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Anglo-French Financial Commission Heats of German Plan to Prevent Loan

HARRISBURG WSmSm TELEGRAPH

LXXXIV— No. 216

GERMANS ATTEMPT

TO STOP PROPOSES

LOAN FOR ALLIES

Teutons Understood to Have

Agents in U. S. Working

Against Flotation

WORKED FOR DR. DERNBURG

Plan Is to Have Persons With Ger

man Sympathies Withdraw

Money From Banks

By Associated Press

Xew York, Sept. 15.—The pro Ge

rman campaign against the flotation

of billion dollar credit loan in tho

United States to Great Britain and

France appeared to-day to assume the

pro|>ortions of a country wide plot

threatening even the personal safety

of the six members of the anglo-

French financial commission.

Members of this committee, of

which Lord Reading, Lord Chief Jus

. tlce of England, is chairman, have

doubled their body guards, it became

known to-day. They have been re

quested by the police of New York not

to announce in advance their plans

for any day and in no instance appear

In the slreets without detectives guard

ing them.

More than fifty threatening letters

have been received by the commission.

Their contents run the scale from

abuse to threats against the lives of

the commission. Some of the most

threatening of these letters have been

turned over to the police for investi

gation, it is said, and New York City

detectives are reported to be seeking

the writers.

According to Information which

came to the commissioners' attention

the German attack on the proposed

Joan was launched from the cover of

American citizens of German parent

age, nativity or sympathies, although

in reality these citizens were not the

prime movers in the campaign. The

attack included not only the negative

stand in refusing to participate which

the agitators hope will be taken by

banks with large lists of German Am

erican depositors, it was reported, but

embraced extreme measures against

any banks with German American de

positors helping in any way to finance

the loan.

Reports Are Reliable

This campaign according to reports

from sources regarded as reliable, con

templated heavy withdrawals, whole

sale. in extent, from hanks partici

pating in the loan as an expression of

the displeasure of pro-German de

positors.

Another method which was reported

to be in favor with those opposing the

flotation of the loan was the proposal

to float a similar loan for Germany.

The amount of the proposed German

loan, the commission heard, was to

be half a billion dollars. It was de

signed, according to their informa

tion, not as a bonifide move to place

that great sum at the disposal of the

German empire here for Germany, un

able to import Aferican products,

could not spend it hut purely as an

embarrassment to the Anglo-French

commissiori.

Know All Bank Affairs

A less drastic method of attack, it

was reported to the commission was

the apparent intention of the pro-Ger

man element to induce by persuasion

*or otherwise, every bank officer in

the U. S. with German blood in his

veins to oppose the participation of

his bank in the flotation of the loan.

This feature of the campaign it was

reported had been systematized to a

remarkable degree so that the name

of every such officer was said to be

in the possession of those directing

the agitation.

The movement from what the com

mission heard, had its origin in the

East and its greatest activity in the

Middle West, especially in the large

cities where the pro-German element

Is considerable in numbers. Al

though not so manifest here in New

York as elsewhere it was said, the

plan is by no means inactive in this

city.

Dauphin Co. W. C. T. U.

Convention in Stevens

M. E. Church Tomorrow

The thirteenth annual convention of

the Dauphin County Women's Chris

tian Temperance Union, will be held

In Stevens Memorial M. E. church to

morrow. The morning session will

open at 9.30 o'clock with praise serv

ices. An address will he made by

Mrs. Clayton Albert Smucker. Miss

Mabel Stites will respond. Reports of

' the officers and superintendents will

follow. At noon luncheon will be

served to the delegates, officers and

superintendents by the Meade Union

of Harrisburg.

The afternoon session will open at

2 o'clock with devotional exercises, to

be conducted by the Rev. Clayton Al

bert Smucker, pastor of Stevens Me

morial M. E. church. There will be

special*music and addresses. Reports

of superintendents will be completed

and officers elected.

* I THE WEATHER^

Harrlnhurg and vlcliiltyi Show

ers to-night or Thuroday, nomr

what cooler Thurnday.

