CITY TENNIS COURTS AND RESERVOIR GOLF LINKS TO BE OPEN ON SATURDAY TENNIS AND GOLF SEASONS TO OPEN Grant Forrer Promises That Courts and Reservoir Links Will Be Ready on Saturday If the weather keep* favorable, next Saturday will see the revival of tennis and golf In IJarrisburg, for V. Grant Forrer. the park master, believed to-day that everything: will be ready by then for the spring: opening. Never before was the task so difficult to get things shaped up. because of the shortage of labor and the uncommonly bad weather, and Mr. Forrer deserves greatest credit for his surpassing Industry. No one thought the tennis courts would be fit to play on Inside of several weeks. The announcement means that a total of twenty-tliree courts will be thrown open to the public, certainly a good number for a city of this caliber, as follows: Reservoir, eight; Sycamore, four; Twelfth street, six: Emerald, two, and the Island, three. The Island courts were in particu larly bad shape, backstops had been ruined, falling trees tores down the side screening and the clay floor was ripped up in channels by the hard rains. Reservoir Park courts wero nearly as much demolished by hun dreds of deep heelmarks made by outlaws who chose to run over the playground In the winter. Simultaneously with tennis, the golf season will be unleashed at Reservoir Park and golfers will And the old links In'magniflcent •andi tion. This year sees a new man in charge, replacing Steward McEwan, whose death was so sadly deplored by hundreds of golfers whom he had taught the game. Curiously enough, the new man. Robert Fairbairn, a genuine Scotchman, came from the same small town as McEwan and they were boyhood friends. Fair bairn last instructed in Chicago and he is one of the top-notch, all around golf efficients In this coun try. Little remained this morning to be done to have the links in perfect shape, and they who love this pas time will rejoice that Grant Forrer lias had tee No. 1 sodded, as well as other former clay tees. This change from yellow clay to green turf at the tees greatly enhances the charm of the links. Incidentally, the course lias been lengthened 500 yards and so Reservoir links will stack up with any in the vicinity now. CAPITAL CITY SPORTS Any intermediate amateur team in the city or nearby should communi cate with W. L. Murray. 113 South street. Bell phone. 3555-J, to arrange :i ball game with Section 2 team. Technical High school, which is now ready to ;.,eet allcomers. Manger "Chub" Beatty, of the Engineer and Firemen baseball club, will put his men over the hurdles this afternoon at the Sixth ard Divi sion streets diamond in a stiff prac tice for purpose of weeding out the slackers and getting a first class out tit. This team expects to mix up with a good Lancaster club shortly. Rain stopped the game last even ing between the Central Informal and the Hick-a-Thrift demons on the Island diamond. Two inpings had proceeded, both teams playing clever ball; when the storm broke, com pelling another engagement in the near future. Manager Killinger, of the Rose wood baseball club, requests all can didates for positions on that team to report at the Seventeenth and Chestnut streets diamond at 6 o'clock Thursday evening for the initial practice of the season. The Rose wood lineup has been slightly shat tered by the draft and enlistments and Manager Killinger has a big job on his hands to pick a squad to rep resent the former fast organization. The All-Star A. C. after getting a start in the third inning defeated the Seventh Street A. C. with a score of 16 to 5. The playing of Knoble and Emminger was a feature, while R. Blessing, the AUSstar pitcher, held the Seventh Street A. C. to one hit. Score: Ail-Star 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 3 I—l 6 14 1 7th Street ..0 2 3000 00 1— 5 6 4 Batteries, All-Star, Frank, Bless ing and R. Stroup: Seventh Street, Chick, Tarman and Little. Stnftk out. by Frank, 2; Blessing, 6: Chick. 