NEWS OF FIGHTERS ATE FULL OF VIGOR Douglas Beidel Declares U. S. Soldiers Do Not Fear Bullets The vigor and spirit which Ameri can soldiers possess when going into the front line trenches in Prance is described by Douglas Beidel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beidel. who is driving an ambulance in France. Youons Beidel tells of Hun brutality in shelling a base hospital and the wonderful work which the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross are doing The letter written on June 11 follows in part: "Dear Mother and All:—Have just finished with my laundry and will write while it is drying. Received the flags which you sent and will have them on my ambulance. After a while 1 shall return them to you as souve nirs. Don't be surprised if I tell-you they have been in Germany before I return them. We're going to get there—just a matter of time. Hun I.oue* Heavy "I know things look rather blue to you people, but to us they look lather sunny. Germany by force of numbers may gain a little ground, but she is paying the price which is suing to be shown shortly. Of course this war can't end too quickly for me. but rather than have a German dicta tion as to the terms of peace I am willing to stick to the finish. "To-day I saw a number of our troops. It was not far behind the lines —they were going in. I was im pressed by the vigor and spirit which was manifest. As they were passing a few shells came close to hand —I suppose It was the first they had ever heard in actual Warfare, but instead of shying, the sheels instilled more "pep" into them and I feel sui'e that they will show up very well. 'I am so glad to hear of the way in which you people "over there" have Kone "over the top" in all of your loans. That confidence of knowing that we have a united country back of us certainly lightens the loads we have to carry and strengthens one's j courage, helping him to "carry on." The Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross are, doing wonderful work. "The ambulance men on this side are publishing a paper "The Radla- , tor" every week. I will send you a copy once in a while. Have not been . worked very hard for the past month, but expect to reach a warmer' climate soon. The Huns shelled tne j hospital to which we were taking our 1 wounded, making it necessary for us ! to evacuate the position There is no : nd to Hun barbarity. Some say that: we are fighting the German Govern ment and not the people. Tell them ' to consult me." HODDIXOTT HFRF. w. B. Hoddinvtt. secretary to Quincy Bent, rtee-president of tbe i Bethlehem Steel Corporation, at, Bethlehem, formerly connected with! the local steel plant was in town to day and made a tour through the steel plant. Mr. Hoddinott spent last; evening visiting friends in town. He; accompanied some friends here to; the Lebanon-Steelton game at Leb-: anon this afternoon. r ——\ Keeney's Flower Shop Formerly Miss M. >l. Baer Cut Flowers—Funeral Work 157 N. Front St., Stcelton HELP WANTED—MALE j LABORERS WANTED Men who are not at the present time employed on Government work Can receive employment on Government work with Good pay and good living conditions. Machinists also. Apply to F. J. PORTER. State Employment Office, Third and North Streets. 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Fresh Roasted— and delivered four times daily Our coffees do not stay long on your grocer s shelf because we ha>e unusual facilities for quick and frequent deliveries We are as anxious that GOLDEN" ROAST and OLD FAVORITE will reach you fresh full flavored and fragrant as you are to serve the best coffee you can brew. Try These Two Good Coffees One Will Just Suit Your Taste Golden Roast Coffee 30c lb. Inn Jirf h /in\- ored^ Cofre S fended from the highlands of Brazil. Fresh dail> and Packed in tinfoiled packages that hold in its tine " ,c "■ a Old Favorite Coffee 25c lb. Palo mel i>rsh taS n t> ' , C * n V blended from the best beans from Sao i ro ? ed v dall y and Packaged in stout moistureproof bags. Popular with housewives for Its line flavor and economical coffee for°2sc C pound" " n< * ÜBinK Un COntalne ™ A 3 <>c \ Ask your grocer for a s^^/ , >1 pound of both these good 1 > I i V coffees. He has them or can ' V", *. quickly get them for you. **—■ " k Harrisburg, Pa. SSSfS. A SATURDAY EVENING, Four of 40 Registrants Fail to Pass Physically I Of the forty registrants who were examined physically yesterday by physicians at the local draft board office, thirty-six were pronounced qualified for military service. One of the four who failed to pass was placed in the fifth class while the others were sent to the district med ical examination board at the Harrls > burg Hospital. There are yet about | 250 men of the 1918 class to be ex lamined. These men will go before | the board until they are all examin i ed and classified. Steelton Churches . j First M. E.