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CREEL SHOULD BE
REMOVED, HOUSE
HEARS IN DEBATE
Branch Refuses to Re
ceive Report on Delay of
Mail to Soldiers
Washington, April 12. —For the;
first time since the Roosevelt admin-1
Istration, a branch of Congress yes- ►
terday declined to receive a report t
from an executive branch of the I
government. The action was a slap
at George Creel, chairman of tho j
committee on public information, j
and. indirectly, Postmaster General
Burleson.
After having read a communica
tion from the postmaster general in
explanation of why mail to the sol
diers in France is held up. the House
appointed a special committes to
decide if the report was "flippant and
disrespectful."
Until this is decided the acceptance
of the communication is held in (
abeyance.
It is likely both Burleson and Creel j
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TAG DAY
May 4
The Furniture You Buy Now Will Be
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Consists ! OAK DRESSER I .arge mirror, five drawers. i|y I ' ie neec^ m °st.
j OAK CHIFFONIER—Five large drawers. £ J J_ These Are Smokeless.
°1 I OAK ROCKER and CHAIR—To match. Each
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Oak Extension Table China Cabinet
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Monthly payments Monthly payments
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FRIDAY EVENING,
will be called before the House >3om-|
mittee. Renewed demands werci
made by Republicans that Creel be
removed. It seems likely that the
displeasure of Congress toward the
conduct of both officials will find an |
outlet before the incident is ended.
The report over which the con-1
i troversy broke was a communication j
'by the Postmaster General in re-1
I sponse to a resolution by Represen- j
j tative Treadway, of Massachusetts,!
Republican, who charged that pri- \
vate mail to soldiers is not delivered j
because all available space is used
by booklets from the Creel bureau i
and various government "press!
ag'ent" documents.
Part of Burleson's reply was a let-1
j ter from Creel wherein Creel dented [
the Treadway charges and asserted: |
Creel Makes Denial
j "He (Treadway) made an assertion j
'the absolute baselessness of which
I could have been ascertained by aj
| telephone inquiry."
Taking the floor, Treadway baid:
"I can produce evidence in tnisl
House that there have been pla.'odi
in the hands of the soldiers abroad j
tons of the Creel reports. X have a
letter from a soldier, in which he'
says: "If there is a shortage of ton
nage to transport the boys here, Mr.
Hurley could get a good deal of ton-!
nage space if fewer tons of Secre- ]
tary McAdoo's speeches were trans- ]
I fered to us. We do not want them.' " |
Miller, of Minnesota, interjected)
I with a motion that the House refusal
j to receive the document, but send it
back to its authors with the sugges
i tion that they remove the objection
| able words.
A hot parliamentary fight follow
ed. On a motion to lay Miller's mo
tion on the table, there 'was an ap
parent majority of one.
Miller then moved as a substitute
1 that the report be submitted to a|
! committee of the House to decide ]
j if it were properly drafted for the]
House to receive ia. This was carried |
| by a big majority.
Demands Creel's Removal
Removal of Creel was again de
manded by Longwortli, of Ohio, who
I brought up again Creel's expressed!
pride that the United States had!
! entered war unprepared.
"Let me read the most monstrous
j utterance any American citizen lias
j uttered since we entered the war,"|
I said Mr. Longworth, in quoting the;
extract from the speech by Mr. j
Creel before the Conference of Lec-|
turers. "Can you believe that any
American, especially a man connect-!
Ed with the government, could have |
said this?"
"Read it; what is it?" shouted a
; Democratic member.
"I will read what Mr. Creel said.'
Here it is, quoted from an afternoon j
Washington newspaper: "I will be!
proud to my dying day that my coun- i
try was inadequately prepared when J
it entered the conflict. To have been J
prepared would have given the lie
to everything we ourselves believed!
in and to our self-avowed position i
| before the world.'
BELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists ■
i refund money if it fails. 25c I
ALLIANCE UNDER
I FIRE; DISSOLVES
UNDER CRITICISM
I.
J$!30,000 in "Iron Trust Fund"!
to Go to American
Red Cross
Philadelphia, April 12. Facing j
j the new Federal espionage act P<"o;j
I viding adequate penalties for the.
| disloyalty, sedition and treason, the;
! National German-American Alii-,
i ance held a hurriedly called special!
! convention in this city yesterday and j
I voted to dissolve
As a future effort to bring the
j officers and members of the orgmi-
I nation back to safe ground, the ten
; state representatives present with
| national officers also took steps to
j turn over to the American Red Cross
the "Iron Trust Fund" of $30,000, ;
I now on deposit in Baltimore banks.
