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COMMITTEE TO
PROBE REALTY
CONDITIONS HERE
Lack of Building Program
Said to Bo Responsible
For High Bents
Mayor Keisfer's investigation into
the big increases in rental pries
against which tenants mad s coin- j
plaints resulted in the passage of a
resolution by the Harrisburg Heal
Estate Board in special session last
nisht. authorizing the appointment ;
of a committee of six. three real es
tate men and three to be named by
the mayor, to make a complete study
of the situation and report at a
meeting of the board May 13. Presi
dent J. E. Gipple. Herman P. Miller
and A. O. Young will represent the
board. Mayor Keister has not an
nounced his appointments.
The session last evening developed j
into a general discussion of the real i
estate situation in tHe city, the short
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1-TON UNIT S4OO
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DUPLEX 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS
F° r the Pay-in, Pay-out Grind of Contractors' Work
Contractors demand dependable equipment. They would not
> expect their teams to haul capacity loads if their horses' front legs
were mounted on castored platforms and the animals were forced to
obtain their motive power from their hind legs alone.
: Uf '3 M nfl now contractors and other business men are applying- the
same line of reasoning to their motor trucks. h
11th YEAR The Duplex makes use of its "front legs." In the Duplex, both
front wheels exert a constant, smooth and continuous pull, while
, both back wheels at the same time exert a constant and continuous
push.
Only with the motive power transmitted to all four wheels is
maximum traction pull made possible.
Because the Duplex utilizes all its motor .power as a hauling
force, it is daily accomplishing out-of-ordinarv haulage feats giv
ing dependable, economical service.
The Duplex requires even less power than other trucks of 3*4
tons capacity because the 4-wheel drive principle eliminates power
wastage, and at the same time makes use of all energv generated bv
the motor. .
HARRISBURG AUTOMOBILE CO. 4th & Kelker Sts.
Cleveland and Beeman Tractors Reo Hurlburt Trucks
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SATURDAY EVENING.
age of rental houses, the big in
creases in costs of materials . and
labor for repairs, and tax raises.
A striking feature of the entire
meeting was the statement by Mr.
Miiicr that the reason for the pres
ent situation in Harrisburg is that a
fev years ago men who had money
I for investrueift thought the real es
tate market was not as good as
' other places and did not build
j houses. He also declared that the
shortage in the city is bound to in
; crease- rents and will eventually re
su.t in the erection of more houses
, for residential use. President Gipple
also mentioned the serious housing
I conditions which may develop.
Mt.yor Keister attended the meet
ing and remained until the board had
taken action on the disposition of
the numerous complaints which he
had received. Letters *rom tenants
were read and the charge.? dis
| cussed by all the memberi One of
the dealers who had been mentioned
i by some of the tenants wjs called
upon to present his side of the case.
HJ explained the conditions existing
at the places in question, told of the
; labor and material costs for repairs,
and denied the charge that "he ren
tai increase was an attempt to "House
| the renter and take advantage of •he
, present shortage of homes in the
I city."
Mayor Keister told all the niem
berp he would not tolerate any at
tempt to take advantage of residents
of Harrisburg and would mike in
vestigations whenever such cases
wore called to his notice. His state
ment was sanctioned by the incr.i
bers.
. ■ That the tux increases by the city
_ I and county and the revision of as
' sossmcnts is not concerning the
! realtor as much as the present cost
* iof repairs was evident from the re
: ! marks last night. Many of the mem
" . hers took the lloor and cited one ln
-! stance after another in which ivall
* papering, plumbing, carpenter work
3 j and other "general repairs had ad
? | vanced from forty to eighty per cent.
.in the last year or two. A number
.i of the dealers said they had been
I compelled to advance the rents, as
f some of the owners requested it.
j They also said in every case, with
J but one or two exceptions, the ten
_ ! ants made no,complaints and were
' still occupying the properties,
j The members also approved the
J suggestion that advances should not
' be made unless absolutely necessary
j when houses were occupied by wld
i ows or by families of men in Army
| service.
| Rad tenants who do not take care
I of houses also canie in for a share
j of the discussion, Mr. Miller stating
| that the percentage of good tenants
j is about ninety. >vhile the other ten
per cent, cause much trouble for the
property owners. He also said that
from discussions with other dealers
and his own observation of building
conditions in the country It would
cost at the present time from $4,000
to $5,000 to huild a house whlcn but
a few years ago could have been
I erected for $3,000. It was at this
I point that he criticised the men who
I failed to invest money in lots and
j build hmes, but predicted the shcrt
j age would be almost certain to bring
: about more building in the fur.ire.
j President Gipple was called upon
i at the close of the meeting tc speak,
i He declared there was les-i profltsT
j ing in the real estate and rental
[ business than in any other commodi
| ty. He suggested a comparison of
i prices in proof of the statement an I
I said he agreed with statement* made
by many of the members. He ad
vised a careful Investigation of the
I question and said he felt sine evtry
member of the board intended to be
absolutely fair and would be glad to
co-operate in any manner possible
with their tenants.