1 ; Tarman, 2. Umpires, Eliot and Brown. There was some lively bowling last night. Leese, of the Sharp Shooters, on the Richards and Brashear's al leys. at Steelton, won out in high singles with 158, and Thompson, also a Sharp Shooter, won the high triple honors with a grand total of 388 pins. The opponents were the Artil lery and the Sharp Shooters won two out of three contests in the Steelton Duckpin League series. On the Dull's alleys. New Cumber land, last evening, the bowlers from the Pennsylvania Railroad Pipe Shop defeated the New Cumberland shoot ers by grabbing two games from the match. Line, a New Cumberland shooter, won the high single honors ■with a score of 194 pins, while AVrightstone, a Pennsy roller. • won the triples with a margin of 517 pins. MR. GEORGE B. ZECH ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAS OPENED A BUICK SERVICE STATION AT THE CORNER OF ' RIVER AND BLACKBERRY STS. REAR OF 15 S. FRONT ST. WHERE HE WILL MAKE ALL KINDS OF ADJUST MENTS AND REPAIRS TO BUICK CARS. WEDNESDAY EVENING, eeiN<s Mill ——\ I PARK BREAKFAST J \ ( p llSfci 7 Snoo-O-Pulls) [ what on carthtpoJ • fop Told ' : . _________________________ __________ t> WEST END A. C. IN OPENING GAME Great Battle Expected With St. Mary's, of Steelton, Next Saturday at Seneca Street The West End Athletic Associa tion of this city, under management of C. J. Householder, will open the 1918 this Saturday on their field at Fourth and Seneca streets, with the strong St. Mary's Club, of Steelton. This same club opened the season last year and gave West End an awful dubbing. A number of new faces will be seen in the West End lineup to re place the men now in the service of Uncle Sam. It is thought that "Snowball" Winters, a West End favorite may twirl this game. He leaves on May 5 to join the En gineers Corps. Others in the service are Scotty Knight, catcher; Lefty Challenger, pitcher; Ben Kline, catcher; Harry Beam, outfielder, along with Winters and Jimmy Russell, who has been selected for service and expects to leave about May 14. All these play ers were valuable and considered the best in amateur circles. The man agement will try hard to replace them with "Honey" Garverich, a southpaw, with Hagerstown last year; Kililnger, Rosewood's main stay behind the bat, formerly of the New Cumberland Central Pennsyl vania League champions; Embick, the captain of the New Cumberland team; Bud Lingle, of Technical High; Earl Walz, of Enola, the only twirier to defeat West End last year. After reorganizing along these lines the association intends to give baseball fans the best brand of ball possible. Baseball Summary; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Chicago, 13; Cleveland, S. New York, 2; Athletics, 0. Boston, 8: Washington, 1. St. Louis-Detroit, wet grounds. National League * Brooklyn, 5; Boston, 3. New York, 15; Phillies, 0. Cincinnati, 5; St. Louis, 4. Chicago-Pittsburgh, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American league . W. L. Pet. Boston 11 2 .846 Chicago 5 2 .714 Cleveland 6 4 .600 New York 6 7 .462 Washington 4 7 .364 St. Louis 3 6 .333 Detroit 2 4 .333 Athletics 3 8 .273 National League W. L. Pet. New York 11 1 .917 Phillies S 4 .667 Chicago 6 3 .667 Cincinnati 7 5 .SB3 Pittsburgh 4 4 .500 St. Louis 3 8 .273 Boston 2 9 .182 Brooklyn 2 9 .182 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Detroit at St. Louis. [ Chicago at Cleveland. | Washington at Boston, j Athletics at New York. National league Pittsburgh at Chicago. ! St. Louis at Cincinnati. 1 New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. CAMERON WINS TWICE The Cameron Building lawnball team opened their season yesterday by defeating the Camp Curtin team by the score of 99 to 17 and the Maclay Building team by the score of 45 to 30. Both games were play ed on the ball diamond at Fourth and Seneca streets. AROUND THE BASES | Be<*ftuse of war-time economy,] Reading High's relay team which won a place Saturday afternoon ill the University of Penn track carnival at Philadelphia, will not receive any trophies. In other years the flrst three teams were awarded cups, but this was done away with for the first time this year. Joe I-iefter, who had been picked