IF ROSEWOOD WINS TONIGHT SHE WINS PENNANT; P.R.R.BOYS AT ALTOONA TOMORROW
P. R. R. BOYS
PLAYALTOONA
Local Club of Philadelphia
Division Will Have a Real
. Battle Tomorrow
The biggest baseball game In Al
toona of the present season Is prom
ised for to-morrow afternoon -when
th® Harrisburg. Philadelphia divi
sion baseball team, will plan the ma
chine shop team In the Eastern
Pennsylvania division, P. R. R. base
ball finals. Play starts at S o'clock.
The Harrisburg team is the best in
years, according to report and a
tight game Js looked for. R. Irwin
will oppose either Alcorn or Weaver
in the pitching department.
Harrisburg has figured in the
finals in Eastern Pennsylvania for
the last three years. Middle division
downed the Capital team four years
ago in the final game due to Jim
Fink'i home run. A year later Car
Shop Just nosed out a winner over;
the Harrlsburgers. Machine Shop
copped from the team last year, but
Harrisburg didn't have more than
four of the regular players. The|
strongest team available will be
taken to* Altoona. I
This is what the Altoona papers,
think of to-morrow's contest undj
evidently Altoona has a wholesome j
respect for the Harrisburg huskier. |
Well they might. Any time Weaver I
or Alcorn step in the pitcher's box
there is sure to be some ball game.
A big bunch of rooters will follow
the boys to-morrow for Harrisburg
has a good chance for this trophy.
The result of the Pennsy Eastern
Pennsylvania elimination to date:
first Round
Machine Shop, 5; Middle Division,
3.
Harrisburg, 8; Schuylkill Division, I
1.
Car Shop. 12; Juniata Shop, 2.
Second Round '
Machine Shop, 4; Car Shop, 2.
Harrisburg, bye.
Third Round
Machine Shop vs. Harrisburg
(final).
The Pennsylvania Railroad Base-;
ball League is run on a system, al- j
right. President George Quinni
proves that in replying to the pro- j
test of Manager Chad Fisher of Mid-j
die Division over the umpire's decis-;
ion in the Middle Division-Juniuta
Shop game of Monday, July 15.
The game was won in eight in
nings by Juniata Shop, 6-5, Manager
Fisher protesting a decision on thei
third batter in the sixth inning. The
batter. It will be recalled, struck t>ut!
and the third strike was dropped.!
Xo attempt was made to run out the|
error or to make the out as the run
ner on third scored, the run being
counted.
President Quinn, after consulting
officials and managers relative to the
play, files the following decision:
"Under the provisions of Section
Xo. 10 of the Rules and Regulations
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Base
ball League- of Altoona, governing
protests, action has been requested
through a play that occurred in the
sixth inning of the Middle Division-
Juniata Shop game of July 15.
"The protest was entered by Mid
dle Division on a ruling made by
Umpire Gochnour in allowing the
runner on third to score on a third
out, which, however, had,not been
completed. The run enabled Ju
niata Shop to complete the seventh
inning with a tie score and win the
game in the eighth inning with a
margin of one run.
"The protest was filed within thl
required twenty-four ho'urs and all
arguments clearly stated. Therefore,
after duo consideration and consul
tations, the following decision is
reached:
"That the play as it occurred is in
direct violation of the playing rules,
(see Rule 59, official American Lea
gue rules), and that the run scored
was Illegal.
"It is further found that Middle
Division would have been the real
winner in the legal number of in
nings (seven), but in view of the
fact tlfat Juniata had one inning to
play after the illegal run counted,
and that perhaps, the team would
have pursued different tactics with
a run behind, to award the game to
Middle Division as the protest be
seeches, would be both unfair and
unwise.
"Therefore, the team managers
are hereby notified that the game I>e
replayed in the regulA- order of post
poned games agd that notice be
given to the official scorer to strike
the game from the records."
Steelton Band Gives
Splendid Concert
Harrisburgers were given a real
musical treat last night when the
Steelton Band gave the first volun
tary complimentary band concert at
Reservoir Park. The numbers were
roundly applauded. "There's a
Long, Long Trail" was so popular
the audience demanded it three
times. The heavy selections were
appreciated just as much as the
lighter music and as a whole, the
concert is conceded to be one of the
best given here in a long while.