" Charles J. Hexamer, former ores-;
! ident ot the alliance, who fought the 1
(allied cause day and night until he
began to realize his position was be-;
coining precarious, -vas not present
at the meeting yesterday.
Officials present included Dr. Sig
mund G. Von Bosse, of Wilmington,
Del., who presided; Adolph Tinun, j
the national secretary, and repre
sentatives from ten states. In addi- i
tion to these, three states were rep- ■
I resented by proxy. This gave tliej
! "convention" a bare quorum of one!
J vote more than half, as there are
: twenty-five states in the alliance.
Members present were confident,
| however, that despite this flimsy rep
resentation, the states not repre
| sented would make no objection to
j the steps taken for dissolution and
i for disposal of the alliance fund.
Holland to Get Two
Cargoes of U. S. Grain
Washington, April 12. —Immediate
shipment of two shiploads of grain
to Holland has been authorized by
the war trade board to meet the
growing shortage of food in that
j country. A third steamer will be per
| mitted to proceed to Argentina from
! a southern port of the United States
j to load grain for Holland.
| The three cargoes will amount to
| 14,000 tons, which with other sup
| plies, will be allowed to go forward,
j despite curtailment of consumption
here, just as if the shipping agree
j ment with Holland had been put into
| effect instead of being held up by
Germany's illegal threats of reprisal
against Holland's commerce.
STEET. FREIGHTER LVI XCIIFD
Seattle. Wash., April 12.—Sixty
four days from the date her keel'
j was laid, the 8.800 ton steel freighter I
[ West Durfee was launched at the!
I Skinner and Eddy Corporation ship-j
I yard here yesterday afternoon. The
vessel is the third of its kind to be!
I launched by the plant in sixty-fouri
days from date of keel laying.
HARRISBURG ViAt TELEGRAPH
Fair Food Prices
The following statement, revised to April 12, regarding f®'" -
prices for food necessities, was issued to-day by the local Federal Food
Adminrstration.
Consumer prices are figured on a quotation "cash-and-carry basis.
Credit and delivery prices may be higher. The Federal Food Adminis
tration lias no authority to tlx prices. It may, however, determine what
r.re fair prices, based on reasonable profits to the wholesaler nd re
tailer. If your retailer charges more on a "cash-and-carry" basis than
the prices named below, report him by letter to the Federal Food Ad
ministration, Chamber of Commerce. _
Retailer Consumer
pays should pay
BEANS
Vavy (pea), lb 15% to 16c 17 to 18c
Gray (marrow), lb i'to 11c Jje
Lima. lb 15Vs to 16c 17 to lo
White (marrow), lb 17'/sc 18 to 19c
BUTTER . „
Creamery, lb 50 to 55c
Creamery, 1-Ib. prints, lb 61c <7 to oOc
City Market, 1 lb 48 to 50c
CORN'MEAL
Package of 2% lbs., pkg 17c 18 to -0c
Bulk, lb 6%c oV4 to 8c
City Market, lb 7c
EGOS
Fresh, doz .. *oc
City Market, doz "C
FLOUR
50-50 War Flour - 78 to 80c for 12Vi-lb. bag
Winter. 24-tb. bags . ..< J- 33 $1.40 to $1.45
Spring. 24-Ib. bags $1.55 $1.70 to SI.BO
LARD
Pure, lb 28 to 31V6c 30 to 33c
Substitute, lb 23 to 24c 27 to 28c
Country, lb 30 to 33c
POTATOES
Pennsylvania. No. 1. bushel (60 1b5.)... 85c to SI.OO sl.lO to $1.25
City Market, bushel 90c to SI.OO
SU" * R
Granulated, cwt $7.85 lb.. BV4c to 9c
Complaint has reached the local Food Administration that flour and
like commodities sold in bags and marked to contair. certain quantitit"
have not been holding out as net Weights. We suggest that consumers
experiencing this trouble get in touch with their local Weight and Meas
ure Bureau.
The following are the authorized substitutes for wheat flour: Hom
iny, corn grits, cornmeal, corn flour, edible cornstarch, barley flour, roll
ed oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buckwheat flour, potato flour, sweet po
tato .lour and soya bean flour. .
■|i Red Cross Notes
Several interesting news items
have been received at headquarters
this week about the work of the Red
Cross abroad.
The War Council has just an
nounced a gift of $1,193,125 to the
British Red Cross, the second large
appropriation since we entered the
war. The first—October 6 —was sl,-
000,000. The British Red Cross has
rendered great assistance to Ameri
can soldiers and sailors who have
been wrecked near the British coast,
and also to those injured or ill on
land. The British and American Red
Cross are co-operating in every way
in the work abroad.