—The Rev. Herbert A. , j Sawyer, pastor. 9.30, Sunday school; i 10.45, "Abiding in Christ;" 6.30, Epworth League; 7.30. "The Stew ardship of Possessions." St. John's Lutheran—The Rev. G. |N. Lauft'er, pastor, will preach at 10.45 a. m. on "God's Sufficiency." and at 7.30 p. m. on "Balaam's Re . quest." Sunday school at 9.30, C. E. tat 6.30. ! Main Street Church of .God —The I Rev. o. W. Getz, pastor, will preach lat 10.45 a. m. on "The Walk Be- I fore God," and at 7.30 p. m. on I "Balaam, the Son of Beor." Sunday ! school at 9.45. C. E. at 6; Sr. C. E. jat 6.30. i Central Baptist—The Rev. W. H. i Dallnian. pastro, will preach at 10.30 la. m. and at 7.30 p. m. Sunday [school at 9.30: B. Y. P. U.. 6.30. Trinity Episcopal—The Rev. W. C. I Heilman. rector. S a. m.. Holy Coni union; 10 a. m., church school; It a. in., morning prayer and sermon: 7.30 p. m., evening prayer and ser mon. Centenary United Brethren—The Rev. A. K. Wier. pastor, will preach at 11 a. m. on "The Joys of the Christian," and at 7.30 p. m. on "The Biblical Basis of Optimism." Sunday school at 9.45. C. E. 6.30. Brief ad- I dress on world war at morning serv ice. I First Reformed —The Rev. Mr. j Spangler, of Harrisburg, will occupy j the pulpit at morning service. 7 p. ! m. the Rev. H. H. Rupp will preach jto the junior congregation. | Grace United Evangelical The I Rev. J. K. Hoffman, pastor, will ! preach at 10.30 a. m. Sunday school i at 9.15. K. L. C. E. and evening serv ice at 7.15 p. m. 1 Neidig Memorial United Brethren. Oberlin—The Rev. H. B. Kiefer. I pastor. The Rev. Charles Shoop. fo: | six years a missionary to China will I preach morning and evening. OX MOTOR TRIP . Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Miller, daugh ter. Gertrude, and son. Elmer, 162 i South Front street, will join Mr. and ! Mrs. Charles E. Reeser, E. B. Cheno i weth and Miss Lillian Schafmeister iin a motor trip to the Blue Ridge : mountains to-morrow. THE REV. MR. KING HERE The Rev. H. B. King, pastor of the Paxton Presbyterian Church at Pax i tang, will preach in the First Pres- I byterian Church to-morrow morning [at 11 o'clock. Sunday school will be held at 9.45 o'clock. OX FISHING TRIP • George Stauffer, of 116 South ■ Front street, has returned from a j fishing trip. i HIGHSPIRE To-morrow evening at 7 o'clock the first union meeUng of the three i churches of town will be held on 1 Market Square, and will continue during the entire month of August, i Special music will feature these i meetings. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Mounts and I mother. Mrs. Mary Mountz. of Cam [ den. N, J., spent the weekend in ! town. Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Mountz [ left for their home on Sunday and jMrs. Mary Mountz will spend several j "eeks in town before returnng to | Camden. j Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gise, •of | Windbar. Pa., spent the weekend ; :n town with the former's grandpar ; ents. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hoover, of East End. Dr. H. B. ißoop, of Columbia, j spent Sunday in town with his par i ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Roop. of | Roop street. Prof, and Mrs. Walter Clippinger and children. Walter Jr. and Char ! lotte Clippinger, of Westerville, 0., ire the guests of Mrs. 'lippinger's parents. Sir. and Mrs. J. H. Roop. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Robinson, of Wilmington, Del., spent the , weekend in town. Mr. and Mrs. George Seabold and little son Drvid. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Seabold. of Philadelphia, attended the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Dora Arnold, on Monday. Mervin Hocker and family, of Philadelphia, who spent a week in town with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Hocker.of of Meadwood, returned to their homes this week. HEAVY DEMANDS FOR WORK HANDS i State and Nation Succeed in j Getting About Half of Them Filled in June i The State and National Depart ments of Iabor and the State Coun cil of National Defense placed 473 men and twenty women on the farms of Pennsylvania during June according jto a report issued at the Capitol to-day. During the same month 219 men were gotten jobs in mines and 10,476 men and 2.112 women placed In Industrial estab lishments. The demand for people, however, was almost three times the number placed, as employers asked for 34.631 men and 3.198 women. Almost 17,000 men and women ap plied to the officers of the state and national departments for work. There are now employment offices opt rated by these three branches in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. Harris burs. Altoona. York, Johnstown, Oil City. Erie. Williamsport. Scran ton Allentown, Chester. Reading, New Kensington and New Castle. The records of the June employ ment activities in each of the six zones into which the state is di vided and the cities in each zone in which offices are maintained are as follows: x ■sl - to : £ <- -Z X" * X = >. 