Thousands of Cattle Are Burned in Great
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CAMPAIGN FOR
AMERICAN NAVY
BEING PLANNED
Grave Problems of America's Sea Campaign Are Dis
cussed With Representatives of the Allies; Details Are
to Be Kept Secret From the Enemy; Plans Are Gone
Over by Atlantic Commander and Secretary Daniels
Washington, Oct. 16. —American naval co-operation with the
Allies was further discussed to-day at a conference between the
British Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British naval
attache, Commodore Gaunt, Secretary Daniels and Admiral
Benson, chief, of operations.
No announcement of the results of the conference was made
and it was generally regarded as a sequel to the discussions which
have been going on between Secretarj- Daniels, Admiral Benson
and Admiral Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet, who re
cently has returned from a naval conference with the Allies at
London.
The only announcement Secretary Daniel has made of the
conference so far is that they concern very grave subjects.
RUSSIAN CAPITAL MAY
BE SAVED BY WEATHER
Petrograd, Oct. 16.—The German
landing force on the Russian Island
of Oesel is developing its success, the
Russian war office announced to-day
and the Teutons are being reinforced
with additional troops.
The Germans have instituted an
offensive against the Svorb penin
sula, in the southwestern section of
the island, with the object of cap
turing the Russian batteries at Serel.
These batteries cover thfe entrance
to the Gulf of Riga.
The German operations in and
around the Gulf of Riga, which have
centered cntion upon the North
ern Russian front for several days
past, are not likely to be extended
this fall to the Gulf of Finland, on
the route to Reval, Cronstadt and
Petrograd, in the opinion of Russian
naval authorities. The lateness of
the season will have the effect of lo
calizing the German effort, the Min
ister of Marine believes.
The situation created by the Teu
tons' move however, serious enough
for the Russians in its present as
pect, with the great naval prepon
derance of the Germans in the Raltic
there seems little to prevent them
from making the Gulf of Riga vir
tually a German lake and solidifying
it into a strong naval base from
which military operations as well,
could easily be pushed advantage
ously under propitious weather con
ditions.
Fronts Fnchang'otl.
The Military situation on the vari
ous fronts in the western war area
was virtually unchanged overnight,
so far as the official statements re T
veal.
The German reports have begun to
lay stress again upon the violence of
the artillery fire in Flanders but
there are no indications that the
bombardment has yet been worked
up to the point where the British
find themselves ready for a renewal
of their drive.
Evidently much depends on the
weather in this region. In the light
of his last week's experience with
the handicap of the Flanders mud it
seemes probable that Field Marshal
Haig will await the settling of the
ground into a somewhat more pas
sable state although the hope of se
curing even ordinarily good condi
tions at this late season of the year
seems now to lie considered small.
French Repulse Attack.
On the French front the activities
are centered on the Aisne and be
fore Verdun. Last night's fighting
in both regions was mostly monopo
lized ty the artillery. The German
infantry, however, came to life on the
[THE WEATHER
For IliirriahurK aal vicinity: I air
and cooler to-night with fro.nt;
WrdiifNiiay fair.
For Ka.storii t'eiiuaylvaulu! l-'air
anil cooler to-night* %%itli frost;
WctlnrMilay, fair, cooler in
MoutlicnMt portion; gentle nortli-
%Vill(lM.
Hlver
The mnin river will rise Nlouly.
All tribiitnrieM will fall *lowly
or remain nearly ntationiiry. A
Mtage or nhoiit *l.O feet Im Indi
cated for IlarriNburK; Wednes
day morning.
General t ondltion*
The cyclonic depression that wiim
central over Ontnrio, Monday
morning. haa passed off .North
eastward down the St. Lawrence
Yulley. It cauned showers In
the limt twenty-four hours gen
erally over the territory from
the Cireat l.akes eastward to
the Atluntlc coast. Showers fell
iilmo over the Florida penlnMuln
and In Alhertn. Klsewhere
throughout the territory repre
aeuted on the map the weather
was fair.
Tempernturea have rinen 2 to 12
degrees In the Atlantic Sttaew
from New Bngland southward,
and In the Gulf States, Kastern
Tenneasee and Oklahoma! over
the remainder of the conntry
east of the Hocky Mountains.