as the anchor man, hut this honor fell to Charles "Buster" Saylor. The change was made be en use Saylor was the only Reading runner who had performed before at Philadelphia. Butch Sailer, of basketball fame, started for Reading and was followed by Ed. Eisenbrown. I/iefter was the third and Saylor was the last man to do the quarter. The at the Giants' opening game came to about S3OO. This is the money over and "above the war tax demanded by the gov ernment that the magnates are go ing to keep. The New York club, though, will give its 'breakage" to charity, it has been announced. Edward K. Adams, former Berks county target champion, was high j gun at the shoot held by the Spring! Valley Gun Club Saturday afternoon.! It was the first event of the trap-1 shooting season in this vicinity pnd' 24 marksmen participated. The win- 1 ner broke 49 out of 50 clay pigeons. l John J. Marburger was second with! a score of 45. "Watch ho!" Heave her over!" "Hold fast!" No landlubber would ever accuse those terms of being connected with j the vernacular of the national game, yet that's exactly what you'd hear If you wandered near the Federal wharf at Boston and watched thei apprentices on the training ships of! the new American merchant marine; having their tryouts for positions on the teams of the Merchant Marine 1 League. Herman Schaefer, now utility man and comedian with the Cleveland Indians, refuses to answer to the old nickname of "Germany," but how will he ever be able to choke off that old yodle song of his in the "Pullman? That was one of his chief attractions, teamed with Nick Altrock, when he was with the Griffmen. Frank L. Kramer, former national cycling champion, started in on his twenty-first year of active competi tion at the Velodrome in Newark by beating Bob Spears, of Australia in SHORTSTOP CRANE LOST TO STEELTON Manager Cockill Tried Hard to Keep Him but He Signs With Atlanta Sam Crane, shortstop, will play the 1918 season with tlie Atlanta, Ga.. team, lie leaves Harrlsburg to night to join the Georgia team at Mobile, Ala. Last night Crane re ceived a telegram from Manager F. H. Frank, to report at once. The terms were satisfactory and Crane agreed. He is to cet a nice bonus for consenting to Clark Griffith's' ar rangement to play in Atlanta. Crane has been home since last Friday, coming hpre from Cincin nati. Griffith had been on bis trail for three days. He learned from Mattliewson that Crane had left Cin cinnati for his home here and caught the shortstop at Pittsburgh by long distance telephone. Crane was advised of Griffith's move to transfer him to Georgia, but would not give an immediate answer. He told Grif fith over the sizzling wires he was coming home, that he didn't propose to warm the rfeneh in Cincinnati. So home he came. Griffith caught him on the telephone a half dozen times. Crane was tentatively sold to Cin cinnati by Griffith early in the sea son. If he made good as a llrst string shortstop Cincinnati would pay Grif fith's price. He fielded like a streak of fire, but Matthewson reckoned he. didn't have enough hits against big pitchers and advised Griffith he would be glad to keep Crane as utility inflelder. Crane warmed the bench and Griffith got busy with Atlanta. Early last evening he agreed to meet Grif fith and at 10 o'clock last night terms were agreed upon between Griffith, Atlanta and Crane and he agreed to report at once. Cockhill tried hard to have Crane remain at home and play for Steelton, but to no avail. Y. M. C. A. Determined to Have Mathewson in France Xtn York, May I.