DAY OF PEOPLE IS HERE, KAISER WRITES TO MAX Reichstag Reforms Arc In (,• dorsed in Decree by the Emperor j*" Amsterdam, Nov. 4.—On tlie oc casion of the constitutional amend ment coming into force, says an offi cial telegram from Berlin, Emperor William addressed to Prince Maxi-j mlllan, of Baden, the German Im-1 pertal Chancellor, a decree indorsing the decisions of the Reichstag and avowing his firm determination to co-operate in their full development. The Emperor's decree reads. -Your Grand Ducal Highness: "I return herewith for Immediate publication the bill to amend the im perial constitution and the law of March 17, 1879, relative to the repre sentation of the Imperial Chancellor, which has been laid before me for signature. t "On the occasion of this step, which is so momentous for the fu ture history of the German people,: I have a desire to give expression to my feelings. Prepared for by a series of government acts a new order j comes into force which transfers the fundamental rights of the Kaiser's | person to the people. War Achievement "Wonderful"' "Thus comes to a close a period I which will stand in honor before thel eyes of future generations. Despite | all struggles between invested au thority and aspiring forces it has| rendered possible to our people that; tremendous development which im perishabiy revealed Itself in the wonderful achievements of this war.; "In the terrible storms of the four] years of war, however, old forms J have been broken up, not to leave! their ruins behind but to make a place for a new vital form. "After the achievements of these j times the German people can claim that no right which may guarantee a free and happy future shall be withheld from them. "The proposals of the allied (Ger man federated) governments, which are now adopted and extended, owe their origin to this conviction. I, however, with my exalted allies, in dorse these decisions of Parliament in firm determination, so far as I am concerned, to co-operate in their full development, convinced that I am thereby promoting the weal of the German people. Help Needed by People "The Kaiser's office is one of serv ice to the people. May then the new order release all the good powers which our people need in order to j support the trials which are hanging, over the empire and with a firm step j win a bright future from the gloom of the present. (Signed) "WILHELM, I. R. (Countersigned) , "MAX, Prince of Baden." Duck Hunter Is Killed by Discharge of Gun £ By the accidental discharge of his j iprgun while duck hunting on the' Sus quehanna river opposite Cove Island, j Saturday, Allen W. Bowman, 18, of this city, was fatally shot in the abdomen, death resulting at the Harrisburg Hospital early Saturday night. ' Bowman, who resided at 1205 | North Front street, had gone on a week-end hunting trip with two companions last Thursday. While on the river hunting ducks, he noticed a flock and in reaching for his gun, which was resting in a rack in the rear of the boat, the trigger caught | discharging the contents into the young man's abdomen. The young man was a member of Westminister Presbyterian Chuneh, of the Junior class at Technical High school and of the Tech Gun Club. He is survived by his parents and one sister, Miss Dorothy Bowman. Funeral services have been arranged for Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, and will be conducted by the Rev. H. E. Hallman, pastor of Im manual Presbyterian Church. Inter ment will be in East Harrisburg Cemetery. f * V A Delicious Drink I nstead of Coffee When for any reason you change your-table-drink it is an excellen-b idea -to -try ! INSTANTPOSTUN 1 k "This pleasina* hot cup has a k | rich coffee-like flavor and besides being agreeable to " taste has the added merits of auick preparation,economy and freedom from all harm ful substances such as the"caffeine"in coffee. "There's a Reason <, *. t . *■ MONDAY EVENING,- mam MO ON BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE ' O. B. KITCHEN v MRS.RLSSEIX SAGE DIES SUDDENLY AT 90 IN NEW YORK Widow of Great Financier,! 1 Descendant of Miles Stand- j ish, Yields to Years New York. Nov. 4.—Mrs. Russell i Sage, widow of Russell Sage, the j financier, died suddenly this morn- i ing at her residence here. She had , been in feeble health for several j years. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Sage was one of the richest women in the world. Three or four days ago her condi ! tion became serious and the end was j j riot unexpected. Her death was j caused by ailment due to advanced ! age. Also due to the same cause Mrs. | Sage has been virtually a recluse in her Fifth Avenue hpuse for several years. She has been seen but rarely in public and her visitors were lim ited to close friends and relatives. A nurse on duty in Mrs. Sage's room noticed a change in the pa tient's condition shortly after mid i night. Mrs. Sage died about an hour ( later. Calls 290,773 Men in Next Three Weeks Washington, Nov. 4. —Draft calls j : for the mobilization of 290,773 addi- | | tional men at Army training camps j j before November 21 were announc- | !ed by Provost Marshal General I