USED SOLDIER'S WIFE TO KEEP OUT OF ARMY Pair Lived on Money Allotted by Government From the Fighting Man's Pay llow Peter Bedel], Scranton, used Beatrice Straff, wife of a roidler, as Aa dependant to obtain exemption for t niinself In tlie draft, was narrated by witnesses in federal court here yes terday afternoon, it was .'elated that Bedell Appropriated tho wife and child of the soldier and, stating they were dependent upon him, obtained a Class 4 classification. At tlie same time, federal officers say, tho wife was drawing an allotment from the, Government, taken from her hus band's salary, and was helping to sup port Bedell with this money. Bedell denied knowledge of the first mar riage, but a letter purporting to be written by him to tho Straff woman was read in court. The letter pleaded with her and urged her not to go hack to Straff. On tile strength of this evidence. Judge C. B. Witmer imposed a sentence of six months in county jail for the wom an and eighteen months !n the East ern Penitentiary for the man. Arthur W. Grove, Halifax, was fined $.lOO on a charge of violating a sec tion of the Penal Code, ltoy Regi,! McConnellsburg. was found guilty of; evading the draft in the famous ago case and his sentence will be imposed Jo-day. In this case Regi affirmed he was over the draft age and the Gov ernment declared him under Bft, thus violating the selective conscription act by failing to register. Jesse W. Mummey, Milton, was giv en four months in jail on the charge of embezzling postal funds. Postal Inspector G. L. Moser brought the •case before the court and stated there had been full restitution of funis. For that reason a small sentence was given. AVllliam Patterson, Gettysburg, was fined $3 on a charge of petty larceny. Harry Roaclie, Scranton, who was charged with impersonation of a Pnited States officer, was lined $3O. Morgan C. Davoes, Scranton, received a line of $lO for bootlegging, and Wil liam B. Horn, York, was lined $5 on the same charge. True bills against Robert l'\ and Helen Chonoweth, Harrisburg, on the charge of violating the Harrison drug) act, were brought in by the Federal I Grand Jury yesterday 'afternoon in; Federal court, sitting here. It isj probable the hearing of the case will he begun this week, but, because of the press of work,' it was impossible| to state a definite time. Roy Regi, McConnellsburg, accused of trying to evade registration under the selective conscription flat, was given a sentence of ten days in Jail at the morning session. The court stated in the decision that he was fully satisfied the effort to falsify the age of the defendant was due to the < Sorts of the father, and the father, George Regi, McConnellsburg, was given a sentence of sixty days in jail with $lOO fine for conspiracy to ob struct the conscription act. A. L. Franklin. Waynesboro, was given a sentence of months on a charge of bootlegging. A number of small sentences were imposed, in cluding a sentence of seventy-eight days for Andrew Miller, Scranton, slacker. Late in the morning the trial of John 11. Reinard, Port Trevorton, was opened. It is charged the defendant made threats against the "President. Tho hearing continued until the re cess declared by the court. mm ■■ hmmp HJy'l %V'''liiTtll w v7 I l.t I I^P^A jft JoinOurChristmasTalkingMachineClub jam j at 317 Chestnut St. j | JHP 1 liio Club Is Open to at Least 200 HH j I IlilßflL Members of Harrisburg fBW j It' and vicinity—Lewistown, York, Dillsburg, Martinsburg, W. Va. Talking Machines of the finest Quality and of Richest Tone. Such makes ;> % 33 EMPIRE, Pathe, Stoddard, Magnola, and Starr Makes, beautiful Cabinets and every part of them is built in the U. S. A. The EMPIRE h C Machine will play from 7to 8 Records on one winding. 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Yours truly, % i I MSI TROUP BROS., 317 Chestnut St HP| I Out of High Rent District —Open Evenings J I I jf We call special attention to prospective buyers that you can receive the same goods, same services at one of our nearest stores at York, Dillsburg, • m A Lewistown and Martinsburg, W. Va. w WEDNESDAY EVENING, M'ADOO SWAN SONG SOUNDS BIG SUMS; REVIEWS THE YEAR Credit and Business Structure of Nation Remains Sound and Strong in Spite t>f Great Call on Treasury For Money to Pay Cost of War i.shingloii, Dec. 4.