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1 FARMERS HAVE
j (ENOUGH LABOR
TOR THE PRESENT
.Situation in Dauphin Is Not
Serious Except Near Mu-
L nitic n Plants
COXWTIO> -> ARE C'.OOD
City Men Not jNc tied During
Vacation Prrio is. Indi
cations Point
A oan\ass of till 13 t situation in
f the county to-d:<}| r. iled the fa :
that the farmer- ;in if county a'i
not bad.y situate t 'n sard to labor,
L Effort.* cf th* F JUC .- -rviee Reserve
i and other agen ■ to place men <n
\ farms brought < tl- fact that the
| farmera do not e advantage of
f chances t>> tcu.
In the victnit; ' iddletown and
Harrisbur*. H. estey. county
j farm agent said tabor shortage
is noticeable, as iustries draw
| many men from le ;arms into in
dustrial cccupat s In the north
ern. south wester nd other parts >'■
• the county the ation is not s<.: -
i ous, it vji sail
W. R. zimmer in, county farm •
I bor manager. h<: sent letters all over
' the county to ne farmers. ask:nf
I them to i ,'ate elr needs regard
farm lator,*aii( e would attempt i
supply it. Thu far he has receive j ,
few answers to :is letters, it is said. |
| A few boys ha- been placed on t J I
farms through ut the county. In'
Mercer county, i was said th.s morn-j
ing. <OO boys re employed by the
farmers.
i An attempt t t e lo al Public j
' Service. Reserve officia to place a
j Harriet urg mar on a farm at farm j
{ labor during hi wo w • eks of vara-i
tion failed bcai-e r.o farmer signi
fied a desire it th-' help, it i
. Va.> said at th local agency of the
Public Servica Reserve t his morn
-1 ing. In it was said that the
farmers have t '■ asked to utilise ex
tra labor offer*: from this office ror
the berry-piclc ? season. Few men
1 have been placei at extra labor. The (
offer of the feat* Highway Depart
ment to give u its nifi tor faro) la
bor was also ipiorefl bj the farmers.
Information ecurel this mcri.ing
seemed to po'.rt to the fact t.'.e la
bor situation <n the farms In Dau
phin county is r.ot serious ar.3 r/.t
nearly so ba<i in adiarent counties.
Farm Agent >' esley said that th
shortage is nc able becaus when
*the farmera ar-: harvesting a crop
they need extrs elp at once. '! ex
tra help Is net .-ecured. he sa.i. the
harvesting tat " longer ar.d bad
weather in the dst of the harvest
ing is likely to ctiuse less to crops.
Service Trees to Be Named
For City's Soldiers Who
Risk Lives For Country
Park Comrv.-sioner Gross is not |
moving too soo- in the matte: of a j
i Shade Tree imist on. A over :
the city brok?- bran:hes are hang
ing from inju-t trees, limbs wrench- I
ed from line d trees are tittering i
sidewalks an'~: lawns, many trees are
broken, side\ .-.lks are almost made
i impassable by ow-hangmg branches
j and there is general neg
' lect on all har.ds.
i Some Ume .~o the Teleg g
[ gested that ir the plantJn- of "rees |
. throughout Karrtsbur* the people !
• might be int ested in nai such !
I trees for the : oys who hau ;or.e to 1
J the tront. I: this connect.cn. it is j
f interesting tc os*rve that the Amer
• ican Asaocia n of Nurserymen at
life conventic n Chicago or :
■t* igo star .t horticul . ,im
■ paisn of edti ion with a - jbscrip-
Jtior. fund fc he purpose mak- !
f ir.c America >re beautif.
I There has en nearly I:; 00 al- i
| rcauy raised iward the si - ription
n 1 the plan of this government is to
et all citiey villages, ard hamlets
ltcrested in planting thei :wn serv
|p tree? anc to name tier, after
■ eir own boys who ha ft for t
JSance.
■ The nurserymen are oaring a 1
lri/e of aL: erty avenue <: • r ees to i
Ir.e town iii each state ".hat plants
Ihe greatest Jiaber ot s,'. e trees, i
Their plan a o is to ha\? - city
p the Unite States dor.itf a" gold
#-.ar row to heir own immunity.
I This is pr< isely in lit ' with the
ugaestion o: the Telec.nph. and
here can be i.tl !e doubt tr Jt the PH
riotic people o! Harris! •- will >e
lad to partlc :p 4re in thi- r.ovcment.
