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BARUCH WILL
CO-ORDINATE ALL
I WAR EFFORTS
Purchases by All Departments
to Be Dictated by the
New Chief
Washington, April s.—President
dustries board, headed by Bernard
M. Baruch, the co-ordination of
America's efforts toward winning the
■war.
The power conferred upon the
hoard, and which of necessity must
center largely in the chairman, rep
resents the most revolutionary step
taken by the government since the
United States entered the war.
The vast war program cannot be
carried out without vitally affecting
many of the normal activities of civil
life, and consequently Mr. Baruch's
board eventually must come to deal!
with the every-day affairs of the or
dinary citizen, as well as to super
vise the expenditure of the vast bil
lions of dollars that now make up
the American war budget.
If price-fixing is to become neces
sary the Baruch board will make
the scales, and the scheme easily
may go even to the extreme of
standardizing the quality and cost
of such things as wearing apparel
and footwear. It is merely a ques
tion of the war lasting a year or two
longer to bring about the most rad
ical changes in the life of a nation
the world has ever known, taking
Into consideration the standard of
American living.
Not only will {lie war industries
hoard direct all the affairs of
America in the purchase of ma
terials and the manufacture of sup
plies, but Mr. Baruch in his capacity
as buying representative of the En
tente governments is vested with an
influence which will reach around
the globe. Already steps have
taken to pool the world's supply of
certain commodities, and in some in
stances one man has been designated
to supervise the purchasing of an
entire world output.
Enforces "I'nity ol' 'Command"
In brief, the American govern
ment is putting into effect in this
country, and in association with the
Allies is putting into effect through
out that part of the world not con
trolled by the Central Powers, a
"unity of command" with regard to
the means for carrying on the war,
which can be compared to the recent
appointment of General Foch as di
rector of all the Allied and Ameri
can military forces on the western
front.
As indicated in dispatches last
night, it long has been apparent
here that some step should be taken
to balance the wants, the require
ments and the plans of the various
government departments charged
Why Germany Lost In
World's Greatest Battle
"We are at the decisive moment of the war," declared the Kaisef on' March 21st as he launched
his tremendous armies against fifty miles of the Allied front in France in the greatest battle of this
or any war; and on the same day he declared that " the prize of victory must not and will not fail us,"
and announced warningly that this price "was no soft peace but one which corresponds with Ger
many's interests." A week later, when the first impetus of the colossal onslaught had made a dent
twenty-five miles deep in the bending but unbroken battleline of the Allies, General von Ludendorf,
who is said to be the brains of the German General Staff, announced "that victory has been won," and
added significantly, "but nobody can see what will result from it."
But victory was not won, as the best informed war-writers everywhere remind him. '"So long
as the battle ends, as there is every prospect that it. will end, with our armies and those of our Allies
intact and in a position as strong as they have ever occupied, Germany will have failed and failed
decisively," declares Major General McLachlan, Military Attache to the British Embassy at Wash
ington. .
I lie leading article in IHL LI rLRARY DIGEST for April 6tli deals with flic terrific engagements that are
raging on the Western front in France. It summarizes public opinion from all quarters on tlie results to date and
*on the ultimate outcome. Other articles of very great interest arc:
What America Has Done In Its First Year in the War
The Literary Digest Has Made an Impartial Investigation of What Has Been Accomplished by the Various Depart
ments at Washington and the Result Is Presented In a Derailed and Stirring Article In This Week's Issue
Is Our Aircraft Program Lagging? Shipyards Gaining on the U-boat
All England on Rations Ireland Drifting Into Anarchy
German Press Raging at President Wilson How to Plan School, Community and
Reclaiming Our Manpower For War Home Gardens
HA I • .1 A . r c .I r J (Prepared by the U. S. Food Administration)
Making the Autos Pay For the Roads Effect of War on the Next Generation
Handling Coal as a Fluid Supplying Candy For the Soldiers
Books Wanted "Over There" Schubert and Schumann Saved to Us
Pictures of England's War-Work Kaiserizing the Public Schools
Russia's New Gods The Million-and-a-Half at the Church Door
The Book of Job on the Stage Important News of Finance and Commerce
A Full-page Map of Western Front and an Unusually Fine Collection of Illustrations
Where to Obtain FACTS to Refute Enemy Propaganda /
"How much have we done in the War and how well," the Aircraft Board has done; activities of our coast
is answered this week to the satisfaction of every pa- artillery; the gratifying progress of our navy step bv
tnotic American in the article describing the activities step; how our sailors are clothed and fed - the extent of
of the various departments of the Government. our wireless operations; mobilization of the Marine Corns
This exclusive and authoritative survey will thrill and and the Naval Reserve; how the State Department is
hearten every reader. The article describes the im- conducting war business; how war expenses are bein~
mense additions that have been made to our army; the met; what is being done by the War Shipping Board bv
ceaseless activity in the Ordnance Department in the pro- the Food and Fuel Administration Bureaus etc In fac r
duction of munitions of war; how the Quartermaster Corps all the principal departments of the Government have
is working out the transportation of men and material; been investigated. This information will effectually
how our soldier boys are fed; how supplies are bought and refute enemy propaganda designed to weaken our war
by whom ; how the health of our soldiers is guarded; what efforts.
