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2... .... '7 1fir " t ' J33" " ' iii-nitiiUX.-W1irn.Mnr ml1 l"l - i. ' '"I 1 Mil TTKl 2 n r m n a ODDS AND ENDS OF DAY'S DOINGS Broken Bow Soldier Killed. liroken Bow. Neb., Sept. 22. (Special Telegram.) Official infor mation lias been received here that Roger Fountain, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fountain of this city, was killed in action July 16. Private Fountain was with a machine gun detachment. The soldier was 19 years old, and his father is an op erator at the Burlington station here. Lakes and Rivers Joined. Chicago, Sept. 22. A new epoch in inland waterway transportation was marked today by thf departure of the first fleet of barges on their maiden voyage from Chicago down the drainage canal to the Missis sippi river. This wedding of the in land rivers and the inland seas, it is predicted, will ultimately open the channel of a new trade route be tween the Great Lakes and the Mis sissippi river. Officers to Study German. Washington, Sept 22. Study of the German language at several of ficers training camps and at insti tutions that have reserve officers units has been formally approved by the War department, it was said today officially. Knowledge of German is considered necessary in staff work where the officer has to examine captured enemy docu ments and in the military intelligence branch, to which is assigned the work of interrogating prisoners. Slacker Shot to Death. Owen, Wis., Sept. 22. Ennis . Krueger, one of the four Krueger brothers sought as draft evaders, who fought a pitched battle with the authorities from their home near Withee a week ago, was shot to death today in a barn southeast of Polly. Miners Stand Out. Butte, Sept. 22. Striking f zinc and copper miners of Butte at a mass meeting called today by the Metal Trades council of this city adopted resolutions addressed to President Wilson, asking the gov ernment to take over the opv-r nf thf mptal mini's nf the ... r Vj y 'Borah Makes War Appeal. New York, Sept. 22. Senator ' William F Borah of Idaho, speak- . ing today at the unveiling' in Pros pect park of a tablet to the memory of 360 Brooklyn men killed in the war, urged every American from la borer to capitalist 'to back up the fighting forces to the utmost. Bliss Takes Hague Post. The Hague, Sept. 22.-Robert Woods Bliss, counsellor of the American embassy at Paris, has ar rived at The Hague to act as in terim minister tcj the Netherlands, pending the' absence of John W. Garett, who has gone to Berne to negotiate with German officials for the exchange of prisoners. Seamen Seek Revenge. Paris, Sept. 22. (Havas.) J. Havelock Wilson, president of the International Seamans union and leader of seamen of Great Britain in a statement 'to the Matin of the boycotting of Germany after "the war says: "No treaty by the allied governments could punish Germany as she deserves. The allied peo ples themselves should inflict on the Germans full punishment for their awful crimes. The British count by thousands seamen and civilians who have been murdered. The French will help us to avenge our dead after the war." 1 h 500 Soldiers Reach 1 U. S. Port Afflicted " With Spanish "Flu" An Atlantic Port, Sept. 22. Near ly 500 American soldiers, suffering ' from Spanish influenza were landed - at this port today and taken to hos pitals for treatment. Boston, Sept. 22. Forty-four V deaths from influenza and 19 from ""pneumonia were reported by the board of health today, the second largest total of any day since the epidemic commenced here. Chicago, Sept.. 22. To dispel alarm caused throughout the cov try by exaggerated stories regal ing the existence of Spanish -influenza at the Great Lakes Naval train ing station, Capt. W. A. Moffett, commandant, gave out a statement today declaring that while there are about 4,500 cases of the disease .among the bluejackets at the station, ' situation in general is much im , pdved. i bnemv'a Man Power Loss I ast Twn Months 600.000 f ft Paris, Sept. 22. In a review of x montns, the iiavas agency crea :s to the American troops the re- ablishment of the balance on the .-n frnnt and noints out the itire change that has taken place th last twn months. ''In the last two months alone," says, "the allies took 1S5,WU pns- Iiers. the enemy losses in men ho ill never be able to return to ran le- are estimated at 600.000. ivoid which the 1920 class will not grace to fill V I - ... . i A ALL THE LATEST WAR NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Omaha Daily Bee YOL. 48 NO. 82. Eattrad at coad-la maltar May 21, IMS at Omaha P. 0. ondtr act of trch 3, 1879 OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,. 1918. By Mall (I year). Dally. $4.50: Sunday. $2 10: Dally and Sun., M; outilda Neb. pottage antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: For Iowa Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday showers and cooler. Hourly Trmpnnturw. 1 i). ni " p. m W S p. m . 