1,700 TRACTORS
IN FARM WORK
State Has 35 Machines of Its
Own and Farmers Find
Them Great Help
Men connected
J \\\ (±X//\ government who
XXV*Xe (ftyk have been observ.
ment of the farm
I tractor service in
Pennsylvania say
jgRBUUIU tors employed in
year and that the
number will be materially increased
by fall and very largely by next sum
mer. The state has thirty-five trac
tors and if needs arise it will in
crease this number. The other trac
tors are owned by farmers, commer
cial organizations, chambers of com
merce. farmers clubs and other as
sociations. while the number oper
ated as are threshing machines in
certain territories has rapidly in
creased.
The State Department of Agricul
ture has arranged to start the sched
ule for plowing with its tractors on
July 15, which is unusually early,
but declared to be necessary owing
to the great demand for machines.
As this year fields which had not
been touched by a plowshare for fif
teen years were offered for plowing
none will be worked this fall until
inspected.
Xew Hearings Ordered. —The State
Compensation Board has ordered
new hearings in the claims of Louisa
"White vs. William White. Philadel
phia: and Mrs. James G. Steenberg
vs. Springfield Telephone Company,
Erie county. State Insurance fund,
insurance carrier.
Commission To Meet-—The State
Game Commission will meet here
Tuesday for its annual meeting when
action will be taken on petitions for
closing of counties to shooting of
ruffed grouse for 'one or two years
and for closing for other periods of
hunting of quail, deer, wild turkeys
and other game.
Draft Conference—Major W. G.
Mtrdock. the state's chief draft of
ficer, said this morning that the
scope of the conference of mem
bers of draft boards to be held at
Wilkes-Barre city hall on July 16'
would be determined next week. It J
is expected that the whole situation ;
relative to the draft and the an- j
thracity industry will be considered ]
and that members of boards from j
Lackawanna, Luzerne, Carbon, j
Schuylkill and other coal counties
will be in attendance. Major Mur- .
dock will go to Washington Tuesday
to attend a meeting at the office of •
the Provost Marshal General. Major'
Murdock said to-day that there had
been no developments regarding
Philadelphia boards. He will prob- 1
ably be in Philadelphia to-morrow.
Adjutant General Bearv has been,
studying the Philadelphia situation,
but until he has a conference with ,
the Governor nothing will be deter- j
mined. It is not believed that any i
office holding board members or
candidates will be removed.
Highway Bridges—Highway Com- 1
missioner O'Neil has announced that
Highway Department forces will
iWd the bridges for which no bids
wtre received and those for which
bids were rejected, with the excep- :
tion of one in Fayette county. He
has made awards as follows:
Crawford County, Hayfield township, j
State Highway route 85; 10-foot j
span bridge, B. W. Blystone, Cam
bridge Springs, Pa., 11590.96; North-'
umberland county, Delaware town
ship, State Highway Route, 240. 10- 1
foot span bridge. Walter A. God
charles, Milton. Pa., SI4SO. Sullivan
county. Cherry township. State High
way Route 17, 14-foot span bridge,
Dushore Construction Company,
Dushore. Pa., 81006.59.
Big Schedule Made—The Public !
Service Commission has issued an
order upon the Westmoreland Water
Company to file a supplement to its
rates embodying certain charges and
rules contained in a voluminous re
port upon studies made of the water
situation in Greensburg, Jeanette,
Youngwood. Irwin and other com
munities in Westmoreland county,
the new rates to be effective on
August 1. This proceeding brings
to an end as far as litigation before
the commission is concerned one of
the largest water complaint prob
lems presented to the body. Sev
eral months ago the commission
directed the company to design a
schedule of charges which would re
turn*the gross revenue allowed in
the valuation made by the state, but
the schedule submitted was not sat
isfactory to the commission and con
ferences to frame a new one were
held, engineers to the commission
and the company taking part. The
company had a survey made of fix
tures on properties of 5806 domes
tie consumers on what are known as
5-8 meters alone. The new schedule
Brother of Ex-Czar Leads
Ross Counter Revolt
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c:riA>TOrinj'ie& wrcHtAj^x,.
