIZE
At a meeting held last night in
the rooms of the State Federation
of Labor the hodcarriers and build- i
ing laborers were organized. The I
next meeting will be held Friday
evening, when officers will be elect- :
ed. Henry M. Brooks, general or- j
ganizer is at the head of the nios-e
--ment.
STRUCK BY TRAIN
Ralph Bitting, 1931 Fulton street,
who was struck yesterday bv a train
near Division street in the Pennsyl- ;
vania yards, is still in a serious con
dition in the Harrisburg Hospital. It
Is believed that his skull Is fractur
ed.
PORTER FOUND DEAD
John O'Brian, 4 5 years, Philadel- 1
phia. a PuHman porter on car Xo. j
1,443, Pennsylvania railroad, was
found dead by the crew this morn
ing. Coroner Jacob Eckinger made
an investigation and pronounced
death due to acute indigestion.
TO PUNISH MIGRANTS
By Associated Press
Copenhagen. April 2R, via London.
—The Hejmdal publishes an an- 1
nouncenient of the Prussian military
authorities that desertions from fron- '
tier districts will be punished In the
same way as desertions from the I
front. The penalties range from -five'
years lmrisonment to death.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1917
CITY FARMERS
SWINGING RAKE AND HOE IN
CULTIVATION OF THEIR LOTS
=<>' ' =IQI=
I 1
V : ■ " .. -V. " ,
HMpSgSfipS ',{,&}■■ '4 *'' N '^%y
* 'f>> '
m „^J l l eSe .J >ic f U s e9 . % Y ere s "ap ped at Tark and show the progress
,n/r>i !u J& us P rdß 5 e J? u mler the direction of Shirley B. Watts,
superintending the Chamber of Com merce food conservation campaign
CITY MERCHANTS
WILL VOTE ON
WAR FINANCE
Chamber of Commerce Mem-!
hers Consider Taxation of
0 Business
How is the war to be financed? j
How shall business be taxed?
These two questions of vital im- j
portance to every businessman at 1
this time are going to be voted on by j
the board of directors of the Har-'
risburg Chamber of Commerce at the j
request of the Chamber of Com- ]
merce of United States of America j
next Thursday.
A circular letter was mailed to
every member of the Chamber re-!
questing them to carefully consider!
suggestions embodied in the letter, |
and asking them to submit ttieir |
written view as soon as possible.
The Chamber of Commerce of the I
United States, a federation of over
seven hundred business associations, I
[Continued on Page 12]
FEAR 119 HAVE
DIED IN COAL
MINE EXPLOSION
Fifteen Bodies Found by
Rescue Parties Who
Fight Fire •
By Associated Press
Hastings, Colo., April 28. Nine
more bodies, malting a total of fif
teen, were found to-day by rescue
crews in the Hasting.* mine of the
Victor American Fuel Company, in
which 119 men were entombed yester
day by an explosion. Mine officials
said it was feared all hed perished.
As soon as the first rescuers emerg
ed early to-day another crew entered
the mine bearing stretchers. Outside
the mine scores of volunteers press
eel foAvard eager to be in the next 1
shift to go inside. , , |
The rescue crews are unable to •
make their way down the main mine i
slope, but by working along the air- '
ways have "gone a considerable dis- ;
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IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
"Doggone it, but those TELE
GHAPH want ads certainly do
produce," said a disappointed
advertiser yesterday. "1 decitfed
to sell my roadster and put an
ad in the TELEGRAPH Wednes
day. Thursday I began to think
of the faithful little car and
changed my mind. I ordered the
ad killed, but it was too lute.
The want ad had sold the car
for me, so I guess I 'll have to
advertise in the TELEGRAPH
for another."
This is the ad that sold the
car:
BCICK ROADSTER FOR SALE—
Bargain price—owner leaving town;
new tires, engine overhauled; t75.
Apply Box A, 4970, care of Tele
giaph.
Name of advertiser on request.
(£hf Star- Unfrcprnbrnt
RUSSIA READY
AND WILLING TO
CONTINUE WAR
Cabinet Member Shows Dis
quieting Rumors Based on
Falsehood
By Associated. Press
Petrograd, April 27. -*via London,
April 28.—Minister of Jiistiee Keren
sky gave to a representative of the
Associated Press to-day a clear pre
sentation of the present status of
political and economic affairs in the
country and, with the aid of con
crete facts, contradicted the asser
tions and rumors of alarming dis
organization in the army and fac
tories, generally circulated and
credited In Petrograd in the last
lew weeks. The minister declared
that not only is the army bettor pre
pared and more willing to light than
before the revolution, but that the
factories are putting out more am
munition than at liny previous stage
of the war. He continued:
"Most of the weakness attributed
to the present government are the
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BIG CAMPAIGN
OF RED CROSS TO
CONTINUE WEEK
Drive For Members Will Not
Conclude Until Next
Saturday
The Bed Cross membership cam
paign will not end to-night.