—The finan cial history of America's part in the ! war is set forth by Secretary Mc- Adoo in his annual report drafted before his resignation, and made public to-day by the Treasury. It is the history of how the American people paid billions in taxes, raised four great liiberty Loans and creat ed a tremendous pool of credit with which the Treasury through its many war agencies paid the bills of the army and navy, the Shipping Board and other government depart ments, loaned billions to the Allies und miUions to war industries, help ed support the families of soldiers and sailors and tided farmers over ! periods of financial stringency. Nation Stands Finn "The payment into the Treasury of vast sums in war taxes and from bond sales," said Secretary McAdoo, "und the-transformation of our var ied and complex economic life to the supreme task of winning the war have been accomplished with j out shock or financial disturbance. | The credit and business structure of ' the nation remains sound and I strong. The results of the four Lib erty Loans are a tribute to the pa triotism of the American people and to the economic strength of the na tion." The report constitutes Secretary McAdoo's final accounting of his stewardship before retiring as the nation's financial uuinister. Through out the report, Mr. McAdoo refers repeatedly to the remarkable achievements of America's civilian population in providing the money and materials for war, and acting as the "eager second line of defense." Commenting on the showing of financial arrangements in great de tail by the document, Treasury li brarians recalled that the financial history of the Civil War is buried in a great stack of musty ledgers and probably never will be officially com. i piled. War Cost 813,220,000.000 For the fifteen months ending last June 30, Secretary McAdoo estimat ed that the actual cost of the war, with allowances for the governments ordinary expenses in ordinary times, amounted to $13,222,000,000. Nearly half of this, or $0,499,000,000, went into permanent investments, in the form of ships, shipyards, war ves sels, army camps, buildings and in loans to Allies or to American war industries. Of the year's expenses 31.6 per cent, came from taxation. The civil establishment of the gov ernment during the year spent $l,- 507,000,000, while the War Depart ment spent $5,084,000,000 and the navy $1,308,000,000. For support of the army alone the government paid out $4,412,000,000. The naval expenditures included the construc tion of new vessels, machinery, armament, equipment and improve ments at navy yards. Total ordinary disbursements for the year amount ed to $8,900,000,000 and ordinary receipts, excluding money received from Liberty Loans, amounted to $4,174,000,000. Loans to Allies dur ing the year amounted to $4,739,- 000,000 additional. Peace Interrupts Pograin Looking forward Secretary Mc- Adeed found great difficulty in fore casting expenditures for the cur rent fiscal year which ends next 3vine 30, on account of the sudden i ■ coming of peace. Estimates which > he presented are based on calcula tions of each department in advance I of revisions since the signing of the '■ armistice and ho does not consider i them reliable. With this explanation ' Mr. McAdoo forecast expenditures i for this year at $20,687,000,000 for government purposes and $4,375,- i 000,000 for loans to Allies and $2,- i 540,000,000 for redemption of out standing certificates and other debt : cancellation. Total estimated dis • bursenients for the -year were put i | ut $27,718,000,000. Predicts Big Tax Revenue Against this estimate which ac tual expenses at the rate of a little more than a billion and a half dol lars a month to date, indicate Is too high, Mr. McAdoo calculated thut the government will receive about $5,000,000,000 before the end of the fiscal year next June 30, 1 from income and profits taxes, $l,- i 100,000,000 from other taxes, $190,- 000,000 from customs and $555,000,- 000 from miscellaneous sources, In cluding $70,000,000 from increased postage, making estimated receipts from ordinary sources $6,846,000,- 000 from further issues of Liberty Bonds und $1,200,000,000 from War savings. These figures added to re ceipts from Liberty Loan Bonds al ready make $14,108,000,000 the total of popular borrowings expect ed during the year. On this basis to tal estimated receipts would be $21,- 022,000,000 or $6,095,000,000 less than tentative estimutes of dis bursements. Actual development are expected to change these calcula tions greatly. Public Debt 812,390.000,000 The United Mates' public debt last June 30 was $12,396,000,000, with out taking into consideration the $l,- 319,000,000 free balance in the Trea sury to partially offset the debt. The public debt has been increased since then by the Fourth Liberty Loan of nearly $7,000,000,000 and by Treasury certificates