8 BERLIN DEMANDS DEMOBILIZATION [Continued from First Page.] ■ion of peace. An immediate begin ning will be made of the removal of mines in the Baltic and Insofar as Russian power extends in the Black sea. Commercial shipping Is free in these waters and will be re sumed immediately. A mixed com mittee will be appointed to fix fur ther regulations, especially for the announcement of routes for mer chant ships. Shipping routes are to be kept permanently free from float ing mines." Military Activity by Japan Is Imminent, Is Belief of Diplomats Washington, March 5. —Japan, re ports indicate, will act soon to pro tect allied interests in eastern Si beria. Press dispatches received in Eondon say the British, French and Italian ambassadors in Tokio have or will immediately ask the Japa nese government to take whatever action It may consider necessary to oppose German propaganda in Si tCuticura Promotes Hair Health Soap 25c. 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Also there are further reports of the hostile attitude of the Bolsheviki element in Siberia as well as of the thou sands of released Austro-German war prisoners who have been armed and drilled. A belated dispatch frim Peking says Russian forces are menacing the frontier of Chinese or eastern Turkestan. Turkish and German agents have been active in this territory attempting to arouse the Mohammedans against the Chinese government. Details Lacking Articles of the treaty signed by Russia and the Central Powers do not go into detail, but German dom ination of the territory taken from Russia is assured, Article 111 pro viding that Germany and Austria shall be permitted to decide the fate of the territories "in agreement with their populations." The new Rus sian frontier from the Gulf of Fin land to the Caspian Sea is to be determined later, but Russia is to evacuate Anatolia and surrender the provinces of Batoum, Kars and Erivaa —the remaining portions of ancient Armenia —to the Turks. This territory has a combined area of 20,000 square miles and a popu lation of more than 1,600,000. Berlin announces officially that Rumania has accepted,the German armistice conditions. The peace ne gotiations we're interrupted last week by the ending of the previous armistice and it was necessary to agree to a new. one before the pourparlers could continue. WILSON SOON TO GIVE VIEWS ON SIBERIA [Continued from First Page.] Tokio, that the Japanese govern ment Is extremely well-informed of the developments in Siberia, but at present is adopting a policy of watchful waiting. Japan is care fully avoiding arousing the antagon ism of loyal Russians, who, notwith standing their dire need of assist ance, appear to be extremely sen sitive of outside interference. Recognizing also that China is en titled to consideration as a protector of the frontier on which Japan does not actually border, Japan, the dis patch adds, probably has agreed with China on a plan for prompt co-operation. Washington. March 5. —President Wilson is expected to go before Con gress very soon, probably within a few days, and there lay down the course which America is to follow in the baffling situation created by the proposed miltary entry of Japan in to Siberia. With such a confliction of inter ests and so many pressing factors, it seems very probable that he will fall back on basic principles, hold to the truth as he sees it and cut straight through to the goal of democratic war aims, no matter how far he may diverge from one or another of the various lines of interest which tem porarily have centered in this spec tacular issue. When the President speaks he will at the same time answer Count von llertling and cover the whole inter national iield. Events are rapidly shaping themselves so that a mes sage of liberalism, a war message against imperialism and autocracy going back to the basic principles of our democratic war aims will include every issue at present on the boards and will be an answer all around to the vast new complexities that have arisen overnight to render the task of liberalism more difficult than ever before. What is happening in the Japanese situation is distinctly under the rose. The last two days have added no news to what was known already. America's decision has not been taken. No intimation can be gleaned in official quarters as to what this decision is likely to be, and the im pression gathered from a discussion in many quarters of the points in the case which are now common knowledge is that the Administra tion itself is still in a quandry as to what is best to do. Most Difficult Task of War Not that there is any doubt as to the course which America would take if the issue were free of com plications. On a flat proposition, America