One of the problems c -nfronting
some of the men is ho v to handle
offers from persons who say they
will pay a higher rental than is be
ing charged for a dwelling in older
to get possession of it. The dealers
who spoke of this phase of the I vsl
ness said they invaritbly refused
such offers in fairness to tne persons
occupying the properties.
| The complaints whi.'h have bten
received will be investigate! by •iiel
; special committee an.l its report w'll I
: be read and acted upon at the j
. meeting of the board.
Lincoln's White House
Goat Browsed on Lawn
The pasturing of sixteen sheep on
the White House lawns, described in
a Washington dispatch to the Tele
graph, recalls how President Lin
coln's nanny goat browsed there in
Civil War days. Lincoln has left a
following letter:
"Washington, Aug. 8, 1563.
"My Dear Wife:
"All sis weil as usual, and no par
ticular trouble anyway. I put the
money into the Treasury at five per
cent., with the privilege of with
drawing it any time upon thirty
days' notice. I suppose you are glad
to learn I this. Tell dear Tad that
poor 'Nanny Goat" is lost and Mrs.
Cuthbert and I are in distress about
| it. The day you left 'Nanny' was
! found resting herself and chewing
| her little cud on the middle of Tad's
j bed, but how she's gone! The gar
■ dener kept complaining that she de
j stroyed the flowers, till it was con
| eluded to bring her down to the
1 White House. This was done, and
the second day she disappeared
and has not been heard of since.
This is the last we know of poor
Nanny."" t
EAK WSBURG TFI ECnxra
88 NAMES ON
U.S. CASUALTY
LIST; 26 DEAD
Two Lieutenants Die as Re-
suit of Accident; An
other Missing
Washington. May 4—The casualty
list yesterday contained eighty
eight names, as follows: Killed in
action, eighteen: died of wounds,
one; died of accident, two: died of
disease, rive: wounded severely, two;
wounded slightly, fifty-eight; missing
in action, two.
Lieutenants Thomas F. Mooney. of
San Antonio, Texas, and Dinsmore
Ely. of Chicago, died as a result of
aceldeiff and Lieutenant Louis M.
Edens, of Cabool, Mo., is reported
missing in action.
The list Included the following;
Killed in action. Corporals Elwood
D. Berger, Xew Haven. Conn.: Horn
er A. Porter, West Haven, Conn.;
Privates Timothy Driscoll. Bristol,
Conn.; Arthur W. Burns, South Bos
ton. Mass.: Charles W. Darrow,
Guilford, Conn.; Charles K. Haven
port, South Xorwalk, Conn.; The.ron
Davis. Walden. X. Y.; Joseph Dun
bar. Medford. Mass.: John D. Fitz
patrlek, Xew Haven. Conn.: William
H. Gordon, Ansonla, Conn.: Alfred
J. Hanley, Xew Haven. Conn.; Elmer
<l. Linden, Bristol, Conn.; Albert H.
MacDonnld. Readville. Mass.; Frank
J. Mendillo, Xew Haven. Conn.;
it Ham O'Sullivan. Forestville,
Conn.; George B. Preston, Dover.
Mass.; William J. Schaefer. Bristol.
Conn.; Joseph Tomalonis, Jr., Tar
iffville. Conn.
I Died of disease. Cook Brvan J.
i Hire. Lint:!. Ohio: Privates Levi 1!.
| Hixon, Dillev, Oregon: Frank M.
i Hall, R. F. D., Xo. 1. Xorthville.
I Mich.: James McKinley Latimer,
Wapakoneta, Ohio; Thurlow- Weed
femith. South Bend. Ind. *
Died of accident. Lieutenants
Thomas F. Mooney, San Antonio,
Texas; Dinsmore Ely, Chicago.