1 4 p. m IS 5 p. m " A p. m U 1 1 a. m i. . S 7 p., m W U in 67 I S a. m. 0 n, in. VIGOROUS ADVANCE BEGUN BY ITALIANS ON BALKAN FRONT New Attack Launched in Conjunction With Allied Of fensive in Macedonia; Serbians Menace Enemy's Main Supply Route; Austrians Defeated in Hand-to-Hand Conflict in the Alps. Romp, Sept. 22. In conjunction with the general entente allied offensive against the Teuton and Bulgarian forces in Macedonia, Italian troops yesterday began a vigorous ad vance in the bend of the river Cerna, to the east of Monas tic The official statement issued today by the Italian war of fice says that the front enemy positions were captured. Washington, Sept. 22. Serbian : troops pressing the Bulgarians .and Germans in central Macedonia ad vanced more . than 20 kilometers Friday and are now within four miles of the Uskub-Saloniki railroad, the main artery for the supply of the Austro-German and Bulgarian forces, opposing the British and French armies on the Serbian right. Capture 16 Villages. An official dispatch from Serbian general headquarters at Saloniki, received today by the Serbian lega tion, said the Serbians captured 16 villages and 12 guns and now are several kilometers to the north of the village of Kavader. Fresh Bul garian and German troops are ar riving continuously to reinforce the enemy lines. Cutting of the Uskub-Saloniki railroad, it .was said here, officially today, will force the retirement of the enemy's left- wing and cause a general readjustment of tlie enemy lines in this entire section. . .Gain High, Crests. . ... Paris, Sept. 22. The statement issued by the war office tonight says: "Bulgarian forces have been de feated and are being pursued be tween the Cerna and the Vardar. "Serbian forces have advanced in the region of Cebren. On the right they captured high crests near Por ta and Czena. Bulgarians burned villages they had abandoned and a battery of field pieces fell into our hands. Our aviators bombarded the retreating enemy. On both sides of the Vardar and north of Monas tir there is great artillery activity." Austrians Beaten Off. Rome, Sept. 22. The official communication issued today, dealing with operations in the mountain front of the northern Italian thea ter, follows: "South of Nago yesterday, after violent artillepy preparations, mainly with gas shells, two enemy columns attacked the salient of Point 703 at Djssalte, the first column pressing forward frontally and the second en deavoring to unhinge the base of the salient with an encircling move ment. "The gallant troops of the Sixth Czecho-Slovak division, who were holding the position, defended them selves with admirable valor, and the encircling attack was crushed and repulsed by machine gunners. The other hostile column, having carried a small advanced post, gained a foot hold on Point 703, but immediately was -driven back in bitter hand-to-hand fighting with heavy losses. "We captured the outpost in the afternoon. We also destroyed an enemy outpost on the northern slopes of Monte Tomba, taking prisoners." Japanese Cabinet, Headed By Count Terauchi, Resigns Tokio, Sept. 22. The Japanese cabinet, headed by Field Marshal Count Terauchi, which had held office since October; 1916, resigned today. BRITISH BREAK INTO FOE LINES AT FOUR POINTS Advance on Two-Mile Front North of Scarpe; Positions Captured North and East of Epehy. London, Sept. 22. Field Marshal Haig's troops last night smashed into the German lines at four dif ferent points on the battlefront. Ac cording to the British war 'office statement issued today English troops near Gavrelle, north of the river Scarpe, advanced on a two mile front. The British captured several points of resistance. North of Epehy. Haig'g men pushed forward in the sector south of Villers-Guislain. They also re pulsed a German attack on Moeuvres and then improved their positions there. This morning the Germans attack ed the British positions northwest of La Basse, in Flanders. Fighting is still in progress. French Repulse Raids. Paris. Sept. 22. The French war office statement today reads: "The night was marked by quite heavy artillery activity in the region of St. Quentin and north of the Aisne. On the front of the river Vesle French troops repulsed two enemy raids. "French detachments penetrated the German lines in the Chariipagne and in Lorraine and returned with prisoners." Assaults Repulsed, Berlin Reports. .uiim, ocpr t.i.r-via i-onaon.