Eastern Ptonftylvanlai Fair to

night and probably Thursday, >ot

much change In temperature. Light

aouth winds.

The temperature has risen about

10 degrees since last report In

southern New England and the

upper St. I.nwrcnre valley and has

remained practically stationary In

other districts south and east of

the Great I.akea except In East

Tennessee where It Is somewhat

cooler.

8 a. m„ 74t 2 p. m.,

Sunt Rises, i>.4« a. <n.| Sets, 8.13

•*, m.

Mon i First quarter, September

B. 3.21 a. m.

River Stage i 8.4 feet above low

*ater mark.

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER

Highest temperature, ftO.

Lowest temperature. 70.

Mean temperature, 80.

Normal temperature, 08. J

WALTER WROTE THE

PAVING CLAUSE HE

NOW CALLS UNFAIR

Understood When He Bid That

Work Was to Be Done

This Year

CANNOT RENT CITY PLANT

Illegal to Lease It to Him; Commis

sioner Lynch on Asphalt

Controversy

"When Alderman Charles P. Walter

accepted the contract with the city to

pave these sections of street ne under

stood perfectly tnat. he was expected

to complete tnis work this year.

"The change in the specifications

providing tnat the work snuuid t>e

done this Kail was written into tne

contract by Air. Walter himself.

| "The specifications originally did

not mention any time. These are

copied alter tiie standard paving

specifications that are used in cities

tnroughout the United States. .How

ever \v alter ttrst suggested that he do

the worK next year and he was permit

ted to insert tnat clause in tne speci

fications. Later 1 told him that tile

property owners on several ot tiie

streets wanted the work completed

tins year, and as tne sections are com

paratively small, ana could be easily

paved this year, i would want the

work finished before winter. Walter

agreed to this and he himself changed

the wording of the specifications ac

cordingly."

In brief this was the way City Com

missioner William H. .Lynch, superin

tendent of streets and public improve

ment, uiscussed Walters alleged state

ments in Council yesterday that fair

competition was not permitted under

the specifications.

Illegal to l.easc riant

"Coulu you, even n you wished, have

permitted him to lease the city aspnait

repair plant to manufacture liis mate

rial, as lie asked '.' ' the commissioner

was asked.

"City Solicitor Seitz says we could

not. We are not in the contracting

business. The Clark act provides that

contracts of this sort should be adver

tised and let to the lowest and best

bidaer,' answered Mr. i>ynch.

"Where could Walter obtain the

material to do the work this year if

he desired?"

"Why where has he been getting it

for the last five years'.' 1 toid niui tnac

the city plant -was in operation—that

we couldn't lease it if we were per

mitted to do so legally. For five years

\\ alter has had a city octnract to

produce the asphalt Cor the repairing

work. This totaled $15,000 a year.

Did he in all that time make any ef

fort to erect a plant of his own'.' He

did not. He bought his material from

the Central Construction and Supply

Company.''

The Fallacy of Walter's Position

"These streets Votal seven or eight

thousand yards. At $1.68 you can

figure for yourself what that amounts

to. At best it doesn't total nearly what

Walter has been paid for doing every

year for five years. And as 1 said be

fore he still hasn't a plant of his own.

He never brought a plant here.# He

doesn't intend to. If he is counting on

any contracts that may be let next

year—and that this is what he is

figuring on he said in Council—why

that's ridiculous. There will be only

a few small sections paved. The rea

son is very simple. We haven't any

money for intersections."

Wanted to liorrow Plant

Council yesterday afternoon award

ed Alderman Walter the contract for

paving a dozen sections. He bid sl.bß

a yard; the Central Construction and

Supply company bid $1.90. All told

about 7,000 yards of material will lie

needed. The alderman has no asphalt

plant here and to bring one to this

city would involve too much time and

expense for the size of the job.

Walter's offer to Council yesterday

was that he be permitted to use the

city plant for a week or ten days. This

would he time enough he said to pre

pare his material. The present force

at the plant would be retained he said

at their present wages. He would re

turn the plant in proper condition

and would pay the city five cents a

yard for the privilege of using the

plant, or about SSOO.