5 2 on o a x. ■" £ n •'lf a. 5 a. £ Zone No. 1. Harrisburg. Altoona. Johnstown. York. . 10797 2653 Zone No. 2 Philadelphia. Chester. Allentown. Reading 7133 6249 Zone No. 3 Pittsburgh. New Cas tle.New Kensington 9792 3688 Zone No. 4 Scranton 9390 43 Zone No. 5 Williamsport 305 85 Zone No. 6 Erie. Oil City 1412 602 Grand total 37829 13300 Noblemen in Fear of Revolt Sell Estates By Associated Press Italian Army Headquarter". July 13 —Austrian prisoners confirm the re ports that a large number of noble men are selling off their estates in Bohemia and Moravia, because they fear a revolution. It is said that Count Czernin, fonntr Austro-Hun garian foreign minister, has sold for 3,000,000 crowns ail his lands in Bo hemia and that the purchaser was a bank with agricultural interests. It also is stated that Count Henry , Clam-Martinic. former premier, ex pressed the opinion in Vienna that a revolution was probably planned in Moravia, and. therefore, was selling his lands there. ! MIDDLETOWN I \ 1 Will Give Dance For Newly-arrived Soldiers The Aviation depot will give a dance on Thursday evening, July 18, in honor of the newly-arrived Six Hundred Tenth Squadron here. It will be held in the barracks on the grounds. The committees in charge are: Reception Sergeants Robert Dwyer and James Maxwell; pro gram, Sergeant George Kock; re freshments, Sergeants George Bev eridge and Felix Booth; electrical, sergeant M. J. Robinson; music, Sergeant Russell S. Davies; decora tion, Sergeant M. H. Lee. In the receiving line will be Major and Mrs. W. A. Garrison, Captain and Mrs. C, H. Vanderpool, Captain and Mrs. F. N'etcher, Captain and Mrs. H. C. Lang, Captain J. D. Yarrow, Lieutenant and Mrs. John Longe necker, Lieutenant and Mrs. D. F. Duncan, Lieutenant and Mrs. F. Flood, Lieutenants Warren, Olds, Wilson and Schulern. Middletown Tennis Club will play three matches with members of the local Aviation post on the fairground courts Monday, Wednesday and Fri day evenings, to start at 8.30 o'clock. At the monthly meeting of the Middletown Auto Club at the office of A. H. Luckenbill on Thursday ; evening C. P. Longenecker and Harry Deimler were elected mem bers. Mrs. J. B. Carrothers and son John, of Madison, Ohio, are visiting her sister. Mrs. A. H, Luckenbill, of North Union street. Phares O. Hershey, John H. Deib lur, Ira Brinser, Merle Stipe. James Arnold, Adam Shroy, A. A. Upde sraph, C. D. Kauffman. Charles Johns, J. E. Kluger, Elmer Mans berger, Harmon Painter. W. E. Det weiler and Fred Lutz will be sent to Camp Lee., July 26. Since the "work or fight" order became effective, few loafers arc •seen on Middletown streets. John Wood, of McKeesport, it> relatives and friends in town. He formerly was a resident cf town and was draughtsman for the American Tube and Iron Com pany. of Middletown. John Sites is visiting his daugh ter. Mrs. Thomas Fornwalt, at Leba non. Mrs. John Deininger. of Susque hanna street is at Pittsburgh, where she will be the guest of her son. Jacob Heiminger, and her daughter! Mrs. Mary Heiminger. Mrs. Thomas Boyd left this morn ing for Elwood City, Pa., to visit her parents. MIDDLtTTOWN CHURCHES Methodist Episcopal—The Rev. James Cunningham, pastor. Preach ing at* 11 and .730. United Brethren —The Rev. J. H. Albright, pastor. Preaching at 11 and 7.30. Presbyterian—The Rev. T. C. Mc- Carrell, pastor. 11, Communion: i.30, subject, "The Bible a Univer sal Book." Church of God—The Rev. O. M. Kraybtll, pastor. 11, subject. "The Holy Spirit in Relation to the As cendant Lord"; 7.16. subject, "The Church on Earth and In Heaven. * St. Poter's Lutheran—The Rev. Fuller Bergstresser, pastor. 10.45. subject. "Christianity Justified"; 7.30 subject, "What Liberty Sees." Rev. William Beach. Preaching 11 and 7.30. St. Mary's Catholic—Father Jules Forn Mass. 8-10; vespers and bene diction, 7.30. