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CONGRESS AT LAST COMPLETES
ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRAM
OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.
Vote on Measure Is Non-Partisan, and
Secretary Daniels Declares It Will
Give tlio United States tlie Second
Largest Navy in the World—Lead-
er Kltchin (iocs Down Fighting.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Congress
virtually completed the national de-
fense program tonight by f ally ap-
proving the great Increases In naval
construction and personnel written
into the naval hill and urgently sup-
ported by the administration.
The house accepted the building
program to which its conferees on the
measure had refused to agree, by a
vote of 283 to 51 with seven mem-
bers present not voting. The per-
sonnel increuse, on which there also
was a disagreement in conference wag
approved without a record vote.
The personnel and construction sec-
tions which already have the approval
Of the senate, authorize an increase in
enlisted men to 74,700 and the build-
ing of 157 war vessels within the next
three years with four battle cruisers
and four battleships Included among
the ships for 1917. Previously the
house had refused to adopt a continu-
ing building program, had authorized
only five capital ships, all of them
battle cruisers, and had provided for
a personnel of only 65,000.
On several less important sections,
including appropriations for improve-
ment of navy yards, the house insisted
on its disagrement to the senate in-
creases and voted to send the bill back
to conference for settlement of these
. points. An early agreement is ex-
I pected, however, and the measure
may be sent to the president for his
Sign, ture within a week.
Second Largest Navy.
Secretary Daniels Issues a statement
I tonight pointing out that the buildins
authorizations In tne bill were the
greatest ever passed in any country
1 and would give the United States, In
the opinion of naval authorities, the
second largest navy in the world. Ha
declared the measure "so completa
and nearly perfect that it will stand
as a model for all navy bills for futurs
legislation."
Tne vote by which the house ac-
cepted the senate increase in th«
building program was non-partisan,
the majority of bpth democrats and
republicans voting In the affirmative.
OX the fifty-one members who voted
in the negative there were thirty-five
democrats, fifteen republicans and
one socialist as follows:
Democrats—Ayers, Ilailey, Black,
Blackmon, Buchanan of Illinois, Bur-
nett, Connelly, Cox, Dies, Doolittle,
Garrett, Gray, Harding, Helvering,
Hilllard, Huddleston, Johnson of
Kentucky, Kitchln, MoClintlc, Page of
North Carolina, Randall, Shallenber-
ger, Shouse, Slsson, Slayden, Steele of
Iowa, Taggart, Tavenner, Taylor of
Arkansas, Thomas, Thompson, "*1*111-
man. Van Dyke, Watkins and Webb.
Republicans—Anderson, Campbell,
Cramton, Davis of Minnesota, Dillon,
Ellworth, Haugen, Helgesen, Holllngs-
worth, Kincaid, Denroot, Mondell,
Morgan of Oklahoma, Nedson and
.Young of North Dakota.
Socialist—London.
Kitchln Fights to Last.
During debate on the building pro-
gram tho republicans insisted that
they led the way toward increases and
that the administration was not en-
titled to all of the credit. The time
allotted opponents of the building pro-
gram was controlled by democratic
Leader Kltchin who charged the
democrats with a sharp change of
front.
"Two months ago, the democrats,
urged by the administration, were
asked to vote against the wild, reck-
less, extravagant appropriations pro-
posed by the republicans," said Mr.
Kitchin. "I denounced the republican
program as reckless criminality. Yet,
now, the chairman of the committee,
the secretary of the navy, the presi-
dent and fellow democrats ask me to
get up here and eat my words.
"If the program passes the congress
and is signed by the president this na-
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Gen. Joffre's Right Hand Man
in Great Allied Offensive
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GATEWAY TO HUNGARIAN PLAINS
FALLS INTO HANDS OF
MUSCOVITE FORCES.
Here (ienrral lirusslloff Is Continuing
His Smashing Operations With the
Evident Intention of Forcing Sur-
render of His Teutonic Adversary.
Italla.i Advance Is Uninterrupted.
Latest photograph of General Foch.
, General Foch is second in command of the French forccs on the west-"
ern front and is known as General Joffre's right hand man. He i3 just now
directing the French troops in the Somme sector, where the Germans hava
I recently met with serious reverses.
British Monarch Spends
Week on Battle Front
King George Visits Firing Line in Northern France and
Watches Military Operations in the "Big Push."