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"DUTCH" LEONARD PITCHES
AGAINST PLANK TOMORROW
"Dutch" Leonard versus Eddie
Plank. That's the program for to
morrow at 2.30 o'clock when Steelton
meets Fore River at Cottage Hill. Can
you see these famous pitching stars
scintillating in a real battle, with
Steelton keyed up to pennant aspira
tions?
Leonard has been ripping round like
a tank on a spree ever since he left
Boston and hopped into Schwab's
company. Last Saturday he held Leb
anon to 8 hits and enabled his team
to win easily 4-0. To-morrow he will
be in ace shape to contest honors with
EVERS TO PLAY
WITH GIANTS
Not Jumping the Red Sox,
but He Wants to Star Once
Refore Sailing Over
Don't be surprised to see Johnny
Evers playing second base for the
Oiants to-morrow. The famous Cub
player and now Knights of Colum
bus secretary, whose craftiness in a
game at the Polo Grounds in 1908
caused the Giants to lose the Na
tional League pennant, has suggest
ed to Manager McGraw that he ask
the permission of the Red Sox to al
low him to play this game, which
might be his last appearance on this
side of the Atlantic. Johnny says his
friends up in Troy have always want
ed him to play for New York, and, in
asmuch as he always has had the
greatest admiration for McGraw and
a fondness for the New York base
ball public, he would like to appear
in just this one game in the Giants'
uniform.
"You know,'' said 'Evers, "I am still
under contract to the Red Sox. I
haven't made up my mind what to
do In regard to the matter. They
have broken their contract with me
and there isn't a court in the world
that would decide against me. So
you can see that It would be neces
sary to receive President Frazee's
sanction in order to play. I don't
want to give Boston a chance to say
that I also broke the contract.
"I am sure that Manager McGraw
could obtain the permission of the
Red Sox to allow me to play. I
have played for the Knights of Co
lumbus and Red Cross this year, but
I haven't as yet played in a regular
major league game. However, I am
in fair condition. In fact, I am in
good enough form to play this fare
well game.
"Because of the trouble that the
clubs are having to put two first class
nines on the field, I think that I
should prove a considerable attrac
tion in a New York uniform, which X
battled against, tooth and pail, for
sixteen years, as a member of the
Chicago and Boston teams."
Plans have been completed for
Evers' sailing to' France as a K. of C.
secretary and it won't be long before
he bids the U. S. A. "an revoir."
Coventry Munition Strike
Spreads 18,000 Workers
Coventry, Eng., July 26.—8y noon
yesteday 18,000 of Coventry's 24,-
000 skilled workers were on strike.
Altogether 80,000 workers engaged
in the manufacture of munitions are
affected.
The Joint committee of engineer
ing and aJlied unions, which urged
that work be continued, pending a
conference, has been repudiated by
the strikers.
Eddie Plank and It should be a his
toric clinch.
Anyone who has watched Plank
work this season will feel sure that
he will be the last to go up. if either
man does blow. He knows more
about the batters than Leonard and
so far as control is concerned Plank
is second to no twirler anywhere.
The game promises to be close,
one of those contests which depend
for results on some slight break.
The biggest crowd that ever gath
ered at an outdoor event In Steelton
saw the recent double header. This
game should be just as interesting.
PENNANTSCRAP
IN HILL LEAGUE
Battle Tonight May Give Rose- i
wood Pennant; Took Yes
% terdav's Game by 1 Run
ALLISON HILL LEAGUE
tiast Evening's Results
Rosewood, 2; Reading, 1.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pet.
Rosewood 15 8 .632
Reading 14 9 .608.
Galahad 10 IS .435
Hick-A-Thrift ... 7 15 .218
To-night's Schedule
Reading vs. Rosewood.