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH RAILROAD RUMBLES EXTRA TIME FOR READING SHOPS Increased Demand For Cars Brings Special Order; P. K. R. Shops Busy Increased demands for freight oars has brought an order for longer hours for Reading shopmen. This, it is said, will include employes in this vicinity. While no cars are built at Rutherford, extensive re pairs are made, and it is understood that Rutherford forces will be im portant factors In providing cars. How this order will affect Pennsy men could not be ascertained. Lo cal shops are not working full ca pacity and many of the men are making overtime. Not only Penn sylvania railroad cars are receiving attention .but cars from many other lines will be sent to the nearest repair shops. A dispatch from Read ing says: "Because of the demand for freight oars the men employed at the Reading Railway Company shops have been put on sixty hours a week. They will work five days of eleven hour 3 and five hours on Sat urday. quitting at noon. They start at 7 a. m. tnd quit at 7 p. m- The men had been making fifty-five hours a w.;ek, About 1,000 men arc affected. The working hours will be increased at all repair shops." Coroner Places Blame For Death of Local Flagman Defective airbrakes were respon sible for the wreck on the Reading Monday at East Penn Junction. Howard Marks, flagman, 1622 North street, this city, was killed. The cor oner's Inquest was held yesterday at Allentown. A verdict was rendered to the ef fect that Mark's death was due to a fracture at the base of the skull, caused by a collision when a freight train ran into a passenger train on tlie Reading Railway at East Penn Junction on July 8. 1918, due to the airbrakes of the freight train not working properly. The witnesses comprised the crews of the two trains, several of them showing the effects of the accident in the shape of severe bruises caused by falls. Members of the crew of the freight testified that the air brakes did not hold the train, that they were In fact useless in holding the heavy train on the incline. Standing of the Crews H\RRIBI'RG SIDE Philadelphia Division. The 120 crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock: 129, 103. 112. Engineer for 103. Brakemen for 120. 129. Engineers up: Anderson. Green wait, Gunderman. Weker. Firemen up: Keefe, Folk. Rider, Beers. Northcutt. Lotz, Keeler, Colo burn, StaufTer, Sheriek, Kennedy, Gible. Brakemen up: Dearolf, Riley, Bentz. Masterson. Wimmer. Kugle, Alburger, Long. Middle Division.— The 22 crews first to go after 1 o'clock: 34, 18. 248, 26, 1.37, 35. 15. Engineer for 34. Firemen for 22, 34. IS, 26. 15. Conductor for 34. Brakemen for 34. 26, 37, 15. Engineers up. Swigart, Tettemer, Fisher. Earley. Blizzard. Firemen up: Sarge, Clouser, Myers, Swltzer, King. Haskins, Morris. Swartz, Sheaft'er. Holsinger, Weaver. I Ulsh. Book. Delancy, Stutts, Freed. Conductors up: Dottrow, Ross, Bennett, Rhine. Brakemen up: Shelly, King. Watts. Walker, Leonard. Clouser, George, Baker, Roush, Baker. Vard noard —Engineers for 3-7 C, I 4-7 C. 2-15 C. J Firemen for: 1-7 C, 2-7 C, 3-7 C. 4-7 C, | 5-7 C. 12C.1-14C, 1-15 C, 2-15 C. 3-15 C. Engineers up: Snell, Bartolet, ' Getty, Barkey, Sheets, Bair, Eyde, ■ Keener, Ford. Klinner. Crawford. Mil ' ler, Biever, Essig. Ney. | Firemen up: Martin, Soles, Desch, i Yost, Wright, Farmer, Swiler, Nut, | Rupley. Shoemaker. Wengel. Stawtr, i Garman, Hoover, Stacks. K.XOI.A SIDE Philadelphia Division The 238 crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock: 233, 220. 215, 217. 208. 218. ! Engineers for 220. 208. Firemen for 215, 218. Flagman for 38. 17. | Brakemen for 33 20 (2), 08. 18. Brakemen up: Heree, Garvrick, I Netdig. Baker, Shelton. Messersmith. Polnier, Williams, Schlesser, Hamil ton. Middle Division —The 112 crew first to go after 2.45 o'clock: 125 102, 107, 108. Fireman for 112. Conductors for 123, 102. Brakemen for 125, 102, 107 (2). 108. Yard Hoard —Engineers for 2nd 129. 135, 140, extra 2nd 102, Ist 104, 118. Engineers up, Feas. Fortenbaugh, I.utz, Brown. Herron, McNally, Bair, Potter. Quigiey. Ewing, Zeiders, Fen- Icle. Barnhart. Firemen up: Miller, Morris. Haver stick. Holmes. Crlstafaro, Note, Baker, Handiboe. Elchelberger. Bish, Bain-, bridge. Hall. Wallace, Huber. PASSENGER SERVICE Philadelphia Division Engineers up: R. B. Welch, V. C. Gibbons. B. A. Kennedy, C. R. Osmond, A. Ball. Firemen up: F H. Cook. L. E. Ever hart, W. E. Aulthouse, F. L Fyold, H. S. Copeland. E. D. McNeal. Firemen for P36 and M9B. Middle Division —Engineers up: J: Crimmel, R. M. Crane, W. C. Graham, R. E. Crum, G. G. Keiser. D. Keane. O. L Miller. Firemen up: S. R. Mearrkle, J. L. Fritz, E. E. Ross. E. J. Sheeley, R. A. Arnold. P. E. Gross, S. H. Wright, C. L Sheaty. Fireman for 33. THE READING The 52 crew first to go after 10.45 o'clock: 25, 4, 24, 2>, 22, 54, 58, 51, 9, 60. Engineers for 51, 52. 