SENATORS FIND INEFFICIENCY; SEE PRESIDENT Truth About Big Gun Produc tion Occasions Great Surprise ■Washington, March 12. —The Sen ate Military Affairs Committee was so shocked at the failure of the War Department to produce guns, air ships and other things urgently needed if the war is not to be lost that the committee sent Senator Thomas, of Colorado, an ardent ad ministration supporter, to tell the President about it. Senator Thomas saw the President and reported to the committee that the President had shown great in terest. Among the things which the com mittee had discovered and which had so shocked the members was that up to date the War Department had ful filled only ten per cent, of its prom ises on aircraft production. Another thing that shocked the committee was that the War Depart ment had wasted nearly a whole vcur without producing a single big "There must be 30,000 of them—Our Boys—all smoking Helmar!" tni'iou\cA Mi^tffa ""W 1 Egyptian Cigarettes in the IHrtd TUESDAY EVENING, gun, and without having even a pro gram for carrying on the work. It can now be announced, how ever, thut the War Department has at last adopted a plan to expedite the production of big guns and that there is hope that some of the time lost by inefficiency and indifference may be made up. The plan involves the division of the country into ten munitions dis tricts. The manufacture of artillery is still, however, only in its prepara tory stages. But it can be said that a definite program has finally been adopted, and, as the lack of this is the principal cause of the lack of progress made thus far, the program itself is an important achievement. Red Guard Activities •* Becoming More Violent • By Associated Press Stockholm, Monday, March 11.— The Red Guard contingents in Hel singfors are becoming more violent in their activities, says a dispatch to the Tidningen from Vasa, Finland. "They are proceeding in quite a deliberate manner," adds the dis patch, "choosing: their victims from among: th? intellectual classes, assas sinating principally the clergy and landed proprietors. All the agricul tural commissioners except one have been killed." NEW GERMAN WAR I,OA\ By Asso:'Hca Pfess London, March 12.—A new German war loan of 15,000,000.000 marks will be issued soon, an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Copenhagen says. German war debts now amount to 109,000.000.000 marks. CAMPAIGN OFF WITH A RUSH Sproul Opens 'Headquarters and O'Neil Gets Methodist Preachers' Backing Senator William C. Sproul yester day opened his headquarters in Phil adelphia and twitted Highway Com missioner J. Denny O'Neil with wanting to have prohibition all to himself as an issue, while Mr. O'Neil secured the endorsement of the big Methodist Ministers' Association at Pittsburgh and again declared that this is no time for "deathbed repent ance on the prohibition amendment. Asa A. W eimer, the Lebanon legisla tor, came out as a "wet" candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor. The campaign seems to have opened with a rush, although the primary will not be held until May 21, more than two months away. The Democrats, as usual, do not know where they are at. Philadelphia newspapers say that Senator Sproul received many tele grams congratulating him upon his stand for the prohibition amendment Hl d „^ hat has Ba,ned 'n strength. Hei opened his headquarters yesterday ana will begin a tour of the state 1. meeting all comers, a ">iuu s pre dicted that his speeches will be even more vigorous than his forthcoming declaration. For the Amendment In reply to a question as to wheth er he was for prohibition, the Phila oelphia North American says the Senator said: "I am for national pi ohibition, and I do not see how there can be any misunderstanding as to my position with regard to so vitally important a subject." To the Philadelphia Bulletin Sena tor Sproul spoke in a laughing way about Mr. O'Neil's attack upon him for his declaration and said: "J. Denny seems to be disappointed and excited. I thought he would be glad to have some assistance in working out the prohibition proposition, but he seems to want it all for himself. As far as I am concerned, I hope everybody. Democrats and all. will turn in for it. It is a moral and economic issue, and it will be a bless ing when it is removed from the field of politics. For years it has been a favored feeding ground for political scavengers and now some people, not satisfied with the profits they have personally made from the liquor business, are seeking to monopolize prohibition for their own advantage, and to ride it for further