Don Wertz, the tall rugged pitcher
of the Reading team did his best last
evening to swing victory to his club,'
striking out ten of the Rosewoods,
but Rosewood was determined to
get this critical game, and timely
hitting did it. Jones, a new man
on the Rosewood club, was there
with head and arm, and offset the
steady fine twirling of Wertz. A rank
error by Rheam, left field for Read
ing, upset Wertz temporarily. This
valuable twirler, however, was much
in evidence all through the battle,
his single scoring Captain McCurdy
In the first inning. It is expected
that to-night the batteries will be
Appier and Swartz for Reading and
Garverich and Killinger for Rose
wood. The score:
ROSEWOOD
R. H. O. A. E.
0. Waltz, 2b 0 0 0 3 0
Shafer, :ib 0 o 0 1 1'
E. Killinger, c .... 0 0 7 2 0i
G. Killinger, ss ... 0 0 2 1 0 i
Garverich, If 2 2 1 0 0!
Thompson, cf ..... . 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson, lb ...... 0 2 9 0 0
Jones, p 0 0 0 2 0;
Totals 2 4 21 9 ll
READING
R. H. O. A. E.
[ McCurdy, lb 1 0 4 0 0
1 Levan, ss 0 0 1 2 0
T. Euker, cf 0 0 3 0 0
I Wertz, p 0 2 0 2 0
Shartle, 3b 0 1 1 1 0
G. Swartz, c 0 Oil 0 0
H. Swartz, rf 0 0 0 0 0
Rheam, If 0 0 0 1 1,
Totals 1 3x20 6 1
xTwo out when winning run was
scored.
Rosewood 000010 I—2
Reading 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-—1
Struck out, by Wertz, 10; Jone.,
7. Base on balls, off Wertz. 1; Jones,
1. by pitcher, McCurdy, T. Eu
ker, Waltz. Stolen bases, Waltz. E.
Killinger, Garverich, 2; Johnson, Mc-
Curdy, T. Euker.- Umpires, Shiokley
and Clark.
Post Office to Be Open
For Inipection Saturday
The new post office in Federal
Square will be thrown open for in
spection to-morrow night, and Sun
day morning business will begin in
the new building. Lock boxes will be
assigned Sunday between 8 and 6
o'clock.
The building has been completely
renovated. Inside the Third street
entrance an elevator has been in
stalled, and near the elevator shaft
is a completely equipped employes'
rest room. The remaining space on
the first-floor is divided into the mail
ing and assorting rooms, which are
surrounded by 1,270 lock boxes. Be
tween the two rooms is an inspec
tor's chute, where the employes can
be observed at their work.
On the second floor is the post
master's office and numerous reg
istry offices. The weather bureau of
fice and federal courtroom are on
the third floor.
The building was renovated by A.
F. Pennick Company, H. L. Brown
Company, and by Augustus Wild
man. Gohl & Bruaw Company clean
ed the exterior of the building.
TEN ARE WARNED
Ten business establishment pro
prietors who failed to observe the
regulations of the lightless night or
der last night were warned by the
fuel administrator that a second of
fense would mean punishment toy a
|S,OOO fine or two years in prison,
or both. One of the establishments
'was a large Market street retail
store which burned lights in its win
dews during the day. /
HAHRiSBTJRG TELEGRAPH
KIWANIS ROUGH
TO BAPTISTS
In Their Mad Career For Pen
nant They Treat Opponents
Like Mexican Bandits
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
last Evening's Results
Kiwanis, 1; Baptist, 0.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pet.
Appleby i o 1.000
Belmont X o 1.000
West End 1 o 1.000
Kiwanis 1 i .500
Suburbans 1 1 .500
Baptist 1 i .500
Newsies 1 i ,500
Evangelicals 1 1 .500
To-night's Schedule
Evangelicals vs. Belmont.
This Kiwanis club is a reg'lar
bunch of Mexican bandits, copping
games from every team that comes
along. The latest scalp on their belt
is that of the Tabernacle Baptists
who were defeated last evening with
a score of 7-0.
For real slugging, the game was ,1
humdinger. Cluster, Lippman,
Black and Sterrick distinguished
themselves by puncturing the atmos
phere frequently. Hinkle held the
Tabs to three tyts and no runs. He
had control that rivaled bi„' league
stuff. About 200 fans were in the
grandstand at tho game which was
played on the West End grounds.
To-night's game will be played on
the West End grounds. Appleby
Brothers & Wittaker's strong nine
will clash with the West End Jun
iors, a strong bunch of boys who
have been playing phenomenal ball
lately. The game will be called at
6.30.