Grand Duke Michael, brother of
the ex-Czar, who recently went to
Omsk to lead &. counter-revolution
against the Bolshevikl. has issued a
manifesto declaring that it is the
duty of all the people to restore
order and regenerate Russia, ac
cording to a dispatch from Moscow
The Grand Duke offers amnesty to
all who assist him in this task.
FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBPRQ nrr pflW APH! JULY 5 1918
Former Members of Troop C in France
mmm, i
'" •■ -i
ilrs - Preston Erdley, 1805 State street, has received notification of
the arrival tn France of her sons. Russell H. Erdley. light artillery, and
Randall J. Erdley. lOSth Field Artillery. Both were formerly with
the Governor s Troop of the old P ennsytv&nia National Guard. Before
brothers were members of the sales force of the
Elliott-Fisher Company, of this city.
includes public and private fire serv-t]
ice, metered service with a "readi- '■
ness to serve flat rates.!
building purposes and street and
sewer flushing.: The commission
declines to act on questions of repar
ation raised in briefs in ordering the i
new schedule.
Tioga's Sharo—Tioga county will
receive $17,708 as its share of the
state cash road tax bonus for 1911. \
BRITISH DOWN 8 HUN FLYERS
London, July s.—British aerial !
forces have been active along the
front in spite of adverse weather
conditions, according to an official i
statement on aerial operations issued
last night. Six German machines
were destroyed and four others were '
driven down out of control during i
July 3, the statement adds. i
THE GLOBE "Keep Your Eye oil the Clock" THE GLOBE
Jl r> -grt A T j; THE Big Clock on the front j|
Importsint INcws —
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Another Great Launching—
Tomorrow Morning at 8 O'clock We Launch Our
Sev
One Thousand Suit Campaign
The greatest clothing sale ever offered to our good people. A sale
where ECONOMY is the watchword and where thrifty buyers will
, profit by our big reductions in the face of a constantly rising market. Here are the
' prices that tell the story of savings.
$lB Suits Arc $1 A S22 ; soands2s $| Q $32.50 Suits <6r O
Reduced to .. . IUU Suits Reduced to IL/tlU Are Reduced to &C>OvJ
S2O Suits Are yg_ $37.50 Suits <ft r> r
9 Reduced to .. . -I.V-r$JVr Suits Reduced to ™ '•tlv/ Are Reduced to OhiOU
SPFj CIA f J TV OTF As m all P revious campaigns, in addition to the above greatly reduced prices we will give every purchaser of a
nv/11J Men's or Boys' Suit a refund of 5 per cent, of the purchase price, if we succeed in selling 1000 suits by August 31st
Men's Dress and Work Trousers, Raincoats, Auto Dust Goats at Drastically Reduced Prices
tOur Great Sale Benefits All Straw Hats Reduced ??, en '? Silk Shirts <D
Bovs and Parents Alike Worth $6.50, Special M^O
dllU IT
There never was a better Boys' Clothing opportunity presented than • Wl • very beautiful striped patterns
right now. These prices speak volumes to economy-loving parents. _ —the greatest Silk Shirt values Hw * fl|
Boy,' $6.50 Suit* Reduced to $5 25 Straw HaU at w.Vc ever offered.
Boy.' $7.50 SuiU Reduced to ^ 0 .. $1.35 WWM
Boys' $8.50 Suits Reduced to C 7 I One special lot of high-grade Ji'' i I
' M* •fiStJ Shirts elegant striped effects, JO jIKA
Boys' SIO.OO Suits Reduced to Slightly soiled from handling but otherwise n every imaginable cc^'m '^i,4l
perfect. Originally values to $3.00. ation. KN-lWJlfk
Boys'sl2.so Suits Reduced to sftlo , I
Boys'sls.oo Suits Reduced to -5613 00 A irs <£l HQ
_ ,q,I ° ,UU $2.50 Straws..s2.oo $6.00 Panamas $4.50 • vrvr
Boys' SIB.OO Suits Reduced to ~ —— __ _ \ p
———^s3.so Straws. .$2.50 $7.50 Panamas $6.00 75c S ; 50c UK J
Boys' Suits Worth up s£^.ool
Boys'sl.oo Knee Pants 85* to $8.50 at /| ST
l° yS ' S™ antS * 1,29 ° ne B P- ial lot — lds - d ends of IMr (TI ( )hh ' 6SC NECKWEAR REDUCED T0 45C
Boys S2.OQ Knee Pants $1.79 high-grade suits—mostly large sizes AA A A—# A-JA-rf 65c Silk Hose reduced to 45c
wf' " •.. .: gy"sjßP
New Auto Fire Truck
Received at Hummelstown
Hunimclstown. July s.—Last even
ing the new auto fire truck was pre
sented to Chemical Fire Company
No. 1. The address of welcome was
delivered by the Rev. Herbert S.