Enters Trenches Wearing Uniform of Field Marshal.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 15 (via London.) —
King George has been at the front
for a week. Ho left today for Eng-
land and his departure was tho first
information that the majority of the
troops had of his presence. As a
matter of precaution tho visit was
kept a secret and there was no dis-
play or big reviews, as on tho occa-
sion of his visit last fall.
The king simply went about seeing
all sections of the army at work and
the fields it had won. The flutter of
a bit of bunting bearing the royal
coat of arms as a motor car sped
along the road in clouds of dust, as
motor truck drivers and passing bat-
talions started and look around, ex-
claiming "the king!" The prince of
Wales accompanied the king. The
monarch was dressed in khaki, with
the crossed batons of a field mar-
shal-on his shoulders, and the prince
wore the uniform of a lieutenant in
the grenadiers. Neither wore any
decoration.
At one point on the line the king
met Gen. Sir Henry Itawlin, com-
mander of the fourth army, which
delivered the main attack, and Major
General Congreve, whose corps
stormed Montauban and Marnetz.
Alighting from his automobile near
Fricourt the king went into the first
line Rritish trenches from which the
British made their charge. "Now I
will breast the parapet as my men
did," he said, mounting It. He
walked across the old "No Man's
I.&nd" and saw the effects of the
Napolean Was Too Busy!
T'WAS a sad day for the French Emperor when lie sent out the
"too busy" message to a certain man who called with an Idea.
He told Ills assistants to attend to It. They lacked Napoleon's vision
and soon after tliey took down the Corslcan's sign, "Emperor."
Napoleon's particular caller this busy day was Robert Fulton, who
wanted to show him how he could take his troops to England by
steam. Had Napoleon's eye been on the future and not glued to the
present there would have been a different map of Europe, and no
lonely ceil at St. Helena.
During these extra war boom times a few Napoleons of business
bare used the "too busy" excuse when the vital question of advertis-
ing was presented to them.
They have been too busy for the immediate present to entrench
prosperity and establish future good will.
To them Just these words—"Remember Napoleon." Don't put off
the vital question of your newspaper plans any longer. Don't wait
until your competitors have covered the field.
TJils newspaper will be glad to give you Information or you can
get many valuable suggestions by writing to the Bureau of Adver-
tising, American Newspaper Publishers association. World building.
New York.
British shell fire on the maize of
fortifications and trenches which tho
Rritish had wrested from tho Ger-
mans. Standing on tho edge of a
large shell crater the kind looked
with a telescopo he was crarying
across the foreground of desolation
toward I'ozieres, the Bazentln, Long-
eval and Delville woods. He watched
the curls of black smoke which sig-
nified that tho German guns were
busy, whilo nearby him a battery of
British guns were sending screaming
answers.
"You seemed to have mlksed that,"
he said to General Rawllnson, Indi-
cating a sliver of wall standing In
Mametz.
"But there Is nothing that Is not
down in La Boiselle as you will see,
your majesty," said General Rawlln-
son. "We Improve as we advance."
The king descended into one of the
deep German dugouts after General
Rawllnson warned him that they had
not all been cleaned out yet. When
he came back up the steps, sniffling,
he said: "It smells pretty strong."
A dramatic moment occurred as
the king was walking across a field
swept by a British charge; he came
to a grave at the bottom of a shell
crater with a cross bearing the In-
scription, "unknown British soldier."
Both the king and the prince halted
and saluted the cross.
"It was sporting of the king to
come here." said one of the soldiers,
"and if Fritz only knew it, wouldn't
he begin a strafe with his guns? As
it Is, Whistling Percy might let loose
any minute." Whistling Percy is the
name for a noisy shell of the Ger-
man guns.
In common with all visitors, the
king took away some souvenirs in the
shape of empty shell cases and bits
of German equipment.
Sir Douglas Halg, as the king's
host, told him what was worth see-
In? during his visit and then the king
laid out his own program each day.
When the king visited the men of
the Scottish division which had seen
such desperate fighting at Delville,
or "Devil's woods," the survivors of
the South Africans gave him the
Zulu war cry. He managed to see
something of all kinds of tho sol-
diers fighting under the British flag,
from the Scotch. English and Irish
to the troops from over the seas.