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FRIDAY EVENING.
with war activities. If they were
permitted to run along individual
and uncontrolled lines, it easily was
a matter of the very near future
when the various war boards and
departments would have programs
1 of production which in the aggregate
would have represented more than
the entire country could produce.
The war boards were threatening to
! go to an extent that would snuff out
the essentials of life to the civilian
population—to say nothing of put
ting the cost of living entirely out
of the reach of nine-tenths of the
people. .
Out of this impossible situation is
to come a co-ordination which will
mean that the necessities of the
great civilian population will be
safeguarded, even to the extent of
fixing prices on every commodity
that enters into one's daily life, if
some voluntary agreement cannot be
reached with the-manufacturers who
have taken advantage of the war to
increase prices far beyond any legiti
mate demand of the times.
Year's Work Is Reviewed
by Missionary Society
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
'Society of the Carlisle Presbytery,
Mrs. AVilliam Jennings, president,
meeting at Paxton Presbyterian
[Church, Paxtang, closed its forty
llrst annual convention this after
noon after one of the most, inter
esting sessions in its log history. The
day was taken up for the most part
with reports from various secre
taries, Mrs. Elizabeth Shoemaker,
foreign secretary; Mrs. Gilbert
Swope, home secretary; Miss Anna
Miller, Christian Endeavor; Miss
Winifred Wood, Young People's So
ciety. An interesting feature was
the address of Miss Lois Fair on a
"Year's Work For Missions." This
afternoon memorial services were
held for Mrs. Herr.
A notable part of the program
was the talk of the Rev. Dr. W. S.
Wandless, missionary to India, who
told graphic narratives of his long
service in that country as a medical
missionary. So great was the de
mand for aid that he had as many i
as twenty-five operations for eye
cataract in one day. The convention
attracted more than one hundred
edelegates.
Man and Woman Arrested
For Robbing Jewelry Store
John Chappie, who says he lives In
Chicago, and Emma Arder were ar-'
rested last night for the alleged rob
bery of the Caplan jewelry store at
£(■6 Mafket street, where $3,000 worth
of jewelry Is said to have been stol
en. The sale of a valuable brooch in
a Steelton barroom for $3 gave de
tectives their — first clue to the iden
tity of the alleged thieves.
Chappie declared lie was used as
a "stool," selling the loot for an
other man. Tlie woman refused to
talk. They will be given hearings
to-day.
BERLIN STIRRED
OVER SCANDAL
IN HIGH PLACES
Girl Born in Stroudsburg, Pa.,
Figures in Suit Against
Bernstorff
By Associated Press
Amntcrdnni, April s.—Berlin society
is much stirred by a suit for libel
against Count .Gunther von Bern
storff, son of th(\ former German Am
bassador to the United States, by
Baron Walter von Radeck, a member
of an old Prussian military family,
who lived for many 'years in Eng
land. Count Gunther's wife, Who was
Mrs. Marguerite Vivian Burton Thom
ason, of Burlington, N. J., and sev
eral others, including the wife of one
of the generals commanding an army
dn the western front, also are de
fendants in. the suit.
Baron von Radeck and his wife,
according to the Rhenische West
lalische Zeitung. were divorced in
October, 1917, and subsequently she
married Count von Bernstorff.