--British infantry under the protec tion of a heavy barrage and ac companied by tanks and aviators, yesterday launched a great united attack on the German positions be tween Gouzeaucourt wood and Har gicourt, northwest of St. Quentin. The official statement issued by the German war office says that this as sault as well as succeeding ones launched were repulsed. Teutons In Russia Commanded by Kaiser To Join Soviet Army Peking, Sept. 22. News has been received here that the German em peror on September 10 issued an order to all Austro-Hungarians and Germans in Russia saying it was their first duty to join -the Russian soviet troops and to oppose Japan and her allies, "who threaten to re store the eastern front." Navy and Marine Corps to Get Recruits From Draft Washington, Sept. 22. The pro gram under which the navy and the marine corps will secure men need ed hereafter was announced by Sec retary Daniels after conferences with representatives of his depart ment, the marine corps and the pro vost marshal general's office. The hayy is to have an average of 15,000 men monthly, while the marine corps will get 5,000 monthly for four months and 1,500 each month thereafter. Of the navy's allotment it may en list or enroll men who have spe cial qualifications for certain navy work, but the remainder will come from "the run of the draft" Men who now hold or hereafter miy be given deferred elusifieation on account of dependency will be permitted to enlist in the navy as the higher pay given is expected to do away with the possibility of Jiard- ships to dependants. Those who nave had previous service in the navy also will be permitted to re-e"1,st- In no case, not even from the draft, will the navy accept men who cannot read, write or speak the English language, nor accept men not citizens of the United States. Much the same system will be followed m enlisting men both in the navy and marine carps. Men desiring to enter either the navy or the marine corps will be required to make application at the proper recruiting office. Among naval mobilization points announced by Secretary Daniels are the fol lowing: Chicago, for Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wiiconsin. Minneapolis for Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. The navy mobilization inspectors for the western division will be lo cated at San Francisco. British Sweep Over Field of Armageddon, Sewing Up Ottoman Forces Within Sack; Allied Troops on Heels of Fleeing Bulgars By Associated Press. With the violence of the opera tions on the western front in France considerably diminished in inten sity, the Turks in Palestine and the Bulgarians and ther allies in Macedonia are being put to the test. But nowhere thus far have they been able to hold back, or even to counteract, the onslaughts of their foes. In Palestine the Turks seemingly are in the process of being crush ed; in Macedonia the entente forces are driving sharp wedges for con siderable distances into the enemy fronts. "In France and Flanders, where there has not been any fighting rising in importance above patrol encounters, the British, French and American troops have kept the up perhand and advanced their respec tive lines. Famous Nazareth Taken. Of transcendent interest, for the moment at least, are the operations of' the British General Allenby's forces in Palestine. Here in less than four days the British have swept forward in the center be tween the river Jordan and the sea and taken the famous Nazareth, while their wings closed around in a swift enveloping movement and nipped within the maw of the great pineer all the Ottoman forces in the coastal sector, the plain of Sharon, the hill region in the cen ter and also the western Jordan valley. Meanwhile to the north east the friendly Arab forces of the king of the Hedjas have cut all railway communication in front of the fleeing Turks and are standing a barrier to theire.scape by way of the eastern plains. More than 18,000 Turks have been made prisoner by the British and guns in excess of 120 had been counted when the latest reports from General Allenby were receiv ed. In addition great quantities of war stores had been captured and still others had not been counted, owing to the rapidity of the move ment. Thousands of Turks Enmeshed. It is not improabble that within the bag, the strings of which have been drawn taut, closing the mouth, thousands of Turks are enmeshed. Many of those already made pris oner were fleeing in disorder, not knowing their lines of retreat had been cut off. Although the Turks at some points offered considerable resist ance to the British, at .no point were they able to stay the advance, even on the famous field of Arma geddon, which the British cavalry swept across and occupied Nazareth to the north. In the operation of sewing the e'nemy within the sack, airmen played an important role, vigorously bombing the retreating Turks, inflicting enormous casual lies on them. The losses of Gen eral Allenby are described as slight. in comparison with the importance of the movement carried out. Hard After Bulgarians. In Macedonia the Italians have joined the fray with the British, French, Serbiali and Greek troops and are hard after the Bulgarians and their allies, who are being driv en northward through southern Ser bia. Between the Cerna and Vardar rivers, although the Bulgarians and Germans are sending up reinforce ments, the allied troops have con tinued their pressure. The Serbians west of the Vardar