4 ES WED COST MUiiESi _ I Government Expendi tures for Next Fiscal Year, 1916 Placed at $1,090,775,134 EFFORT TO KEEP DOWN EXPENSES Estimates Presented to Congress To day Are $17,906,643 Less Than ' for Current Year, Carrying Out Wilson's Policy of Retrenchment - ffy Altociated Pre»». Washington, Dec. 7.—lntimates presented to Congress to-day put the cost of conducting the government dur ing the fiscal year 1916, which begins on Judy 1, next, at $1,090,775,134. This euui is $3,392,962 le« than the Congressional appropriations for the current fiscal year ending next June 30, and $17,906,643 less than the estimates for the current year. Without salary increases of any kind, no estimates whatever for new public buildings and all items reduced by order of President Wilson to wlhat departmental heads consider the mini mum, the estimates represent the ad ministration 's effort to keep the gov ernmental expenditures within its in come which has been decreased by the European war. By grand divisions, the estimates submitted to-day are as fol lows: Estimates for Departments Legislative, $7,641,049; executive, $31,845,889; judicial, $1,240,580; department of agriculture, $20,706,- 013; postal service. $297,355,164; foreign intercourse, $4,607,182; mili tary, $105,866,849; naval, $142,619,- 003; Indian affairs, $9,533,463; pen sions, $166,100,000; Panama canal, $18,931,865; piiblic works, $79,917,- 541; miscellaneous, $82,843,325; per manent annual appropriations, $121,- 567,207. With the expectation that the pos tal service will continue to be self sustaining the postal item of $297,- 355,164 will be deducted as it is re turned to the treasury from postal earnings leaving the actual total of ex penditures at $793,419,970. Reduced to the Minimum As there is such a comparatively small change in the estimates there is also comparatively little change in the items of fixed ctarges and new esti mates for expenditures have been re duced to the minimum. While the rule is one of reductions, the army and navy establishments alone show increases of any note. The army estimate is in creased $105,866,850 as against a cur rent appropriation of $101,977,802; the, naval estimate is $142,619,033 against a current appropriation of $141,393,217. Estimates for the legislative estub lishmeat include salaries aiid expenses of Congress, The executive estimates include the President, Vice President and the Civil Service Commission. Practically no changes are shown there. In the State Department the only changes are some slight increases in salaries, in contingent* expenses for the diplomatic and consular services grow ing out of the Mexican situation and the European war. For An Agricultural Census In the t>astirv department the ex pense of collecting the income tax is estimated at $1,220,000 a decrease of $280,000. Estimates arc presented for $S\ I 7777% GERMANS WUM RUSSIANS I GERMANS AND RUSSIANS IN EAST PRUSSIA AWAIT END OF BATTLE OF LODZ. : ♦ ♦ Russians are Intrenched close to the German lines In East Prussia and both sides appear to be awaiting 1 ♦ the outcome of the struggle at Lode. The lines run along the Blver Angerapp, from Gumbinnen to Dai- 1 ♦ kehmen, and thence to the northern extremity of the Masurian Lahss, at Angerburg. On the east front of 4 j the lakes and to the Vistula the Russians have taken a position sjightly back of their line of ten days ago. < « The main German forces in this region are concentrated about Mlawa. * maintaining the western mints anil as say offices, ajiwinst which each session of" Congress brings a light. In the department of commerce a new iteim is one of $3,000,000 for an agricultural census, $1,493,500 is ask ed for lighthouses, beacons and fog signals, $75,000 js estimated for ;n --vestiguting costs of production and SIOO,OOO is estimated for promoting commerce in South and Central Ameri ca. This latter item is double the amount appropriated last year. In the Department oi'f Labor the estimate for the work of commission ers of conciliation on la.bor disputes would be raised from $50,000 to $75,- 00t). Por a study of the extent of in dustrial unemployment in the United I States, SIO,OOO, is estimated. To Fight Foot and Mouth Disease In the Department of Agriculture the principal special items, aside from the fixed charges of operation, are $600,- 000 for quarantine work to fight the! foot and mouth disease; $398,000 to< fight the cattle tick in the South: i $645,000 to enforce the pure food law; $1,000,000 for co-operative farm dem- j onstration work; $60,000 for live stock experiments in Southern counties I where sugar cane has been the princi pal product; $87,000 for dairy experi ments in the semi-arid and irrigated regions of the West, and $2 40,000 to encourage improved farm management methods. For free distribution of seeds $252,540 is asked. The total esti mate for the Forest Service is s.">,- 548,256. For the enforcement of the new law the regulate dealings in cot ton futures and to carry on the inves tigation of marketing and distribution of food products, $376,595 is asked. Estimates for the Army In the army estimates, $200,000 is provided for the new aviation corps, $700,000 for buildings and grounds of the Military Academy at West Point and $150,000 for automatic machine rifles. The sum for militia maneuvers 1 is reduced a million dollars and left at $250,000; $400,000 is asked for bar racks and quarters in the Philippines; $525,000 for small arms target prac : tice; $250,000 for the manufacture of arms. For public works in the War Department $62,000,000 is estimated, iof which fifty-three million dollars is