Games. Samuel B. Zerfoss, president
of Council, made the presentation
speech and the Rev. Arthur King the
acceptance.
The program of the day Included
a shooting match in the morning and
a band concert, baseball game, pa
rade and festival in the afternoon.
The parade was one of the finest the
town has ever had. The amount re
ceived at the festival amounted to
nearly 8 450.
Miss (Catherine Graff Weds
Son of Dillsbnrg Burgess
Dliubnrs, Pa., July I. — JL. pretty
and Informal wedding took place at
neon yesterday at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. J. H. Graff In North Balti
more street, whan Bugene Bailey, son
of Burgess L. U. Bailey, and Mlaa
Katharine Graff, daughter of Dr.
J. H. Graff, were married. The Rev.
J.- Harold Wolf, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church, of which the young
people are members, performed the
ceremony. Mr. Bailey Is a graduate
of State College and has entered the
service x>t his country as an elec
trical engineer and has been located
at Baltimore. The bride Is a grad
uate of Wilson College, Chambers
burg. and has been engaged in
teaching since her graduation.
LOWER ALLEN TEACHERS
New Cumberland, July 5. At a
recent meeting the Lower Allen
Township School Board elected the
following teachers:
Elkwood—Grammar School, A. B.
Morrett; intermediate. Mrs. Rhoda
Ryder; secondary. Tessie Kerlin;
primary. Elizabeth Tritt. Mumpers.
Leoda Wilson; Gorgas, Elmer Blg
ler; Frogtown, Irene Rupp; Ma
teer's, Anna Hummelbaugh; Las
hum, Mabel Good; White Hall, Mar)'
Hoover.
School Board President, John
Watts; secretary. Clarence Prowell;
treasurer, H. A. Bixler; Calvin
Stoner, Jacob Sheesley.
JOHN CLOt'Gll DIK9
Shlpprnaburß. Pa., July s.—John
W. Clough died at his home, 25
North Penn street. Wednesday from
heart trouble. He was a member of
Messiah United Brethren church.
The funeral will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 3.30, in charge of the
Rev. J. L Grimm. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Ellen Clough: his
mother. Mrs. Emellne Clough, and
several brothers and sisters.
WANT MEN FOR RAILROADING
.Sunbury. Pa., July s.—Pennsylva
nia Railroad operating heads here
to-day asked their employes to aid in
securing workers to aid in easing the
serious labor shortage. Each work
man was given a card on which to
place the name of a frtend who
might be Interested in securing rail
road work.
Women have been given employ
ment wherever possible, according to
railroad men, but there is still a
dearth of men in the train service
and other departments.
BRITISH FLAG IS PRESENTED TO
r*RE.gEaTTgX> Tt> LT. 3 ' *' '
All Montreal did honor a few days
ago to a detachment of United States
troops. The crowning event of the
ceremonies was the presentation of
Mother Thanks Child For
Spanking July 4, 1776
By Associated Press
Paris, July 6.—At the luncheon
yesterday of the American Chamber
of Commerce Ambassador Sharp
thanked France briefly for the great
manifestation in honor of Independ
ence Day. and continued:
"Lord Derby, representing Eng
land, has broken an unwritten rule
which has lasted from time im
memorial with respect to an English
Ambassador attending the celebra
tion of our independence. It is in
keeping with the British spirit of
the Union Jack, which is said to be
the first Instance of American troops
being thus honored. The picture
shows Major Woolnough, in corn
fairness. We know now why England
is so great. I welcome Lord Derby
here in the name of America."