The score of last night's game:
KIWANIS
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Fritz, c 4 1 113 0 0
Lippman, 2b .. 4 1 2 4 1 0
Sterrick, lb ... 4 2 3 3 0 0
Day, ss 4 0 1 0 1 0
Jeffries, If 3 0 0 00 0
Hilber, 3o 4 1 2 1 0 0
Black, cf 3 0 2 0 0 0
Hinkle* p 3 01 0 0 0
Claster, rf .... 4 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 10 21 2 0
BAPTISTS
AB. B. H. O. A. E.
Desontis, ss .. . 3 0 1 0 1 1
Matter, c 2 0 0 9 2 0
Hogentogler, 2 § b. 3 0 0 3* 0 3
Froman, 3b... 2 0 1 1 2 1
Swartz, lb .... 3 0 0 3 0 0
Hoffman, cf ... 2 0 0 1 0 1
Arva, If 3 0 0 0 0 0
Messner, p.... 3 0 1 0 1 0
Stoli, rf 3 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 23 0 321 6 6
Baptist 00000-0 o—o
Kiwanis 511000 o—7
Two base hit. Fritz, Black, Fro
|man, Claster. Struck out, by Hinkle,
12; by Messner, 9. Base on balls,
Hinkle, • 2; Messner, 2. Hit by
pitcher, Hoffman. Stolen bases, Hil-
Mer, 2; Hinkle, 1; Hoffman, 2; Mess
ner, 2. Umpires, Hollehan-Frank.
Circus Catch Saves
Game For Swatara
Junior Hill League
W. L. Pet.
Summit 17 0 1.000
Swatara 12 7. 636
Albion 4 14 .222
Monarch 3 14 .176
Swatara torpedoed Albion laat
evening, 5-4, each pitcher allowing
but three hits. In the ninth Michlo
vitz saved Swatara with a circus
latch, a runner on third and two
out.. After to-day's battle between
Summit and Monarch the Junior
League will take a vacation until
August 1 when Summit tackles Al
bion. Yesterday's results:
SWATARA
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Michlevltz, cf . . 4 0 0 3 0 0
Smith, 3b 4 0 0 3 2 0
Young, 2b .... 4 0 0 2 1 1
Geohringer, lb. 4 0 0 4 0 1
Barry, p 4 2 1 3 1 0
C. Nye, ss .... 4 1 1 4 1 1
B. Nye, If 4 1 1 1 0 .0
McGraph, rf ... 4 1 0 2 0 0
Bricker, c .... 4 0 0 5 0 0
Totals 36 5 327 5 S
AB. R. H. Q. A. E.
ALBION
Bender, c .... 4 1 0 5 0 0
Heagy, lb .... 4 0 1 6 0 0
Fox, 2b . r 4 0 0 3 3 1
Fleisfier, p.. .. 4 0 0 2 0 0
j Levan. cf 4 0 0 1 0 0
Hy bolt, ss ... 4 0 0 3 1 1
Bhell, 3b 3 0 1 3 1 0
Clay, rf 3 2 1 2 0 0
Simons, If .... 3 1 0 2 0 0
Totals 33 4 3 27 5 2
Swatara 03000011 o—6
Albion 10200010 o—4
Two base hit, Heagy. Sacrifice
'hits, McGraph, Fox. Levan. Double
plays, Swatara 1; Smith to Young.
Struck out, by Fleisher, 5; Barry. 3.
Base on bills, by Fleisher, 6; Barry,
4. Left on base. Swatara, 6; Albion.
B. Stolen .bases, Michlevltz, Smith,
Barry, McGraph, Bender. Heagy.
Wild pitches, Barry, Fleisher. Um
pire, Butler. Time, 1.38.
AROUND THE BASES f
Joseph Shultz. an outfielder on the
Kansas City team, of the American
Association, has signed a Bethlehem
Steel League contract and will play
with the Lebanon team. Shultz, who
was formerly with the Toronto team,
of the International Association, is
expected to report before the end of
the week.
Baseball is the national game of
Japan. Outside of wrestling, and
wrestling is a sport rather than a
game. This testifies to two things:
(1) Japan's fondness for things
American.
(2) The fact that the Japanese
are the Americans of the orient, with
a mental makeup very similar in its
own way to the American tempera
ment.