profit." The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Among ward leaders affiliated with the Vare combination it was manifest yesterday that since Senator Sproul's statement of his position on the pro hibition issue he will unquestionably get the endorsement of the Repub lican City Committee, in which the Vares have a majority." O'Neil Endorsed Meanwhile at Pittsburgh Mr. O'Neil received the unanimous en dorsement of the Pittsburgh Metho dist Episcopal Ministerial Associa tion. the largest in the city, at its weekly meeting. O'Neil's stand against the domination of public af fairs by the "wet" interests was strongly praised by the clergymen, and church members are to be called upon to give him their earnest sup port and votes. When he heard of it Mr. O'Neil said: "I like the expression, 'this is no time for deathbed repentance.' and that fits the case of the so-called platform of W. C. Sproul, the man who is being pushed by the liquor men and who has been endorsed by the booze men all over the state. I am glad that at last the ministers and church workers have become aroused. They have kept out of pol itics too long now. but I hope they will make up for lost time by strik ing a telling blow at the whole li.- quor bunch." Welmer'i J.a*t Stand The North American in a Lebanon dispatch says Representative Asa A. Weimer "declared to-day he would champion the liquor cause in his can vass for the nomination. Possibly he was encouraged to do this by the fact that Senator William C. Sproul and J. Denny O'Neil, the generally recognized candidates in the Repub lican party, both have declared in fa vor of national prohibition. The Lebanon statesman said the economic issue as to liquor is overdrawn and that it is not wise to decide such a controversial question at this time and force prohibition upon the people when agitations of all kinds are in imical to the country's interests in the war. He is convinced that tbe people of the state are not in favor of the prohibition amendment." The Philadelphia Record remarks: "If the Democratic voters of Penn- | sylvania want to elect a Governor, | they must nominate a man of integ- i rity and capacity, one who not only j knows what is needed to reform the • state government and run it in the interest of the people, but who will when elected have the courage and the tact necessary to force results." McGovern Quits Race ip Wisconsin to Aid Campaign of Lenroot Milwaukee, Wis., March 12. —For mer Governor Francis E. McGovern, candidate for the Republican nomi nation for United States Senator at the primary election March 19, late yesterday filed notice of his with drawal from the race with the Sec retary of State and placed himself in the service of Congressman Irvine L. Lenroot, also a candidate for the nomination. Mr. McGovern, in a statement, said his action was based on the indictment of Victor L. Berger, So cialist candidate, which "virtually removes Berger from the list of can didates." Berger's followed, McGov ern declared, are certain to go in a body to the support of James Thompson, the LaFollette candidate, and make sure his nomination on the Republican ticket, "should both I.enroot and I remain in the Held to divide the patriotic vote of the party." The statement concludes: "In the public interest, therefore, and oo my party may not be dis- and discredited for years to cOme, as now seems inevitable unless the choice of Republicans Is narrow ed down to one candidate on each side of the great vital and transcend ent Issue of loyal and patriotic Americanism, I now retire in Mr. Lenroot's favor and place my serv ices at his disposal." | Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. HXRRISBURG TELEGRXFEI PIGS l'EI) ON CANDY Gloucester City, N. J.—Pennsylva nia Railroad Detectives William Donnnelly and Harry Archible ap peared before Mayor Anderson and made complaint that three freight cars loaded with merchandise con signed to Philadelphia grocery firms were broken into and much of their OOOOOOODOCaOE STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5:30 P. M. 3000m000E3000 | A War-Time Message ! | From The Underselling Store j Q * Our country is at war. The nation's resources are strained r 2 to the utmost and market conditions are consequently ab- II - normal. The cost of all kinds of merchandise has advanced considerably in f Q price, and is even difficult to procure at the increased prices. It is imperative, I therefore, that now more than ever before, the consumer should buy wisely. S 0 these days of nation-wide economy, no thrifty or woman can under- I estimate the tremendous importance of purchasing seasonable and