Temperaturet 8 a. m., 58.
Sunt Rlaea, otlß a. m.| wets, fi49
p. ni.
Moons Flrat quarter. October 28.
River Stager 8.8 feet above low
water mark.
Yenterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, 71.
Low-eat temperature, 411.
Mean temperature, 00.
Normal temperature, 54.
west bank of the Meuse, attacking
north of Hill 304. The French found
little difficulty in repulsing this as
sault, while on the Ais>ne front
French parties made successful in
cursions into the German lines.
Fewer Casualties.
Rritish casualties continue to show
a declining rate. The total reported
in the last week was 14,096 as com
pared with 17,505 for the week clos
ing October 9 to 21; 18,179 for the
; preceding week. This is despite the
fact that the 3ritish have been heav
ily engaged in Flanders during the
past three weeks, scoring some of the
most notable gains of ground in this
years fighting within this period.
Secretary of War
Reassured by His
Visit Here, He Writes
President David E. Tracy, of the
I lai l isburg Chamber of Commerce
received the following letter
I from Secretary of War Newton D.
Waker, in response to one from Mi-
Tracy thanking him for his visit to
Harnsburg to address the Chamber's
, War Meeting on Monday, October 8:
"Dear Mr. Tracy.
"I have just received your
very generous note of October
<l. and cannot leave it unack
nowledged.
My visit to Harrisburg was
the source of so much pleasure
to me that I must thank you for
permitting roe to meet so many
of the distinguished men of
your city and the splendid audi
ence who listened so patiently to
my speech. I have a very dis
tinct sense of happiness and re
assurance as the result of the
visit.
"Cordially yours,
"Signed, Xewton I>. Raker,
"Secretary of War."
Police Believe They Have
Man Who Made Daring
Raids on Coin Boxes
Following several daring thefts ot
Bell Telephone coin boxes from pay
stations, Joseph Vance, who claims
Philadelphia as his residence was
captured this morning at Eleventh
and Market streets by Special Offi
cer Phipps of the Hell Telephone-
Company.
Last Thursday evening someone
entered a booth at the office of the
liarrisburg Railways Company and
snipped off the wires leading to the
coin box, disappearing with the box
The day following, a similar theft
was reported from the Hess Cigar
Store at Thirteenth and Market
streets. The next victim ws the
Central Hotel, and at 5.30 last night
fi box in the booth at the central
Post Office disappeared.
Last night at 9.30 a man entered
a booth in the restaurant of William
Slier, at Middletown, and later it
was found that the coin box was
missing. The police were nitifled and
this morning Vance was taken into
custody. It had been his custom
to enter the booth wearing an over
coat, it is reported. By concealing
the bov under his coat he escaped "de
tection.
> ance, it is claimed, has been
guilty of similar offenses in the past,
and the police say that he spent some
time in the Huntingdon Reforma
tory.
At no place did he secure a large
sum of money. His toll at Middle
town was $6, the largest sum se
cured. He will appear before Alder
man Landis for a hearing this after
noon.
New Patrol Will Arrive
Next Week, Latest Promise
The new patrol for the City Police
Department, order several months
ago but delayed because the Govern
ment took over the plant which re
ceived the contract to build the body
will probably he delivered next week
and put into service at once.
The new machine was built at a
cost of $2,500 and will be used large
ly for patrol calls as the ambulance
calls are handled by the hospital
car. At present the Police Depart
ment is using a five-passenger tour
ing car to haul prisoners to Jail and
to the station.
CATTLE DIE BY
THOUSANDS IN
GREAT BLAZE
More Than Half of Great
Stockyards Destroyed
by Fire
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 16.—More
than one-half of the Kansas City
stockyards, the second largest in the
country, was destroyed by fire early
to-day. It wag estimated after the
fire had been brought under control,
after raging for two hours, that sev
eral thousand head of cuttle hud
been destroyed. Some estimates ran
us high as ten thousand. There were
47,000 cattle in the yards at the close
of business yesterday, it was an
nounced, and while it was possible
to liberate most of them, so rapidly
did the flames gain headway that
many were caught and burned.
Hundreds of cattle liberated from
the burning structures readied ifip
downtown sections of both Kansas
City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kas. It
was the third disastrous fire in the
history of the Kansus City stockyard.