Crowder. Between November 11 and i 15, 253,33 5 white men physically <ialified for general military service will entrain, making the largest j single call issued under the selective J | service act. RUSSIA STOPS PAYING INDEMNITY TO GERMANY By Associated Press Copenhagen, Nov. 4. —The indica tions are that Russia will refuse to make any further indemnity pay ments to Germany, according to the Frankfort Gazette. The newspaper says that Russia, j which had paid two instalments of j ihe war indemnity, has stopped the transport of gold and bank notes to Germany. | G. M. DUTTENHOFFER More Harrisburg boys are being carried on the official casualty lists. They have been severly wounded in action, according to the reports. On the new list is Oliver B. Kitchen, 98 North Seventeenth street, a mem ber of the Rainbow Division; George Michael Duttenhoffer, 1113 Derry street. Company D, One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, and William George MeCreary. East Portland street. Mechanicsbnrg, a member of the Machine Gun unit of the One Hun dred and Twelfth. IGERMANY ABOUT TO ADMIT UTTER ROUT Publication of Armistice Terms Is Expected Today or To morrow; Failure to Accept Will Result in Final Drive by Allies For Victory t\ uNkliigton, Nov. 4.—Publication of ' the terms of the armistice may be ! expected within the next few days, j Information received in an official 1 quarter here is to the effect that they ! probably will be published to-day or j | to-morrow. j This information, it is believed in ' ' some quarters, is equivalent to an announcement that the terms are now j i being considered by the German gov- : eminent, and their acceptance is as- J i sured. Andre Tardieu, member of the j J French Cabinet and High Commis- j i sioner to the United States, who re- , turned to Washington from France i this week, emphasized Saturday that | in answering the armistice terms of the Allies the German government j must confess whether it is defeated. | "Should they confess it," lie said, j "the war will end through the ac- i ceptance of our conditions." If they j do not make the confession, Mr. Tar- j dieu added, "we shall enforce that | acceptance by means of a last effort, j the outcome of which cannot be j doubtful." i That is the spirit of the Allied-gov- i ernments as exemplified in the ex- j j presslons of the men here who are J ! concerned officially with the cause of i I the nations at war with Germany. | i No doubt remains in their minds that i | the end of the war is in sight. They j know that even if Germany should j decline to accept the drastic condi- | tions which the Allies have imposed ; as the price of peace, the Berlin gov- ! \ ernment has little power of resist i ance left, and will be obliged within a measurable period to surrender to the Allied forces. The abdication of the Kaiser is be ing openly advocated In the German press. Newspapers, heretofore com pelled to print practically only what the Imperial government desired, are taking advantage of the situation in which the toppling autocracy finds itself and are telling something of i the truth. [ Commissioner Tardieu in his state ment says: "It is a great joy to me I to he here again. When I left, at the J i end of May, the outlook was dark. I ! HARBISBURG TELEGRAPH 1 s f HI -' "* v#y W. G. McCREARY The hard days throsgh which we have lived since have won for us vic tory. "We, the European Allies, by hold ing out, from March till July, against ! the German onslaught, made stronger | by the reinforcements set free from the Russian collapse, we have given | the world the mdasure of our power. "You, Americans, coming ihto the : battle at the rate of 300,000 men per | month, you brought to the under- I standing of an enemy already doomed ' by our resistance the realization that I their downfall was unavoidable and I would be a speedy one. "From July 18 till November 1, our I successes, on every front, have been I uninterrupted and decisive. I "The armistice is signed with the I Bulgarians; is signed with the Turks. ' Austria is asking for It. Germany i begs for it. From the military and political standpoint our position is j excellent. "On the military side, you know all j about the 400,000 prisoners we have ; taken and the territory we have re j conquered. I wish, however, to bring out two points that have not been j sufficiently emphasized as yet. "'First—We have, and we shall have ienceforth —and more and more so tin reserve more divisions than the | enemy, and the decision of the battles i belongs, as you know, to the reserves. "Second—The German army, rough ; ly dealt with by Foch every single j day for three months and a half, cannot reorganize itself, even by i shortening its front/and it is already being steadily weakened by a defi ciency in munitions and in numbers. Provide* For Guarantee* "Now as to the political problem; The problem was, as soon as Germany asked for an' armistice, to hold the enemy within a well-deflned ground and to shut out all evasion, while taking all guarantees to reserve the liberty of decision of the military chiefs and of the government. That | is what has been done. "At this