\ nat could be nner in vears *o
ome than a t-ee which * bear the
imie of n livir; or dead'
•his wouW s ni to be a- dn irable
r ,r k tOT u\ T ivic CI 1 and it is
i ite proba. [that so . su h or
hnizatton w (ail into - with the
'hicago mo 1 ?n t.
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PRUSSIA DEMANDS THE
EARTH AS INDEMNITY
United States Will Be Invited to Pay $45,000,000,000 in
Cash and Rest of Europe Will Be
Ruled by Huns
Fy -socialtd Prtts
I'ari-. July 1. —Great Britain must
turn over its war fleet to Germany,
return G-braltar to Spain and re
store Kgypt and the Suez Canal to
Turkey. Great Britain, France and
the United States must pay Germany i
n indemnity of at least $45,000,000,"-
vOO. Belgium and French territory
must be surrendered.
These are among the conditions i
ucluded in the German peace pro-1
-ram published in the Nachrichtcn. >
of UoerliU, Prussia, by Count Roon.'
a member of the Prussian House of i
I.ords, according to a Havas dispatch 1
from Basle. Switzerland,
Easy Terms
I ount Boon sa>s Germany is en
: tied to the following terms because
of its strength and until they are
realized mere should be no armistice
ami no cessation of the submarine
warfare.
Annexation of Belgium, with ad
ministrative autonomy in the in
terior. •
Independence of Flanders.
MAY NOT GO FROM j
STORE TO STORE
TO GET SUGAR
Consumers Who Buy at Dif
ferent Places Face Ar
rest and Fine
Consumers who travel from store
to store in an effort to secure more
j sugar than is permitted by the food
i regulations are subject to penalty
for hoarding, according to a state
ment made by the Dauphin County
I ood Administrator to-day, made
lollowing the receipt of information,
regarding such practices.
Purchases for private consump
tion are limited to two pounds at a j
time for city and town residents and
rive for country districts. Additional:
purchases may not be made until the 1
tsrst sugar purchased is about con
sumed. The consumer is entitled to
three pounds of sugar per month for
each member of the family.
Sugar for canning and preserving!
purposes may be bought in 23-pound
amounts, after the consumer has
signed a certificate staUng the
amount on hand—which must be
less than five pounds—the amount
used last year for canning, and :
pledging that the sugar is to be used
• for the purpose stated.
The unpatriotic pracUce of visit-!
ing a number of stores in order to
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| Annexation of the entire Flanders
coast, including Calais.
I Annexation of the Briey .and
| Longwy basins and the Toul, Felfort
and Verdun regions eastward.
| Kestitution to Germany of all her '
! colonies including Kiao-Chau.
Great Britain to cede to Germany
such naval bases and coaling stations
as Germany designates.
Even the Leavings
; Great Britain must return Gibral- j
! tar to Spain, cede its war fleet to j
| Germany, restore Egypt to Turkey
! and the Suez Canal to Turkey.
J Greece must be re-established un
. der former King Constantlne with
■ frontiers as before the war.
Austria and Bulgaria will divide;
| Serbia and Montenegro.
; Great Britain, France and the j
United States must pay all of Ger-'
many's war costs, the indemnity |
being a minimum of $45,000,000,000.1
They also must agree to deliver raw
iuaterials immediately.
Farance and Belgium to remain
occupied at their expense until the
conditions are carried out.
BOLSHEVIKS LET j
HUNS HAVE PART
OF RUSSIAN FLEET
Kaiser Promises Not to Use
I
Warships and to Give
Them Back
By Associated Press
London, Julyl.—The Bolshevik gov- ]
ernment has surrendered to Ger- i
many a part of the Russian Black i
sea fleet which fled to Novo Rossysk j
when the Germans captured Sebas- j
topol, says an official telegram from i
Moscow. The other ships of the fleet
| were blown up by their crews. Ger
many has promised not to use the 1
j warships and to return them to Rus
! sia after the conclusion of peace.
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin's an- 1
, nouncement says:
"The return of part of the fleet
from Novo Rossysk to Sevastopol
was agreed to on the express condi- >
tion that Germany give a guarantee '
,that the ships would not be utilized ]
by Germany and her allies in the
war and that they be returned to i
Russia after the conclusion of a gen
' eral peace and that the German <
troops not cross the line of demark
ation which approximately coincided
; with their position at the opening of
the negotiations with the Ukraine. It
was only on condition that such an
i agreement be concluded that Ger
; many stopped the advance of the j
, German troops toward Novo I
1 Rossysk." I
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 191&
INCREASED FARE
FOR TROLLEY CAR!