river have cross ed the Prilepe-Ishtib road at Kavar dar, which constitutes an advance of more than 25 miles into their former territory. To the east of Monastir the Italians have begun operations in the famous Cerna and the Vardar the French also have met with successes. On the French front the British north of the Scarpe river advanced their line on a two-mile front, while east of Epehy, lying between Cam brai and St. Quentin and at several other points on this sector in strong fighting they captured German posi tions. On that part of the front held by the French there was little activity except by the opposing ar tillery, which at times was heavy. On the Lorraine front the Ameri cans have carried out two success ful raids against the Germans and taken prisoners. In addition some casualties were inflicted on the en emy. Several guns also were captured. CITIZENS OF U.S. MURDERED BY RUSSRIOTERS Ruthless Persecution of En tente Nationals Urged by Vologda People's ConK missary. Amsterdam, Sept. 22. The Rus sian people's commissary at Volog da, according to the Pctrograd cor respondent of the Hamburg Nach richten, has urged on the poulation of the entire Vologda province the most ruthless persecution of British subjects and French and American citizens. Rioting against entente nationals has taken place, the correspondent says, and some Frenchmen and Americans are being murdered. Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, a brother-in-law of Emperor Wil liam, has been urged "by high quar ters," according to the socialist newspaper Volks Timme, of Frank fort, to leave the question of the Finnish throne in suspense and to agree only to accept the office of administrator of the kingdom for five years. The prince, the news paper says, has not yet accepted the proposal. Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse was reported in a Copenhagen dis patch of September 11 to be on a tour of Fin'.and. He was declared to have expressed a willingness to receive, the crown of Finland. The Finnish landtag has been summoned to meet September 26 to elect a king. Finland Will Receive Refugees. Helsingfors, Finland, Sept. 22. "In view of the condition of anar chy and murder at Petrograd and the defenseless situation of a great part of the population," says an of ficial statement issued here, "Fin land's government feels that on humanitarian grounds it cannot re fuse to permit Russian, English, American and Italian refugees to come to Finland." Repatriation Planned. London, Sept. 22. It is under stood in official circles here that arrangements are oroeressing for the mutual repatriation of British subjects in Russia and Kussians in Great Britain. Information is said to have been received from M. Tchitcherin, the Russian foreign minister, which leads to the beliet that British subjects will get out of Russia safely. 382 Persons Killed by Ammunition Explosion Amsterdam, Sept. 22. Three hun dred and eighty-two persons have been killed and many others injured in an explosion in an ammunition factory at Woeliersdorf, a town near the Austrian capital, according to Vienna newspapers. Fire broke out in the powder room and the terrific heat quickly overcame those in the- building, mostly girls. 1 German Boys Chained To Guns to Keep Them From Running Away New York, Sept. 22. A Ger man machine gun crew, captured recently by Americans, was found to be composed of sailors who were "little more than boys," and who were chained to theit guns so that they could not flee, ac cording to a letter from Lieut. William J. Flynn, formerly a New York police sergeant, received here today. Lieutenant Flynn said the boys told their captors they had been chained to their p6sts because they refused to fight against American troops. American Steamer Torpedoed and 64 Of Crew Missing Corunna, Spain, Sept. 22. Three officers and 27 of theNcrew of the American steamer Buena Ventura have arrived here. The vessel was torpedoed last Monday. Three boats with 64 of the crew are miss ing. The Buena Ventura was proceed ing from Bordeaux, where she had unloaded a cargo of petroleum from Philadelphia. v The vessel belonged to the United States Steel Products company. Gorgas Urges Co-operation In Combating Social Scourge Washington, Sept. 22. Surgeon General Gorgas has urged the "im mediate co-operation of the civil population" to safeguard men in the service from the alarming spread of social diseases, according to a bulle tin issued tonight by the War de partment commission on training camp activities. It was pointed out that out of the new cases of disease for the week ending September 6, approximately 88 per cent were those of social dis eases and 80 per cent of these were reported to have been contracted before the men entered the service. BAKER INSPECTS SUPPLY SERVICE ON BATTLE LINE War Secretary Greatly Amazed at Promptness, Ef- ficiency and Accuracy of Great Fighting Machine. Paris, Sept. 22. Newton D. Baker. American secretary