Wheat and Bread Probe.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 15.—-No definite
action looking to the proposed inves-
tigation of the wheat and bread sit-
uation resulted at the conference here
late today between Edward N. Hur-
ley, chairman of the federal trade
commission, and United States District
Attorney Chas. C. Cline, Chairman
Hurley submitted to the district at-
torney all data he had In hand with
reference to the bread situation and
proposed increased price in the bak-
ery goods.
After the conference Chairman
Hurley prepared to leave Chicago to
make an Investigation, It is said, In
other cities, but would return here
probably next week when he will meet
the bakers and take up with them the
cost of their products.
The Russians have captured .lablo-
nltza, one of the principal gateways
from Galicla to the Hungarian plains,
and Petrograd reports that their of-
fensive in this direction is contin-
uing. This is the first news of an ad-
vance by tho Russian southern army
since the conquest of the Austrian
crown land of Bukowina was com-
pleted.
Farther to the north the Russians
aro continuing their driving opera-
tions against tho Austrians with ap-
parently uninterrupted successes.
Their troops are pouring across the
Zlota-Lipa at several points in spite
of desperate resistance on the part of
the Teutonic forces. Fierce fighting
is being waged along the entire line
south of Brody and General Brus-
slioff apparently is making a supreme
effort to cut off the army of General
Von Bothmer and force Its surrender.
Italians Still Advancing.
As far as tho other theatres of war
are concerned, main interest centers
In the Italian operations, no Import-
ant position being captured on either
the British or French fronts. Tho
Italians are vigorously pressing their
advance on the Carso plateau and
Rome reports the capture of several
sections of the Austrian trenches and
the taking of more than 1,600 prison-
ers. Unofficial dispatches from Ital-
ian sources claim General Cadorna
now Is within thirteen miles of Trieste
and that the Austrian Ueet has left
the harbor.
The Austrian official statement re-
ports the repulse of Italian attacks in
the Vipacco valley, about eighteen
miles east of Gorizia, but the official
statements from both sides are very
meager and leave the general situa-
tion vague. Press dispatches from
Geneva and Paris declare that Tol-
inino, considered one of the most for-
midable barriers between the Italians
and Trieste, Is being evacuated by the
Austrians and that the Italians are
already in the suburbs of the town.
Operations In the West.
The Germans admit that the British
have gained a foothold in their
trenches on the Thlepval-Pozleres
front and report the repulse of violent
attacks by tho British and French in
other sectors of the Somme line. Ac-
cording to Paris and London the day
passed without any event of signifi-
cance.
Another report of fighting on the
Balkan front comes from tho Berlin
war office which states that a small
engagement occurred south of I.ako
Doieran. There have been several
reports of fighting In this theatre re-
cently and all have come from Ger-
man or Bulgarian sources. As on pre-
vious occasions Berlin claims that the
fighting was of small Importance and
resulted In a repulse for the entente
allies. London and Paris both re-
main silent as to the situation at
Saloniki.
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Carpathian Gateway Captured.
Petrugrad, Aug. 15.—The Russians
have captured Jablonltza, one of the
most important gateways through the
Carpathians to the Hungarian plains,
and have taken nearly 1,500 addi-
tional prisoners, according to an of-
ficial statement Issued by tlie wkr
office tonight. The text of the state-
ment follows:
"Our troops continue tho crossing
of the Zlota-Lipa under heavy fire,
which at many points hampered tho
construction of bridges. Heavy ar-
tillery and machine gun fire Is be-
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This Champion Woman Hater
Is Gathered in By One D. Cupid
IN THE SENATE.
Adopted resolution calling for bat-
tleship target practice records of
1915.
Resumed debate on shipping bill.
Finance committee met to consider
finance bill as approved by demo-
cratic caucus.
Finance committee completed re-
vision of revenue bill as approved by
democratic caucus.
Adopted resolution appropriating
} 100,000 for relief of flood sufferers
In West Virginia.
Adjourned 6 p. m. until noon
Wednesday.
IN THE HOUSE.
Took up conference report on naval
appropriation bill.
Concurred in senate building pro-
vision of naval bill, 283 to 51, and
senate personnel provision by viva
voce vote; disagreed to senate amend-
ment for navy yard improvements
and sent bill back to conference.
Adopted resolution Including West
Virginia flood sufferers in distribu-
tion of recent $500,000 southern re-
lief appropriation.