Bodies of Aged Couple

Found in Ashes of Home

Chatsworth, N. J.. Sept. 15. Their

charred bodies side by side in the

ashes of their home, which was de

stroyed by fire early yesterday morn

ing. John Smith, watchman at a brick

yard at Pasadena, in the pines, eight

miles from Chatsworth. and his aged

[wife died under suspicious conditions.

Residents of Chatsworth driving

along the lonely road near the brick

I yard at 2 o'clock yesterday morning

were attracted to the home of the

watchman, which is nearly two miles

from the nearest habitation, by the

j blaze. One of t.be party caught a

glimpse through the flame swept room

of the two bodies side by side In bed.

The blaze cut off any attempt at re

covery of the bodies. Officials investi

gating the case do not believe the

flames could have gatned sufficient

headway to suffocate the pair, and it

is a general suspicion that the fire

was started to cover another crime.

The plant which Is owned by the

Brooks Brae Brick Company, of Philn

j delphla, has been Idle for several

years.

No Political Tickets

Given Out in Church;

Gross* Name Is Heard

Thomas Beldleman, accused by a

local newspaper of having distributed

tickets hearing the names of political

candidates among members of a Pine

Street Presbyterian Sunday School

class, to-day denied most emphatically

thut he had- even so much as men

tioned politics In tbe church. "If there

was any campaigning in church, it

was in behalf of ex-Mayor Gross, who

is a candidate for election to City

Council," said one of Mr. Beldleman's

friends to-day. "I have heard his

name mentioned frequently and I un

derstand It was he who accused Mr.

Beldleman."

HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1915.

BANDITS' THREATENED

ATTACK ON TOWN ON

BORDER FRUSTRATED

American Soldiers Get Information

Concerning Plot to Terrorize

Texas City

CHARGE PLANNED FOR DAWN

Patrols Sent Out Cause Mexicans

to Give Up All Arrange

ments

By Associated Press

Washington, D. C„ Sept. 15.

Regarding official advices to

Americans to remain out of Mex

ico, the State Department to-day

made the following announce

ment:

"Owing to disturbed conditions

prevailing along the Mexican bor

der, the State Department repeats

the advice heretofore given to

American citizens to remain on

this side of the internaUonal line

for the present."

Officials reiterated denials that

the announcement had any bear

ing on the Mexican political situa

tion.

By Associated Press

San Benito, Texas, Sept. 15. —Heavy

cavalry and infantry patrols which

were rushed to this city during last

night kept off a threatened attack by

Mexican bandits. Evidence of a plot

to terrorize the city were strengthened

by reports to army patrols during the

night of activities of Mexicans out

side of town.

Just before dawn, the time which

the commanding officers here sus

pected was chosen for the attack, in

fantry details were sent out along the

roads for some distance from town.

No belligerent Mexicans appeared.

Will Be Closely Guarded

Mexicans nere have told citizens

about an organization of revolutionists

which planned to make a demonstra

tion at some other place to draw

troops away from San Benito and

then fire into the town. For that rea

son San Benito will be closely guarded

for several days. Army patrols here

or in the immediate neighborhood

number three companies of infantry

and two troops of cavalry. Threats

also have been made against the town

of Mercedes, about twenty miles from

here.

A few days ago a number of strange

Mexicans were noticed here. At the

same time several trusted Mexican

household servants advised their em

ployers to leave because they had

heard that the bandits were going to

attack.

801 l Mattress Factory

Set Ablaze by Firebug

Thinks Chief Kindler

The fire which early this morning

caused $5,000 damage to the mattress

factory of 801 l Brothers, Fourteenth

and Howard streets, is believed by Fire

i Chief Kindler 10 be of incendiary

origin. A rigid investigation is under

way.

When the flames were discovered

they were eating through the roof at

the rear of the brick structure. The

material in which it was burning was

highly inflammable and firemen had

difficulty in extinguishing it. Adjoin

ing the structure on the south are

stables used by J. N. Rebuck. The

horses and wagons were taken out of

the danger zone.