The audience arose, cheering
by and shouting for a speech. Lord
Derby demurred at first, but the
cheers would not down. Finally he
said:
"As In the days of my youth, a
teacher spanked me, saying; 'You
will thank me later for this.' I say
now that I wish to thank America
for the best licking we ever got It
has done us both a lot of good. We
are grateful to you because that lick
ing taught us how to treat our chil
dren; it is the reason why wo now
have Australia and Canada, and even
South Africa, fighting beside us to
day."
m&nd of the visitors, receiving the
flag from Alderman Colonel Creel
man. D. 8. 0., acting Mayor of
Montreal.
Cardinal Martinelli, Second
Papal Envoy to U. S., Dies
■ By Associated Press
Rome, July s.—Cardinal Sebastian
Martinelli, prefect of the sacred con
gregation of rites and former papal
delegate In the United States, is dead.
Cardinal Martinelli was fhe sec
ond apostolic delegate to the United
States, serving from 1896 to 1902,
when he returned to Rome. He was
born In San Anna, Italy, on August
20, 1848, and was created and pro
claimed cardinal on April 15, 1901
during his service In the United
States. From 1907 to 1909 he was
chamberlain of the sacred- college.
Cardinal Martinelli was ninth on the
list of cardinal priests in order of
precedence.
Cumberland Valley
Firemen Elecet Officers
ttnynmboro. Pit. July (. The
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fire
men's Association elected the follow
ing officers yesterday. In connection
with the seventeenth annual conven
tion of the association, now In ses
sion: Phesldent. C. E. Heller,
Waynesboro; First vice-president, W.
J. Ooop, Mlddletown; second vice
president, George W. Oarrettson, Mi-
Leonard Llnlcan, Martinsburg, W.
Vn.; secretary, C. L Jacobs, Waynes
boro; treasurer, W. L. Klchter. Oham
bersburg; attorney, VV. H. A. Hamil
ton Hugerstown, Md.
* Ive fire companies, with bands,
too part In the parade. Prizes were
paid In was savings stamps, and were
won as follows: Good Will, Cham
bersburg, $76, most men in line with
band; ltyneal Hose Company, Mar
tinsburg, W. Va., SSO, best appear
ance; Rescue Hose Company, Green -
castle, $26, best equipped; Charles
town, w. Va., Steam Fire Engine
Company, $26, cocmpany traveling
greatest distance. War savings
stamps to the amount of S7O were
given as prlze for floats tn the pa
rade.
JOSEPH 12. ROHREIt DIES
Wnyneaboro, Pa., July 6.—Joseph
E. Rohrer died suddenly at his home
here on Wednesday. He was born on
May 25, IS6I, on a farm near Smiths
burg. Md., and several years later
moved to Waynesboro and became
one of the directors of the old Geis
er Manufacturing Company. In 1875
he was married to Miss Sadie E. Oi
ler, daughter of Jacob F. Oiler. He
is survived by his wife and daugh
ter, Miss Bessie Rohrer, and n
brother, Aaron F. Rohrer, of Waynes-
I boro.
SEEKS SON WHO
REGISTERED IN CITY
Silas Robert Braun, aged 23. form
erly of Wichita, Kansas. Is thought
by his mother, Mrs. M. F. Braun. 116
West Twelfth street, Wichita, to bo
in this city, and she is making ef
forts to locate him to communicate
a piece of news of Importance. Local
police were asked to search for the
missing man. When last heard from,
his mother states, he was in Cumber
land, Md., but had registered in this
city.
COUNTERFEIT PENNY
Warneaboro, Pa., July 5.—A coun
terfeit penny of 1918 mintage with
the Lincoln portrait and "In God We
Trust" features showed up at, the
Citizens National Bank here Wednes
day and was readily detected. It is
a splendid facsimile in color and
minting, but the coin has a dead
sound and Its bogus character is eas
ily detected when dropped on the
counter.
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