The blaze was discovered by two pa
trolmen in Kansas City, Kansas, and
before they could summon appara
tus the fire had become unmanage
able. Fire departments from both
Kansas Cities com hatted the flames.
The origin of the fire was unde
termined. The other two were caus
ed by carelessly thrown cigaret stubs.
No estimate of the financial loss was
avuiluble eurly to-day.
Food Cheap Now Compared
With Prices Demanded in
First Years of Civil War
Chicago, Oct. IB.—Prices of many
staple food products averaged about
129 per cent higher during the first
years of the Civil War than to-day.
according to items taken from an in
voice of goods sold by S. Hamlll and
Company, wholesale grocers of Keo
kuk, lowa, to R. J. Jacobs, a retailer.
June 22, 1862.
Sugar in those Civil War days sold
for SSB a barrel, rice at $31.38 a
barrel, tobacco at more than double
the present price and tea at $101.52
for a 25-pound chest. Twenty-five
poiyids of the same grade of tea to
day may be bought for $18.90. Cof
fee also was nearly four times as high
as at present.
The same bill of groceries and sun
dries that then brought $044.14 may
be bough* to-day for $281.61.
lowa Voters Make State
Dry by Large Majority
Deg Moines, lowa, Oct. 16. Re
turns to-day from more than two
thirds of the precincts of the state
on the election on constitutional pro
hibition held in lowa yesterday indi
cate that the amendment forbidding
the manufacture and sale of liquor
was adopted by a majority of about
10,000.
The larger cities generally went
against the amendment. Davenport
and Scott county piled up a ma
jority of nearly 7,000 against prohi
bition, the vote being 9,659 to 2,743
Des Moines, however, went drv hv
1,410. Sioux City, Council Bluffs.
Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Dubuque
Keokuk, Clinton and Muscatine ali
went wet, Dubuque voting live to one
against the amendment.
The rural districts of the southern
and central parts of the stato wert
responsible for the apparent victory
of the amendment, voting; two und
three to one for prohibition. Prohibi
tion by statute prevails In lowa at
oreaent.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY ftVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1917
"HOCK DER KAISER"
GOVERNOR FILLS
MANY VACANCIES
ON CAPITOL HILL
D. Lloyd Hartman, Mifflin
town, Gets Furman's Place;
J. A. Steese Promoted
IX Lloyd Hartman, of Mifflintown,
Juniata county, was to-day appointed
by Commissioner of Labor Jackson
to be chief of the bureau of statistics
and information of his department.
Mr. Hartman is a graduate of Juniata
College and is said to be a personal
friend of Governor Brumbaugh. The
place carries a salary of $5,000 a year
and was formerly filled by Paul N.
Furman, of Philadelphia, who re
signed last summer.
James A. Steese, of Mount Holly
Springs. Cumberland county, chief
clerk of the department, was appoint
ed chiM of the bureau of mediation,
at $4,000 a year, to succeed the late
Patrick Gilday, Clearfield.
William Young, Philadelphia, mem
ber of the State Industrial Board,
whose nomination was rejected by the
Senate but who was appointed again
on July 9 by the Governor, was ap
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To Save Poor, Aged Tax
Collector Juggles Money;
Sentenced to Two Years
Hy Associated Press
Plymouth, MUSH., Oct. 16. —Ben-
jamin O. Heed, 68 years old, former
tax collector and treasurer of Whit
fnan and widely known, as "Honest
Ben" to-day began a two years' term
in the House of Correction after
pleading guilty yesterday to the lar
ceny of town funds amounting to
$25,000.
Reed made a remarkable state
ment to the court in pleading to the
charge.
"I did the best I could. Not one
cent of the $25,000 in my defalcation
has been appropriated to my own
use, but rather to meet outstanding
taxes which threatened to expose
my own peculiar style of bookkeep
ing."
The old man related that at the
time of manipulating his accounts,
business was dull In Whitman and
many of hii* friends were unable to
pay their taxes.
"I knew that if I pressed many of
them who owed taxes," he went on.
"it meant the loss of hundreds of
homes and the wiping out of small
bunk accounts. I collected money and
applied it to, the accounts of those
who could not nay year after vear,
and the two offices I held made it
possible for me to transfer from one
account to the other. Part of my
salary also was used for this pur
pose."