SERVICE IS SEEN
Necessary to Charge More or
Curtail Service, Say the
Company Officials
TO DECIDE ON JULY 18
Steadily Mounting Operating j
Costs During War Time
Said Besponsiblc
While no definite statement hasj
been made by the Harrisburg Rail-'
I
j ways Company, it was understood to
day that an increase in fares for the
system of trolley cars in the city was |
I being considered by the board of'
j directors.
The increase, it was said, would |
! not be any more than is necessary"!
to keep up the company's usual serv-j
' ice and to meet part of the unusual j
demands made upon the corpora-'
tion by the war. Just what the pro
posed ad\ance would be is not!
known, but it is surmised that ttj
j will be either the raising of the fare,
jto six cents, the curtailing of the |
j transfer privileges or the withdrawal!
! of commutation tickets.
A meeting of the directing board
| is scheduled for July 18 when, offi
j cials said to-day the matter prob
j ably would be taken up.
According to statements Issued
j from time to time by the company)
| the operating expenses have been ;
; mounting steadily for months. Un
der such conditions, it has been said, i
1 it is impossible for the company to '
continue to give pre-war service for!
! the five-cent fare.
It was .■'aid to-day that if thej
directing board decides upon an in
| creased fare, it will be one of the j
; last of the public carriers in the I
state to increase its tariffes.
Wilson Favors Control
and Operation of Wire j
Systems of the U. S.
By Associated Press
W aJiington, July I.—Government !
j control and operation of the nation's
1 telegraph and telephone systems was
recommended to Congress to-day by
i President Wilson. In the face of an
I impending strike of union operators
employed by the Western Union
Company, an effort will be made to
j put through before the recess of j
Congress this week, pending legisla- !
, tion empowering the President to
| take over the systems.
Members of Congress said to-day j
' that the Attorney General had ad- j
vised the President that he is with- '
1 out authority under existing law to
take over the lines and that if neces
; sity for action arose with Congress
I in recess he would be without power
I to act.
FOURTH OF JULY
FEST IS TAKING
BANDS OF STATE
Central Pennsylvania Towns
Are Left High and Dry
For Music .
18 THUS FAR ENGAGED
C.oncerts at Eight Places in
City; in Parks After
noon and Night
In not less than forty-eight sec
tions of Pennsylvania the inhabit
ants these days are getting; pretty
well fed up on band music, accord
ing to dispatches which reached
Harrisburg to-day—these forty-eight
communities being those in which
are located the forty-eight bands of
music which have been engaged for
Harrisburg's Fourth of July parade.
Central Pennsylvania has been
stripped of bands for the Harrisburg
Fourth celebration. From Altoona.
Williamsport. Lock Haven, York,
Shamokin and many other sections,
will come the very best bands boast
ed by those localities.
City Clerk Ross Seaman to-day re
ceived the following telegram from a
city just west of the Allegheny
mountains:
"Please wire our expense, the lo
calities where you have not engaged
bands; will save us time."
A glance at Pennsylvania news
papers for the last few days shows
that in many towns and cities the
populace is complaining bitterly be-i
cause parade committees in those'
towns had not the foresight displayed
by the Harrisburg committee.
"We have not done at all badly,"
said Ross Seaman this afternoon.
He turned to Harry Boyer.
"How many bands have we under
contract. Harry?" he asked.
"We have 39 bands contracted for,
one band's contract in the mails,
and eight additional bands have
been secured by organizations which j
will appear in the lineup. Thirty-]
nine plus one plus eight equal forty
eight."
The Bands Will Work
And the bands are going to put in
a full day here Thursday. The com
mittee which has the several con
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Philadelphia Newspapers
Merge For Economy
This announcement was made Sat
urday by the Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph and is interesting as
showing the trend in the newspaper
industry:
"The Evening Telegraph has been
purchased by Cyrus H. K. Curtis, and
after to-day it will be consolidated
with the Evening Public Ledger.
"Newspapers, like all m-nut'actur
ing and productive enterprises, suf
fer from the enormous increase in
the cost of commodities entering in
their output. Not only the price of
white paper but all other supplies
has risen prodigiously in the last few
years.
"This condition has tended greatly
\ toward newspaper consolidations all
| over the United States, and is the
! controlling factor which led to the
j sale of this property.