The building damaged last night is

owned by the Philadelphia and Read

ing Railway Company and according

to local officials will be rebuilt at once.

New machinery and material to re

place that lost has already been or

dered, Roll Brbthers say, and they ex

pect to have the factory working again

within several weeks.

The similarity of the fire to the re

cent one which broke out in the lum

ber yard of E. C. Snyder at Eighteenth

and Holly streets leads the fire chief

to believe both fires were incendiarv

According to a local adjustor $5,800

insurance was carried on the total

stock of merchandise. The machinery

was protected to the amount of $4,000,

TWO FALSE ALARMS

Two false alarms were sent in before

all of the fire companies had returned

from the fire in the 801 l Brothers

Manufacturing Company plant late

last night.

The first alarm came in from Box

26, Third and Muench streets. The

other alarm was a telephone message,

calling the Good Will company to

Second and Kelker streets.

Taxi Cab Fares Are

Reduced by Local

Company to Low Rate

J. L. Shearer, Jr., president of the

Harrisburg Taxicab Company, an

nounces a reduction of the taxicab

fares for this city. The claim is made

that they will be the lowest metered

fares known.

One, two, three or four passengers

will be carried the first half mile for

twenty-five cents; five cents for each

additional half mile will be charged

The hourly rate will be $2.00 per hour!

STOUGH FIGHTS SUITS

Evangelist to Appeal Award of $2,700

In Slander Suit

Special to The Telegraph

Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 15. The Rev

Dr. Henry W. Stough, the evangelist,

will fight the award of $2700 damages

given against him this month by three

arbitrators in the $50,000 suit of Coun

cilman William J. Cullen, of Hazleton,

for slanders uttered during the cam

paign in Hazleton in 1914. Stough's

attorneys are arranging to take an

appeal.

The lawyers for Max Frledlander,

John Flerro and Harry W. Jacobs, wrio

were attacked with Cullen by the

evangelist in discussing conditions ha

alleged to exist in Hazleton, will take

out rules to arbitrate their suits for

$60,000 damages each in the order

numed.

ENTRIES REC

FOR SHELL RACES

IN BIG CARNIVAL

1 ., ' i _

I

NO- a. CREW IN THE FOUR-OARED RACE

Best Oarsmen in Philadelphia Will Be Here For Improve

ment Celebration; Route of Automobile Trip An

nounced; Committees Whipping Plans Into Final

Shape; Expect Thousands From Out-of-Town Cities

Entries for the shell races which

will be the big feature of the water

carnival of the municipal improve

ment celebration next Friday after

noon were received to-day by J. Ray

KofCert, chairman of the water fete

and sports.

There Xvill be one four-oared race

and two contests for single shells.

The entries for the four-oared event

will be as follows:

Crew No. I—Bow, Theodore Fox;

Theodore Lems, Dr. F. Deforey and

D. G. Hose.

Crew No. 2 —Row, John Campbell;

J. P. Clark, John Staggers and Charles

Rose.

The single shell entries will be:

A. C. Schmidt and Charles Sal

linger, veterans' class.

D. G. Hawes and C. O. Rose, cham

pionship class.

BIDS OPENED FOR

STATE ROAD WORK

Old Baltimore Pike and Mill Creek

Highways to Be Re

built

Bids were opened by State Highway

Commissioner Cunningham to-day for

the reconstruction of the road from

Huntingdon to Mill Creek, in Hunt

ingdon county and also for the re

construction of that part of the Old

Baltimore Pike running from Anvil

to Kennett Square, in Chester county.

Fourteen bids were received on tho

Huntingdon county job and eleven on

the Chester county operation.

William C. Evans, of Ambler, was

the low bidder on each contract, his

price being $56,079.91 for the Hunting

don county work and $34,123.92 on the

Chester county operation.