of war, visited the aviation field yesterday and another last night. Regarding his visit he made the following statement to the Associated Press: "I have just completed an inspec tion of the ports and am now making a thorough inspection of the service of supplies from here and later I am going to the recreation areas and thence to general headquarters in France from England and will spend some time with our combatant troops in the American sector, after which I will sail for home. The progress upon which the subsistence and supply of the army rests is amazing. The promptness, efficiency and accuracy of the services are evident and the spirit of the of ficers and men is confident and high." Thecorrespondent of the Associat ed Press told Secretary Baker that he had been with the service of sup ply for six months and that once the American officers talked of the Ger man organization. The secretary inr terrupted, saying: "We've beaten it from the beginning. Three Austrian Regiments Refuse to Go to France Basel, Switzerland, Sept. 22. (Havas.) An Austrian regiment at Rovno, in the Russian province of Volyhnia, is reported in a dispatch received here .from Kiev to have re fused to go to the battle front in France. The Austrians are said to have been joined by two other regiments. Senators Line Up For Fight On Woman Suffrage Issue Washington, Sept. 22. Wartime prohibition and woman suffrage, two subjects which have been be fore congress for many months, probably will be brought to a vote this week, while the war revenue bill is entering upon its third stage revision by the senate finance com mittee of the draft adopted by the house last week. The house plans tomorrow to take up the $12,000,000,000 emergency ag ricultural appropriation bill with a view to voting on the senate rider providing for national prohibition effective June 30, next, for the period of the war. Advocates of this legis lation say it will be approved over whelmingly. Advocates and opponents of wom an suffrage are lining up for a fight in the senate Thursday when Sen ator Jones of the suffrage committee will call up the house resolution providing- for- submission to the states of constitutional amendment granting the franchise to women. In the senate tomorrow Senator Thomas of Colorado plans to attack the war excess profits plan as un constitutional. On the house side the appropria tions committee will continue work on the $7,000,000,000 army appro priation bill with plans for a report on it 'ate this week or arly next week. Representative Scott Ferris, chair man of the democratic congression al committee, in a statement tonight said the claims of republican lead ers that . the election of a repub lican congress in November is nec essary to insure a vigorous prose cution of the war "falls .before the facts." The record, he said, reveals that republicans in congress, viewed as a whole, "have been obstruction ists," and that the democrats have been "the reliance of the adminis tration on war measures." ALLENBY'S TROOPS HEM IN MOSLEMS IN THE HOLY LAND i Enemy in Flight Headed Off by Infantry and Shep herded Into Arms of Cavalry Units Which Have Advanced 60 Miles, Occupying Nazareth and Other Towns of Biblical Renown. YANKEES MAKE TWO RAIDS NEAR ST. MIHIEL LINE Capture Some Prisoners in Sallies Preceded by Bar ) rages Which Were Deadly. - London, Sept. 22. General Allenby's forces, in their '; drive through Palestine, have taken 18,000 prisoners and have captured 120 guns, four airplanes and a large quantity of uncounted transport. This4 means the virtual annihilation of the Ottoman forces in this region. The" British losses were surprisingly slight, considering the importance of the advance. Cavalry units, operating between the Jordan and Medi terranean, have advanced some 60 miles from their original positions and have occupied thd Biblical renowned towns of Nazareth and Afule and Beisan. ? The text of the statement issued by the war office tonight follows: "By 9 o'clock on Saturday night . on our left wing the infantry about Birafur liad reached the line Beitde-jan-Samaria-Kirafmr, shepherding ;, the enemy on the west of the Jeru--salem-Nabulus road into the arms- -of our cavalry operating southward -from Jenin and Beisan. Aircraft Harass Foe. "Other enemy columns vainly at- -tempted to escape into the Jordan valley in the direction of Jisr-Ed , Dameer which still is held by us. These columns suffered severely from our aircraft, which constantly harassed them with bombs au4SJbw chine-gun fire. - ' "In the vicinity of Lak tibifjttl " our cavalry detachments hold. .Nazi, reth and the rail and road passage . ever the Jordan at Jisr-Ed-Dameer, , "Already 18,000 prisoners have been captured and 120 guns collect ed." Pressed Hard in Retreat. Giving further information con cerning the dramatic advance of the British army in Palestine, begun 1 during the night of September 19.' a special correspondent at General - Allenby s headquarters