23. Firemen for 52, 3, 6, 24. Conductors for 52. 23. Brakemen for 54, 23. Engineers up: Jones, Funer, Lack ey, Lackey, Dowhower. Little. Moyer. Minlch. Chrolster. Griffle, Motter. Firemen up: Leach, Beard, Bricker, Sennet, Herbein. Shomper, Halinan. Booth. Conductors up: Patton, Yochum. Wynn, Bashour. Flagmen up: Danby, Shetz, Gardner. I Brakemen up: Leininger, Wengler. RAILWAY HEADS FAIL TO AGREE One Body Accepts Govern ment Draft; Security Hold ers Show Dissention Mew York, July 13.—Members of the railway executive committee. which represents eighty railroads, constituting about ninety per cent. of the mileage of the country, passed resolutions yesterday accepting in the main the government's proposed railioad draft. The three commit tees representing the National As sociation of Owners of Railway Se curities attended the session, but at a subsequent meeting of their own passed resolutions which stated the contract was unacceptable. The main conference was attend ed by more than 100 of the most im portant railroad executives, and their counsel and will go down in history as the most important meet ing of railroad heads and represent atives of large owners of railroad securities. Those who attended the session stated the members of the railway executive committee and the com mittees representing the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities were in accord with the resolutions passed, but that did not seem to be borne out by the passing of the resolution by the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities. Two Resolutions Two resolutions were passed by the railway, executives' advisory committee. They were not made public, but it is understood one ac cepted, In the main, the contract ami the other called for the begin ning of negotiations with representa tives of the government for a pro vision that the rentals of leased roads receive the same protection the government has conceded should be accorded to interests on bonds. It was stated a provision for protect ing the rentals of leased roads is of extreme importance to railroads where most of their underlying prop erties are leased. Railroad Notes Federal officials on an inspection of railroad lines were in Harrisburg to-day. Shipmen In session at Altoona vot ed against piece work, favoring a wage scale giving full compensation for work performed. Fred Lupfer, special duty ensl ; neer on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania railroad, with his fsm [ ily. are sojourning at Losh's Run. Freight handlers at ask for increased wages. The flJ|Pskers ask for an Increase of from 76 to 35 I cents an hour, and the checkers who receive S7B per month, ask an in | crease of S2O. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway relief statement for the month of May shows receipts of $30,292.21. and expenses of $30,- j 194.18. The Heading Railway Company is in receipt of a large consignment of lumber. An enormous quantity is ; used here and at the outlying shops :in the course of a year. Most of ! the lumber comes from the South. Joseph J. Weightman, assistant ! chief clark in the office of the super intendent of motive power and roll ing equipment, at the locomotive 1 shop, has been transferred to the of fice of Federal Manager C. H. Ewing, at the Reading Terminal, Philadel phia. To expedite the shipment of coal , from the Susquehanna collieries in i the ShamoUin and Mt. Carmel dis ; tricts. the Pennsylvania Railroad has 1 placed a night force at its big scales west of Shamokln and hereafter coal will be weighed as rapidly as it reaches the yards by night. Horvath Provisional Head of Siberian Government; to Rout the Bolsheviki By Associated Press l.ondon, July 13—Lieutenant Gen ; eral Horvath. vice-president and gen | eral manager of the Chinese Eastern I Railway, having declared himself premier of a temporary Siberian ' government, has been proclaimed provisional ruler of Siberia, aceord- I ing to a dispatch to the Mail from ' Harbin. j Tokio dispatch to on July I 10, stated that a new pf-ovisional gov ernment had been established in Si beria. It was said that it had the unanimous support of the popula tion and would continue to fight the Central Powers. The seat of this government it was said, was at Vlad ivostock. The program of the new govern ment. as outlined in the dispatch, in cluded the liberation of Siberia from the Bolsheviki; the avoidi.nce. if pos sible, of foreign intervention: univer sal suffrage: establishment of provin cial councils and a labjr bureau; dis tribution of land among the landless and the control of economic activities. Kaiser Bill Worries Over U. S. 