"The Evening Telegraph was
I founded by Charles E. Warburton
! more than fifty years ago, and for
jut least a great part of that time was
; the undisputed leader among the
evening newspapers of Philadelphia.
"By its acquisition now Mr. Cur
tis will obtain in addition to the very
\aiuable Associated Press franchise
for his evening paper an old and
, distinguished name in the journal
: ism of America."
ENGINEER IS
I KILLED UNDER
PENNSY TRALN
i Calvin E. Simonton Meets In
stant Death in Marys
villc Yards
Calvin E. Simonton, 52 years old,
629 Harris street, an engineer on
the Middle division of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, was instantly killed
this morning at 5 o'clock when
struck by a west-bound passenger
train while walking beside his en
gine near NC tower, at Marysvllle.
Simonton was in charge of the sec
ond engine of a "double-header,";
bringing a heavy loaded train from'
Altoona to this city. Near Marys-'
ville the train stopped. He went;
ahead to telephone from one of the
railroad telephone boxes. Finishing'
the communication he started to re-|
turn to his engine and had given'
notice to the first engineer to co
ahead and was walking toward his
engine, failing to notice the fast-'
moving express train, when the en-j
gine struck him. His body was!
bruised and cut and his head badly i
crushed. Simonton was a member!
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive j
Engineers, No. 459, of Harrlsburg.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Laura E. Simonton; four daughters,
Mrs. Mary Emerson. Mrs. Hazel Kre
mer. Miss Gladys H. Simonton, and
Miss Eleanor L. Simonton, of Har
risburg; three fon, Charles E. St-;
monton. Harrlsburg: Paul Simon-1
ton. U. S. S. South Dakota, and
Harrv J. Simonton, American Ex-!
peditionary Forces, France.
Funeral services will be held on,
Friday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock
from his late home, the Rev. Al
fred N. Sayres, of the Second Re
formed Church, officiating.* Burial
will be in the East Harrlsburg Ceme
tery.
SEVERE BATTLING IS
NOWBREWINGONALL
THE FIGHTING LINES
Indications Point to the Early -
Resumption of Heavy In
fantry Engagements Where
Tension Is Increasing Hour
ly; Huns Have Large Forces
Massed For Attack
ARTILLERY FIRE GROWS
IN INTENSITY IN FRANCE
Nibbling Tactics of the Allies
During Past Week, When
Important Salients Were
Wiped Out, Prove Annoy
ing to German Command
By Associated Press
Both the French aiul the Brit-1
ish continued yesterday and last
night their recently adopted;
program of prodding the Ger-i
mans at various points alonj;,
the Franco-Belgian line, capturing'
a vantage point here and there and i
harassing ,the enemy while the I
operations for the resumption of his |
offensive are under way. ,
The French hit the line in local
attacks at two separate points but
both on the western side of the Ger
man salient which projects dtfwn to
the Marne from the Aisne. They
gained ground in each attack and
took prisoners and machine guns
during the fighting.
French Score Success
The most pronounced gain was
effected by General Petain's troops
just above the point where their line
Joints the American sector northwest
of Belleau wood. They advanced
here south of Passy-en-Valois and
carried their line forward so that
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Court Asked to Restrain
Owner From Raising Rent,
And to Stay Ejectment
The first case to get before the
county court in which a tenant al
leges uht'air methods have fceen used
by the landlord in an effort to raise
the rent on a dwelling or get posses
sion of the property was heard to
day by President Judge George Kun
kel when a petition was presented
asking permission to pay the rent
due on the house into court and for
an order to stay any further pro
ceedings to oust the occupants for
violation of the lease.
Judge Kunkel took the petition
and reserved decision. Counsel for
the property owner questioned the
Court's jurisdiction to act at this
time because of. an old law under
which the proceedingwasbrought and
which makes the alderman's ruling
stand until the appeal from his de
cision is heard and disposed of in
the regular court calendar. The pe
tition was presented by counsel for
Clara G. Everts and John T. Everts,
tenants in a property'in State street
owned by C. Duncan Cameron. It is
alleged the occupants have a lease
but that the owner is attempting
either to have them removed or in
crease the rent from $27.50 to *33
and that the owner has refused the
last two monthly rental payments.
The Court is asked to receive the
i money, which is now due the owner
and to make an order preventing
ejectment proceedings until the ap
peal from an alderman's 'decision on
whether the lease is still in effect, is
I disposed of.