—After a con ferehce late yesterday with John K. Tener, president of the National League. Dr. George J. Fisher, of the physical department of the National War Work Council of the V. M. C. A., left for Cincinnati to talk again with Christopher Mathewson regard ing the call to go to France to di rect all the baseball activities among the men of the fighting forces. •'I think Matty can be Induced to accept the offer of the Y. M. C. A.. said Mr. Tener, "and for the Nation al 1 may say that organized baseball appreciates the honor of the call from our soldiers in the trenches." HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH a one-mile match race. Kramer made an auspicious start, winning two out of three heats. Whether the Yankees will amount to anything this season hinges almost entirely on whether Slim Caldwell's arm will come back and show any of its old cunning. With one strong pitcher to build a staff around, two fair men in Russell and Morgridge, and Love and Thormahlen in reserve, the Yankee sluggers should knock out enough runs to keep the club's head above the .500 mark and light ing somewhere in the first division. But if Caldwell is through as a top notcher, leaving Russell and Morg ridge to carry the staff along, the club seems doomed for another sec ond division campaign, despite its terrific offensive. .Toe Cobb, a Detroit recruit catcher, attributes his speed in eluding rival infielders to the fact that in his -oal mining days it was necessary for him to show considerable agility in avoid ing rampaging mules. According to a contemporary, Artie O'Leary, a pugilist by choice and a punching bag by profession, was un able to continue against Rocky Kan sas in Saturday night's windup be cause he fell on his head. Artie is to be congratulated. He might have lilt some more vulnerable spot. A 1 Mamaux left the*, Pirates be cause they were always last, and went to Brooklyn. Now we can't find him in the percentage column. The Middle States rowing regatta, which was canceled last year, will be revived this summer. A meeting of the Middle States Rowing Association will take place this month. The races are to be held on Labor Day, September 2. Kern, a lad of seventeen sum mers. twirled the Blaln team to the first no run no hit victory recorded this year. The Blain, Pa.. Vocational sluggers defeated the New Bloom field team with a score of 8 to 0. The Blain team began their ru3h to ward victory in the first inning by sending two men across the plate. Again in the second inning they re peated the performance, making the score 4 to 0. One run in the fourth and three in the seventh gave the Blain club a lead which the New Bloomfielders could not touch. Kern pitched big league ball and did not at any time allow the visitors to land his curves safely. CITY REAL ESTATE BOARD_WIIA PROBE f Continued from First Page.] the properties affected were owned by one or two individuals who \yere taking advantage of war times and increased taxes and other expenses to tack on to the monthly rents twice as much as the war is costing them over peAce-time expenditures and are' pocketing this amount at the expense of the renters. Board Issues I,lst The Real Estate Board to-day Is sued a list of owners of properties which those who complained to the Mayor say are making unfair ad vances of rents. The board's state ment is as follows: In referenee to the properties mentioned In n newspaper this morning under the suhjeet "Take Advantage of House Senrclty to Rnlse Rents," vie'hen to ndvlse thnt the present owners of these properties are ns shown herein: Kelker street. Kos. B0."i-O7-O 11-11% nnd 13— Annie MeClure: sold to Albert P. Do run*. January 7. 19IS. Kelker street. >'os. 420 to 43.% In eluslve <odd and even numbers) l.nuls Sillier! sold to l.ouls t.old- II)Mil. March IS. 1018. This trans action also lucludes Nos. 173,">-:7 Fulton street, mentioned in the list. - A special meeting of this Board has been t-nlled for to-morrow (Thursday) evening, at 7i45 o'clock. In the offtres of Miller Brothers A Co.. I,ocust nnd Court streets. Sincerely yours. . S. G. BACKENSTOSS, Secretary. Following is the list submitted to the Mayor, giving the exact figures concerning the raise in rents out lined by the Real Estate Board in its statement: W. H. Stuckey, 1733 Fulton street, $lO to sls; F. H. Steniler, 1735 Ful ton street. $lO to sls; Mrs. Anna Pretz, 1737 Fulton street. $lO to sl£: .1. H. Gully, 435 Kelker street, sl3 to sl7; Mrs. J. R. Sterrlng. 424 Kel ker street, sl3 to sl7; Mrs. S. J. Mehaffie, 434 Kelker street. $13.50 to $17.50: Mrs. C. J. Hopple, 420 Kelker street, sl4 to $18; Mrs. J. Reeder. 