'invasion" Genrvn. Switzerland, Thursday, July 11. — The military critic of the | Tribune de Geneva says he recently ] met a high German oiticei who de- j clared that although the German i newspapers had been prohibited from mentioning American military mat ters, except the taking of prisoners. ! the American invasion of Europe and the great aid being rendered by the Americans to the Entente Allies is csuslng much anxiety at German Im perial headquarters. People cannot understand, the Ger man officer said, why the successful Geiman submarine warfare announc ed by the Reichstag is unable to pre vent a milllan Americans landing in France. The Germans, he added, are learning the truth only through for eign newspapers. The Swiss le Democrate sarcasti cally remarks in this connection that It Is "prudent' and safe for German submarines to sink unarmed hospital ships than to attack a protected Ame- I rlcan troop ship." LANDLORDS NOT GOUGING PUBLIC, SAY PROBERS Owners Entitled to Fair Re turn on Investment, Com mittee Reports Harrisburg property owners are not profiteering in rent charges to tenants the special committee ap pointed by Mayor Keister and the Harrlsburg Real Estate Board to In vestigate alleged unfair increases by real estate dealers, staled in their re port. This report is based upon the reports submitted to the committee, which were very few. The committee began its work a few weeks ago after charges had been made that various realty own eis in the city had made an ex orbitant rent Increase. Mayor Keister > at once decided to investigate and with the Real Estate Roard named six men to do the work. The report of this committee says that a few cases of unfair advances were found but the majority of these have been ; satisfactorily adjusted. No names or details of any complaints are given. Report Pleases Mayor Mayor Keister expressed some sur prise at this fact, "but said he had not given the report careful consid eration. He also said he was pleased to learn that rent profiteering in Harrisburg is not practiced as in other cities in the east. The special committee will be re tained indefinitely t6 investigate anv additional complaints which may be made in the future. A close watch will be kept in the future. Mayor Keibter said. The committee states in the report that most of the In creases reported to them were jus tified because of increased mainte nance cost. They also urge the Chamber of Commerce to continue a campaign for better housing be cause of the demand for dwellings since so many men come to the city to work in munitions plants. The report of the committee fol lows: The Report Hon. Daniel L. Keister. Mayor: Dear Sir—The joint committee appointed by Your Honor and the Harrisburg Real Estate Board to in vestigate the charges which were made to you. and also through the public press, of rent profiteering by some of the Harrisburg landlords, has held a number'of meetings and did urgently solicit all who had in any wanner been aggrieved, to make Uncle Sam Is Breaking Records Making Ships And Other War Equipment l That is just exactly as it The state fuel adminis should be. The faster we trator has ordered skip make the things for war stops along the line in order the faster we will prosecute to conserve, the actual fighting and the sooner the war will be won. Prices have now landed at such a point where the \yz l . . .1 street car business is run- We have got to win the • , , , i 11 • •. nin g at a loss. It has been war and we will win it. . . , f , running at a loss for a long It is taking all the men and materials this great It cannot run at a loss in land of ours has— definitely or it cannot run at all. i It js taking all the strength and energy all the . - . " ve cent stl "eet car men and women in this [ are * s not en p u gh to pay Nation possess — e operating expenses of the street cars. , And yet we must go The public is well aware further than that—no tell- 0 f t h e conditions under ing how much further! which we are running and we feel certain that the The more difficult to get public wants to keep the materials and equipment street cars running by pay and fuel to run the street ing a car fare that is right cars the higher the prices under the war conditions for those things. of to-day. ♦ ■ Harrisburg Railways Company JULY 13, 1918/ complaint either In person or In writing to the committee. After many weeks waiting the committee would report that very few complaints have been received and from these, together with the In formation obtained from various sources, the committee has reached the conclusion tnat the Harrisburg rents have not been raised