would never countenance nor lend her support to the entrance of Japan into Siberia. But it is the enormous complexity of the various factors involved which under pres ent circumstances is giving the Ad ministration its most difficult fend portentous task in the field of for eign policy since America's entrance into the war. The understanding is that Eng land and France are outrightly sup porting the Japanese position and are bringing every pressure to bear upon America to agree with them in giving Japan a free hand in Siberia. France, according to report, is more bitter than England against the Bol shevik!, and this is understood to be the real motive behind the support of a Japanese invasion of Siberia. America is known to have coun tered British and French pressure for our unqualified approval of th plan by raising the issue to the effect of this action upon all parties in Russia and by pointing out that, al though Japan's intentions in Si beria are, of course, beyond ques tion, she ought to outline these in tentions in an official declaration or guarantee that she has no territorial or economic ambitions in the mat ter, and that every issue raised by her action in that quarter will be submitted to the peace conference at the end of the war. Japan's Attitude Unknown The allies are understood to have assented to this tfounter-proposal in so far as they have agreed to try to obtain from Japan such a declara tion. It is not known whether Japan has yet made reply or whether America has definitely committed herself in case Japan makes a favor able reply, but considerable doubt of the latter is being expressed in usu ally well-informed quarters. The impression seems to be that, so far as any actual decision in the matter is concerned, America is still free. The step has not yet been taken. Japan has been acting in this sit uation largely through the good offices of the British and French am bassadors in Washington. Count Ishii, the new Japanese ambassador, has not yet arrived in America or he would undoubtedly be conducting the negotiations in a direct avenue from Tokio. MILLIONS USED TROLLEY CARS [Osntinued from First Page.] port shows, the cost of fuel was in creased 152 per cent, over the pre ceding year and wages paid employes jumped 27.43 per cent, over 1916. Following the reading of the re port the stockholders re-elected the following directors whofee terms had expired: Edward Bailey, J. M. Cam eron and S. F. Dunkle. Report of Earnings The annual reports show that while the gross earnings of the com pany increased $155,673.59, or 15.3 per cent, the net earnings were in creased only $11,768.62, or 5.6 per cent. The operating expenses dur ing the period increased $136,520.37, or 28.9 per cent. The percentage of operating expenses as related to the gross earnings was 52.05 per cent., an increase of 5.45 per cent, over 1916. According to the report the gross earnings in 1917 were $1,170,677.96 and in 1916 the figures were $1,015,- 004.37, the increase for last year be ipg $155,673.59. The operating ex penses for last year were $609,- 415.01 and In 1916, $472,894.64, an increase of $136,520.37; allowances for depreciation, $98,670, as com pared with $95,476 in 1916, an in crease of $3,194;. taxes, including amount reserved for unsettled taxes, $83,800, as compared with SBO,OOO in 1916, an increase of $3,800; rentals of leased lines in 1917 were $157,- 940.60, against $157,550 in 1916, an increase of $890.60. These Items for 1917 total $949,825.61, as compared with $805,920.64 in 1916 and show an increase of $143,904.97. These expenses deducted from the gross earnings make the net earn ings for 1917, $220,852.35. In 1916 the net earnings amounted to $209,- 083.73, the increase in 1917 being $11,768.62. The income from the company's investment in 1917 was $20,421.80, an increase of $1,624.47 over 1916 and the total of the net earnings and the income from in vestments for 1917 was $241,274.15, or $13,393.09 more than in the pre ceding year. The interest paid on bonds during last year was $148,- 875, or $267.36 more than in 1916, making the net income for the com pany, $92,399.15, or $13,125.73 more than in 1916. Operating Costs Heavy On December 31. 1916, there was a balance of $78,700.12 on hand and this, with the net income for 1917, made $171,099.27 from which divi dends of 1% per cent, paid April 1 and 1 per cent, paid October 1, to taling $57,750 wore deducted, leav ing $113,349.27. During the year, the report shows, $104,788.95 was expended for main tenance, as compared with $77,- 115.08 in 1916. The gross earnings as already noted Increased $155,- 673.59, or 15.3 over 1916. "Against this increase," says the report, ''there was an increase in operating expenses of $136,520.37, or 28.9 per cent. This entire Increase in gross earnings, therefore, with the excep tion of $19,153.22, was consumed by increased operating expenses. "This heavy increase in operating expenses was due largely to the ab normal increases in costs of fuel, re pair. materials and wages. "Comparing the cost of fuel for making power,' we have in 1916, $41,584.12 and in 1917, $105.033.84, an increase of $63,499.72, or 132 per cent. "The cost of wages was 5319.