Mike Finn, manager of the Chatta
nooga team in the Southern Associa
tion, which disbanded recently, says
all the blame for players Jumping to
ship and steel plant leagues and leav
ing the game for other occupations
must not be placed on the athletes
themselves. He says that all the play
ers he tried to place elsewhere and
who preferred to work in munition
plants or go to shipyards were inflilu- :
enced by their wives, who were afraid j
of the effects of the "work-or-fight"
order.
A record, unique in the history of
the American Association, was estab
lished at Louisville, Sunday, when
Catcher Kelley, in the second game
of a doubleheader, played with both
Toledo and Louisville.
Kelley started behind the bat with i
Toledo. When the Louisville catcher,
Myers, broke his collarbone Louis
ville had no backstop to put in. I
Kocher having departed in response
to a draft call.
As a result Toledo was forced to
loan a catcher. Manager Bresnahan
went behind the bat for Toledo and
loaned Kelley to Louisville.
While playing with Toledo, Kelley
wns once at bat and had one put-out
and one assist. While playing with
Louisville he cracked out one hit in
two times up and had two put-outs.
The ups and downs of baseball sal
aries are indicated in a petition filed
in a New York court by Pitcher Ray j
Caldwell, of the New York Yankees |
When he was drawing a salary of I
Open Hearth Club
Meets Mill No. 1 Today
Central I. and S. League
Standing of the Teams
Players— W. L. Pet.
Open Hearth 9 2 .818
Electric Shop 8 4 .667
Mill No. 2 6 4 .600
Universal Mill 6 5 .545
Blast Furnace 6 5 .545
Mill No. 1 5 5 .500
General Office .... 2 9 .182
Giants 2 10 .167
Schedule for Today
Open Hearth vs. Mill No. 1.
The General Office team of the
Central Iron and Steel "League
played a game last evening with
the Yannigans, which does not
count in the club standing. The
regular schedule goes on to-day with
Open Hearth meeting Mill No. 1.
Open Hearth has a good lead right
now and it will take a clever club
to overhaul her. Yesterday's fray:
GENERAL OFFICE
Players— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Seiblist, c ; 4 1 213 2 0
Zimmerman, cf.*. 2 1 1 1 0 0
Black, lb 1 0 0 3 0 0
Sheesley, 3b .... 2 0 0 0 0 0
StoufTer, ss 4 1 2 1 0 0
Myers, cf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Little, 2b 3 0 2 2 3 0
Hare, rf 3 1 1 0 0 0
Sunday, p 2 2 2 1 0 0
R. Shearer, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 11 21 5 1
YANNIGANS
Players— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Grlssinger, ss .. . 4 0 1 1 1 0
Barber, If 4 1 1 1 0 0
Drinkwater, 2b.. 3 0 1 3 0 0
Milligan, lb 4 0 1 4 0 0
J. Shearer, 3b . . 3 1 0 1 0 0
Krause, c 3 1 0 7 2 1
Wrlghtstone, p. . 1 1 1 1 5 1
Kreidler, rf ... . 3 0 1 0 0 0
Rodgers, cf 2 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 27 5 718 8 3
Score by innings—
Yannigans 011003 o—s0 —5
General Office 001050 x—6
Summary: Two-base hit—Wright
stone. Three-base hit—Little. Struck
out—By Sunday, 8; by Shearer, 5;
by Wrlghtstone,' 6. Base on balls—
Off Sunday. 3; off Shearer, 1; off
Wrlghtstone, 2. Hit by pitcher—By
Zimmerman, Krause. Stolen bases
—Black 2. StoufTer, Sheesley, J.
Shearer, Barber, MUligah, Drink
water, 2.
Lay Plans For College
Army Training Corps
Washington, July 28.—Plans for
establishing student army training
corps in every college in the United
States having a male enrollment of
100 or more were discussed at a
conference between officials of the
War Department and a group of col
lege presidents, who have been ap
pointed advisers to the department
in their respective sections.
Approximately 6,000 new officers
will be needed monthly to officer the
new units and replace casualties, ac
' cording to official estimates.