very moment are being ex amined in Versailles the terms of an armistice, about which I make bold to i declare that it will include everything I it ought to include and that all the ! | questions will be stated with the nec essary clearness. "In order to state them in that way, no better position, in the opinion of our government, could have been found than the one created for the Allies by the diplomatic correspond ence of the last three weeks." Sergeant E. R. Murray Killed on Battlefield SERGEANT EDWARD R. MURRAY Another Harrisburg boy has given his life at the front in the great cause that all nations shall be free. To-day the sad news reached Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Murray, 662 Emerald street, from the War De partment that their son. Sergeant Edward R. Murray, was killed In action October 1 In France. Sergeant Murray was an example of devoted loyalty to his country, for he enlisted for service during the Mexican border trouble In the old Eighth Regiment, Company D, from there being transferred to the One Hundred Twelfth Regiment at Camp Hancock. Gassed several months ago, the news was kept from his parents and the first no tice they received told of his death. Before the outbreak of the war ho was employed by tbo Aetna Pow der Company ns guard at Mount Wlnpn, He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Is sur vived by his parental three brothers, James, Robert and Thomas Murray, and one sister, Regina Murray, all of llarrUburg. JSotvmemd . .———.— NOTICE TO OUR CHARGE CUSTOMERS f AND THOSE DESIRING TO OPEN CHARGE ACCOUNTS \ * All Purchases Made During November Will Be Charged on Bill of December And Payable in January To enable you to begin your Christmas shopping now, and thus comply with Uncle Sam's request, we have adopted a plan that will permit our custom ers to do their gift buying earlier than they would do without this arrange ment, which is so mutually advantageous. This year it is absolutely essential to arouse an early interest in Christmas shop ping, as Uncle Sam and Santa have formed a patriotic partnership to expe dite the holiday business and get it out of the way with the least possible interference with the War Board s transportation facilities, fuel and labor supply. Most all of us are victims of the habit of deferring the Christmas shopping until December, largely because we prefer to have the bills for clothing and household necessities purchased in November out of the way before we begin to buy our Christmas gifts. But by the following plan every reason for delay is removed: To give all our charge customers the opportunity of paying IN JANUARY for all merchandise bought during November, A BILL WILL BE SENT YOU AS USUAL O NDECEMBER Ist just in order to conform to our book keeping system and so you may check up your purchases made during the month of November. If desired, this bill may be paid in December, but you are welcome to avail yourself of the privilege of paying for merchan dise bought in November when you receive your bill for December pur chases. The usual Christmas crowds CANNOT receive the same service a week or two before this Christmas as in former years. The Government prohibits extra help for Christmas rush and requests that normal shopping hours be observed. This means that the great majority of people will heed Uncle Sam's request and patriotically respond by making early selections. Late shoppers may be disappointed, as it may not be possible to duplicate the things that will be sold out earlier than is customary. If you have a charge account here—and if you haven't, now is a good time to open one—Buy Now and pay in JANUARY. THIS STORE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSE SATURDAY EVENINGS . AT SIX And IVill Not Be Open Any Evenings Before Christmas A store such as this is an organization composed of so many hundreds of people grouped together for giving service to thousands of other peo ple in this community. To render the best possible service to the lat ter, it is, therefore, essential that the group of employes shall work under the best conditions possible in order to be mentally contented and physically efficient. No matter how large a store may be, it cannot hope to do all the business, T>ut it can adopt the most progressive methods for the welfare of those who compose the organization, thereby making a better organization to give still better service. To give the best service to our patrons, we believe it is essential that our employes shall enjoy the shortest number of working hours consist- • ent with meeting the requirements of the public. By refraining from keeping this store ojben on Saturday evenings and evenings prior to Christmas, we believe our employes are mentally and physically fit to serve you with still greater efficiency during daylight hours. This reminder that we will continue to close on Saturday evenings as long as it meets with the approval of our patrons, is in accord with our announcement of Monday, October seventh. Therefore, we advise shopping early—it's to your advantage. NOVEMBER 4, 1918. 3
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