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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\
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7777% GERMANS WUM RUSSIANS
I GERMANS AND RUSSIANS IN EAST PRUSSIA AWAIT END OF BATTLE OF LODZ.
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♦ 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 <naintenance of the
' Panama Canal is estimated at $19,-
1 000,000.
For Maintenance of Navy
In the Navy $23,500,000 is nsked
! for increases heretofore authorized and
$19,000,300 is estimated for the 1916
I building program. The following sums
| are estimated for navy yards:
Boston, $30,000; New York, $135,-
s 000; Philadelphia, $55,000; Washing
ton, D. C.. $135,000; Norfolk. $305,-
j 000, including a $200,000 drvdock;
Charleston, S. C., $30,000; Key' West,
i $5,000; Mare Island, $65,000; Pugtt
j Sound, $40,000; for extension of the
I powder factory at Indian Head, Md.,
$158,000; naval magazine at Fort
i Mitlin, Pa., $54,000; naval magazine
; at I'uget Sound, $55,000.
The estimate for arming the Naval
Militia is doubled making it $250,000.
Drop In Pension Department
In the Interior Department pensions
I are estimated at $166,000,000, a
| three-million dollar drop since last
i year. An estimate of $9,000,000 for
j the Reclamation Service appears in the
' estimates for the first time. Congress
I :it the last session passed a law re
quiring reclamation outlays to be made
[ by appropriation.
For fortifying the Panama Canal a
| total of $763,000 is estimated, an in
j crease of half a million dollars over
j last year's appropriation. In this esti
' mate is included SBO,OOO for search-
I lights and SIOO,OOO for reserve equip
j ment.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion estimate is reduced $1,900,000
because it does not include provision
for the physical valuation of work for
which an estimate will be furnished
I later.
Enforcing of Anti-Trust Laws
i The Department of Justice estimates
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7. 1914.
include $300,000 for enforcing the an-|
ti-trust laws, and $150,000 for the
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.
The Department of Labor estimates
include $346,000 for the Ellis Island
Immigrant Station and $25,000 for a
new immigrant station at Galveston,
Texas. The Public Health Service
wants $500,000 for preventing the
spread of epidemic diseases. For a
memorial ampitheatre at Arlington Na
tional Cemetery $500,000 is asked.
For the new Federal Trade Commission,
| soon to be organized, $530,000 is csti
; mated.
The total of $1,493,500 for light
houses, beacons, fog signals, and other
aids to navigation includes: Lighthouse
tender for general service, $150,000,
light vessels for general lake service,
$150,000; light vessel for general At
lantic service, $120,000; light station
at Goose Island Flats, N. J., $120,000
and other amounts for aids to naviga
tion as follows:
Keweenaw Waterway Harbor of Ref
uge, Portage river, Michigan, sllO,-
000; Hudson river, $100,000; Milwau
kee, Wisconsin. $200,000; South Pass,
La., light vessel, $125,000; Mississippi
river. below New Orleans
C'onneaut Harbor, Ohio, $63,500; Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, $80,000; Delaware
river, $80,000; Detroit, $50,000; Ha
waiian Islands, lighthouse depot, $90,-
000; Point Borinquen, Porto Rico, $85,-
000; Sand Hills, Mich., $75,000; ('ape
Spencer, Alaska, $100,000; Portage
Lake. Michigan, $100,000: Nine Mile
Point. Michigan, $50,000; Anacapa Is
land, Cal., $103,000.
COEBEN, STRUCK BY 15
SHELLS. LOST 126 MEN
Paris, Dec. 7. —A dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Athens, says that
the cruiser Goeben, purchased by Tur
key from Germany, is undergoing re
pairs of the heavy damage suffered in
the battle with a Russian fleet in the
Biack Sea recently. The Goeben was
struck by fifteen shells from Russian
ships, which are said to have killed 126
members of her crew, besides destroy
ing a turret, a smoke stack and one en
gine.
| The Goeben's sailors, who were
killed, it is said, were buried in the;
, garden of the German Ambassador's!
j summer residence at Therapia, a village !
| eight miles northeast of Constantinople [
jon the Bosphorus. Two-thirds of the |
! Goeben's crew are said to be Germans i
| and the remainder Austrians. ji
| The Goeben was reported, in a dis- !
I patch from Petrograd November 19,!
i to have been badly damaged in a bat-1
i tie the preceding day between a divis-1
; ion of the Russian Sea fleet and j
j a Turkish detachment consisting of the !
Goeben and Breslau, noar the coast of j
Anatolia, Asia Minor.
It was said that a series of explo-1
sions were seen in the hull of the Goe-|
ben, which opened fire slowly. After |
the battle had continued 40 minutes'
the Goeben withdrew and disappeared 1
in the fog, taking advantage of her:
; speed. The Russian losses were given as I
< 33 men killed and 25 wounded.
A Berlin dispatch, November 27,
: stated that the Goeben lost only 11 j
| men killed, and that the ship was j
j struck by only one shot, which took ef- j
j feet above the water line.
King Honors General French
London, Dec. 7.—During his visit to i
I France King George conferred the Or-j
! der of Merit on Sir John French, com j
| mander of the British forces on the
| Continent.
Girl Joins German Army As Boy
Berne, Dev. 7.—Among the recruits
! at Kenitz. in West Prussia, a story
i here has it, was 'one handsome youth
: ot' nineteen, who pot on very well with
j the preliminary training ami rifle prac
! t.ioe. But one day it was discovered
j that the youth was a girl. She vainly
implored the authorities to allow her
| to go to the front, but was sent to
1 Danzig to train as a hospital nur^c.
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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.