SB,OOO a season he had been ordered
to pay his wife $250 a month ali
mony. Caldwell went into court,
showed where his salary had been
out to $4,000 a season and asked re
lief. The Court ordered that here
after he should pay his wife but $l6O
a month during? the playing season
and SSO a month during the off sea
son.
Max Caiey, the fleet-footed Pitts
burgh outfielder, added six more
stolen bases to his string and leads
the .league with forty-two, fourteen
better than his nearest rival, George
Burns, of New York. Burns, however,
maintained his lead over the Pitts
burgher for scoring honors.
There will be no interference with
the Fulton-Dempsy light at Harrison,
N. J„ on Saturday by the local draft
board in New York, which has asked
that Fulton be arrested for not
answering a "work-or-light order
sent him.
The local board sent a letter to the
Harrison board, which had been re
quested to ask the arrest, and advised
the members that Fulton had made
satisfactory explanation of his failure
to reply to the summons. No further
action will be taken now.
Manager Fred Mitchell, of the
Cubs, has laid claim to the National
League pennant in case the schedule
is suspended. He has expressed a wish
to play ofT a series with the American
League leader for the year's cham
pionship in the big leagues, fine game
to be played in each of the big league
cities.
"If we have to suspend for the sea
son." said the Cubs' manager. "we,
ought to be given the title. We are
In the lead by a fair margin and have
held it for some time."
When the Sparrows Point team was
Vi#>rp rerently. one of the rooters, a
foreman at the big ship building
nlant told one on a husky old negro
applicant for a job. "What's your
name?." asked the boss, taking out his
P °"(3eorge Washington, sah." was the
r6 "Are you the fellow who chopped
down the cherry tree?" asked the boss
with the usual cherry-tree grin.
The other hesitated, and then:: No,
sah, 't warnt me. I h'aint done no
work for a year."
What They Did Yesterday;
Where They Play Today
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
American League
Detroit, 7; Philadelphia, 3.
j Chicago, 4; Boston, 2.
Washington, 1; St. Louis, 0 (fifteen
I innings).
! New York-Cleveland—rain.
National League
New York, 3; St. Louis, 2 (first
game).
I New York, 3; St. Louis, 2 (second
game).
Brooklyn, 10; Pittsburgh, 0 (first
game).
Brooklyn, 6; Pittsburgh, 2 (second
game).
Philadelphia, 10; Chicago, 5 (first
game).
Chicago. 12; Philadelphia, 6 (sec
ond game).
Cincinnati, 4; Boston, 2 (first
game).
Cincinnati, 5; Boston, 0 (second
game).
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
American League
•W. L. Pet.
I Boston 55 35 .611
| Cleveland SO 42 .543
I Washington 48 41 .639
i New York 46 40 .535
i St. Louis 40 47 .460
Chicago 40 47 .460
! Detroit 37 50 .425
; Philadelphia 35 50 .419
National League
W. L. Pet.
I Chicago 58 30 .647
New York 55 33 .625
i Pittsburgh ......... 45 41 .523
Philadelphia 40 45 .471
Cincinnati 39 45 .464
Brooklyn 36 48 .429
Boston 38 51 .427
St. LouiA 36 54 .400
American League
Washington at St. Louis.
| Philadelphia at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Boston at Chicago.
National League
' Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at New York.
Fate of Baseball
Not Yet Decided
Washington, July 26.—Pres
sure of other matters, it was said
I last night, has prevented Secre
tary Baker from formulating his
decision as to extension of the
effective time of applying the
work-or-flght regulations to pro
fessional baseball players. No in
dication of when tne decision will
be announced was available last
night.
The report of Provost Marsha!
General Crowder on tho question
and the brief submitted Wednes
day by representatives of the
baseball Industry were under
stood to have been considered by
Secretary Baker during the day.
Both at the War Department and
among baseball men here there
was a feeling that the recent or
der applying the work-or-flght
regulations to baseball players
would be revised, but to what ex
tent was not known.
JULY 26, 1918.
SOVIET REPUBLIC
TORN BY PLOTTER
AND FOOD CRISIS
Brcst-Litovsk Treaty Imposes
Debt to Germany to Six
Billion Rubles
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, July 26. —Premier
Lenine, in a speech at Moscow be
fore the government conference of
factory committees, said the posi
tion of the Soviet republic had be
come extremely acute in view of
international complications, counter
revolutionary conspiracies and the
food crisis, according to a Moscow
dispatch received byway of Berlin.