Chairman Webb of Judiciary com-
mittee filed report favoring bill to
permit organization of co-operative
selling agencies for foreign trade.
Adjourned 5:47 p. m. until 11 a. m.
Friday.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—Harold
Tucker Webster, a cartoonist of this
city, for years an Inveterate woman
dlsliker and the author of many
witty epigrams discrediting tho mar-
ried state, recently bought dinners for
a circle of delighted friends. Some
while ago at a little social gathering
Mr. Webster declared that he would
engage to feed handsomely all present
If ever he sought to detect the little
green pea beneath the shells of the
adroit D. Cupid.
Mr. Webster's wager provoked tho
Immoderate mirth of two of his as-
sociates. Mr. It. M. Brinkerhoof, a
fellow cartoonist, and Mr. Ray Rohn,
an illustrator and amateur flute play-
er of no mean talent, laughed with
Indecent heartiness. Mr. Webster, In
a frenzy of exasperation, fired his fe-
male cook.
Several years ago Webster, Brink-
erhoof and Rohn bound with a tie of
congenial austerltieH and vowing an
eternal abomination of all that came
and went in skirts, established a little
home of their own, whose sanctity
was to remain forever inviolate of the
frail. As is so often so with men of
this complexion, all three are of hand-
some and modest bearing, apt In the
social graces, men of rare personal
charm. Mr. ltohn, whose drawings
of beautiful women so often reveal
a delicate feminine intuition, is known
to have grown whiskers to elude his
admirers.
A few days ago Mr. Webster was
married. In company with a young
women he had known but three weeks
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ARE BEING CONTINUED WITH
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he drove quietly around the corner to
the little church In his eight-cylinder
Imported roadster and the pair was
united. At the dinner that followed
the efforts at Jest and sprightliness
were feeble and toward the meal's
close Mr. Brinkerhoff, who had par-
ticularly enjoyed the Benedlctini he
had proposed as beseeming tho func-
tion, wept softly in the peas.
Pancho Villa Is Said to
Be Personally Directing
Small Band of Outlaws
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THE WEATHER
Foreoa.it.
East Texas—Wednesday and Thurs-
day generally fair.
West Texas—Wednesday and Thurs-
day partly cloudy.
CHIHUAHUA, Mcx„ Aug. 15.—
Gen. Matins Ramos reported to
(icncral Trevlno from F.sculon.
Chihuahua, today that lie had
given battle Hirer times to
Villa's |M'rsoiial hand during tho
two days previously, Inflicting
sharp defeats cacti time.
The first skirmish was with a
scouting |uirty of eight Villa fol-
lowers, of whom I tamos killed
five. Tills action took place on
tlin l.agunn ranch, twenty-five
miles west of Escnlon. Contin-
uing Ills ndvancc, ltauios ran on
an advance force of fifty bandits,
who were routed, leaving their
(lend behind and escaping In the
dark.
The next morning dust cloud*
being seen In the distance, Ramos
gave chase and scattered a large
liand, which lost twenty dead and
a numlier of prisoners. Among
the captives was a colonel who
asserts! that Villa personally
was directing the attack from a
safe distance. This offlccr gave
up some documents that re-
vealed the names of citizens sup-
porting Villa.
Huiiios has altogether eight
men wounded and a captain
killed. Ills Information Is that
Villa maintains Ids headquarters
at Juan Batista, and has less
than 100 followers all told.
Three more arrests In Chihua-
hua City today In oomieetlon with
the plot attributed to Lcgallstas,
resulted In a priest named .lose
Arrlola, Jesus Carrera. formerly
a Villa colonel, and I'red Coral,
n citizen, lielng Incarcerated.
DUMMi FIRE
Governor of Illinois Has Eight-Cent
"Ilantpiei" With (•tiardsmen
and Says It Is Fine.
mill in mmess
It Is Now Intimated That a Settlement
of tho Controversy May Be Reached
by Direct Negotiations Without Re-
sort to Arbitration—Principle of
Eight-Hour Day Is Discussed*
AT I,FAST THAT'S WHAT HE TELLS
AUDIENCE WHILE HE IS
FISHING FOR VOTES.
RAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 15.—
"That was one of the finest meals I
ever ate," said Gov. Edward F.
Dunne of Illinois at tho conclusion
of what was called at X cent ban-
quent, given In his honor by the men
of tho First Illinois, at Camp Wilson
this evening.