District Attorney Katzman admit
ted there was no evidence that Heed
used the money in any other way
than he had stated. He had been in
office since 1903.
Legal Holiday For Liberty
Loan Asked by McAdoo
Washington, Oct. 16.—Secretary
McAdoo has telegraphed a request
to the Governors of all states to des
ignate as a legal holiday October 24.
alread • named by President Wilson
as National Liberty I,oan Day. In
case this cannot be done, the Secre
tary suggests all public places be
closed during the afternoon and ap
nranrlnta care.monla* RiranecL
ORDINANCE TO
ESTABLISHASH
BUREAU IS IN
AROthcr Law Would Prevent
Any Possibility of Short
Weight
Ordinances to prevent any possi
bility of short weight in the sale of
coal, coke, sand, lime, stone, junk
and other commodities bought and
sold by bulk and establishing a
bureau of garbage and ash inspec
tion were the two most important
introduced in Cpuncll on first read
ing to-day.
The first ordinance is one which
is favored by Harry D. Reel, City
Inspector of Weights and Measures,
as it furnishes the necessary legisla
tion to prosecute any dealer who
does not give full weight in selling
commodities by the wagonload. The
ordinance was introduced by Mayor
Bowman, and requires that on each
wagon used in the sale of coal, coke,
sand, stone, lime and junk must
have the weight of the wagon
stamped or painted on It. The ve
hicles must be weighed at least once
a year on the city scales under the
supervision of Inspector Reel and
the law becomes effective January 1,
After the ordinance had been read
Mayor Bowman and the other Com
missioners held a short discussion
of the need of enforcing the laws in
case of short weight and measure.
It is understood in this connection
an ordinance to prevent forestalling
in city markets may be considered.
Four Inspectors
The legislation authorizing the or
ganization of a garbage and ash in
spection bureau provides for one.
chief inspector at a salary of $2,000
a year and three assistants at sl,-
200 a year, whose duty it shall be to
enforce all city laws regarding the
collection and disposal of ashes, rub,
bish, dead animals and garbage.
Commissioner Gross presented an
ordinance authorizing the Park De
partment to purchase a strlD of
ground eleven by thirty feet at Elm
and Sixteenth streets at a cost of not
more than S2OO. The plot is ownea
by E. A. Hefflefinger and will prob
ably be planted similar to the one at
Cameron and Paxton streets.
Other ordinances introduced pro
vide for paving of an alley eight feet
wide between Wood and Fifth streets
and placing an arc light at Twelfth
and Forster streets and at Twentieth
and Market streets.
Lights For Riverside
The ordinance introduced last
week by Commissioner Lynch, pro
viding for maintenance of twenty
one lights at Riverside, now the
Fourteenth ward, was passed finally,
together with the one increasing the
salary of the clerk in the Health
Bureau. Commissioner Lynch called
for passage his resolution permit
ting the Highway Department to
construct the concrete steps at the
Market street approach to Summit
street. Commissioner Gorgas opposed
the move, stating he could not vote
favorably unless he was assured the
city had the legal right to do this
work. Commissioner Lynch agreed
to confer with City Solicitor Fox be
fore proceeding. The resolution was
passed with Commissioner Gorgas
voting against It.
KIDNAPER APPEALS.
Marchfleld, Mo., Oct. 16.—Coun
sel for Claude Plersol who was last
night found guilty and sentenced to
thirty-five years Imprisonment for
kidnaping Lloyd Keet, two-year
oid, son of J. Holland Keet. wealthy
banker of Springfield, Mo., began
preparations to-day to obtain a new
trial lor their client.