for rivers and harbors, an increase of $27,000,000 over last year's estimate. I For fortifications and other works of ! defense, $5,800,000, a slight increase over last year, is estimated. Furthef I construction and j? the incline, he walks down himself. Jpl.Vo cedar oil for .. (*4 *} ■%*( Owing to the ridculously low price at which these Specials are sold, none will be delivered. No Mail or Telephone orders filled and none wrapped except in original package. PLEASE BRING COR- R* r. A EECT CHANGE. EH SPECIALS IN FURS AND ALL KINDS OF WARM CLOTHING FOR ENTIRE FAMILY 1. OATELY & FITZGERALD SUPPLY CO ■> | tJ FURNISHERS 29-31-33-35 SOUTH SECOND STREET CLOTHIERS t >y P > Our Location Means a Great Saving To You < ' <62f |Jjj SERBS CLAIM SWEEPING VICTORY OVER AUSTRIANS Nish, Via Loudon, Dec. 7. —The Servian War Office issues the following official statement: "On the whole front the success of the Servian army is reported. Every where the Austrians have been re pulsed. We have captured two general officers, 16 officers, 2,400 men and a large quantity of booty. On one of our fronts we captured from the enemy four complete batteries." Berlin, Dec. 7.—An official state ment issued here to-day says: Reports received in Berlin indicate that the Servians still are capable of offering considerable resistance. The Servian rear guard in the neighbor hood of Arandjelovac (about 40 miles southeast of Belgrade), have delivered Beveral attacks to cover the retreat of the main army. Southeast of Arandjelovac there is stubborn fight ing without decision. Three hundred prisoners were taken yesterday. Paris, Dec. 7. —King Peter of Servia has visited tho theatre of war and has communicated to the troops an order of the day in which he thanks them warmly for* their efforts. This informa tion is contained in a dispatch from the Nish, Servia, correspondent of the Havas Agency. REPORTED MINE DAMAGE'S TURKISH CRUISER HAMIDIEH | Petrograd, Dec. 7.—The Turkish cruiser H ami die h has struck a mine , I and returned to Constantinople con r | sideraMy damaged, according to the ' Russian official news ageai-cy's Constan | tinoiple a*lvices. These advices say also that Russian -j warships hafe sunk six Turkish mail . i ing vessels which were carrying war 1 j supplies. Vienna Preparing for Siege 'J Vienna, Uec. 7. —The work of forti ' i fyinig the capital is proceeding rapidly. I Several thousand mem are reported, to j be employed in digiging treaties. Korea Suppresses Use of Opium 8 Seoul, Dec. 7.—The Korean gov t - eminent has suppressed the opium mo- B nopoly and put a ban on the simoking I of opium. These steps of the govern • ment were advocated by American ims- I i Bionanos. ! Montenegro Seeking Aid Petrogra*!, Dee. 7.—King Nicholas, j of Montenegro, has telegraphed the I Atlegretti Chocolates a Genuine ; gorgas e , 16 N. Third St. and Penna. Station 1 "Bourse Gazette'-' that a third of his army hail fallen on the battlefield. "Nevertheless," King Nicholas nays in his message, "Montenegrins will j continue to defend their country's ter ritory. Their means are exhausted and | they will be most grateful for assist | ance, either in money or supplies." $3,750,000 Insurance on Soldiers Dead | The Hague, Holland, Dec. 7. —Since ! August 13 the German military serv ; ice and Liife Insurance Company has | paid $3,750,000. Daily payments last I week averaged $75,000. Paris to Be Capital Again Paris, Dec. 7.—The "Journal Of s ficial" will make its appearance in | Paris next Friday morning. This will i mark the virtual return of the entire | government from Bordeaux. The I "Journal" will be published in the latter city up to and including Thurs day. Villages on Canal Bost3 Paris, Dec. 7.—The composition of so-caHed "floating villages'' i; con templated by the Paris authorities. Each village will consist of a coMec , tdon of canal boats. MAKEUP MAN ARRESTED Aid to Pittsburgh Society Performers Held for SI,OOO Theft Pittsburgh, Dec. 7.—William Dt.no ! van, makeup man for many of the 700 society folk who appeared in "The Col i lege Hero,'' given throughout last I week in the Scheuley theatre, was ar- I rested yesterday, charged with tho i theft of more than SI,OOO worth of jewelry, clothing and toilet articles from tho amateur performers. [ Most of these articles, along w.th I others, were recovered in suit rases, also stolon, which Donovan is said to j have checked at various hotels in the j city. The accused man, who is 25 and i said to have a court record, received a [ partial hearing yesterday morning. Woman Burned to Death s | Pittsburgh, Dec. 7.—Because of slip*, t perv streets, Mrs. Laura Jones, <>B', I staved at home from church vestei 1 lay I morning, only to be burned to death in ! her room. Members of Jamos Swan's j family, with wnom Mrs. Jones roomed, watched their home at the City Line ! burn, unaware that the aged woman ! was in the flames. Mrs. Jones had said j she was going to church, as usual, end jit was supposed she hail done so. La | ter Mrs. Jones' charred body was found. Church Dedicatss New Bell ' 1 Reamstown, Dec. 7. —Tho new belt on the Slump chapel of the Reforned . church was dedicated yesterday with - special exercises before a large 'otigre gation. Tho principal address was de livered by the Rev. Martin Schweitzer, of Ephrata, and the Rev. 1). C. Glass, or Lancaster, spoke also. The Kev. Mr. i Welder, of New Holland, delivered the dedicatory sermon. The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary will be open llaily except Sunday at . 3 p. m., at its new location, Front and Harris streets, for the free treatment > of the worthy poor.