The governor lined up with a com-
pany of soldiers, mess kit in hand,
and had ladled out to him a meal
costing 8 Vi cents, lie sat down witli
the soldiers and dined. Ho declared
his purpose was two-fold: To dine
with the men from his state in good
fellowship, and to learn by experience
Just what the soldiers in camp have
to eat.
The only unsual feature of the meal
was the printed menu. It Included
the following, known as "government
straights": Beef and vegetable soup
and cubes of toast, roast leg of lamb
and onion dressing, sweet potatoes,
egg plant in cream butter, Iced
orange Juice, fruits and cold tea
sugared, white bread, creamery but-
ter, toasted crackers, cubes of cream
cheese, salt.
The government allows each man
ft 53 cents for each meal. The sol-
diers made a record for Governor
Dunne's edification, and the meal
cost only 8 V4 cents.
At a review of the Illinois troops
at Fort Sam Houston this afternoon,
Governor Dunne and Governor Fer-
guson of Texas were guests of Gen.
Frederick Funston. After the review
Governor Ferguson asked General
Funston which he considered the bet-
ter soldier, the Texan or tho Illinois
national guardsman.
"I should say they mutually sur-
pass each other," replied General
Funston, looking up at the two gov-
ernors with a twinkle in his eye.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. tG.- Charles
E. Hughes told an audience In Tuco-
ma's stadium today that he would not
shrink front war In enforcing Ameri-
can rights abroad.
Mr. Hughes read the democratic
platform of 1912 declaring for protec-
tion of American rights abroad.
"I want that made real," tho nom-
inee said. "I do not think In making
that real that we encounter the dan-
ger of war. I would not shrink from
it If we did, in performing tho obvi-
ous duty."
Mr. Hughes confined his remarks
almost wholly to what he termed tho
need for a protective tariff
"I propose a wise tariff without
abuses," he said, "but frankly a tariff
to build up and maintain American
industries."
Mr. Hughes reviewed democratic
tariff legislation and the democratic
platform plank of 1912 relating lo the
tariff.
"Our opponents said they would re-|
duce the Cost of living," he said. "Be-
hold the result."
Mr. Hughes referred to a statement
Issued by Secretary McAdoo soon af-
ter the European war started in 1911
In which it was announced that the
$500,000,000 In emergency currency
was available to relieve financial
si ress.
"Our opponents had to resort to s
republican measure of precaution
tho V reel and law," he said, " to still
the fear that their policy had engen-
dered among the jie e polhtisfnnn
dered from tho people of this coun-
try."
WHOSE SKELETONS ARE THESE?
Man Convlctcd of Murder Under Un-
usual Circumstances.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 15.—Ask-
ing his freedom on the ground that
the skeletons exhibited at his trial
were those of Indians and not those
of his wife and child, Will Wilson
today sent the skeletons to the pardon
board and asked for an Investigation.
Wilson was convicted on circumstan-
tial evidence. He had ordered his]
wife never to appear at his home
again, evidence at the trial being
that she was seen to go towards the |
home to get her child, but was never|
seen afterward. A year later two I
skeletons were found burled a mile!
from the Wilson home and Wilson
was sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Armenian Affairs.
Washington, Aug. 15.—The patrla-
chate of Constantinople, having both
a religious and an administrative con-
trol over Armenians in Turkey, has
been abolished, according to a cryptic
dispatch reaching the state depart-
ment today. This action revokes the
organic law or constitution of the
Armenians and severs their relations
with the Catholics of Russia. In
place of the patriachate has been es-
tablished an ecclesiastical head, with
a seat In Jerusalem for purely relig-
ious control.
AMERICAN KILLS MEXICAN.
Carrau/.a I.leuttMant Shot to Death by
l ulled States Soldier.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 15.—A lieu-
tenant of the Carranxa army was shot
and killed by an American provost
guard at Colonia Dublan-three days
ago, according to a report to General
Funston today by General Pershing.
The dispatch mentioned no names.
General Pershing said that the Mex-
ican officer had become angry at a
Mexico Northwestern railroad brake-
man and had chased and fired on him.
The provost guard ordered the officer
to halt. The latter turned and fired
at the American.