Many of the precinct teams, because
of a late start this week, will con
tinue the house-to-house canvass un
til next Saturday.
The membership office at Bed Cross
headquarters, 2U6 Walnut street, will
be open each day next week from
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Plenty of Food at
Markets, But Prices
Still Remain High
While there was plenty of food on
the local markets this morning the
•prices still remained very high Kgg
were selling at frm 30 to 35 cents
per dozen. New green beans and
new potatoes syjld for 25 cents per
quarter peck, while some asked 65
cents per quarter peck for large new
potatoes. Spring onions brought si
and seven cents a bunch and rhu
barb sold for from live to ten cents
per bunch. Butter was scarce and
sold for 18 and 52 cents per pound.
A gi eat many farmers expressed
the opinion this morning that they
would stop making butter, because,
of the high price of feed. They will
feed their cattle only hay and fod
der and stop feeding bran and choo
all together.
RESTRICT KXIM.OSIVBS
By Associated Press
Washington, April 58. The ad
ministration bill to restrict the sale
of explosives hns been ordered fav
orably reported to the House bv the
mines committee
GARDENERS ARE
RAPIDLY GETTING
PLOTS PLANTED
Hundred Amateur Farmers I
1 Are Working Hard on Belle
vue Park Tract
Shirley B. Watts, superintendent!
of the Chamber of Commerce garden !
plots is progressing rapidly with the i
work and more than 100 plols have
i
bfeen given out In the Bellevue Park
section. Those who have been as- |
signed to plots have been working j
on them the iast few days and the !
sieater number are already under!
cultivation.
Superintendent Watts yesterday!
received a plot of ground 100x100
feet, from Backenstoss and Brothers, j
located near the Chlfdrens' Industrial
Home. This section will be laid out !
and distributed as soon as possible, i
The Division street plot donated by
the Harrisburg Realty Company, will ;
be staked off and will be ready for j
distribution Monday morning. Thirty
persons have already made ap'plica- i
tion for plots in this section and
about forty will be given out.
Flan to Knlist Students
I Plans to arouse the interest of the I
i ten thousand schoolchildren of the j
! city to increase the food sunpV j
I through garden work, will be taken
] up at a special meeting of the school i
board to be held on Monday after- j
! noon, at 3.30 o'clock.
A report on the situation with I
| recommendations will probably lie
J made by the teachers' committee, ]
composed of members of the board. 1
| This committee with Superintendent
r-F. E. Downes went over the situa
! tion at a special meeting,
j The Agricultural Committee of tlie
I chamber liu* secured J. B. Seherrer,
I extension vegetable gardener of I
I Pennsylvania State College, to give
an illustrated lecture on gardening. !
on Thursday night at S o'clock, in I
the Technical Uigh School audi- j
torium. Not only owners of I
Chamber of Commerce garden plots'
will be invited to attend the meeting, I
but it will be open to the public. j
Prospect of Grave Labor
Trouble Throws Shadow
Over All of Germany
I By Associated Press
Copenhagen, via London, April 28.
The prospect of grave labor!
| troubles throughout Germany on May
day overshadows everything else in j
the German press. General Groener's
address to the iteichstage commit
tee, the manifesto of the Federation
of Labor, against strikes an*l edi
torial appeals to the same purport i
predominate in the newspapers, the
news of the great battle of Arras
and the general military situation be
ing very much subordinated. •
Where there is so much smoke
there evidently must be some tire, j
The manifesto of the metal workers' ;
union, the organization! which took
the leading part in the previous'
strike Is worded in a curiously du- !
bious manner. While ostensibly di- :
reoted against strike agitators it
gives the impression of being a very
half-hearted document. The mani
festo argues that a general strike is '
unnecessary because stoppage of
work in the iron works, munition !
plants and transportation systems
wouldl be sufficient to immeasurable !
difficulties of the situation.
Death of One of Germany's
Most Note Submarine
Commanders, Reported
I Copenhagen, via London, April 28.
Lieutenant Commander Petit, one of:
! the most successful of the German I
submarine commanders, had perished
in the submarine campaign. The (
newspapers of hif home town. Koe
nigsberg, carry an official death no
time although the admiralty has said
nothing of the loss of his boat.
Commander I'etz was mentioned in
dispatches in February as being in
charge of a submarine "which destray
ed 52.00U tons of shipping in one day.
ItltA/.11. IAV KKTKII WAR
By Associated Press
Rio Janeiro. April 28.—The decision
as to whether Brazil will follow up
her breach of relations with Ger- \
many by a declaration of war will be '•
made by the Brazilian congress when '
it convenes on May .V - L
—r. . I
ti. A, K. IAC AD Kit lines' ' I
By Associated Press * j
Cincinnati, April 28. —Captain W.!