of indebtednesss amounting to several .hundred mil lion dollars. Tlie report disclosed for tho first time the activities of the Treas ury's sinking fund to buy up Liberty Bonds In an effort to keep their price from falling far below par. Up to November 1, it is shown, $244,036,500 worth of bonds, face value, had been purchased on the open market for $234,310,000, or at ian average price of about 96 per cent, and subsequently held by the Treasury. O this sum, $172,445,000 were Second Liberty Loan Bonds, of both 4 and 4 1-4 per cent, issues; $70,935,000 were Third Liberty Loan Bands, and $05,800,000 were First Liberty Loans converted bonds. The report also showed that the War Finance Corporation, up to October 31, had made loans amount ing to $67,716,000, of which $29,- 863,000 had been repaid, leaving advances outstanding $37,852,000. Most of the loans or $64,739,000, ent directly to war industries. Public utilities were the principal borrow ers, while lumber companies, coal operators, manufacturers q, nd stock raisers ranL next in number of ap plications. The magnitude of the work of the capital issues cbmmittee was indi cated by the report that since its organization last May 17, it has ex amined nearly 2,000 applications i HAHHISBTJRG TELEGTCOPH from prospective issuers of securities aggregating about $2,350,000,000. "About 20 per cent, of these ap plications were disapproved," said the report, "and these were mostly of a character involving new exten sions which would not be contribu tory to the winning of the war. The prevention of approximately $450,- 000,000 of unnecessary issues which could be postponed was an import ant contribution to the conservation of the nation's resources." Urges Haste on Congress Mr. McAdoo took the occasion to emphasise again the importance of hastening enactment of the revenue bill now pending in Congress. "Unless the measure becomes a law in the near future," he staid, "it will not bo physically possible for the Treasury to frame the necessary reg ulations and to print and distribute the necessary forms before the re turns and taxes will be due. Tlio en forcement of the law will necessarily be imperiled. "The wisdom of such action is em phasized ly every sound economic consideration and wise tax policy. It is desirable and necessary from the viewpoint of the Treasury in condens ing the period of readjustment, and from the viewpoint of jabor and in dustry generally." Mr. McAdoo reviewed the financial practices of the year, including the floating of short-term certificates of indebtedness in advance of every Lib erty loan to prevent the disturbing o.f the money market by the loans and to obtain the money needed by the Treasury in advance of loan receipts. He said the war savings movement had resulted not only in gathering in $834,000,000 for war purposes tip to November 1. but It had helped to teach the American people thrift and econ omy. I.nuils Mar Savings Certificates "This war-time experiment lias been so successful," he commented, "that it is hoped war savings certifi cates will become a continuing fea ture of the nation's financing, even after the restoration of peace." The report explained at length that a feature of the Treasury's policy in distributing the $5,171.000,000 credits to allies during the year nas been to stabilize foreign exchange rates and bring the dollar nearer par in Euro pean countries, but did not mention the specific acts undertaken by the Treasury to accomplish this. In ex change for credits. France gave the United States credit in France of 8631,275,000 for Army purchases. Great Britain established similar credits of $115,633,000 and Italy $5,- 284,000. Turning to the enormous task of collecting $3,694,619,000 in taxes dur ing the last fiscal year, or more than four times the record collection of the year previous, the Secretary empha sized that this had been accomplished' largely through the co-operation of business interests and individual tax payers. Collects World's I.nrgest T,t "During the fiscal year 1915," said the report, "the Bureau of Internal Revenue has been able to collect the largest tax ever collected by any country, an amount which represents a larger proportion of the nation's war budget than any other belliger ent engaged In the presont war lias been alole to defray from tax teve nues." From would-be tax dodgers the revenue bureau now expects to collect several hundred million dollars addi tional taxes. Federal Reserve System's l*urt Concerning the tremendous part played by the Federal Reserve system during the war, Secretary McAdoo had this to say: "The Federal Reserve system has permitted the enormous transactions connected with the financing of the war to be carried through without shock* or disturbance and its services will not be less important to the Gov ernment r.nd to the nation in facili tating the readjustment from a war Mrs. Booth Sails For France on War Work Vires. BAIA-JMCTOW BOOTH. I basis to a peace basis and to assist and foster thereafter the development of agriculture, industry and commerce under normal .peace conditions." Mr. McAdoo dwelt at length with the accomplishments of the War Risk Insurance Bureau, which has built up an organization of 1,400 employes, necessary for the issuance of about a million checks every month to sol diers or their dependants for allot ments, allowances, disability compen sation and insurance. Greut Sunt In I.lfe Insurance "It is certainly one of the greatest business enterprises in the world," he said, "and indubitably the largest life Insurance concern on the globe, hav ing nearly $36,000,000,000 of life in surance in force." The report discloses that Liberty Loan conversions have boon made as follows: First Liberty l/van 3% per cent, bonds exchanged for 4 per cent, bonds, $568,320,000; first Liberty Loan 3Us and 4s exchanged for 4 Via, $183,- 899,000; second Liberty Loan Is ex changed for itis, $1,541,601,000. This indicates that most bond buyers have failed to take advantage of the Treas ury's offer to convert past issues into bonds bearing a higher rate of in terest. It is now too late to convert. Fnrm I.onus Save Farmers Referring to Federal farm loans amounting to $118,528,000 during the year ending September 30, the report said: "The existence of this system operated under Government super vision, granting long-term loans at reasonable rates of interest, has un questionably saved the farmers of the United States from many exactions, foreclosures and denial of financial accommodations during / this period. The system has been a harbor of refuge for the borrowing farmer. Through its competition with other loaning agencies it has reduced in terest rates almost everywhere in the United States and has saved the farm er in large measure from those finan cial troubles which otherwise must have beset him. It has constituted the greatest governmental agency tor financing the basic industry of the United States—that of agriculture." The report also dealt with the Treasury's activities in licensing and supervising the liquidation of enemy insurance companies operating in the United States: the Public Health Serv ice's tremendous accomplishments In combatting the influenza epidemic and maintaining sanitary conditions about camps; the International High Commission's success in promoting uniformity of commercial regulations between the United States and latin- American countries, and the tasks imposed on the Customs Service in ccnnection with the polictng of har bors during tlie war. i EVERY EFFORT IS BEING BENT TO AID RED CROSS Sending of Memberships as Christmas Presents 4tains Much Favor Extraordinary efforts are being put forth by members of the local chapter of the Red Cross to make the nation-wide membership cam paign a success here. The cam paign begins December 16 and lasts for one week. Beginning next week a local "volunteer" campaign will be held here for persons to enroll as workers in the big campaign that is to follow. "A membership from each resident" is the slogan for the drive, and the workers will de vote their efforts to rounding out the membership in this city and in cluded territory. A unique method of semiring members is given in the suggestion that memberships be sent as Christ mas gifts, the cards and buttons be ing sent in lieu of some trifling gift, thus serving a double purpose. Christmas rollcall headquarters in charge of Mercer B. Tate, have been opened in the old post office build ing, Third and Locust streets. The headquarters telephone number is Bell-4959. The district includes all of Dauphin county except Middle town and Steelton, Perry county and the river towns of Cumberland county. Fully 4,500 women will Join in the great drive, and the district is expected to supply 150,000 membe rships. Beatty Denounces Men of German Navy as Cowards London, Dec. 4.—A scathing de nunciation. of the personnel of the German navy was made by Admiral Sir David Beatty, commander 4n chief of the British Grand Fleet, in a speech addressed to a gathering of representatives of the first battle cruiser squadron on board the battle cruiser Lion, prior to its deipirturo for the Spacapolw as an. escort to the surrender ships