Died of wounds. Private Aposto-
X. Makris, Thessaly, Greece.
\\ ounded severely, Sergt. Eugene
; Sharkey, Ansonia, Conn.; Private
W. Stewart, Hudson, Conn.
Wounded slightly. Sergeants Wai
ter C. Hushes. Haverhill. Mass.:
Henry Rinhotte, Claremont, X. H.;
t orporals James J. Coogan, Xew
Haven: George F. Houlihan. Xew
Haven: Clayton 'S. Squires. Monto
wese, Conn.; James R. Thornlev,
Fall River, Mass.; John M. Walker.
New Haven. Conn.; Privates Harry
L. Avery, Buzzards Bay, Mass.: i
Adolph Bluis. Fall River, Mass.:'
George Bontiglio, Boston; Henry A.
Bouchard. Bridgewater, Mass.; Fred
H. Brown. Riverview. R. I. ; Leroy
Builey. Davidson. Maine; Christopher
F. Cody, Hartford, Conn.: John Con-!
tiolly, Roxbury, Mass.: James Coun- ]
Ue. Johnston. R. I.; Arthur W.
Der.yße. Pelham, Mass.; Alexander
L. Devio, Peterboro. X. H.; Edward
1.. Dion, Hartford. Conn.: Albert
Downing, East Boston, Mass.; Clif
ton r. Gibbons, Xew Haven, Conn.;
Henry Goldsmith, South Boston,
Mass.: David C. Griggs, East Hamp
ton, Conn.; Edward A. Hansen.
Bloomfleld. Conn.; Earl C. llarri
mart, Xorth Swansea, Mass.; Henry
D. Huni, Xew Haven, Conn.: Edward
Jacques, Xew Haven, Conn.; James
T. Kelly, Xew Haven, Conn.; Thom
as J. Kevey, ("harlestown, Mass.;
Philiodore A. Lefebvre, Providence,
R. I.; Thomas Lynch, Xew Haven,
Conn.; William C. Marshall. Provi
dence. R. I.; Lyman Michaels, Bris
tol, Conn.; John Xiemiec, Thomp
sonville. Conn.; John F. O'Brien.
Xew Haven. Conn.; Frank Ramonda,
Ardmore, Pa.: George T. Osgood,
East Hiram, Me.; Robert B. Pope,
Middletown, Conn.; John B. Revie.
Providence. R. I.: Michael J. Ryan.
Xew Haven, Conn.; Josef Shrzesko
ski, Xew Haven. Conn.; Howard L.
Smith. Wallingford. Conn.; Charles
M. Snell, East Providence, R. I.;
Jadson H. Smith, Edgewood, R. I.;
Henry E. Sorenson, East Hampton.
Conn.: Ernesto Sposi, Bristol, Conn..-
Thomas F. Sullivan, New Haven,
Conn.; Edward J. Sweeter, Xew
Haven, Conn.; Leo J. Tetu, Augusta.
Maine; Felix Weizbicki, Terryville.
Conn.; Henry L. Wilson, Provi
dence, R. X.
Missing in action. Lieut. I.ouis M.
Edens. Cabool, Mo.; Horseshoer
Archie J. Comeau, Haverhill, Mass.
Two Brothers Home From
Camp on Furloughs
Harvey Kuhn and frank Kuhn,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Kuhn.
have returned to camp, after spending
a "short furlough at their home. 2208
North Fifth street. Harvey Kuhn, on
the right, was a contractor and road
builder of Minnesota before his en
listment. He is a member of the
Fifty-sixth Engineers, of Washing
ton. D. C. FranK, younger brother, is
a member of Company A. Three Hun
dred and Third Battalion, Signal
Corps. Camp Dix, N. J. Before enlist
men he was a chauffeur at Rex Gar
age. Both are well known in the west
end of the city.
Heavy Supplies of All Foods
Are Held in Warehouse
Heavy supplies of all foodstuffs
are reported by wholesale dealers
in to-day, according o
the weekly food census of thtf prin
cipal commodities made by the D.iu
phln County Food Administration.
As much more is in the hands of re
tall dealers.
In detail the survey shows: Flour.
733,000 pounds; corn meal and ?lou;\
134.040 pounds; oat meal and rolled
oats, 91,000 pounds; beans, 167,000
pounds; rice, 83,000 pounds; canned
goods and dried fruit, 635,000
pounds; sugar, 209,000 pounds:
meat. 1.032.000 pounds, and Uir.l
and lard substitutes, 39,000 pounds.
'LAST MAN'SCOPE
OF NATION'S HELP
TO DEFEAT HUNS
Daniels Decries Effort to Set
Definite Limit to Amer
ica's Fighters
Philadelphia, May 3.—"The full
strength of America to the last man,"
is the only possible measure of our
contribution to the war, Secretary of
the Navy Josephus Daniels declared
while here yesterday.