DAUPHIN CLAIMS
ARE DELAYED
SEVERAL DAYS
Action on Exemptions Held
Up; 17 Denied From
District 3
PARADE TO COLORED MEN
They Will Leave About Octo
ber 27; Majority From
Steelton; Their Names
A change in the schedule of the
District Board postponed action •on
the claims of districts 1 and 2 of
Dauphin County to-day. However,
action on these claims will be taken
up at the early convenience of the
board which will probably bo to
morrow or Thursday. Yesterday the
hoard acted on twenty-nine claims
from district No. 3 of Dauphin Coun
ty and'of this number seventeen were
denied and twelve granted. The re
sult of the action of the boards on
these claims is as follows:
Denied—Geogre W. Graham, Will
iamstown; John H. Kllnger, Eliza
bethville; Charles Henry Reightler,
Tower City: Frank Montyka, Will
iamstown; Charles Elmer Ditty, Mil
lersburg; Frank Oscar Dink, Millers
burg; Jasper A. Relgle, Loyal ton:
Irwin Wilson Stoneroad, Millersburg;
Harry Harper s Deibler, Millersburg;
Lester Alvin Enders, Enders; Robert
•Edwin Barto, Elizebethville: Mark
Edward Stine, Gratz; Joseph M.
Kelley, Wiconisco; Lewis Iberson,
Lykens; John Henry Maiden, Will-1
iamstown; Stanley C. Crlsswell, Loy
alton; Willis Clayborn, Lykens.
Granted —Joseph Lawrence Kel
ley, Wiconisco: Richard James Wit
comb, Willlamstown; Homer Monroe
Deibler, Millersburg Lewis Christian
Bufflngton, Elizabethville: Benjamin
Weiss, Gratz: George Valiska, Will
iamstown; Lewis Henry Miller, Will
ian.stown; Leo Andrew Krobath, Ly
ens: Steve Black, Wllliamstown;
John I. Henninger, Elizabethville:
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Charged With Robbing
Victim of His Auto on
Way to the Hosptal
| After having picked up Blag
Herdyek, a foreigner residing at (>OS
I North Cameron street, when he was
I struck by a motortruck at Seventh
and Herr streets, last night, Fred
erick R. Brown, 23 years old, is in
the Harisburg police station, charged
wit hhaving robbed the man he res
cued.
Brown was riding in the truck
which struck Herdyek. When the ac
cident occurred, he jumped to the
street and placed the injured man
in the truck. After proceeding a
short distan.ee the foreigner learned
that he was on his way to the hos
pital and refused to go farther. He
alighted from the truck and Brown
disappeared.
Later Herdyek notified the police
that while in the truck he had been
robbed of his pocketbook containing
over S3O. Officers Owens and Hol
lands located Brown. When arrested
he had almost S4O in his possession.
The accused man will be given a
hearing before Alderman Landis in
police court this afternoon.
Delegates From Five
Counties Are Arriving
For Arcanum Meeting
Delegates from Dauphin, Cumber
land. Lancaster. Lebanon and Frank
lin counties are arriving for the ses
sions of the Associated Council of
Central Pennsylvania. Royal Ar
canum. which will be held in White's
Hall, Verbeke and James streets,
this evening.
Supreme Regent C. Arch Wil
liams, of Chicago, will be here for
the meetings. Othor speakers wide
ly known in Arcanum Circles will
be James E. Norton, of Reading,
grand regent of Pennsylvania, and
Assistant District Attorney Frank B.
gent.
$6,500 an Hour Expended
by Belligerents in War
New York, Oct. 16.—The war is
costing the belligerent nations of the
world at the rate of $160,000,000 a
day—s6,soo an hour —and the United
States is paying at least one-quarter
of this staggering sum, according to
estimates made to-day by the Me
chanics and Metals National Bank of
New York. The estimated dally cost
at the beginning of the war was sr>o,-
000,000 ad a year ago It was SIOO,-
000,000. This country's rate of ex
penditure is greater than any other
nation. Great Britain being second
and Germany next.
BRITISH DIIOP BOMBS.
London, Oct. 16.—The aerial raids
over Belgium were continued yester
day.. In patrol encounters two Ger
man machines were driven down.
During 24 hours bombing raids were
carried out on the following objec
tives: The Bruges docks, Vars.se
naere airdrome and Houttaye air
drome. Large quantities of explo
sives were dropped with good effect,
all our air machines returning safely!
10,000 MIXERS STRIKE.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 16. Because
wage increases did not become effec
tive to-day 10,000 coal miners In
Central Illinois did not- appear for
work this morning, it was admitted
at the offices of the Illinois Coal Op
erators' Association.
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BANDITS RAID TOWN.