- 974.16 as compared with $274,- 632.06- for 1916, an increase of $75,342.10, or 27.43 per cent. "Operating conditions have been the most severe this winter, ex perienced in the history of the com pany. Schedules have been most difficult to maintain, due to the severe weather and heavy snows, forcing vehicular traffic on the tracks, and also disabling tem porarily, much of the rolling stock." Of the rolling stock, the report says that during 1917 five new standard city type cars of the ,No. 600 series were purchased, together with five large suburban type car& of the No. 800 series. Announce ment was also made that five more of the suburban type were ordered for delivery in the spring and the stockholders were warned that the prices will be greatly in excess' of those of last year. "At the end of the year, the roll ing stock equipment was as fol lows: "Passenger service—Total num ber of cars in service, 129; number of closed cars, 105; number of open cars, 24. "Of the one hundred and five closed cars, ninety-one are of the pay-within type. "In miscellaneous service—6 old passenger cars, 4 snow sweepers, 1 snowplow, 1 street sprinkler. "Two (2) 3%-ton gasoline motor trucks were purchased to replace teams that it was customary .to hire, and the results have been entirely satisfactory. Substation "Ground was purchased at Reily and Marion streets, Harrisburg, for erecting a substation to utilize high tension current that will be pur chased to take care of the overload at the main plant. "Tour board thought it advisable to arrange for this power, rather than attempt an enlargement of the power plant equipment at this time. Deliveries of machinery of this character cannot be secured under one and one-half to two years, and the prices prevailing are extremely high. Track and Roadway "No extensions of work of an im portant character were undertaken during the year. Scarcity of labor and difficulty In securing materials made It impracticable to undertake any extensions or betterments. "While the gross business for the year was large, the heavy operat ing costs were out of all proportion to this revenue, due to the fact that the rate of' fare has remained sta tionary. Taxes are rising very rab idly, and with these unavoidable ex penses, the margin between revenue and cost of doing business is very small. Interned Germans Will Build Roads Philadelphia. March s.—lnterned German prisoners of war will be used to build roads in this country, ac cording to information received from Washington yesterday by the Phila delphia Board of Trade. For some months the Board has been studying the problem of utiliz ing the labor of German prisoners to make up for the shortage now ex isting. Some time ago Mlers Busch, chairman of the inland transportation committee of the Boatd, wrote to all Philadelphia Representatives and the two Pennsylvania Senators, asking them to see that measures were taken to put these men to work so they should not remain in comfort able idleness with th e country so short of labor. ROSS L. BECKLEY FOR ASSEMBLY Well-Known Lower Allen Man Will Be "Dry" Candidate in Cumberland County JBj& fIBH ROSS L BECKLEY Rojs L. Beclkey, whose election as a supervisor of Lower Allen town ship in Cumberland county by a ma jority of 150 attracted county-wide attention last fall, to-day consented to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the House of Repre sentatives from Cumberland county. For several days friends of Mr. Peckley, who is well known to many Harrisburgers, have urged him to be come a candidate and to-day he sent word that he would do so on a plat form favoring ratification of the pro hibition anymdment. Mr. Beckiey, who is a graduate of Millersvillo State Normal School, has resided in Cumberland county for over twenty years and for ten years was a school teacher and principal. He was then elected a director. For some time he lias been secretary and treasurer of the Harrisburg Electric Company, which has a store in South Market Square. In addition to being favorably known to many people in Cumber land county, Mr. Beckiey is well known in the West Shore boroughs. He has been active in church and Sunday school work, being superin tendent of the Sunday school ot Baughnian Methodist Church at New Cumberland. He* is also identified with the New Cumberland Municipal League and with various fraternal organizations in that place and this city. He is also a member of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. 