He denounced efforts to set a dell
nite limit in numbers on the men
who shall be drafted and sent
abroad, saying that the only limit
that should be recognized Is the
number of men necessary to win the
war. ,
He turned his visit into a Liberty
Loan boosting drive, making six
speeches before he left for Xew
York at 3 o'clock, pounding home
the need for sacrifice at home, buy
ing a bond himself and urging oth
ers to buy.
To the Navy he paid this tribute.
"There is no rank in sacrifice. 1
should say that there are no longer
any common sailors in our Navy.
They are all uncommon heroes, not
one has failed."
The Secretary told how he had
named a destroyer after a gunner's
mate of the second class, saying:
"It has long been the custom to
name ships or destroyers after admi
rals, but I have established a prece
dent. One of the latest destroyers
launched 1 have named the Ingram,
after Oswald Ingram a gunner's'
mate of the second class, who djed
that if this happened the destroyer
bear the name of a man who is not
a hero. *
X'ot so very long ago a submarine
launched a torpedo against -x i*?-!
I stroyer. Ingram, with his eye oni
the I'-boat. saw the silvery wake!
and estimated that the deadly mis-'
sle would strike the how where~Tliej
high explosives were kept. He knew i
that if this happened the detsroyerj
would be blown to bits. He dashed]
across the deck and before the 'or-1
pedo had struck he had tlirownl
overboaAl the high explosives, but
in so doing he lost his own life.!
Therefore, I have named a destroy-!
er alter Oswald Ingram, gunner's!
mate, second class, who died a hero." '
dairymen to mkkt
Dairymen who are members of the '
Daifymen's League of Pauphin and j
Cumberland counties, will meet in the
annex of the Franklin Hotel. Meehan- ]
Icsburg. next Tuesday evening.. Mat-'
ters of importance will be discussed, i
officials say.
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. MARGARET MOOREHOISE j
Mrs. Margaret Moorehouse, wife of'
George H. Moorehouse. died at the '
Harrisburg Hospital yesterday after-1
noon. Funeral services will be held]
tc-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock, at!
the funeral chapel of C. H. Mauk, un- i
dertaker. Sixth and ICelker streets, i
The body will be taken to Philadel- !
phia on the J2:U! train, ar.d further!
services and burial will be in that !
city.
JOSEPH MINXICH
Joseph Minnich. aged 72. died yes- i
terday morning at his late residence,
1835 North Seventh street. Funeral |
services will be held Monday after- i
noon, at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. S.
Houck, pastpr of the Maclay Street ;
Church of God, officiating. Burial ;
will be in the East Harrisburg Ceme- ;
tery.
Mr. Minnich was a veteran employe'
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- j
pany. serving with them for many i
years. He was retired about seven'
years ago. He was a veteran of the !
Civil War. serving in Company F,
Fifty-fourth r.egiment. P. V. I. H<-
was a member of the Knights of
Pythias, and the Pennsylvania Rail
road Relief organization. He is sur-j
vived by his wife, and a son. John J.
Minnich, of this city.
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FOURTH WOMAN
ENTERS MYSTERY
OF ALIEN SLAYER
Two Deaths Attributed to
Hclmuth Schmidt; Police
Looking For Others
By Associated Frtss
Detroit, Mich., May 3.—Still an
other woman has entered the mys
tery surrounding the matrimonial
affairs or Helmuth Schmidt, self
slayer, beneath whose former home
here tho police yesterday excavated
and discovered the remains of Irma
Pnllatinus, his housekeeper, who ap
parently had been strangled. She is
"Mrs. Helmuth Schmidt," of Chica
go. who asked the authorities for a
picture of the man, who she believes
is the same to whom she was mar
ried in 1910 and who, she alleges,
robbed her of $2,000 and deserted
her.
With appearance in the case of the
Chicago woman (hero are four
women, not including the 17-year
old daughter, who may claim the
estate of Schmidt, said to be more
than $15,000.* One of these, the
widow, Mrs. Tietz-Schmldt, was held
by the police at the time of her
husband's arrest and later released.
A third is Mrs. Adele Ulrich Braun,
who came from Xew York to claim
Part of the estate, alleging that
Schmidt to whom she was married in
t-akewood, X. J., where Schmidt was
known as Braun, robbed her of $3,-
500 and deserted her. The other is
Mrs. John Switt, of New York.