Mission, Texas, Oct. 16.—Reports
reached here to-day of a bandit raid
at Grangeno, a Mexican village on
the Rio Grande, six miles southeast
of Mission. The firing could be
k h*rd at Madero City, J
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
ENDEAVORERSOF
COUNTY HOLDING
BIG CONVENTION
After Discussion of Practical
Work Elect John F. Kob
President
DR. AMOS WELLS IS HERE
DR. AMOS R. WELLS,
Leader in C. E. Movement
Many Christian Endeavorcrs from
Dauphin county and this citv repre
senting one hundred and fifteen so
cieties are holding their joint rally
opening with a session this morning
in the Derry Street United Brethren
Church, this city.
The Rev. J. A. Lyter, pastor of the
Derry Street United Brethren
Church, conducted the devotional
exercises. President John F. Koh.
of the Dauphin County C. E. Union,
gave his annual report of the work
accomplished during the past year.
Miss Bessie E. March, secretary,
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|*P tormfrd by 15.) out of 282 local draft boirds that they ■
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if ENGLAND TO CAT LESS WHEAT I
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Washington. Oct. 16. —The police courts swung bac'i JT
day in dealing with
4 ' picketing the Whitt jj
T House. Four arrested yesterday were to-day given si- J
* :ntenc< ed on my. Th< 4*
A, ourt there would berncr: JL
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T BETHLEHEM INCREASE STOCK J
4 The Bethlehem seel Company to-day filed notice ci £
T increase Of • .500,000 to $57,500,000 and pal J T
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J BRITISH BOMBARD BELGIUM J
t London, Oct. 16.-*-The aerial raids over Belgium wer;
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--Ai British war office announces
X Bombs were.drop number of military centers. ijp
? JEWELER'S TRUNK MISSING
X Harrisburg.—Captain of Police Paul L. Barclay of
t the Philadelphia Dh lice Department of th< x
*f* Pennsylvania Railroa v to-day seeking to locat* <g
X a missing trunk containing SIB,OOO worth of jewelry. It Jr
'l Belonged to a i< in from Providence, R. T , *f
T M*
who was enroute to this city. The trunk was cros L
X ch- ked iccoi di,! • > Cai>t.;i Barclayand he expected to T
T find it by to-night ' <l
f ' Harrisburg—Governor Brumbaugh will meet the Camp X
± Ciutin Comrr: in t morrow evening*at 8 o'clock at T
11 th Executive Mansion 'o discuss preliminaries. ' A
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| MARRIAGE LICENSES
Kobcrt A. 801 l and Mary Bona, If arrlalmricJ John Coiidy nnd J
f S mm M. Hols, Sunhiiry| liny Welronicr, Steelton, find Mnry CSrny, V
Harrwburici Prank Harinan, lliimmelNtonn, and Florence Hitch
j rock, StewnrtNtown, T
DEALERS SEEK TO
CLEAR MUDDLED
COAL SITUATION
No Two Arc Charging Same
Price as Result of Wash
ington Action
SHIPMENTS BELOW NEED
Say Anthracite Prices Will
Not Drop; State President
Issues Statement
Developments In the coal situation
have been coming thick and fast dur
ing the past twenty-four hours.
No two dealers are asking the
same price. One Harrisburg dealer's
prices are 17 cents lo,ver than last
month. Others are charging the rate
In effect a month ago.. Some deal
ers have made a slight advance.
In order to clear up some of the
misunderstanding relative to Admin
istrator Garfield's recent order, the
Pennsylvania Retail Merchants' As
sociation sent out a confidential cir
cular to its members. Doctor Oar
field promptly issued a statement
that no, agreements will be binding
unless approved by the administra
tipn. W. M. Bertolet, secretary, and
attorney for the association, denied
that there were ulterior reasons for
issuing the circular. Frank G. Wal
lls, head of the association, also Is
sued a statement.
Administrator Garfield has ad-
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Second Liberty Loan Lags;
Goal Will Be Hard to Reach
Washington, Oct. 16. Subscrip
tions to the Second Liberty Loan
will have to come in at the rate of
$4 20,000,000 a day from now until
October 27 when the big drive ends,
if the $5,000,000,000 hoped for by the
Government is obtained. Official es
timates put the total subscriptions
thus far at $800,000,000 with only
ten more working days of the cam
paign to run. This leaves $4,200,-
000,000 still to be raised.