The road to be constructed in Hunt

ingdon county, Henderson township

and east for a distance of 22,999 feet

trom the east line of the Borough of

Huntingdon to the west line of the

Borough of Mill Creek. The bids re

ceived on this operation were as fol

lows:

J. SI. Hutchinson, Altoona, concrete,

$98,670.98; The Juniata Co., Altoona,

concrete, $97,494.28; H. F. Robinson,

Johnstown, concrete, $132,851.20; R.

B. Taylor, Bellefonte, concrete, $92,-

933.08; Bell-Bockel Co., Inc., Altoona,

concrete, $100,366.10; The Northwest

ern Construction Co., Franklin, con

crete, $99,895.58; Curwensville Const,

Co., Curwensville. concrete, $102,-

461.28; Chas. T. Eastburn Co., Yard

ley, concrete, $107,411.24; Hoblitzell

& Price, Meyersdale, concrete, $103,-

449.56; O'Brien Brothers. Avoca, con

crete, $93,775.10; Booth & Fllnn, Ltd.,

Pittsburgh, bituminous material,

(warranted), class "A" $94,465.43;

William C. Evans, Ambler, Bit. Mai.,

class "C' (Fllbertine) $86,079.91; R.

H. Cunningham & Sons, Turtle Creek,

concrete. 589,010.88; Vipond Construc

tion Co., Alt,oona, concrete, $104,-

$635.54.

C!d Baltimore Pike

The bids received were as follows:

Field, Barker & Underwood, Phila

delphia, concrete, $40,664.40; B. F.

Wickersham, Kennett Square, con

crete, $40,410.00; M. & T. E. Farrell,

West Chester, concrete, $43,831.70;

Neff, Horn & Co., Slatington, concrete,

$35,130.50; William C. Evans, Ambler,

bit. mat., class "C" (filbertine) $34,-

123.92; Gillespie & Sons, Oakview, con

crete. $35,097.70; Frank Mclnerny,

Easton, bit. mat., class "B" (amieslte)

$43,554.23; Chas. T. Eastburn Co.,

Yardley, concrete, $40,742.90; The

Juniata Co., Philadelphia, concrete,

$34,933.90; D. E. O'Connell & Son,

Avondale, concrete, $37,050.20; Pugh

& Hubbard Co., Philadelphia, con

crete. $36,613.34.

Bids were also opened and ordered

classified on paint an'd oil supplies for

the use of the State Highway Depart

ment for the coming year.

May Give Children Half

Holiday During Hot Wave

Local schools will probably be given

a half-holiday to-morrow and Friday

because of the heat. The committee

having the power to arrange for one

session voted by telephone late this

afternoon.

ROCKEFELLER GIVES SIB,OOO

New York, Sept. 15.—John D. Rocke

feller, Jr., through the Rockefeller

Bureau of Social Hygiene, sent a

SIB,OOO check to-day to Miss Kath

erlne D. Davis, commissioner of correc

tions, toward tllb cost of erectlrg a

hospital for drug habitues on Rlker's

Island,

The referee and starter for all the

shell races will be C. Preisdenz.

Best Men in Philadelphia

The rowers include the best oars

men in Philadelphia, being members

of the big Fairmount Rowing Asso- i

ciation of that city. The contestants

will arrive in Harrisburg next Wednes- I

day and Thursday. They will prac- j

tice on the course between Kelker and

Market streets.

Chairman Hoffert said this morning j

that great interest is being shown in I

the girls' swimming contest. He said j

that while one-piece bathing suits will I

be the regulation costume for swim- j

ming events, the committee has no ob- j

jections if the girls wear other suits

than the one-piece. Mr. Hoffert an

nounces further that any swimmer

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JBtlliEBS

FROM PJLSTEEL CO.

Gives Up Vice-Presidency to Be

come Chairman of Motor Car

Co. Directors

-

John C. Jay, Jr., vice-president and

general manager of sales for the Penn

sylvania Steel Company, has resigned

to become chairman of the board of

directors for the Maxwell Motor Car

Company, of Detroit, Mich. His resig

nation becomes effective October 1.

