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.
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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
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MONDAY EVENING,-
mam MO ON BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE
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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
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HARBISBURG TELEGRAPH
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-' "* 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
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NOTICE TO OUR CHARGE CUSTOMERS f
AND THOSE DESIRING TO OPEN
CHARGE ACCOUNTS
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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.
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