to a profiteering point. A few cases were found where the increase did seem excessive, but it is our understand ing that the most of these have been adjusted. We found that a large majority .of the Harrisburg land lords had been very reasonable In their rental charges and that In many cases their properties have been netting them six per centum per annum. The cost of maintaining property, by reason of the increase in taxa tion, Insurance, labor and materials of every kind, is very much greater than previous to the war, and many of the landlords have been com pelled to advance their rents. In the majority of cases a fair and conservative advance from the old rates may be necessary, and we hope that both landlord and tenant will be fair. The tenant should be willing to pay a rent sufficient in amount to pay for taxes, insurance, repairs, depreciation, collection of rents, loss of rents In slack times, and six per cent on the money in vested in the property, no matter whether it i s borrowed or the nest egg which the landlord has accumu lated for the rainy day. The land lord on his part should be content with a rent which will produce the return outlined. It is the opinion of the committee that the large amount of munition and other war work which Harris burg is doing has caused a great shortage in houses. The real estate men are daily turning many people away. This condition should be cor rected. With a rent sufficient to produce a liberal return, the land lord is likely to provide more homes for the people who are now forced to live in crowded conditions. More over, the tenant should keep in mind that when the rents paid are liberal, attractive houses, as well as a suffi cient number, are sure to follow. There are always those who are will ing to Invest where the investment is safe and the return fair, so that the question in the end is purely one of supply and demand, coupled with the present inability of our builders to ootain labor and materials. This can be corrected by the United States government assisting, as it has in other muntion centers, by providing liberal loans of cheap i money and seeing that our supplies of labor and materials are not in terfered with. The committee understands that the Chamber of Commerce is mak ing an effort to find a solution for the Harrisburg housing problem. We would urge quick and positive ac tion on the part of this organization toward finding a solution and secur ing of all possible aid from the government for this purpose. Respef.tfully submitted, L. B. WANBAUGH. Chairman. HERMAN P. MILLER. Sec v. J. HERBERT THOMAS, A. C. YOUNG, .1. E. GIPPLE. GERMANS DELAY NEW DRIVE FOR CHANNEL PORTS Belief in Washington That Serious Obstacle Holds Enemy From Battle Washington, July 13.—The con viction that the German high com mand has encountered serious ob stacles In pressing the offensive on the western front is gaining ground in the minds of officials here. They cannot believe that renewal of the attack would be deferred voluntarily when It is obvious that every day's additional delay works against the ultimate success of the whole pur pose of forcing a military decision this year to which the Germans are committed. Baker at Loss For Reason Secretary Balcer said to-day that nothing definite Is known here as to the reasons that have compelled the German delay. He made it clear, however, that the time that has elapsed since the last German effort and the failure of the enemy to re act against repeated successful local counterattacks by French, British and American troops were accepted as conclusive evidence that the Ger man offensive was being held in check by some consideration other than the purely practical one of preparing the storm troops. Foeh Persists in "Nibbling" Meanwhile the steady pressure of local operations by the allies along the entire battle area from Ypres to Rheims continues. Not a day has passed now for more than a week in which some territory has not been wrested from the enemy and it is reported that nearly 6,000 pris oners have been taken. The simi larity of the tactics employed by both the French and British armies is taken here to indicate that the "nibbling" process is part of a defi nite plan being carried out by Gen eral Foch, supremo commander, probably to harass the enemy in his preparations and feel out the Ger man lines to locate the points from which he plans to strike. r ■S A pl>t without a roof, which dor* not Interfere with taste or Crown and Platea repaired while yon wait, came In U L morning, ban your teeth made the same day. MACK'S I 810 UAKKITI STKBKT 3
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