421 Kelker street, sl4 to $18: Miss Sterringer, 429 Kelker street, sl3 to sl7; Mrs. F. C. Miller. 423 Kelker street, sl3 to sl7; Mrs. John Kipple, 428 Kelker stret, sl3 to sl7; Mrs. William Shimp, 430 Kelker stret. sl3 to sl7; Mrs. Mary Heist, 432 Kelker stret, sl3 to *l7; Miss Kate Kennedy, 505 Kelker street, $8.50 to sl2; Mrs. A. Ji Lantz, 509 Kelker street, $lO to sl4; Mrs. W. C. Lutz, 513 Kelker street, $lO to sl6; Mrs. N. G. Thomas. 431 Kel ker street, sl3 to sl7; Mrs. Harry V. Naee, 433 Kelker stret, sl3 to sl7: Mrs. William Gingrjch, 427 Kelker street, sl3 to sl7; George Ream, 1728 North Fifth street, sl6 to s2l. Not the First Complaint Mayor Kelster said that he has been hearing complaints for more than a month and that several committees of volunteers have been making investigations and compil- ALL NEWS OF THE RAILROADS TOBACCOLESS DAYSATENOLA Railroad War Relief to Col lect Money For Material in Novel Way Enoln. Pa., May I.—The first., of the five tobaccoless Thursdays dur ing the month of May will be ob served in the local yards to-morrow. This new less-day is a plan of Mrs. 11. G. Huber, head of the Enola Di vision of the Women's War Relief of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to raise money to purchase materials for the local unit. S. G. Hepford, secretary of the Knola P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., has been selected as captain to head the large list of workers who will collect the funds and he will also act as the treasurer. John Roth is secretary. The idea as originated by Mrs. Huber is to have the men of the vi cinity contribute the money usually spent for smokes on the five Thurs days in May to the War Relief for the purchase of supplies. If the plan is successful, it will be repeated at intervals during the period of the war. The lieutenants who will have charge of the drive are as follows: H. G. Huber. R. S. Diller, J. H. Kin ter, G. A. Yeager, J. W. Sheckard, J. S. Famous, \Y. if. Fordney, O. ,T. Bittner. .1. R. Hutter, J. H. Roth, F. Seidle, Paul Burtsfield, S. Oberholt zer, Charles Miller, C. L. lvautz, John Gruver, Harry Smith, O. A. Fisher. Phillip Fordney, H. G. Hassler, P. E. Zorger, R. 11. Adams. Robert Sea bourn. C. H. Liddick, W. L Rider. L. W. Wlleman. F. O. Hamilton, E. Hoftsmith, J. M. Myers, R. A. Shep ard, Edward Bacliman, Henry Deck ard, F. L. Black. George H. Horning. W. S. Rice, J. G. Smiley, S. R. Kar per, W. B. Crawford, George Eshel man. H. H. Rediford, S. A. Bittner. Wellington G. Jones and George Fisher. President Long Will Meet His Committeemen John D. Lqjg, president of the Friendship and Co-operative Club of Railroadmen, will meet his enter tainment .committee to-night at the rooms in Grace street. Plans for the annual ball will be discussed. Invi tations will be sent to officials along the main line. All "get-together" organizations will be invited. Altoona will sbnd their big crowd in a special car. Athletics Will Admit " Soldiers Free; Offer Park For Sunday Games Philadelphia. May I.—All sertice men in uniform will be admitted free except the war tax to one game in each series to be played thfs season at Shibe Park, the home of the Phil adelphia Athletics. The war camp community service announced yes terday that the local American League club has made this offer and that it had been accepted. The management offered the use of the park for Sunday games between service teams If the Mayor will permit them to be played, or any other recreation for men in the serv ice. Clergymen are opposed to this offer, pointing out that Sunday games in Philadelphia are unlawful. Eastern Railroad Man Placed on Traffic Board Boston, May 1. —Charles M. Burt, general passenger agent of the Bos ton and Maine railroad, has been made a member of the passenger traffic committee, which is to have all questions of rates and fares on lines in eastern territory. Boston and Maine officials said to-day that al though Mr. Burt would have offices in New York, no plans had been made to appoint his successor. Lancaster will send 100 or more. York and