dependable j ;g merchandise at prices that mean genuine, big savings. „ . ,v v - J Q * The store that saves you money during these times is f § actually a public institution in the broadest sense of the . c J word. In "doing its bit" for the people that of fighting the high cost of living— Jjj it performs a service of the greatest value conceivable. The store that pursues h C , this ideal reaps its own reward by winning the gratitude and respect of the U 1 . community. O £ the people money"has been the motto of Kaufman's o I Underselling Store since its inception. It is the dominant H [policy of our store to-day. We are determined to unwaveringly maintain our Q famous underselling policy in the future, in face of abnormal market conditions. has been our ambition from the very beginning to 2 c progress and to attain to the highest possible point in the U public's confidence and good will. Experience has proved that the most prac- § O tical and successful method of realizing this ambition is by serving the people H and serving them right, at all times. That is how we built up our public pres- ft] J tige that is why our store is uppermost in the people's favor. We know we 2 D deserve your confidence in us, and we intend to keep it so, NO MATTER WHAT Q THE COST. O 0 # H J *1" Selling with an eye to your future patronage" is another J aim of our store. Making a profit now is not the main S thing. It has cost us thousands of dollars in advertising and years of untiring U effort to win and hold your patronage and we do not propose at this time to fail 2 : you in your time of need for the sake of any immediate profit. We will sacrifice Q a percentage of our own profit, rather than be obliged to say that we can do no © 1 better for you than any other store. Such good-will as is reposed in our store ! to-day is worth more than money in the bank —it is invaluable. As conditions O necessitate we will at all times bear any loss in dollars and cents of profit in pref ! erence to losing your confidence in our ability to undersell. | Our entire organization is devoting its undivided energies [ to this battle—that of fighting with tooth and nail the con- S I ! stantly increasing cost of merchandise and its victory is brilliantly heralded [ Din the most unusual opportunities for savings to be obtained at this store. Months < of planning and building on the part of co-workers in this big establishment, js combined with the power of cash buying and cash selling, has secured for us a ( 1 safe protection against the rising cost of many of the various lines of merchan- J O dise carried in our store. With some lines of merchandise we are in the same j 9 position as the average store. But we will reduce our regular percentage of profit under such circumstances, and thus maintain our underselling policy. THIS O MEANS YOU GET THE FULL BENEFIT OF THESE TREMENDOUS SAVINGS. 8 2 March 14, ushers in the new Spring season at D U this big economy store. Extensive stocks of new and de- S m pendable merchandise for Spring awaits your inspection. Every department in II U the store contributed its quota of extraordinary values. Never before has such 2 2 a splendid assemblage of the newest fashions been presented in this city. || WATCH YOUR NEWSPAPERS FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR SPRING 2 O OPENING. . . | 8 " I OnOBOOODOEaOC STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5:30 P. M. aOBODOBOBOOO contents stolen. The detectives claim that several boys, whose ages range from 13 to 18 years, were implicated in breaking into the cars. One car contained a considerable quantity of candy, of the Easter va riety, and it was charged they par ried off no less tlian one hundred and fifty dollars' worth of the candy, which they gorged themselves with and then made a tour of the lower section of the city distributing candy to all their friends and in their liber ality they even fed large quantities of it to the pigs belonging to n resi dent of South Broadway, and as the pigs niade way with all that was thrown to them, it made them sick. MARCH 12, 1918. FORD PLANT FOR JERSEY 17-Boat Chasers to Be Built in Neigh borhood of Newark Detroit, March 12. —Henry Ford will build a submarine killer plant to cost more than $1,000,000 on an 80-acre tract on the Lincoln High- way between Newark, N. J., and New York. The plant will be a duplicate of Ford's plant under construction here and will turn out U-boat chatt ers in large numbers. Mr. Ford authorized the announce ment yesterday. The governmen| will pay part of the cost of construe* tion. 5
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