The result was a physical encoun
ter .betuVeen the two men, In which
von Radeck tore the epaulettes from
von Bernstbrlf's uniform. Thereupon
von Bernstorff declared that von Ra
deck wjs not capable of giving sat
isfaction as a gentleman and he
charged von Radeck with spying for
England.
This resulted in von Radeck leav
ing the army and von Bernstorff be
ing punished by a military court.
The Baron now charges that von
Bernstorff, with fourteen others,
caused his divorce and dismissal form
the army by circulating untruthful
reports.
Count Christian Gunther von Bern
storff and Mrs. Thomason were mar
ried December 8. He is 2G years old
and in 1913 was a clerk in the of
fices of Speyer & Company, New York
bankers. He entered the German
diplomatic service shortly after the
outbreak of the war.
Countess von Bernstorff is about
30 years old. Her first husband was
an American, from whom she was
divorced, after which she married
Baron von Radeck. She was born in
Stroudsburg, Pa., of English parents,
and was adopted by E. J. Tliomason,
of Burlington, N. J. After her first
ir.airiage she met Baron von Radeck
in New York and they were married
in London in 1911. Two years later
she filed suit for a divorce on the
grounds of cruelty and the case drag
ged on until last October. Four
years ago the Countess fell heir to
an estate of SIOO,OOO from her foster
mother.
Baron von Radeck was formerly an
attache of the German embassy in
London. His father was a general in
the German army.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH!
NINE BILLIONS
COSTTOU.S.FOR
ONE YEAR OF WAR
Allies Received More Than
One-Half of the Total
Amount
Waxlilngton, April s.—Nine billion
dollars is the approximate cost to
the United States of one year of war.
More than one-half has gone in
loans to Allies and will be repaid
Eventually; over one-third lias been
spent for the Army and military es
tablishment, one-tenth for the Navy
and one-fifteenth for shipbuilding:.
Just one-sixth of this big war cost
lias been raised by taxation and oth
er ordinary sources of revenue, and
the balance has come from sale of
Liberty Bonds and certificates of in
debtedness.
Enormous as these war expendi
tures may seem to a country whoso
Government in peace times cost be
tween $700,000,0H0 and $800,000,000,
they are less than Great Britain's
and are only about two-thirds of es
timates made by officials less than
a year ago. Slow progress of the
shipbuilding program and the retard
ing of the outpouring of war sup
plies are regarded by officials as the
chief reasons why expenses did not
equal estimates.
Government expenses now are run-
ARTFUL DODGER |
; HAS NO CHANCE j
Put a few drops on that old I
touchy corn then lift it j
out without pain
Ouch !?!?!! ThiiT'klnd "of
rough talk will be heard less here
in town if people troubled with corns
will follow the simple advice of this
Cincinnati authority, who claims that
a few drops of a drug called free
zone when applied to a tender, ach
ing corn stops soreness at once, and
soon the corn dries up and lifts right
out without pain. A delightful sur
prise awaits all who try this.
He says freezone is a sticky sub
stance whiclt dries immediately and
never inflames or even irritates the
surrounding tissues or skin. A quar
ter of an ounce of freezone •wjilcli
will cost very little at any drug store,
is said to be sufficient to remove
every hard or soft corn or callus
from one's feet. Millions of Amer
ican women will welcome this an
nouncement since the inauguration
of the high heels. —Adv.
ning about a billion dollars a month,
with somtewhat less than half going
to the Allies, who spent the greater
part of their loans for war supplies
in this country.
Since the declaration of war. At>ril
6, 1917, the Government's actual ex
penditures have been more than $9,-
800,000,000, but about $800,000,000 of
this sum would have been spent for
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normal activities even if the United
States had not entered the war.
Ordinary expenditures, under which
the Treasury classifies a!! outlays for
operation of the governmental ma
chinery and war enterprises, since
the declaration of war have been ap
proximately *5,084,000,000. Actual
payments to Allies amounted to
about $4,743,000,000.
APRIL 5, 1918.
Income from internal revenue, most!
of which is represented by war taxes,
and from customs and miscellaneous
sourcos, was run \p to about $1,535,-
000,000 and the two Liberty Loans
have brought to the Treasury a lit
tle loss than $5,800,000,000. SmaU
collections from War Savings and
Thrift Stamps in the last four
months amount* to $140,000,000.
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