Baltimore promise many guests. An Interesting program is promised. ing lists. The Mayor this afternoon accepted an invitation to attend the meeting of the realty board. "If the conditions as called to my attention exists and I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the reports'' said the Mayor, "It would be a disgrace to the city to permit them to continue." k The Mayor called attention to the fact that the federal authorities have beencalledupon sim- Iliar evils in other districts where government work has caused a rapid incrctise In population, and that whatever steps are necessary would be taken here. Those back of the movement were much pleased when they learned of the activities of the Real Estate Board and the intention of that organization to publish the lists of owners and go thoroughly into the matter. One of the letters received by the Mayor' alleged that advantage was being taken of the fact that several of the renters have members of their families In the war service and are without their natural de fenders. Another letter asks "How in the name of God can we do our part In the Third I.Jhprty when a bunch of robbers are forcing I the roofs from our heads?" • PENNSY VALUES FEMALE HELP No Employ Over Six Thou sand in Various Depart ments; on Other Lines The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany reports a total of G. 513 women in service. This is an increase of 5,- 000 since the enrollment of females 1 began one year ago to-day. Here are some figures showing the work they do. Clerks and stenographers, 3,551; telephone operators, 778; car depart ment, 504; track laborers, 2931 mes sengers and assistant messengers, 192; typists, 121; machine hands, 29; draftswomen, 20; mechanics' helpers, 5; painters, 4; hammer operators, 6; turntable operators, 2; power oper ators, (electrical), 7; coal inspector, 1; total, 6,513. The number of women now em ployed on prominent English roads is given in a recent statement as fol lows: London and Northwestern, 8,392; Great Western, 6,174; Midland. 9,- 000; Northeastern, 8,520; Great Cen tral, 3.2 00; Glasgow and Southwest ern, 1,202. The Midland has increased its forces by 2,700 since last July. Over 1,000 of the women on the North western are employed in the shops, making shells. Standing of the Crews HABRISBI'RG SIDE Philadelphia Division The 103 crew first to go after 12.30 o'clock: 123, 131. 113, 104, 106, 110, 111, 108. Engineer for 110. Firemen for 106, 108. Conductor for 108. Brakemen for 131, 113, 110, 111, 108. Engineers up: Bair, I. H. Gable, Grace, Baldwin, Blankenhorn, A. K. StefTy, Shoaff. S. K. Steffy. Firemen up: Byers, Shreffler, Fry, Bryan, Blum, Kirk, Brehm. Brakemen up: Heflin, Heagy, Mc- Cullough, Kinnard, Pascal. Middle Division —The 35 crewlfirst to go after 1.50 o'clock: 241, 215, 254, 15, 39. Fireman for 35. Flagman for 35. Engineers up: Hawk, Howard, Swigart, Titler, Rowe, Earley, Smith, Leib, Snider, Moret. Brink. Firemen up: Keiter, Balrd, Roddy, Barnett. Ltisk, Rudy. Conductors up: Crimmel, Lower. Brakemen up: Watts, Bosserman, Leonard, Hughes, Deckard, Bowman. Yard Board —Engineers for 5-7 C, 2-14 C, 4-15 C, 16C. Firemen for 5-7 C, 1-14 C, 23C, 26C, 35C. Engineers up: Getty. Barkey, Sheets, Bair, Eyde, Heffleman, P. A. Myers. Firemen up: Moyer, Bell, Troup, Swomley. Mowery, Chorpcnning, Welsh, Rhine, Newkirk, stahl. H\OI,A SIDE Philadelphia Division Thi> 219 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 225, 226, 221, 215, 235, 255, 228, 239, 237. 238, 230. Firemen for 219. 255. Conductors for 225, 226, 215, 235. Flagmen forjf!l9, 226, 255, 230, 237. Brakemen for 210, 225, 221, 255, 239, 237, 230. Conductor up: Dewees. Brakemen up: Keefer, Renshaw, Michael, .Unger, Geltz. Middle Division —The 255 crew first to go after 4.30 o'clock: 118, 107, 116, 105. Engineer for 105. Firemen for 118, 107. Conductor for 116. Brakemen for 107, 116. 105. Yard Board —Engineer for 3rd 126. Firemen for 2nd 102. Engineers up: -flfcNally, Feas, Her ron, Bruaw, Lutz, Quigley, Bair, Fen ical, Hanlon. Firemen up: Handlboe, Conly, Nolte. Garlin, Eichelberger, Kipp, Ifaverstick, Wlckey, Rider, Bainbridge, Snyder, Martiirf Zeagy. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Division —Engineer up: R. M. Crane. Firemen up: W. E. Hoffman. R. A. Arnold. E. E. Ross, J. C. Kerber, C. L. Dunn, F. A. Yon. Engineer for 19. Firemen for 33. 23. 45. Philadelphia Division Engineer up: A. Hall. Firemen up: L. E. Everhart, F. H. Cook, Wm. Shive. • Firemen for 40, 26. No Philadel phia crews here. THE READING The t crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 8, 55, 54, 5, 56, 58, 19, 64, 11. 52, 9, 51. 57. k Engineers for 52, 55, 57, 58, 5, 19? 3-258. Firemen for 52, 55, 56. 57, 58, Leb anon work train. Conductors for 52, 56, 8, 11. Flagmen for 56, 57, 8, 11. afternoon way train. Brakemen for 54, 56, 57, 64, 5, 8, I 17. 3-258. BJngineers up: Bordney, Hollen baugh, Wireman, Barnes, Raisner, Billig, Deardorf, Jacoby, Sassamau. Firemen U>: Saul, Brady, Speck, Myers, Mentzer, Morrison, 3haver, Buffington, Yeingst. Conductors up: Hetrlck, Ray, Mc- Cullough. Brakemen up: Barton, -Snell, Howe, Baish, Fillmore, Keener. MAY 1, 1918 MORE ENGINES FOR UNCLE SAM Railroad Board Ready With Contracts For Locomotives; Baldwin Gets Part Washington. D. C., May I.—Con tracts for 1025 freight and passen-] ger locomotives, the largest single order ever placed sn the history of American railways, were let yester day by the Railroad Administration to the America* Locomotive Com. pany and the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The entire order represents a cost of about $60,000,000 or an average price of a little less than $60,000 for each locomotive. The profit to the manufacturers, who will divide the work about equally, will be between 5 and 6 per cent., less than half the rate of profit rep resented in the original bids. Six newly developed standard types ot engines, with heavy and light sizes of each type, were ordered. Deliveries will begin in July and continue through the year, and most of the new engines, it is understood, will be assigned to East ern roads, where the shortage of motive power is greatest. They will bear only the initial "U. S." and identifying numbers, and will be virtually the first lot of engines to be owned jointly by all railroads un der government management. About 200,000 tons of steel will be required and the War Industries Board has allotted the full quota of steel to the Railroad Administration. | Although the Railroad Adminis tration declined to announce the precise number ot engines ordered I from each of the companies, it is | understood the American company will build 550 and the Baldwin Works 475. Most of the Baldwin engines will be built at the main plant at Philadelphia and the Amer ican company's order will be dis tributed among its plants at Schen ectady, N. Y.; Dunkirk, N. Y., Pat ersdn, N J., Richmond, Va., Man chester, Vt., Pittsburgh and Provi dence. The order will compel tle two companies to operate practically at capacity for the next nine months. Contracts will be announced to morrow for construction of about 70,000 freight cars at an aggregate cost of probably $200,000,000, to j supplement the orders for 30,000 | placed last week. New Passenger Fares to Be Based on Mileage tween railroads is going to result in an important readjustment of pas senger fares throughout the United States. Passenger rate clerks repre senting roads in various parts of the country have been at work in Wash ington this week for the purpose of compiling a nation-wide table of dis tances as the foundation for a plan of basing passenger fares mainly on mileage without regard to the com petitive conditions under which the rates have been made by the short line between any two points, regard less of the distance in many cases. This will result in many increases in fares for travel via circuitous routes. l'"or example the rates from Chicago to Pacific coast points have been in general the same via southern routes or northern routes as via the direct lines 'but under the new plan the rate will be proportionately higher for the longer route. It is not proposed