Mr. Jay will be succeeded by R. W.

Gillispie, district manager of sales in

charge of the New York office of the

Pennsylvania Steel Company. Mr.

Gillispie's title will be general man

ager of sales.

Mr. Jay became one of the vice-pres

idents of the Pennsylvania Steel Com

pany just a few months ago, prior to

which time he held the title of gen

eral manager of sales, which he re

ceived in 1912.

Well Known Here

Both Mr. Jay and Mr. GUlispte are

well known in Steelton and Harris

burg, having commenced their careers

in the steel business at Steelton as

"learners." Mr. Jay played football

on the old Steelton Y. M. C. A. team

and was prominent in athletics. He

married Miss Marguerite Soleliac,

daughter of Charles S. Soleliac, man

ager of the Harrisburg Silk Mill. He

has been connected with the Pennsyl

vania Steel Company for 14 years.

After leaving Steelton he became a

salesman and was connected with the

Philadelphia offices. Later he was

placed in charge of these offices and a

.few years afterwards went to New

York where he took charge of the

sales office there.

Mr. Gillispie learned the steel busi

ness in Steelton and then went to

Philadelphia. His offices are now in

New York.

Birdegroom, Aged 74,

Walks Into Bureau on

Crutches For License

Henry B. Smith and his bride elect,

I.oulsa Trego, do hope that their

friends won't "carry on" too demon

stratively just because they are goln?

to be married. That's the reason thejf

didn't want more than a casual men*

tion in the papers of the fact that they

obtained a license from the Dauphin

county marriage bureau to-day. They

abhor a fuss at Biich times; they think

they're too well along in years for

such things. f*

Both knew whereof they speak, they

said. Smith, who is a retired rural

postal delivery carrier of Dillsburg,

has been married twice. Mrs. Smith

NoB. 1 and 2 died nine and five years

ago, respectively. Mrs. Trego has been

a widow for five years.

Smith is 74 years old and walked

into the license bureau on crutches.

His bride-to-be is 68.

U. S. Can Still Produce

"Good Old Dollar Bill"

Washington, D. C., Sept. 15.—8y

employing rigid economy the Bureau

of Engraving and Printing has mot

the scarcity of dyestuffs resulting from

the war in Eu-ope and now has avail

able enough pigments to color the

government's money and stamps for

six months. By the end of that period

Director Ralph, of the bureau, believes

that either a supply of colors made in

America will be available or that ar

rangements will be made for securing

ample shipments from Germany.

14 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT

PHEW! 90 111 SHADE!

BUI BT HECK. IT'S

GOOD FOR THE CROPS

You Ought to See the Late Pota

toes ; They Sore Are Whoppers

Hereabouts

SLIGHT RELIEF PROMISED

City Streets Like Bake Ovens;

Humanity's Collar Just

Won't Stand Up

With a maximum temperature for

to-day and yesterday of ninety de

grees accompanied by unusually high

humidity, this section of the country

is in the wilting grasp of the hottest

September weather in twenty-eight

years.

While the hot weather will continue

for at least thirty-six hours, slight re

lief is promised by Forecaster Demain

who predicts light local showers to

morrow.

The thermometer started this morn

ing at 74 degrees—eight above nor

mal for this date—and accompanied

by high humidity, because of the

cloudiness which continued until

nearly 9 o'clock, proceeded to make

life miserable for everybody. Soon

after noon to-day when the mercury

mounted highest, streets in the cen

tral part of the city were like ovens.

High temperatures during the present

siege have been particularly oppres

sive because the weather caught the

public unawares.

While humanity has been swelter

ing under the influence of the hot

sun and high humidity, crops have

been making great strides forward.

The soil is in excellent condition for

plowing and the thrashing of grains

is well under way. Late potatoes are

being dug and in most sections are of

good yield and quality. The high

temperatures have crowded the corn

rapidly toward maturity and cutting

will soon begin in the southern part

of the State while in the northern

districts it will be delayed until near

the close of the month.