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High Honors Are Paid Archbishop Prendergast's Memory at Last Rites By Associated Press Philadelphia, March 5. —With all the traditional honors called for by the Rubrics of the Catholic Church, the funeral of the Most Rev. Dr. Ed mond F. Prendergast, Archbishop of Philadelphia, was held to-day in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Cardinals Gibbons and Farley, Arch bishop Bonzano, more than a score of bishops, archbishops and monsignori from many parts of the country, hundreds of iyiests and members of other religious orders, together with thousands of lay church members, assembled to pay thair last tribute to the memory of the late leader of one of the largest archdioceses in the country. The Cathedral, where the Arch bishop was laid to rest In a crypt beneath the high altar, was too small to accommodate the crowds of mourners. Thousands, unable to I Buy W. S. S. WM. STROUSE THE MAN'S STORE OF HARRISBURG I Sincerity in Service It rings from Sincerity every corner of in service our store. It is inborn. ® 1 ! 08 °V t Wm. Strouse's brightly on the • 4&& V •. JMffife v . r store lives its countenance or , every man in pollCy day ,n our organiza- day out> tioh. It mani- We do not fests itself in flf i merely talk - the greeting service, we put I door, in the high c l°thes I the TM*/ Kj ,< y are" backed 1 by merchandise, in j'■ I j i\)V: \ ;■ this store, the attention j \m\ | * jf* * * Every man in you receive Iwpl 'j- our store be from every one 1 #;'wlffl lieves in them, within the H§ • jßti'-s can °^ er them store, in the Win' to y° u w itb a transaction clear under after you have ' * standing that made your pur- his service to chase. you is sincere. I Adler-Rochester Clothes are so good in material, so excellent in tailoring, so fashionable in cut and so moderately priced that we back them with our whole reputation as Jong as they continue to be made like they are now. 1 The New Spring Lines Range in Price S2O to $35 I For Suits and Top Coats and theg are worth it I ew ' s U n d erwear 1 Complete lines in cot -1 wjrm U ton for spring and sum £M Union Suits—short or long fi sleeves, knee or ankle length or ' three quarter length. £ $1.50 to $3.00 Your Money # Built Cheerfully Our Policy: Do It Better On Bigger Refunded . • # Values The New Store of Wm. Strouse —Ever New—3lo Market Street gain admittance to the service, thronged Logan Square, which faces the church building, many Btanding bareheaded throughout the exercises. In accordance with the wishes of the Archbishop, there was a note of simplicity at the funeral, which con trasted with the elaborate service of the Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass which was celebrated for the repose of his Boul and the brilliant robes of the visiting church dignataries. The removal of the body in a glass htaise, as was done at Archbishop Ryan s burial, was dispensed with, the late" Archbishop's remains being taken from the archepiscopal resi dence privately and without proces sion. Bishop John McCort, the Arch bishop's auxiliary, was the celebrant of the pontifical mass. Bishop J. F. Regis Canevan, of Pittsburgh, preached the funeral sermon. The Very Rev. Dr. Edraond J. Fitzmaur ice, chancellor, was assistant priest; the Right Rev. Dr. Henry T. Drum goole, deacon, and Monsignor Peter (iiasson, Allentown subdeacon; the Rev. Francis J. Clark, rector of the Cathedral; the Rev. W. J. Walsh, the Archbishop's secretary, and the Rev. Thomas F. McNally were masters of ceremony. The actual entombrrent was wit nessed by the clergy only. Dandruffy Heads Become Hairless If you want plenty of thiok, beau tiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it If you don't. It doesn't do much good to try to brush or wash it out. The only surti way to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it, then you destroy it en tirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; ap ply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and [ three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely de stroy every single sign and trace Of it. "i'ou will find, too, that all Itch ing and digging of the scalp will stop, and your hair will look and feel a hundred times better. You car, get liquid arvon at any drug store. It is inexpensive and four ounces is all you will need, no mat ter how much dandruff you have. This simple remedy never falls.
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