C. Johnson, former commander-iii- '
chief of the Grand Army of the He- i
public, died here yesterday. He was i
"4 years olt 1 • |
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
McILHENNY WANTED
PART OF COMMIS
ITTNER TELLS PUBLIC
Sensational Statements Issued in Reply to Newspaper
Interview; St. Louis Architect Says He Heard How
Architects Were Accustomed to Leave "Money in
Drawers" For the Then Boss; Mcllhenny Wanted
to Keep Hold on Contracts and Materials; Story
Supported by School Supply Officials; President
Stamm's Interview
Grave reflections upon the man-t
ner in which architects have been
selected by the ilarrioburs School
Hoard in past years and assertions
that George \V. Mclllienny made of
fers to procure the one necessary j
vote to elect William B. lttncr, of
St. Louis, as architect for the new I
high school buildings,*if the St. Louis i
man would pay him one-fifth of his j
I commission, are made in a sworn |
statement by Mr. Ittner made pub- j
I lie to-day.
I • .
The affidavit of Mr. Ittner is ac- I
. • 1
companied by affidavits bearing the'
[ .
signatures of L. D. Petrie and T. M. j
Boyd, both of Chicago, and William !
T. Stewart, of Philadelphia, all offi
cials of the American Seating Com- j
pany, setting forth their efforts to j
procure the influence of Mr. Mcll
t' f
PROHIBITION FOR THE ARMY f
c
I Senate adopted a • I
I most drastic prohibition amendment, making it unlaw- £
ful to sel! cr give any liquor, ■ f ' \
I cr man In uniform cr knowlingly furnished liquors to
9 any pr- rln thf army <
I TECH SECOND, CENTRAL LAST
a ielphia, April 23,—1n the one mile relay first 1
I honcrs went to McKinley Manuel, Washington, D. C.; ]
A Harrisburg Technical was second; Steelton was third, 4
1 Time J. 35 3-5. I
1 Harrisburg Crvril
y VOLUNTEERS ADVOCATES ASTOUNDED }
[ Washington, April pdnsors of the volunteer I
I ngth §
developed by the advocates of selective conscription. I
1 When announcement was made that the volunteer m
j • clause had been bowled out there was thunderous ap- f
I fronn the flo r and crowded galleries. L
< ' J
: MAY APPOINT SOCIALIST i
i Washington, April 2B.—President WUon has un- '
der consideration the appointment of an American So
cialist to the commission headed by Elhiu Root, which '
socn eent to Rui ■ia 3ince .kxlalir ts and labor
le?ders make up a large part of the controlling element f
in Russia, such an appointment appears probable. I
GRANGERS' PICNIC CALLED OFF T
Chambersburg, April 28.—Because of the war and y
the general conditions and mainly because the farmers f
will likely be too preoccupied to attend the Great Gran- I \
I gers Picnic at Willows Grove, will not be held this
j year This would have been the 44th annual gathering. |
I Chicago, April 2&—Colonel Roosevelt in his first 1
war speech delivered here tcr-day urged that the use of i }
t grain for the manufacture of alcoholic drinks be pro- t
hibited for the period of the war. He urged obligatory >
i' military training, the expansion and improvement of the • *
navy,'4nd asserted that an expeditionary force be sent
to France. f '
MARRIAGE LICENSES ,
, spr^ru! 1 i n ,'. d , Penbrook -
Ma> MnrrlnburK, nl Mary Copenhnver, I.ebn
■!
Vlf iV' Vli "A "VW"'A' jjii
| benny in favor of Ittner's selection,
outlining at some length what trans
pired at several conferences held by
Ittner and Mcllhenny, and Mcll
lienny and the Keating Compan#
representatives. President A. Car
son Stamm is also out with a full
explanation as to why he favored
, the choice of Mr. Ittner and why he
still believes' the St. Louis man
should be given the work.
The statement of Mr. Ittner and
the accompanying affidavit are In
reply to an interview given out a
i week ago by Mr. Mcllhenny pre
senting his side of the Ittner confer
' once and the efforts of the Seating
| Company officials, with which Mr.
j Mcllhenny was connected at times
| as sub-agent in this city, to have him
j use his influence for Ittner.
Refused Commission OlTcr
Ittner asserts that he refused the
.alleged offer to split his commission
'with Mcllhenny, made through a
third party, and admits that lie mado
| a mistake in ever conferring with
him. Mcllhenny, he says, wanted
also to see that local materials were
! used under certain conditions and
| local contractors favored. Mcllhenny
also tried to induce Ittner, it is said,
to favor the site 011 the bluff at Heir. *
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