to adhere rigidly to the mileage plan but rates will be made the same via different routes which are of ap proximately the same length, as, for example, in the case of lines between Chicago and New York. " Just the Same As Before the War" 0 ' It is not in price that KING OS CIGARS are the same, but in QUALITY. The old-time favoritje maintains its standard under changing conditions JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. / Makers 11 GOOD SIZED CITY TO GROW AT MARSH RUN [Continued from First PnifC.] cause of its excellent railroad facili ties, for our store houses must be within quick communication with the seaboard, open to the Atlantic coast. At present there is authorized but $2,000,000 for tbis construction, but we expect to have this increased to $7,000,000 or $8,000,000. Clothing and food will be stored here, no ord nance, as at Mlddletown. We bought 800 acres in all, some of which we may not need, but the farmers main tained that we had taken the heart of their farms and that they thought we should therefore make a clean sweep, for the property would be useless to them. This seemed rea sonable and so the government made a cleansweep. To Kmploy Several Thousand "At this moment we have about 1,000 men at work and within a few weeks there will be two or three thousand more here. Barracks are • going up at a lively rate, we have a switch and a siding due to the as sistance of the Pennsylvania rail road. This company got authority from Washington to put in the. switch and to put in a Riding along their own tracks, and in twelve'"' hours the work was started. Result is we have not had any detention, and I look to see everything whiz along. "We have barracks for 400 men and of course are putting up more barracks. The great buildings will measure 160x125 feet, with concrete floors, platforms and foundations and brick walls, inside wood and composite." "This 4his plant is to be perma nent?" was asked. "To be sure. This nation can never again allow herself to toe unprotect ed. I am not speaking for Washing ton now; that's my own belief. Nevertheless, this Marsh Run plant is being put up to stay and a city will soon mark the former location of a dozen farms. The sprinkler sys j tem will be adopted to protect the [ structures, we are now building a steam heat plant -TKhicb will heat many of the houses. "To precisely explain our location I might say this plant is one and a half miles from the Cumberland end of the bridge, between New Cumber land and Marsh Run. We have taken the Shunk farmhouse fo rtemporary offices, put in electric lights, tele phone, lumber and other raw mater ials are arriving on time; we are laying railroad, putting up tempor ary buildings and I do not antici pate any difficulties in completing the plant in good time." Major Morava is one of the most interesting military men who have visited Harrisburg during the war. !He was born in Bohamla, near Prague, and he says that the Bo hemians have a real hatred for Ger mans, partly because they have long been trying to force them to speak •German, in one instance murdering a couple of citizens for their mutiny. He came over to this country when .quite young and settled in Chicago when It was a wild western town. He can- see no way of accepting Germany on peace terms which he thinks she will likely be soon offer ing. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. NUTATED V V 0* I Nunttdlrwi IntrwtM strength el mJ dolleete, nervous, run-down pso- W pin In twe weeks' Xlnstnnnns. II has bssn uesd nnd J endorsed by such msn as Hon. • Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretory ef Ihe Treasury and Ex-Qeverner . A eflowarFormer UnltedStatesSona- A tnr Blohard Holland Ksnnsy ef JUL Delaware at present Msjor ef the Aak U. I. Army i doners! John L. Clem T (Retired) the i drummer hoy el Shlloh who was sergeant In Ihe U. S. Army when nnly 11 yesrs ef nnei else Unltsd Steles Judge Q.M ■ EW. Atkinson of the Court ef Olalme ■ ■ ef Wnehlnoton and others. Ask year doctor or drufflst about IU IHRQN
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