MILLION MEN IN
NEW JOBS UNDER
CROWDER RULE
i Anticipate "Work or Fight"
Order Effective Over Na
tion. Beginning Today
When the new "work of fight"
order of Provost Marshal Crowder
became effective this morning, few
, youths of draft age were found en
gaged in nonessential work. Most
men of this class took time by the
forelock and found positions in the
many industrial plants of Harris
burg and vicinity engaged in essen
tial industry.
in practically every place this
morning In which work that haa (
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REW ARD OFFERED FOR
ARREST OF ROWDIES
• 'it-.v Playground Supervisor J. K.
Staples announced to-day a reward !
will be naid to any one furnishing,
information sufficient to convict tht>!
youths who have been maliciously!
breaking scores of windows in the i
Harris school building. He declared
that unless the lawlessness of a num-!
her of older boys in the city is
stopped wholesale prosecutions will
be brought and every effort will be
made to have heavy fines Imposed
because of the property damage
which Is being done. At the Harris
building at least fifty windows have
been broken by boys throwing
stones.
GINS ACTIVE OX C. S. FRONTS
\\nfthiiiKton. July I.—Except for!
increased artillery activity on both'
sides in the Chateau Thierry region.'
Oeneral Pershing's communique to-j
day aaid there was nothing to report
for yesterday from the American
front*.
ONLY EVENING AOCIATEU PHKS9
NGWSiPAI'EH IN HAIIKISDtIHG
LIBERTY MOTOR
BEATS THEM ALL
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July I.—A re- j
port from Vice Admiral Sims to
Secretary Daniels to-day says a
recent test in European waters
of a seaplane pro|ielleil by the
Liberty motor demonstrated that
the engine has better climbing
and load-carrying qualities than
any of the U'st European types.
TEUTON U-BOAT
SINKS BRITISH
HOSPITAL SHIP
Llandovery Castle, With 258
Aboard, Goes Down; 21
Reach Port
By Associated Press
l/oiidon, July I.—A German sub
marine sank the British hospital ship
Llandovery Castle, 116 miles south
west of Fastnct on June 27, the Brit
ish admiralty announced to-day.
The Llandovery Castle was home
ward bound from Canada. She car
ried 258 persons. This total includ
ed 80 Canadian army medical corps
men and 14 female nurses.
One boat containing 2-1 survivors
so far has reached port.
SLOVAKS OUST SOVIETS
By Associated Press
fonlon. July I.—Czecho-Slovak
forces have dissolved the Bolshevik
• 'ouncil of Workmen's and Soldiers'
Delegates at Vladivostok, according
to a dispatch from Shanghai received
by Reuters Ltd.
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; X• • ••• • conduct Noel Pemberton-Billirig, member for ▼
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'T* New York—The second trial of -John J. O'Lcary,
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HOME EDITION
RUSS GRAND DUKE
CALLS ON PEOPLE
TO OUST SOVIETS
Michael Reported to Have Is
sued a Manifesto Promising
Amnesty For Past Offenses
RELIEVES DUTY SUMMONS
\ounger Brother of Former
Emperor Nicholas Points
to Bolshevik Evils
l/ondon,. Juy I.—Grantd Duke
Michael is reported to have issued a
manifesto stating he considered it his
duty to restore order and regenerate
the Russian people, says an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from
Moscow under date of June 28. lie
calls upon the people to overthrow
the present government.
The grand duke's appeal for the
ousting of the Bolshevik government
is based upon the dissolution of the
Constituent assembly which was call
ed upon to decide upon Russia s
form of government, the Bolshevik
act resulting in the disintegration of
Russia the manifesto declares.
Amnesty for past offenses will be
granted all who take part in the
revolution, the grand duke promises.
The manifesto mentioned probably
is identical with one reported in an
Amsterdam dispatch of June 27 to
have been issued about that time by
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitcli,
a younger brother of former Emper
or Nicholas. This manifesto, it was
announced, has been addressed to
the Russian people upon the ground
duke's placing himself at the head
of a new government in Siberia.
KEYMEN TO STRIKE
OVER NATION JULY I
Chicago, July I.—S. J. Konenkamp,
president ot' the Commerical Teleg
raphers' Union of America, an
nounced last night that he had is
sued a call for a strike of mem
bers of the union employed by the
| Western Union Telegraph Compaitv,
effective 7 a. m., eastern time, Mon
day. July 8.
The announcement declared that
the grievances to be adjusted are the
reinstatement of union men who are
alleged to have been locked out liv
the company and to enforce the right
of the men to organize.