LUNCHEON AT RAGGED EDGfc

President Moorhead C. Kennedy, of

the Cumberland Valley Railroad Com

pany, has issued Invitations for his an

nual luncheon at Ragged Edge, his

picturesque country estate near Cham

bersburg Saturday afternoon, October

2.

VOTE ON $1,250,000,000 LOAN

London, Sept. IS, 3.25 P. M. Premier Asquith in the

House of Commons to-day moved a vote of credit of £250,-

000,000 ($1,250,000,000). In making the motion the premier

announced that from July 18 to September 11 the daily net

expenditure for the war had been £3,500,000 ($17,500,00).

PRETORIAN IN COLLISION

Quebec, Sept. 15.—The Allan liner Pretorian, inward

bound, was in collision last night and is now ashore east of

White Island, according to reports received here to-day.

AMERICAN CONSULS WITHDRAWN

Washington, Sept. 15.—American consuls and consular

agents in Northern Sonora and Chihuahua have been order

ed by this government to withdraw to the United States

because of the dangers in border uprisings and inability of

Mexican military leaders to protect them.

Philadelphia, Sept. 15. The temperature in Philadel

phia, which has been excessively high for the last thirteen

days, was again above the average to-day, 89 being record

ed at the Weather Bureau this afternoon.

I

SCHOOLS HAVE HALF SESSION 1'

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 14. The schools of the city*

public, parochial and private closed with one session to-day;,

because of the heat. This program will be maintained until

the weather moderates. The thermometer reached 91 at 1

o'clock.

WHITE HOUSE HEARS THREATS

Washington, Sept. 15.—Protests against the Anglo-

French credit loan negotiated in this country were received

at the White House to-day in telegrams from various parts

of the country. One man in Michigan wired that runs

would be started on banks participating in the loan and that

panics would be precipitated.

SAYS GERMANS HAVE SHOT THEIR BOLT

London, Sept. 15, 5.15 P. M. "The Germans appear

at most to have shot their bolt," said Earl Kitchener, sec

retary of war to-day. "Their advance in Russia, which at

one time averaged five miles a day now has diminished to

IwiQ than one mile a day.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Hfnry D. Smith, DlUaburK, and l.onlna Trcn°. city.

Robert William Maran, city, and Alice J. Show. Penhroolc.

Irwin A. tight anil Katie Ellzubcth Hoke, Lebanon.

HOUSE OF COIUIMOBS

IS use TO VOTE

MUM CREDIT

Premier Asquith Wants $1,250,-

000,000 to Carry on Opera

tions on Continent

NEUTRAL VESSEL TORPEDOED

Foreign Military Observers Expect

Decisive Battle in Vicinity

of Vilna

It was announced !n London that

Premier Asquith asked the House of

Commons to vote a credit of $1,250,-

000,000.

Copenhagen reports the blowing up

by a German submarine of the motor

schooner Norte, owned in ChristLanla,

Norway. The crew was saved.

Count Von Renventlow, the German

naval writer declares in the Berlin

Tages Zeltung that the Zeppelin at

tacks on London are legal and of a

military character as London is a fort

ress. He argues that the British gov

ernment has been remiss in not order

ing the evacuation of the city. The

attacks arc aimed at the destruction

of property serving military purposes,

he asserts.

Developments in the vicinity of

Vilna lead foreign military observers

to expect a decisive battle there soon

to determine whethe the strategic

railway lines of the region shall be

controlled by the Germans or the Rus

sians.

County Commissioners

to Sit Monday to File

Registration Petitions

Dauphin county's Board of Commis

sioners will sit Monday and probably

a part of Tuesday to receive the pe

titions of citv voters who failed to

register on the regular registration

days because of illness or unavoidable

f.bsence from the city and who wish

to get their names on the books for

the primaries.

The election supplies must be given

the various boards in time for the

opening of the polls Tuesday and this

means that many of the packages will

have to be distributed by automobile.

More than 100 blank petitions have

been given out to date and about forty

petitions already filled out have been

filed with the commissioners. Mora

than a dozen were received to-day.