The provost guard then shot and
killed the lieutenant. He was exon-
erated of any blame.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Anothe*
dny of conferences between President
Wilson, the railroad managers' com-
mittee and the brotherhood leaders
brought no settlement of the situa-
tion which threatens a country-wide
strike, hut |mved the way for further
conferences tomorrow.
After the managers had seen the
president this morning the situation
was dcscrllMHl by those In touch
with It as very precarious. The men
went Into their conference at S
o'clock this afternoon feeding rather
gloomy. When they left him, nearly
two hours later, with the pros|>ect of
meeting the president again tomor-
row, the leaders were more hopeful.
It even was saltl there was a possi-
bility of a direct settlement between
the two sides without resort to arbi-
tration.
Meniliers of the employes' commit'*
tee said consideration had been given
In their conference with the president
to the suggestion that the principle
of an eight hour dny lie accepted
and collateral Issues Investigated by a
commission.
It was Indicated that this and other
proposals would lie discussed nt A
meeting of the lalsir leaders tonight
anil would lie referred lo other rep-
resentatives of the employes now In
New York.
President Wilson, in his talk with
the employes, made the strongest
plea for a settlement he lias yet pre-
sented.
He delivered a brief speech t telling
with |M>lnlcd emphasis the disastrous
effect of a strike and appealing to tho
patriotism of the men to make sonle
concessions which would make a set-
tlement possible. It was declared
after this afternoon's confcrciK-e that
neither side had given in so far on
any material point ami that the crisis
probably would lie reached tomorrow.
The fact that there would lie no
arbitration was emphasized by the
employes' leaders, who Indicated that
a compromise agreement was much
more likely. Administration officials
apimrently were not as hopeful, hut
took the position that there still was
some pros|H'Ct of a settlement,
PROGRESS OF NEGOTIATIONS.
President's Efforts to Bring Leaders
Together Will Continue.
Washington. Aug. 15.—President
Wilson's efforts to bring the railroad
managers and tho brotherhood lead-
ers together in some form of settle-
ment of the differences which
threaten a nation-wide railway strike
after two days of conferences had
progressed only to tho point where
a ground work for further negotia-
tions has been laid.
Hope of arbitration of all Issues
waned today, but tho situation waa
brightened by the possibility of set-
tlement being reached by tho rail-
roads conceding the principle of tho
eight hour day and both sides settling
collateral issues by some form of
negotiations as yet undetermined.
After conferring with President
Wilson tonight the employes' sub- .
committee sent to New York for the
610 members of the general commit-
tee to come to Washington in order
to facilitate negotiations. They aro
expected here Thursday and probably
will see the president Friday. Tho
managers' committee will confer with
him again tomorrow.
When it became clear today that
arbitration of the entire problem
probably never would be agreed to,
but that the railroads might concede
tho principle of the eight hour day
and dispose of other issues by some
form of negotiations, the president
directed his energy toward obtaining
expressions from both sides on how
negotiations could be carried out. Di-
rect conferences and inquiry by an
investigating committee were sought
and the president indicated his will-
ingness to appoint such a commission
himself.
It was understood that the em-
ployes' representatives offered no
suggestions on fhls feature of the sit-
uation. The railroads were reported
to tie ready to concede the principle
of the ciKlit hour day on condition
that all collateral issues be thorough-
ARMY OFFICERS PEEVED.
Tlicy Don't Like tlie New Order
Regarding Automobiles.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 15.—Army
officers today commented with dis-
pleasure on the new order requiring
their automobiles to bear the in-
scription:
"War Department — for official
business only."
Steps are being taken to have all
army vehicles inscribed.
Paper Shortage
Is More Serious
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—The
paper famine was' reflected today
in an auction sale here of old
paper ordered by David Ferguson,
supervisor of the City Record. One
lot of #,000 pounds, comiioscd of
unsold copies of the City Record,
brought 91.65 per hundred pounds.
Another lot of unsold pa|icrs,
weighing 0,000 pounds, brought
$2.00 per hundred. Normally sales
of such pai>cr bring from 20 cents
to 50 cents a hundred.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 15.—In
an effort to meet tho shortage In
white news print paper the pub-
lishers of tlie eight daily news-
papers in Milwaukee havo decided
to abandon the return privileges
of unsold papers. Excliange lists
have also been revised.
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Williams, E. K. Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 275, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 16, 1916, newspaper, August 16, 1916; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth474187/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.