Secretary of War Baker, with Gen
eral Pershing, has been inspecting
the Red Cross hospitals, rest sta
tions, canteens and stores in France,
lie reports that he is pleased with
the efficiency displayed in every
branch: and says that its achieve
ments "should be a source of com
fort to the people of th United States
who have made it possible, and who
will enable the Red Cross to carry
on and expand."
The War Council has appropriated
.$14,400 from the war fund for the
education in Switzerland of forty
Serbian students who are specializ
ing in dentistry and the study of
- ■. . - J
tuberculosis. The American Red
Cross commission to Serbia reported
the alarming increase of tuberculosis
in Serbia, due to the terrible hard
ships suffered by all classes of peo
ple; and recommended that native
students be educated to combat the
spread of the disease.
Red Cross workers are urged to
save all odds and ends of wool, no
matter how short, to be collected
and sold to wool manufacturers. This
will aid not only in the conservation
of wool, but in raising funds for the
Red Cross Chapters.
Junior Red Cross Tag Day, May 4.
Austria Sought Peace
With U. S., Lansing Admits
Washiiitgon, April 12.—The fact
that some Austrian officials sought
to open peace negotiations months
ago with the United States, was
made known to-day when Secretary
Lansing said he recollected that a
man named Anderson, whose ii.-st
name he did not recall, had been
approached in Austria for the pur-'
pose of learning if this government
would hear proposals.
Mr. Lansing said that the State
Department attached no importance
to the incident at the time. Ander
son, he said, was one of a large num
ber of persons striving to start peace
negotiations.
Teuton News Leak
Active in Uruguay
Montevideo, April 12.—El Tele- |
giafo charges an influential business
man at the head of the pro-German I
, movement in Uruguay is in close '
< r.mmwnieation with the Clerman au- |
thorities and that during the recent!
German offensive he has been ad- |
vised of German successes in ad- j
\!.nce of information reaching the
newspapers. The newspaper asserts
it is believed these advices are re
ceived through secret wireless sta
tions.
llnenoH Aire*. April 12—What is
considered evidence that there is a
hidden wireless station somewhere in
South America is the fact o German
newspaper in Buenos Aires daily re
ceives at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
| the German communication which
j iirrives at midnight by cable. These
i dispatches are said to be received
j from the west coast, and the au
thorities express the belief thre is
1 a wireless station somewhere in the
Andes.
Altoona Naval Reserve
Drowns During Gale
j Cape May, N. J., April 12. —John
Ralph Alexander. Jr., of Altoona, Pa.,
j a member of the naval reserve force
j stationed at the submarine patrol
base at Sewells Point, was washocl
overboard yesterday during the
northeast gale and drowned in Capo
May harbor. The body was re
covered and sent to Altoona under-'
naval escort.
U. S. Training Camps
Are Free From Typhoid
Wjiwlilnrctnoii, April 12.—Typhoid
and dysentery, the two greatest ene
mies which any. army has had to
flß'ht in previous wars, have been
successfully checked through modern
methods of sanitation, according to
figures made pubiie yesterday at the
office of the surgeon-general of the
United States Army.
In the six months ending March 8
there had been only eight deaths
from typhoid among the million or
more men that have been mobilized
I hi the Regular Army. National Guard
lor National Army, and during the
same time there was not a single fa
tality which could be traced ditectly
to dysentery in any of its forms.
ANNOUNCE: RIHTH OF SON
HummelKtnwn, Pa., April 12.—Mr.
and Mrs. Irvin Bomgardner an
nounce the birth of a son on Mon
day night.
CAMP PROFITEERS CL'RRED
\\ nxhlnKton, April 12.—Petty prof
iteering on soldiers and sailors in
I war-camp communities is opposed in
j a campaign opened by the Commis
sion on Training Camp Activities.
Many complaints of overcharging
have been made by m>n in uniform.
Pressure will be brought to bear
upon offending dealers to have the
money refunded.
TO DIRKCTT BOY SCOUTS
Until the Harrisburg Council, Boy
Scouts of America, elect a scout ex
ecutive for the local district, V. L.
Huntsberger, scoutmaster of Troop
16, will 1111 the position. Mr. Hunts
berger takes the place of J. H. Stlne,
scout executive, who recently resign-
I ed to accept a position as physical
director at Camp Lewis, Washington.
Following the election of the new
scout executive, Mr. Huntsberger will
hold the position of field scout ex
ecutive.
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