The Russian proletariat knew very
well, Lenine told the conference,
that the united action of the work
ers of the entire world or of some
of the highly developed capatalistic
countries was an essential condition
to the victory of the Russian revo
lution. It was easy for Russia to
begin a revolution but extraordi
narily difflfcuit to continue and con
clude it. On the other hand, the
beginning of a revolution in such a
long-organized burgeois country as
Germany was extremely difficult,
but then it would be so much easier,
to carry it to completion.
Referring to the Brest-Litovsk
treaty, Lenine said that, according
to the treaty, Russia must pay
Germany six billion rubles. The
attempt of the Social Revolutionists
of the Left to entangle Russia in a
war with Germany by the murder
of the German ambassador was in
no way to evade the treaty. The
way out must be found by the joint
exertions of the proletariat and the
poor peasants.
Russia, under the terms of the
Brest-Litovsk treaty, was to indem
nify German subjects for the losses
incurred by them through the war.
Advices received in London early in
April said that the Russian gov
ernment estimated that these losses
would total five billion rubles. It
has been reported, but never offi
cially confirmed, that Germany also
dertianded a cash indemnity of sev
eral billion rubles.
SEND TAX STATEMENTS
Statements of 1918 school taxes
are being sent out. now by the city
treasurer's office but officials an
nounced to-day that only about half
of these have been mailed. The
others are being prepared and will
be sent to property owners in a week
or two.
WINS COMMISSION
Corporal Edward R. Herman, sta
tioned at the Depot Quartermaster's
Department, at Camp Hancock, has
received his commission as second
lieutenant, according to a letter re
ceived yesterday by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. N. Herman, 1916 Green
street. He is a graduate of the Tech
nical High school and has a host of
I friends here.
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BOUGHT WITH
RAISER'S MONEY
Viereck Admits Being Paid
to Spread Hun Prop
aganda
New York, July 26. —George Syl
vester Viereck, publisher of Vie
reck's Weekly, and formerly editor
of the Matherland, which was barred
from the mails because of its pro-
German views, has admitted that he
received approximately SIOO,OOO
from Count Bernstorff and Dr. Con
stantln Theodor Dumba for dis
seminating propaganda in the form
of pamphlets and books, according
to an announcement made last night
at the office of States Attorney Gen
eral Lewis.
Following the charge that the
N'ew York Evening Mail had been
purchased by the German Imperial
Government and during the subse
quent Investigation conducted by Mr.
Lewis into the extent of German
propaganda in this country, Viereck
wns summoned and questioned more
than once, being quizzed on one
occasion until 4 o'clock in the morn
ing.
As a result of this examination, it
was said, Viereck admitted having
received mere than SIOO,OOO from
Teuton hands, and asserted he pur
chased three SIOO Liberty Bonds.
According to officials of the At
torney General's office, Viereck cir
culated from October 19, 1914. to
January 4, 1915, at a total cost of
$24,275, the following pamphlets and
books: Ninety thousand copies of
"Truth About Gerroany"; 100,00}t
copies each of the "German White
Book," "Germany's Just Cattle,"
"Germany and This War," and "Ger- *
many's Hour of Destiny." 80.000
copies each of "The Case of Bel
gium" and "Current Misconceptions
j About the War."
Liverpool, July 26. The recent
Improvement In war-bond invest
ments is not solely the result of pa
triotic endeavor, the Morning Post J
learns, but it is said that within the
last few days there have been sub
stantial purchases on neutral ac
count. It is also suggested that neu
tral buying Is to a certain extent
stimulated by German prudence, and
that the international financiers of
Frankfort, anxious for better securi
ties than the German war loan, are
counterbalancing German commit
ments by buying British bonda
through neutral firms.
TO MANAGE OFFICE
Robert N. McGarvey will take
over the managership of the local
office for Chandler Brothers, brok
ers, it was announced to-day. Mc-
Garvey was formerly In charge of
the Harrlsburg office and later moved
to Philadelphia. He succeeds H. W.
Culver, who left for Chicago yester
day, as manager of that office.
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