With the identification of the
body of the Pallatinus woman late
yesterday the police now attribute
two deaths to Schmidt, Augusta
Stein bach, whose body he confessed
to having dismembered and burned,
having swallowed poison when he re
fused to marry her. Renewed serach
is being made for Margaret Darsch
and Mrs. Anita Schmidt, two others
said to have married the man In
Xew Jersey and who suddenly dis
appeared.
Tell Truth and Speed
Up War, Says Colonel
Ronton, May 3. Tell th.e truth
and speed up the war." declared Col
onel Theodore Koosevelt in a speech
delivered last evening under the au
spices of the Boston chamber of com
merce and the Pilgrim Publicity As
sociation.
Addressing the big mass meeting at
the Mechanics Building. Colonel
Roosevelt said that America had
waited until the eleventh hour to get
into the war and in meeting the
great attack of the Germans she lias
played only a small part.
OBJECT TO t. S. AS TEXAXT
OF ANTI-WAIt MINISTER
I.am-uxter. p a „ May 3.—Citizens of
Manheim have filed a protest with
Congressman nreist against the ac
tion of the postmaster at Manheim >n
leasing a building owned by the Rev.
Aaron H. Wenger, a Mennonite min
ister, who has refused to buy a
Liberty Bond.
When it was learned the post office
would be moved into W'enger's place,
an indignation meeting of Liberty
Loan workers was called and the
matter reported to headquarters in
this city. The citizens propose to
follow it up with drastic action if the
government does nothing.
Don't Worry
About anything when you take
a pleasure spin up tho river
road.
STAHLER
Keep* nil Kinds of Auto
Accessories, Tires nnd
Tube*—Atlantic Gasoline'.
Oils and Grease. Everything
Guaranteed.
Stahler's Auto Repair Shop
Ft. Hunter, Pa.
DIAL PHONE
MAY 4, 1018. v
Wm. Evans Found Guilty
of first Degree Murder
William Evans, colored, wai n>o
second .of i the four defendants
charged with murder to bs convietei
In the Hrst degree, the jury return
ing a verdict when court convemrt
at S o'clock last nlglit. Four c'liys
ha\#> been allowed by Judge A. W.
Johnson In which attorneys IN
Evans may tile a motian for a new
trial.
The trial of Andrew Cary. color*d,
also charged with murder. I* the not
uti.' which District Attorney Michael
K Stroup will start this week.
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.
j i Save 25 %in the Price
| 50% in Upkeep j
il THIS %-TON REO "Speed Wagon" [is the jj
result of Reo manufacturing facilities—Reo |{||
efficiency—Reo experience—so the price is 25 f I|;j
per cent less than that of other trucks of similar
quality. <|j
I I DIDN'T SAY the same quality—we jj|
I said similar.
FOR WE WON'T ADMIT that any other truck jj;
of same rated capacity is quite as good a3 ij
Reo.
S,
WE KNOW OF NONE that will carry the ; i
same loads over the same routes day after i |
day; or the same overloads when occasion
demands; and stand up under the strain as
this Reo does. jj $
j AND THAT BRINGS US back to the fact that
this Reo "Hurry Up Wagon" is also Reo de
signed. I a
j REO ENGINEERING is sound engineering; j |
the oldest, therefore the ripest in the industry.
AND COST OF UPKEEP is determined, first J f
in the design and then in the manufacture.
j THIS %-TON REO has proved to be lower in
upkeep than any other truck of same capacity
—regardless of price.
I !
NOW, OBVIOUSLY a truck that costs 25% to
100% fhore in the first place should cost less j
for upkeep.
THAT IS THE THEORY on which the buyfcr I
pays the higher price.
j AND IT DOESN'T HOLD—any Reo rep re- .1
sentative can show you figures galore on that
point—and Reo always leads.
IF YOU DESIRE the dependability and low
upkeep—and of course those are the very Ij
qualities you most need in a commercial I
vehicle—decide on this Reo and have, back of
your own judgment, that of thousands of |H
satisfied, delighted, enthusiastic owners. ,**
1 HARRISBURG AUTO CO.
U Fourtli and iic'ker Streets.
Duplex 4 Hurlburt Trucks
Cleveland and Beeman Tractors
Reo Motor Car Company, Lansing, Mich.
Pricm U F. O. B. Lamina and Ikm special Ffdmrmt tax mm at km tttfdmd ■
is I IS
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6-Passenger Touring CQ£P*
Car iDOCa
3-Passenger Clover-Leaf tfocg
Roudster wOOD
Ensminger Motor Co.
TIUKI> ami CUMUEKLAKD STS.
Itcll Phone 3515