writes: ' ' "The victory is much more ini portant than the number of prison ers at present reported indicates, for the Turk has had a smashing blow -and is retiring into the hills as fast ' as his weary legs will permit. The British are pressing him with splen did energy. "Preparations for the battle en tailed a good deal of marching. The troops were always moved by night and remained hidden inthe day time. The British mastery of the air prevented enemy observers from seeing any change in the dispositions ' and movements. The Turk, too, possessed positions that commanded a wide range, but he remained mys tified. The infantry opened "way for the cavalry to pass through, and there was a wonderful spectacle of long columns of British yeomanry and Australian lighthorse and In dian cavalry moving over a wide ex panse of country throughout : the -coastal sector of the plain of Sharon to get to the enemy rear.". v Turks Admit Defeat. " 1 The following official communica tion issued by the Turkish "war office Friday was received here to day: "On the evening of the 18th the expected British attack began on4 (Continued on Page Two, Column Six.) By Associated Press. With the American Forces in Lor raine, Sept. 22. American troops made two successful raids on the German lines northeast of St. Mihiel early this morning, taking 29 pris oners in. the region of Haumont and five prisoners southeast of Charey. Both raids were preceded by bar rages. Patrols from the region of Hau mont reported that at least 40 Ger mans were killed or injured. Other patrols from the Charey region es timated that the barrage killed at least a score of Germans. The prisoners taken southeast of Charey were machine gunners, the Americans capturing two heavy ma chine guns. At Haumont the Ger mans were captured in dugouts, where they had taken refuge from the stiff American barrage. The Germans answered with their artil lery along the American line. The first American barrage be gan soon after midnight. The other started at 2 . o'clock. Both con tinued for two hours. Sharp Fight in Haumont. A unit of the American raiders entered Haumont, whete the Ger mans had been using a church tower as an observation post. Sharp fight ing took place in the village, the Americans getting the better of the-l Germans and obtaining the informa tion desired. Then they returned to their own lines. A patrol found several dugouts east of Haumont and indications that the Germans were continuing to dig in. Another patrol reported enemy trenches and numerous machine gun emplacements south of Dom martin. When the American barrages had started, the Germans apparently be lieved that another offensive had opened, and filled the sky with rock ets and signal shells. The heavy shelling apparently caused confu sion in the enemy front, because after the first barrage, it was more than 20 Ininutes before the Ger mans replied. Airplanes Active. German airplanes were active Sat urday night in the region between the Moselle river and St. Benoit, northeast of St. Mihiel. The for ward areas were bombed practically all night. German artillery kept up a harassing fire on Priest woods. Rappes woods and the village of Fey-En-Haye. The road to Thiau court is being shelled intermittently. The Germans are reported to be working on dugouts to the west of Pagny and to the east of Haumont. Similar activity has been observed north of Dampvitou and south of Dommartin. Death, of St. Paul Prelate Expected Momentarily St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 22. Al though slightly refreshed by a brief sleep today. Archbishop Ireland was so gravely ill tonight that Jits physi cians feared he would not live until morning. Oxygen and other stimulants were used today to strengthen the archbishop's heart action. He re mained conscious throughout the (day and told visitors he was await ing the end patiently. ' South Is Favored In Disbursing War fund, Charge Made in House Washington, Sept 22. Charges that political influence has been brought to bear on Secretary Baker ; in making selections for cantonment sites and for the location of other war activities, were made in - the house by Representative Robbins of Pennsylvania, republican. Discrim ination in favor of the south at against the north was charged by Mr. Robbins, who declared that to democratic states the treasury is sending a flow of gold to aid in meeting political exigencies. The representative declared that , 16 southern states have received v from the federal government a total of $490,306,991 for camps and war plants, while Pennsylvania, he said, has received only a little more than ' ff.000,000 and othrrn northern states have received proportionately the same. , Representative Heflin of Alabama, democrat, said Pennsylvania bad rc ceived from $50 000 000 to $60,000 0C0 for every $1,000,000 scent in AT. bama and that the north generally had enjoyed the exoenditur. J $150,000,000 for every $1.0Ma spent in the south, 4V